More specifically, he seems to be laboring under some serious
misconceptions. First of all, comparing emacs to MS Word is simply
embarrassing - it's like comparing a flamingo to a banana; basically they
are completely different things. Second, the idea that linux and linux
applications are prog
What I still don't get is this.
When did Linux go into competition with Microsoft? Who CARES if we get
their market? And WHY?
A year ago, taking NT's market share (or Win9x) was not an issue. It
wasn't that it seemed impossible, but that Linux and Windows/NT are
entirely different creatures.
>metcalfe invented ethernet.. he founded 3com.. he's wrong.. :)
He's also the guy who predicted that the Internet would collapse three
years ago... He went off the deep end a lng time ago.
-tom
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This reminds me... How old is the Ethernet (What Mr Metcalfe is known
for)?
namaste,
Mark
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Norman Richards wrote:
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> > Also, claiming that unix is 30 years old doesn't say anything about
> > weather it's the better solution. Windows is considerably
> > younger. But I sus
At 04:16 PM 6/25/99 -0500, Norman Richards wrote:
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>> I like Linux for the power and price but an OS's responsibility is to
>> interface between the raw power of the machine and the user. Linux
>> currently does not make this an easy proposition. (what is most of the
>> conversation on this lis
> You have to admit guys that no one has come up with a new OS in many years.
> All current OS's are based on old ideas.
Well, wasn't that the whole premise for BeOS? Forget the old and
write a modern OS completely from scratch, rethinking everything. Of
course, I do not know whether the e
> Also, claiming that unix is 30 years old doesn't say anything about
> weather it's the better solution. Windows is considerably
> younger. But I suspect it will be the "what not to do when you make
> an operating system" example for OS professors for many more years.
Well, let us examine th
>From the article:
"NT and NetWare constitute 60 percent of server software shipments. All
Unixes make up 17 percent, and Linux is a small fraction of that. When
W2K gets here, goodbye Linux."
To me that sounds like Microsoft's Monopoly speaking. This fact is
based on shipping of servers. Ever
You have to admit guys that no one has come up with a new OS in many years.
All current OS's are based on old ideas.
I like Linux for the power and price but an OS's responsibility is to
interface between the raw power of the machine and the user. Linux
currently does not make this an easy pro
While Metcalfe should be praised for his invention, it doesn't take a
genius to see the anger in this article ("utopian balderdash" - toward
stallman, possibly?).
Also, claiming that unix is 30 years old doesn't say anything about
weather it's the better solution. Windows is considerably younge
He's an idiot.
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Brandon W. Beasley wrote:
> Would like to get people's response to the following Linux attack:
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metcalfe invented ethernet.. he founded 3com.. he's wrong.. :)
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Brandon W. Beasley wrote:
> Would like to get people's response to the following Linux attack:
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not terribly substantive.
At 11:33 AM 6/25/99 -0500, Brandon W. Beasley wrote:
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Would like to get people's response to the following Linux attack:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/990621opmetcalfe.xml
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