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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!feeder.chicago.cic.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newbabylon.rs.itd.umich.edu!not-for-mail From: Timothy Watson <tmwatson@bagel.rs.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux needs more work to be done! Date: 27 Jun 1997 01:27:10 -0400 Organization: What am I doing? Lines: 23 Message-ID: <xdopvt8sjip.fsf@bagel.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <5oqbad$1582@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bagel.rs.itd.umich.edu X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9695 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43606 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1287 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:64618 comp.os.linux.x:65213 comp.os.linux.setup:118749 comp.os.linux.advocacy:103358 cjtan@acs.ucalgary.ca writes: Did I mention that you might have "top" running in another virtual console, and you may be able to switch to it and kill the process? I suspect "task manager" was actually inspired by the concept. You may not be able to launch it if is not already launched. > This posting is just for the sake of discussion, NOT a flame bait! > Personally, I think an OS is just a tool, not a religion or anything > more than a tool. So use whatever OS that works for your situation. Well, I personally think there are a few strategic factors beyond that, as I noted you mentioning some OTHER strategic factors some time ago. There's also a fascination and respect angle, for me, at the efforts of many, many volunteers. I could expect free OSs such as linux to see a lot of exposure in places like Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. -- ________________________________________________________________________ T i m o t h y W a t s o n tmwatson@junkmail.umich.edu (get rid of junkmail!) __/| Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down