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From: Eric Vought <adfh@ids2.idsonline.com>
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Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 00:16:30 -0500
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> You still don't get it ...
> 
> Linux is by no means a commercially usable product. It has too many
That's an interesting theory... I'll be sure to mention it to my boss.
I've been using Linux for development work (fielding applications on
other platforms) for a while. I was under the impression that it was
working well.

> flaws to be of good use for businesses let alone ISPs. It is meant for
Compare Windows for Work Groups.
The development workstation I am currently using is a Pentium-90 with 64
MB of RAM. It ran so badly (slow and *very* unstable) under Windows for
Workgroups that it was relegated to running Microsoft Word and editing
e-mail. I wiped the drive and installed Redhat Linux 2.1. Instant
upgrade! Now its running as the primary development workstation of the
project. It's been up for the last 34 days straight and hasn't crashed
in the last three months. Its performance is superb. I can often compile
a piece of source code faster on Pandora than on the SPARC-20 across
from it. My boss has considered upgrading other machines. I do much of
my work out of my home anyway, using a 486DX/2 16MB running Redhat 2.1.
Software developed on these two machines is then deployed on the Solaris
machines being used by in-house analysts.