On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 19:55, steve campbell wrote:
> On Friday 29 June 2001 20:58, PENA FAMILY wrote:
> > I agree comletely, Linux is still very young and developing. My twist on
> > the "car analogy" is like this....
> >
> > Windows is the average car which the vast majority drives and get from
> > point A to point B. There are lemons depending on everything from quality
> > and price but they get the larger slice of the consumer pie.
> >
> > Macintosh is the BMW and Mercedes...etc. You pay for the high quality and
> > since everything is included your less likely to have problems again
> > barring any X factors like quality control and bad management.
> >
> > Linux and other "althernative" OS, whichever term you want to use, is the
> > kit car. The old Chevy or Ford you want to tweak to run and look like you
> > want it to. You can remove the air conditioner to boost engine
> > performance. Get rid of manufacturer settings again to get that boost you
> > want. Doing whatever you want to make it run, look, and feel just the way
> > you want and to reflect your individual personality. The only problem
> > this is a small market there are problems with making those tweaks. You
> > can problems but the point is to make the changes you want.
>
> LOL....linux is a formula-1 car, a right bloody nightmare to get used to
> but totally flexible and manouverable, not to mention fast as hell:)
>
> steve ( Obi-Juan Montoya)Campbell
Please don't say the driver is Mikka Hakkinen (he's Finnish) -- I'm a Ferrari
fan!
P.S. As I write this Michael Schumacher is leading the French Grand Prix!!!
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
