21 Apr
2002
21 Apr
'02
2:22 p.m.
I was trying not to get drawn into this flamewar, but I just couldn't
stand still listening to this.
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Show me a new computer that will last one month past its warranty period
that costs $150. Packard Bell is great for delivering DOA machines, and
is known for delivering cheap machines. Show me a *nix vendor that sells
ANYWHERE as bad quality machines as major PC vendors like PB. I'm pretty
sure you can't do it. I've looked for a cheap vendor for Linux Intel/AMD
machines and haven't found one.
-- Pat
No, I wouldn't pay that much, but I wouldn't
pay out more than, say $25 for
all the UNIX boxes on the planet either, and that only if they were already
Hmm. I would pay $25 for any Unix box faster than a 85MHz Sun
SparcStation 5. Maybe it's just me.
broken down into their varous scrap types, e.g. steel,
aluminum, plastics,
etc. I've yet to see even one piece of software that would be of serious use
to me that runs under UNIX. I know that I could force myself to use Netscape,
Netscape sucks. Look at Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org) or Konqueror if
you want something that's not a resource hog.
I'll enumerate some 'useful apps'...
OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org (Great office suite)
XMMS http://www.xmms.org (like WinAMP)
GAIM http://gaim.sourceforge.net (cross-service IM client)
if you want to see more useful apps, check out freshmeat.net. You can use
that to find a *ton* of OSS or other apps that run on *nix.
Debian is really cool - http://www.debian.org, especially with it's 'apt'
package tool.
but I really don't want to.
This is the same stupid attitude that a few IT higher-ups have in Purdue's
School of Education that is preventing anything other than Mac or Windows
servers/workstations from being used/supported. [ Of course, they'll
support Mac OS X, which is basically BSD. Go figure. ]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc" <doc(a)mdrconsult.com>
I doubt anyone willing to make the inane comments you've made so far could
provide any sort of support.
Huh? Hmm I guess you're complaining that Doc isn't a part of the M$ cult.
Really
high-end PC hardware isn't much better than midrange, but
low-end hardware is a verifiable black hole. To wit, it is guaranteed
to suck.
Low-end would cost on the order of $150.
You'd starve on our service work.