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From: Alex White [mailto:meltie@myrealbox.com]
UNIX as a system to use personally is only cheap if
you don't
value your
free time. (well-worn but useful quote.) Disclaimer: I only use stuff
that ain't MS at home.
I find this is the case for windows, but not Unix. I have some Unix
machines at home, which never give me any trouble. I haven't had a
problem with either system in three years that wasn't a hardware problem.
In other words, they "just work."
The system I've had for longer than three years hasn't given me any
software problems since I was messing around with experimental drivers,
and that was my own fault.
I've had hard drives die after years of continuous use (but I keep
backups...), and I've had the processor cook itself on one system when
the fan gave out, but again, that's a hardware problem.
Now, if you need a rock-solid system, rather than just a passable one,
then you can use VMS, but Unix works most of the time, and better than
windows and MacOS, in my experience. ;)
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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