1 Jan
1998
1 Jan
'98
4:51 a.m.
On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, Zeus334 wrote:
Er....one question here. I've tried Linux many
times, as well as Minix. From
all of my attempts, I have come to the following conclusion: Linux is not for
doing USEFUL things. The express purpose of Linux is to provide something for
people to recompile. After all, you HAVEN'T seen people doing something on
Linux besides recompiling the kernel and configuring TCP/IP stacks, HAVE YOU?
Oh come now! You're being silly and you know it. I have a friend who
runs a very successful ISP (~1000 customers) entirely on Linux (well, I
think he has a SparcServer for news or something). Linux is a better
operating system than 95% of the available commercial PC offerings. How
useful it is depends on how good you put it to use.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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