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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4931 comp.os.linux.misc:33629 comp.os.os2.advocacy:74855 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!agphx.agcs.com!not-for-mail From: robertsw@agcs.com (Wallace Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 19 Jan 1995 18:38:58 -0700 Organization: agcs Lines: 54 Message-ID: <3fn47i$19k@oscar.agcs.com> References: <950116203411@lambada> <1995Jan18.214037.6088@cs.cornell.edu> <3fk4hi$iu8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: oscar.agcs.com mmead@goof.com (matthew c. mead) writes: [ ...you must snip it... ] > Catch a clue. "catch a clue?" sigh. the expression is "rent a clue," not "catch a clue." if you're going to insult someone, at least try to get it right. >You're in school, you have the time to play around with it all you want. how do you know matt's "in school?" for all you know, he could be a part-time evening student with a full-time day job, or he could be working for the university. you have no idea what you're talking about. >If you'd ever been in industry, you would know the need for >product support. "product support?" is that a euphemism for "i'm a fum-duck who can't figure it out?" >Can you call Linus and say, "My serial port isn't working >right. What do I do?" No. ...but i can *read*, for pete's sake. or can't you? do you call up tech support the first time a problem comes up? good luck as you're put on indefinite hold... on your dime. been there, done that, ain't *never* goin' back. >Can you call up Sun, or BSDI and do the same? Yes. whatever you're smoking, i want some. it must be d%mn good. >Mission-critical applications need to have a supported OS. And for >industry, on the net, donated help is not an option. now *you're* the one who obviously needs to "catch a clue" as you put it. read the last 2 issues of _linux journal_: both contain articles about virginia power using linux in a variety of "mission critical" ways. "catch a clue" indeed. gears, ye wilde ryder -- robertsw@agcs.com | 86 cr250 "dirt devil" 83 v65 magna "animal" "E Pluribus Unix" | 79 it250 "mr. reliable" 82 v45 magna "elliot" "Criminals (especially tyrants) prefer unarmed victims." "...sunlight on chrome, the blur of the landscape, every nerve aware."