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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4985 comp.os.linux.misc:33784 comp.os.os2.advocacy:75237 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!cornell!mdw From: mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh) Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Message-ID: <1995Jan21.201912.10160@cs.cornell.edu> Organization: Cornell CS Robotics and Vision Laboratory, Ithaca, NY 14850 References: <3fm171$hes@ivory.lm.com> <1995Jan21.052259.12168@ka4ybr.com> <3fq9j4$7ql@ivory.lm.com> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 20:19:12 GMT Lines: 28 In article <3fq9j4$7ql@ivory.lm.com> peterb@telerama.lm.com (Peter Berger) writes: >1) "Linux is great for mission critical apps." >2) "Well, I feel better knowing there's support behind a product." Fine. Then pay one of the many companies providing Linux software or support to provide it for you. Just because Linux is developed on the Internet does not mean that commercial support isn't available. In fact, a great deal of support is available, and you can pick and choose which company to go with (as opposed to relying on a single company---the software vendor alone---to do the job right). If you really must have that assurance of "commercial support", it's out there. Most people have found that with Linux it's really not necessary, but I can certainly understand that a company using Linux for mission- critical apps would like to have that to fall back upon. >Ok, dickweed. > >[...] > >Moron. Is name-calling really necessary, or do you feel that it helps to lower yourself below the level of the people you're flaming? It might help your argument to exhibit some decency. mdw