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From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Mon May 6 10:47:54 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex White [mailto:meltie_at_myrealbox.com]

> UNIX as a system to use personally is only cheap if you don't
> value your
> free time. (well-worn but useful quote.) Disclaimer: I only use stuff
> that ain't MS at home.

I find this is the case for windows, but not Unix. I have some Unix
machines at home, which never give me any trouble. I haven't had a
problem with either system in three years that wasn't a hardware problem.

In other words, they "just work."

The system I've had for longer than three years hasn't given me any
software problems since I was messing around with experimental drivers,
and that was my own fault.

I've had hard drives die after years of continuous use (but I keep
backups...), and I've had the processor cook itself on one system when
the fan gave out, but again, that's a hardware problem.

Now, if you need a rock-solid system, rather than just a passable one,
then you can use VMS, but Unix works most of the time, and better than
windows and MacOS, in my experience. ;)

Chris

Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
 
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