Enough already! (was: Re: MS Laugh-In)

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Thu Oct 19 21:24:23 2000

From: Tim Harrison <harrison_at_timharrison.com>


>Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
>> This is the second reference I've seen this week to complaining about
>> Linux crashing. I find this to be ludicrous.
>
>I don't. I've been using Linux since the early 1.x kernels. I've found
>it to crash quite often. If you do certain things to prevent that, it
>crashes *MUCH* less. Linux is a great server, as long as it does a
>specific task, and that's it. If you make it do too much, it starts to
>suck. That's where Solaris blows it off the map.


For stability FreeBSD, for apps and a more user friendly interface
Caldara. I have mixed feelings with Linux, one is the many flavors
that make them somewhat distinct and my general feeling of
disinterest in it save for it works well for the price. It's been my
expereince that correctly set up it's very good, and poorly set up
it's about the same as winders. The upside on linux is that the
box is open and you can look if you care to. Winders, is not open
but that does not preclude a black box approach to working with it
and even tuning it. A well thought out winders system can work
well ,even if the idea of planning out winders may seem like an
oxymoron.

>Not so. Ever just clicked repeatedly on the back arrow in Netscape
>4.75? If you hit one of those pages that won't let you use the Back


My solution to NS4.75 is not to use it! 4.08 is lighter and far more
stable.

>not to. Why would you make this guy feel stupid for trying out Linux?
>You should be praising him, and helping him along when he has problems.


This is true for Windows too. Or CP/M, PICK, Ultrix ....

>And to the original poster, my apologies for you having to endure this
>tirade. I applaud your efforts, and your willingness to tinker, and
>compare, and decide for yourself.


Like everything if I could have an OS per task or project I'd use
many if they worked and played well with each other or shared
a common platform. Like I said Some flavor of unix in the back
room does work, for the desk where people have to be trained
and do real work W9x works. There are projects I'd love to have
VMS for but, it's not cheap (commercial use). Then again
I've scorned PC hardware for years as flakey at best till I started
seriously using it and building decent systems even if they
aren't cutting edge. Going in with attitude generally looses.


Allison
Received on Thu Oct 19 2000 - 21:24:23 BST