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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5158 comp.os.linux.misc:34343 comp.os.os2.advocacy:76964 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!epiwrl.entropic.com!usenet From: kenh@entropic.com (Ken Hornstein) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 31 Jan 1995 11:10:18 -0500 Organization: Entropic Research Lab, Washington, DC. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3glnda$o9l@epiwrl.entropic.com> References: <3fvqbd$6v1@nkosi.well.com> <D31H4A.1BL@gumleaf.apana.org.au> <3gfnc3$pge@epiwrl.entropic.com> <stephenkD399vC.CM6@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: epiwrl.entropic.com In article <stephenkD399vC.CM6@netcom.com>, Stephen Knilans <stephenk@netcom.com> wrote: >I had three problems with SCO, because it wouldn't do what THEY(SCO) said it >should! How long did they take to fix? I don't know, as they NEVER did. >I only pursued it a few months. > >I didn't have ANY of those problems with LINUX, but had about a dozen others >(it wouldn't do what *I* wanted it to). I was upset because it didn't run DOS >better, support SCO binaries, run X windows R6, handle double space disks, >Lack of stallion support, lack of WIDE QIC support etc... You misunderstood me - I wasn't saying Linux was worse than commercial operating systems (believe me, I consider SCO the worst Intel-based Unix out there). My point was that different people want different things - one thing certain people want is security, and these people get more warm fuzzies from commerical operating systems than from free ones. I'm not saying that these people are _right_, I'm just saying that's what they want. --Ken