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

[karl rasche <rasche@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Adam Williams wrote:

> 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.~

imho, if you have the need for >2gigs of ram, and dont know how (or can't
figure out how) to patch your kernal, well... perhaps your in the wrong
business...

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

to pharaphrase from a stats course, statistics can made to say anything.

> 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.

too true.. but, if sys-admins and college students refuse to work with ms
stuff, perhaps change will occur... tho, maybe not.. 

>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.

naw, short of a large alcohol and drug habit, that money's not going
anywyere fast..

a  couple other interesting points i noticed re-reading the page:

  o Follow the link about TCO.  its about NT v. Solaris running on
    Sun hardware. duh.. sun boxen are expensive.  intel and friends
    are cheap.  Solaris (compared to linux) is expensive.  
    "There is no reason to believe that Linux is significantly different
     than other versions of UNIX when it comes to TCO."
     Lets compare apples to apples here....linux is NOT solaris...

  o "Linux lacks a commercial quality Journaling File System"
    "There are no commercially proven clustering technologies to..."
 
    Capitolism... where all good things cost a fortune.... not. 

  o "The Linux operating system is not suitable for mainstream usage by
     business or home users."
    home users?  this article mentions nothing of home users!.. 

ok.. i could rant on and on, but i have like 3 class projects to get
working on.. and  hey! i can do them all from my desk! what a value what a
deal! how much would YOU pay for this important service? :))

karl.

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