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Subject: Re: commercials in linux - the best OS?

Author: Zachariah Amela

Date: 08:03:17 08/20/99

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On August 19, 1999 at 21:16:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>I run linux on all my machines..  I have a quad pentium pro 200, a quad xeon
>400, this PII/300 notebook, plus a bunch of machines scattered all over our
>department running linux.  Sun is simply not worth the money.  Anything I can
>buy from them, I can buy from intel at 1/2 to 1/4 the cost, and at least 2x to
>4x the performance.

You must really like Linux.  And by the sound of it, it sound very reliable.

>
>makes you wonder, doesn't it?  Windows NT seems to run fine.  But if you insist
>on unix, get the same box but run Linux.  It is at least as reliable as any
>windows or solaris or you-name-it system...

Yes, it does make me wonder.  I wonder why everyone toots Suns horn if it's such
a kludge?  As to not running Windows, you got it.  I'm very tired of Windows in
so many ways.

>
>And the price is right...

You got that right.  Sun and SGI are spendy.  I can build a custom intel system
for a lot better.

Thanks.



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