>----Original Message-----
>from: David Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: maandag 6 april 1998 5:00
>Subject: Re: RH 5 reboots without warning
>> > apparently random chance. On some machines, everything works, while on
others,
>> > bits and pieces do not. Windows NT is said to be very finicky about
hardware,
>>
>> Linux is very intolerant of flaky/out of specs hardware. Live with it.
Buy
>> decent kit.
>Judging from our experiences and those I read about in this list >every
day, Linux is
>"very intolerant" of every single brand of computer made, including >all
the big
>names. Our problems have occurred on both big-name machines, >e.g., Compaq,
and
I hate to say it, but COMPAQ , IBM and some other major brands produce VERY
INCOMPABIBLE hardware. I work at a helpdesk, and I really begin to HATE the
big "brands". Buy a decent clone.
>home-made, e.g., Yokohama Storm Door and Motherboard Works, >Ltd. Just
whose "kit" is
>acceptable to Lord Linux? And whose specs are relevant? Is Linux >the tail
which
>deigns to wag the cybernetic dog?
>Is this intolerance supposed to be a virtue? Do all other OSes of >equal
competence
>exhibit the same intolerance? Is this intolerance, which is costly and
>annoying,
>worth tolerating?
>Much has been said about Linux's intolerance of hardware. Can >someone
suggest to me
>what benefit to the user is derived from this? Clearly, system >reliability
is not
>it. In what other field of commerce or industry is such finicky and
>unreliable
>behaviour deemed acceptable? How long do you think my company >would last
if the
>users of our machines had to yell for help as often as Linux users >do? Or,
are such
>questions beneath Linux's dignity to answer?
>In short, sir, what substitute is there for reliability?
>--
Igmar Palsenberg
> David Fisher
> Chief Engineer
> Fisher Research Corporation
> Rochester, New York
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 716 328 4230
> fax 328 1984
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