Hmm,
I don't know if I would go so far as to say 1 OS was somehow superior to
another...the example given as Linux being superior to DOS...IMO, that
depends on the user perspective! Let's face it...how many times have you
read of troubles getting Linux to support some peripheral, say a monitor,
sometimes it's a chore just getting it to FIND the monitor, let alone
install the correct driver, if it exists. Now, by your reckoning that
Linux is "superior" to DOS, one could then say that Windows 9X and XP are
"superior" to Linux! Especially the 9X line---the list of supported
hardware and peripherals as well as applications is ENORMOUS to say the
least...even DOS supports older hardware better than many "modern" Linux
distros...does that mean that DOS is superior? Maybe in this regard, it
is! Face it...if I were just handed a PC AT x86 based computer and not
told what it contained in regards to RAM, HD size, peripherals, etc., the
FASTEST and easiest way to find out something about that system would not
be to plop a CD in a drive and try to get Linux up and running...it would
be to find your trusty DOS installation diskettes...I'd lay odds that most
of us could have that system up and running, telling us what it contained
in less than 30 minutes using DOS!
In other words, each operating system has its inherent strengths and its
weaknesses. I know some of you sort of dislike "automobile analogies to
personal computers"...but sometimes they make great illustrations. If we
were all IDENTICAL to each other, heck, there wouldn't be the thousands of
different car, truck, van, mini-van, SUV and so on and so forth on the
market, now would there? Human beings tend to be individuals, unique in
their own way...but at the same time we are "social" animals, and we need
to converse with others in the species. I no more want one company telling
me what operating system, CPU, RAM amount etc. to use than I want to be
told what brand, make and model of automobile I can operate. There's
room for all of them...
OK, guess I'll find my fire extinguisher now...I'm ready I hope.
Hope you all have a good one! C U L8R!
Wiz <{;-)
Glenn
Wizard57M
Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
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