operating systems

Read http://www.netaction.org/articles/freesoft.html for a discussion of the importance of free software such as Linux to the infrastructure of the net. Free software and open standards drive creativity and foster a collaborative approach that benefits all. The fastest way to fix bugs in new software is to release the source code to the community. Hmmm, funny MS hasn't done this with Win 95 or NT... Lots of folks got their first computing experience in the PC era, and being victims of media and advertising hype decry free software as substandard. The opposite is true. When substandard software has all the hype and the gigabucks behind it, it unfortunately develops a market force that is all but impossible to stop. Where's Beta rather than VHS these days anyway? Kevin --- Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD mcquiggi(a)sfu.ca