Re: For those in need of some amusement.....

[Adam Williams <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 From          : klug>klug-request
 To            : adam
 Subject       : Re: For those in need of some amusement.....
 Date          : 10/06/99 15:17


>> http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp
>>I am in the mood for a rebuttal. Any help would be welcome, via private
>>email of posting to the group.
>I'm guessing any rebuttal anyone has ever thought of is currently up at
>slashdot. I'm also expecting the (pseudo) official Linux
>mouthpiece/PR Guy, Eric S Raymond, to take a reasonably-well-publicized stab
>at this drivel.~

LWN already has a nice reasonable response.

>I'm not quite sure what to make of it myself. On one hand, "We have Arrived".
>Microsoft is taking a shot at Linux.  On the other, it could easily get under
>my skin (like the -1 posts on /.).  These are FLAT OUT LIES (for the most
>part). And knowing that some people will recite it as Bill's Truth rubs me
>the wrong way.~

Hold UP! Nothing they say is a flat out lie,  well maybe one thing is.~
Linux can only have up to 2Gig files on Intel.~
Linux does not have a journaled filesystem.~
Linux SMP is non-optimal.~
Linux does not (yet) have Raw device I/O,  which matter to DB servers.~
Linux does not have granular administration.~

The only LIE they say is the limit of 128Mb swap space.  The 2Gig RAM limit
is valid in the standard kernels.  Wierd patches don't count.~

Is Linux faster/slower than NT?  It depends, and arguments along those lines
are meaningless outside the lab.

>On the upside, it shows that MS is ignoring their own research.  Remember the
>"Halloween" documents (and what time of the year is it?)?  Those documents
>specifically stated that FUD wouldn't work, yet Here It Is.

FUD will work with CIO's.  They are the only people M$ really cares about.
If me a Sys-Admin think M$ sucks, or some college student thinks they suck,
it makes no diffrence.  It's not my signature on the check.

>This also marks the official Stage #3 of the revolution program (only four
>steps, not twelve)
>First: they ignore you
>Second:  They laugh at you
>Third: They fight you
>Fourth: You win

In any given revlution, lots of people die.  Most revolutions fail as a
result.

>I'm going to put on my Prophet hat:  Two years from now, His Billness won't
>be the richest man in the world any more.

I'll take that wager,  he'll be richer yet.  One, his financial fortune does
not rest soley on the success/failure of M$ as a company.  Two, any given
action by the DOJ is likely to make him richer yet, not poorer.