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Subject: Re: CM for Linux? Do you think it will happen?

Author: James Robertson

Date: 10:58:07 07/16/99

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On July 16, 1999 at 07:25:25, Steve Coladonato wrote:

>On July 15, 1999 at 18:34:19, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>On July 15, 1999 at 18:29:48, Zachariah Amela wrote:
>>
>>>Opinions please.  Any rumors to the effect, also gratefully accepted.
>>
>>It will happen if Linux becomes popular in America, which is the primary venue
>>for CM. I doubt, however, that Linux will ever have more than a small following
>>in the US.
>>
>>James
>
>Well now that's a topic for debate but this is probably not the right forum.
>There's a lot of backlash against Windows and NT in the corporate world and I
>think that vendor's like RedHat are doing the right thing for Unix (Linux) and
>that is put a user friendly front end on it.  But the OS itself is very stable
>unlike the Microsoft world where re-boots are the common fix. ;-)

I don't know much about Linux, as nobody I know or met has it. I have found
Windows NT to be very stable, although 95 has problems. Supposedly the next
Windows is crash-proof, but we will have to see. :)

James

>
>Steve



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