Unix vs. VAX/VMS and Windows vs. Unix/Linux/BSD -- seems like we'veseen this before

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Mon May 8 07:40:06 2000

> Now the problem is that w9x et al has become pervasive any new OS
> one might introduce has to work and play well in that space, thats a PITA!
> Linux is ok, I've got Caldara OpenV2.3 and it's not faster than W95 and
> it uses just as much space, it aquired all the bloat win has. the advantage
> is it's got security. The down side is now you have a user that can't use
> word documents and excel spread sheets without conversion. Sharing
> files is easy if you fire up samba and try to explain "mounting" so someone
> that can nearly say CPU. Thats the problem with better.
>
> Allison
>

If Caldera 2.3 isn't faster than W95 it's got to be misconfigured.
Boy, it's a lot faster than W98 on the same hardware at work and
much more reliable.

The eDesktop2.4 (I cheated and downloaded the CD the other day because
the update from 2.3 wasn't on the website at a discount yet) looks
pretty quick... I do think Mandrake 7.0 seems to have just about every
option and tool out for Linux on one CD.

I love downloading and burning these ISO images. Cheap, quick (while at
work, anyway), easy.


Bill

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