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Subject: Linux Sucks ;)

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 16:52:03 12/18/00

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On December 18, 2000 at 11:11:05, David Rasmussen wrote:

>On December 16, 2000 at 09:26:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>
>>Windows NT was very reliable.  Windows 2000 seems a tad less so.  I consider
>>windows 95/98 to be trash.  I don't have any ME machines so I can't comment
>>there.  If I had to run windows, it would definitely be NT 4, as we have had
>>that up in our labs for several years with no problems of any kind.  Linux is
>>all I personally run on the machines I use, and it is also rock-solid and
>>doesn't crash, period.
>
>I find Windows 2000 to be a tad MORE reliable than NT 4, actually.
>The stability of the Linux kernel is good, but as much as I like Linux, I really
>have to say that I think it is useless for anything else than server OS and
>development OS. It has louse harwaresupport and lacks standards in various areas
>that are extremely important, if you're not only using development tools and
>server software. I'm looking forward to the day when the rest of Linux is as
>good as the kernel.



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