On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 Subba Rao wrote:

Here you go folks. The january 1999 issue of Linux Journal has the Reader's Choice Awards. On Page - 30

Favorite Linux Distribution Winner: S.u.S.E. Runner Up: Red Hat

I think RH is slipping because they copy M$ 95, interface and configuration management. Might as well stay with M$ 95. Why switch to Linux? SuSE and Slackware standout as the true Linux systems.

These kinds of net surveys are practically worthless in showing any kind of ranking of the products with respect to any kind of relevant criterium. They have only amusement/fun value. You should also have cited a sentence from the introductory paragraph on the same page, namely: "Over 3000 votes were cast, with over 500f them from Germany". This COULD explain the preference for SuSE. As somebody who uses both SuSE and RedHat I think your sweeping statements in the last 3 sentences should also certainly not be taken seriously. Alexander ------------------------------------- Alexander Volovics Dept of Methodology & Statistics Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL ------------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>