On second thought, maybe this would be unfair to the Windows team. They'd
have to do a fund-raiser during the competition just to afford the
licensing necessary to install the software.

Wow, time for me to shut up. I've already taken this thread to the pit as
is...

--Dave

<quote who="Andrew Jorgensen">
> David Smith wrote:
>> <quote who="Andrew Jorgensen">
>>
>>>Seriously though if the windows side had RAID and GIG ethernet on the
>>> RIS server I'll bet it would still be a close match. The real
>>>competition is in how long it takes to configure the services
>>> afterward.
>>
>>
>>
>> Which is where Linux would take the lead. Two words: "tab completion".
>
> Not to burst your bubble, but Windows has had tab completion since 2K,
> and it's on by default in XP.
>
> The new bash completion stuff is really cool though. It can do stuff
> like CVS module completion and filter possible completions by the type
> of file the command you're using is expecting. If I type unzip and  then
> hit tab twice it can list only files that have a .zip extension  for
> example.
>
> http://www.caliban.org/bash/index.shtml#completion
>
> In theory the commandline interface should be faster for an expert.
> Mice can really slow you down.
>
> If you think that mice slow /you/ down try ratpoison:
> http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/
>
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