amazingly, many m$ft supporters cannot fathom that free software could be of
industrial strength. i predict that some day such an attitude is going to
come back and haunt them. the foundation of m$ft is cracked - like
torpedoes having hit under the waterline of a ship - yet the facade remains
for the most part, intact.
the crux of the matter is in the open source and resultant rapid
improvements and quick turnaround in bug fixes, and m$ft - by putting their
closed source at the apex of the pyramid - has failed in this regard.
in the end no amount of marketing hype - and with it the constantly changing
interface (change for change's sake) - is going to remove the superior
effectiveness of the open source model.
Linux Rocks!!
andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Per Jessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, April 13, 2001 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: Linux vs. The World
>On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 06:40:16 -0700 (PDT), Greg Partin wrote:
>
>>Hi folks,
>>Being a newbie, i've wondered why Linux OS is more reliable and stable of
a
>>platform then, say, Windows. What makes a Linux system able to run for
>>years on end without crashing, but my PC running Windows 2000 seems to
crash
>>once a day? Is it the fact that there are so many 3rd party vendor
programs
>>on my machine? How about the fact that most of Linux is written in C or
C++
>>(what is the Windows OS written in anyway? )? I am definately converting
>>over to Linux with all of your help...gonna install my first version of
>>Mandrake this weekend!
>
>The people who write and contribute to Linux (whichever part) are dedicated
>software engineers of a very high quality. Such people have a lot of pride,
>and once a bug has been reported, they will most certainly pursue it with
>the utmost vigor. After all, it is their personal work & pride this is
about.
>I'm not sure the same applies to M$ products.
>
>
>I think that just about sums it up.
>
>
>regards,
>Per Jessen, Principal Engineer, ENIDAN Technologies Ltd
>http://www.enidan.com - home of the J1 serial console
>
>regards,
>Per Jessen
>
>
>
>
>regards,
>Per Jessen
>
>
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