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From: ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar (Roberto Alsina)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
Date: 27 Mar 1997 23:44:11 GMT
Organization: Universidad Nacional de San Luis - Argentina
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In article <333cddd8.1017100@news.sprynet.com>, Goatboy wrote:
>>1. Allow remote command-shell logins.
>>2. Completely interact with programs running remotely (this includes
>> windowing applications.)
>
>But all these are too slow to be useful if ur on a 14.4 or 28.8.
People has been using remote shells over 9600 bauds for decades (on vt100s).
Actually, the speed of my local console is still set to 9600! (I don't
know if that does something, anyway)
Remote shells over a 28.8 are very useful.
>
>>3. Heavy-duty security, ESPECIALLY in the realm of keeping users out of
>> other users' stuff. (NT does have fair security, to be completely
>> fair -- but I'd still trust my stuff to UNIX any day.)
>
>That is nice.
>
>>4. The need to buy everyone a Pentium-200 with 32 MB of RAM disappears.
>
>That's one of the main reasons I have linux along w/ win95.
>
>>5. Need a certain functionality? Chances are it's already there on the
>> Internet, for FREE. 95/NT users are lucky to get something in a
>> time-limited demo. Most modern UNIXes come with this stuff
>> preinstalled.
>>6. Free development tools come standard and are updated for free.
>
>I know. Like gcc. But dos has djgpp, which is the same thing, just
>ported.
I like djgpp. It's gcc, yes, but it's *not* the same thing as gcc on Linux.
On djgpp you have no fork, no multithreading, no IPC...
And you can't use DDD to debug it, which is a sin :-)
>
>>7. Stay up for REALLY long periods of time and not be any worse for it.
>
>So can NT.
>
>>8. People running UNIX aren't at the mercy of Microsoft. Chances are if
>> something needs to be changed with the O/S, some independent programmer
>> will do it.
>
>WinNT an 95 aren't at ms's mercy. And if u want to change the OS, you
>can. What's there to stop you?
You can change OS, but you can't change *the OS*. It's MS property!
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