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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4877 comp.os.linux.misc:33526 comp.os.os2.advocacy:74648 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!hacktic!bthate From: bthate@xs4all.nl (bthate) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 18 Jan 1995 21:31:45 GMT Organization: XS4ALL, networking for the masses Lines: 34 Message-ID: <3fk1c1$hht@news.xs4all.nl> References: <950116203411@lambada> <3fgihv$ob4@dagny.galt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: xs1.xs4all.nl X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #666 (NOV) X-Posted-By: bthate@xs1.xs4all.nl alex@pc.cc.cmu.edu (alex wetmore) writes: >> o linux is really not free >It isn't free to companies if they need professional level support. >Infoworld is aimed at companies, not your average hacker... >> o linux users are as neurotic as Amiga fans >I'd agree with this. Like Amiga users there are some Linux users who are >so excited about Linux for some reason that they fail to see anything >else in the world. They tend to say that Linux is the solution to everything >when it really isn't the solution to a lot of things. Amiga users >tend to be exactly the same way. >bart Simply because Linux is something to get exited about. It's rock solid, pure unix, with an amount of software that cannot be found elsewhere, for free that is. And the most valuable support that you can think off. As linux will evolve and be able to support non-native programs, see the WABI project, there will be nothing left for big MS or IBM. So yes, I get excited. Peace, Bart.