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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4975 comp.os.linux.misc:33764 comp.os.os2.advocacy:75165 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fastrac.llnl.gov!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!insosf1.infonet.net!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!news.alpha.net!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!agphx.agcs.com!not-for-mail From: robertsw@agcs.com (Wallace Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 19 Jan 1995 13:47:55 -0700 Organization: agcs Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3fmj5r$157@oscar.agcs.com> References: <950116203411@lambada> <1995Jan18.214037.6088@cs.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: oscar.agcs.com mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh) writes: [ ...you must snip it... ] >They rank Linux >below commercial software, primarily because they wouldn't trust it >for "mission-critical" applications. interestingly enough, the 2 latest issues of _linux journal_ have had articles about virginia power using linux for some pretty "mission critical" tasks. but i guess virginia power just doesn't count, since they're not a major publication, merely a major power utility. :-) >That's fine, if they want to take that attitude. i suppose... i'm just glad that everybody doesn't have that attitude. hats off to virginia power for taking the lead & putting linux in the spotlight, proving what we linuxers have known all along: linux kicks a$$ on those wannabe operating systems. gears, ye wilde ryder -- robertsw@agcs.com | 86 cr250 "dirt devil" 83 v65 magna "animal" "E Pluribus Unix" | 79 it250 "mr. reliable" 82 v45 magna "elliot" "Criminals (especially tyrants) prefer unarmed victims." "...sunlight on chrome, the blur of the landscape, every nerve aware."