Microsoft

[Collins Richey]

On 9/18/07, David A. Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/17/07, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 22:25 +0200, Dirk Moolman wrote:
> > > I saw on the news tonight, that a judge overseas (in Europe), stood by
> > > the previous ruling of 2004, that Microsoft must make more information
> > > available to other companies, to allow them to integrate their products
> > > into Windows.
> > >
> > > My personal opinion is that linux will eventually overtake microsoft,
> > > and become the word software leader.  I just don't know how far off that
> > > is.
> >
> > <IF>, like if the raging debate over on the Fedora list is any
> > indicator, there could be a distro that could remain rock solid for a
> > length of time, linux would have already won. Ric
> > --
>
> Debian is rock solid.  It's just a freakin' nightmare for a newbie to
> install and configure.  But after that, it's a dream.
>

Unfortunately, for newer hardware it can be a rock-solid bad dream.
The kernel on Debian Etch is too old to make sounds on my 2-yr old
box, whereas every other recent distro can handle it.

In spite of this, I'm quite fond of Debian.


-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.