cold water on linux

[David A. Bandel]

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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:39:13 -0400 (EDT)
Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, M.W. Chang wrote:
> > > I have no love for Lindows, but don't wish to see them go under
> > > either. They have added some beneficial visibility to Linux. But
> > > their insistence on trying to beat the giant at his own game was
> > > nothing short of suicidal. Don Quixote would be proud.
> >
> > I don't think Linux and her applications (openoffice, xfree86,
> > KDE/GNOME, multimedia, samba, ..) are ready to take the giant.
> 
> Lindows != Linux
> 
> That said, OSS already is "taking" the giant.  BIND and apache alone
> are in more widespread use than microsoft's equivalents.

Yep.  And BIND just got commercial support from ISC (what some companies
apparently demand in order to deploy a product).  Wonder if they buy
support for their shoes from the shoe manufacturers or from Dr. Scholes?
 Guess it would have to be direct. ;-)

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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