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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!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!europa.clark.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.webspan.net!usenet From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@inna.net> Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 4 Apr 1997 18:35:11 GMT Organization: WebSpan Inc., New Jersey Lines: 32 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970404134002.25071B-100000@dolphin.inna.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: dolphin.inna.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <3343cbbf.1091644@news.sprynet.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19837 comp.os.linux.misc:168168 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38521 On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Goatboy wrote: > >There are also the problems associated with tying oneself down to > >one vendor. If Microsoft manages to kill everything else, do you > >think you'll be able to do anything on your computer without Bill > >Gate's stamp of approval? Hell no. Every time you use a Microsoft > >product, you are supporting a technological dictatorship. > > Give me a break. I know microsoft is trying to dominate everything, > but so what? Their main OS, win95, is leaps and strides easy and more > compatible than any other os out there, and it costs about the same as > relatively cheap software (software from $50-100 is cheap; progs like > pagemaker are expensive [$900]). And for small networks NT isn't bad. > 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. Win95. Compatible? With what exactly? Stable? More so than OS/2, FreeBSD, Solaris, MacOS? You're high if you believe it. NT is $200 for Workstation. NT server is fucking expensive. Then you have to start buying client licenses. Let's not forget that NT handles about the fifth the load of a UNIX box before it melts down. The only thing Billy has done is get sheep like you to follow. Jamie Bowden Network Administrator, TBI Ltd.