Michael Johnson schrieb:
Linux will never be the opiate of the masses. This Linux versus M$ nonsense is SELF-INDULGENT HOT AIR and nothing more.
Well, I tried to stay quiet. I don't think ANY one os is for everyone. I _DO_ think some people are better off using Mac, Win or whatever yanks their chain. I think Linux is awesome but it's mostly aimed at people WANTING UNIX, but not wanting to PAY Unix $$$. I think the almost religious enthusiasm for Linux is incredible and I respect that enthusiasm. I don't think Linux is at war with M$ though like so many people think.
I selled NT-Servers since I started my company four yeas ago, but each new NT version is harder to maintain than the previouse because the number of bugs raise faster then the number of features. So I tried Linux. After about two months of testing and learning I selled the first Linux server to a customer I would have selled a NT server earlier. This server runs nice and was easier to setup than a NT server in a compareable configuration (fileserver, ISDN dial-up to ISP, IP-masquerading, mailserver, printserver) and was about $ 2.000,- (NT, mailserver, router, proxy) cheaper. Ok, MS owns the desktop now, but Linux bites them on the server market - now. Another scenario I discussed about last week is Linux on the desktop with ONE WinNT Terminal-Server in the net and a WTS client software on Linux. You can run your favorite app, with no matter if this is a Linux or a Windows app. If a DAU want to set up a PC he will choose W98, but I would prefer to setup Linux with a WTS client. I think the biggest problem is - most of the people working with PCs think there is nothing out than Windows, Windows is the best - because there is so much hype about, and so on. I begun with an Amiga and so I knew an OS can be better then Windows. And with the ongoing Linux-hype many other unhappy Win users will try Linux and see another way. Linux is also going to be easier (KDE,Gnome,Yast and other setup-tools) And now tell me why Linux isn't at war with M$. Guenter Zoechbauer zoechi@z-edv.co.at - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e