Robert. OS/2 is not dead. It has been bought by another company and rename. If you had used OS/2 you would know that.
david On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > Were you born as stupid as you are or did you have to work at it your whole > life? > > > --- In [email protected], Robert C Wittig <wittig.robert@...> > wrote: > > > > On 7/23/2011 8:55 PM, Paul wrote: > > > > > The only thing that matters to me is it limits my options. I haven't > > > had to fix too much on the spot over the years but whenever I have it > > > has always been critical and of the highest priority to me! > > > > > > > 'It' limits your options... Is 'it' Linux? > > > > If so, are you sure that Linux is the limiting factor? > > > > I've run a lot of operating systems over the decades... the early UNIX > > systems, then DOS, then Windows, before it was an operating system, when > > it was just a presentation manager app running on DOS (v.2.1, IIRC is > > still laying around up in my workshop somewhere), then Windows 3.11, > > 4.0, right on up to v.7. > > > > Concurrently, I have been running BSD-UNIX (mostly OpenBSD currently) > > and Linux, from its early, pre GUI days... Slackware, Red Hat, etc., > > currently CentOS. > > > > For good measure, I also ran OS/2, from its inception, to its eventual > > demise. "What a long, strange trip it's been". > > > > Over all of those years, I have found that I am, more often than not, > > the primary 'limiting factor'. > > > > As if by magic, the more I study and learn, the better the operating > > systems and applications that I am working on, seem to become. :) > > > > > Nothing I could wait a few months for a vendor to maybe get around to > > > addressing. Basically stuff had to be right before I got up. And so > > > far it always has! > > > > > > > Which 'it' are you referring to, here... Windows or Linux, or something > > else? > > > > I have never encountered an operating system that was "right before I > > got up". To the best of my knowledge, no such operating system (or large > > application) has ever existed. Bugs are constantly being discovered and > > patched, and systems, upgraded. > > > > See: > > > http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/the-life-cycle-of-a-typical-computer-program.html > > > > Use whichever operating system and applications that 'get the job done' > > most efficiently, for you. > > > > Currently, my servers are running OpenBSD, My primary Desktop is running > > CentOS Linux, my secondary Desktop is running Windows Vista, and my > > Netbook is running Windows 7. > > > > Each installation has its own strengths and weaknesses. > > > > I try to use the right tool for the job at hand. > > > > > Plus I like transparency when it comes to computing. Maybe I don't > > > always use it but it is comforting to know it is there. > > > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by 'transparency', in this context, any more > > than I was sure what you meant by 'it', in the two ambiguous contexts I > > pointed out above. > > > > > > -- > > http://www.robertwittig.com/ > > http://robertwittig.net/ > > http://robertwittig.org/ > > . > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
