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From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Mon May 6 13:57:34 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick_at_idcomm.com]

> That stuff is irrelevant, since *nix was demonstrated to be
> an insufferable
> cost and pain back in '82. Someting that ugly and
> unfriendly, that tore down
> the system each time an application had to be patched,
> resulting in days of
> downtime was just not acceptable. As a result, *nix hasn't
> gotten much of a
> look around here since then, aside from a brief peek at
> Linux. ... and
> neither has SUN hardware.


General relevancy aside (I assume you're speaking subjectively
for you own use above)... In the context of being used for --
whatever you use your computer for -- I'd agree that its relative
ability in any area is irrelevant if you won't consider using it
anyway.

I just wanted to mention, in case anyone reading may not know, that
it's no longer the case (and has not been for a very long time)
that you must re-build the kernel every time you'd like a new driver.

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
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