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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!mindspring!realtime.net!not-for-mail From: dneeley@bga.com (David Neeley) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 21:51:01 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications Internet customer posting Lines: 45 Message-ID: <5i1216$gc4$1@news3.realtime.net> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <01bc32f2$3783f300$04000001@Colin> <E79F14.n7z@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> <332f5ffb.519605@news.sprynet.com> <5h51ma$b1u$2@kayrad.ziplink.net> <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com> <5hbh2g$gah$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> <333990e3.2587820@news.sprynet.com> <333EE698.41C67EA6@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> <3343cbbf.1091644@news.sprynet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: apm5-178.realtime.net X-RTcode: efa039a0336616d97d440bb9 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19727 comp.os.linux.misc:167791 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38361 lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy) wrote: >It's more stable than any other OS but Linux or freebsd (pc's, not >damn alphas or sgi onyx2's). It's more stable than OS/2, MacOS, win95, >etc. PC World even did tests, and NT was the only one that didn't >crash. And I doubt that many home users support more than 100 people >on a network or run an ISP. And NT is $200. That's not that bad >considering what u get. Face it boys, MS has made computing easier, >and that isn't exactly bad. More stable than "any" other OS but Linux or freebsd? You're kidding, right? And what about the "bug fix" set of patches that introduced more bugs than it fixed? Of course, when talking about networking you're usually not talking about home networks. Not to mention that NT Server is considerably higher than $200...like about four to six times higher, in the real world. As for MS making computing easier--stick with herding your goats. Many of the incompatibilities we suffer from come from Microsoft's insistance on ignoring any standards and attempting to create their own standards that work only on MS operating systems...just lilke they seem to be trying to do with Java at the moment. Since when is copying Apple (who, of course, copied Xerox) a major step in making computing easier? Of all the OS's I've seen, the most elegant and easiest to use had to be Nextstep. Others are only now starting to catch up. Before we leave the subject of "making computing easier"--can we say "Bob"? Or maybe "Plug and play"? Sheesh, give me a break from the "Goatboys" of the world who haven't been around long enough to support their theories...and who buy into Microsoft's BS about how great they are. Otherwise, have a nice day. :-)