On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 12:41:23PM -0400, Randy Abernathy wrote:
> Maybe I am missing something here but, it would seem that most of the  people
> that are looking at or using Linux are some of us technical types.

You're missing the point.

>

> In the real world, companies and people want something that they don't need
> to think to use.  Mac and Windows seems to be going closer to that than
> Linux.

Mac OSX is a Unix operating system. So "lack of thinking to use" and Unix
style OS are orthogonal concepts.

>

> Now I admit, I haven't been very active with Linux but I used a lot of
> systems, and worked on them, that used UNIX and XENIX, both pretty much the
> same types of operating systems and they became pretty much obsolete for some
> reason,  it took specialized people to maintain them.  Linux is just a
> "free"  or "shareware" version of UNIX from what I have learned.  Are we
> just  longing for days gone by here?

A couple of points:

1) Comparing a current version of Linux to Unix/Xenix is like comparing WinXP
to MSDOS 6.2. There's a light year worth of difference between the two.

2) Open Source most closely describes Linux/FreeBSD and the others. You can
pay or get it free, but nearly all of the source code to generate it is
freely available to you.


>
> It is fun to "re-invent" the wheel sometimes but I have yet to find any of
> my major clients that will even consider using Linux or going back to a UNIX
> type operating system.  They like how Windows seems to work for them.
>
> Just asking a question here that has been proposed to me by a number  of my
> clients that have seen Linux and wanted to know why someone would, more or
> less, go backwards.
>
> Randy  Abernathy
> Acworth, GA 30101-4066

Ah. You're in the Atlanta area. You should come down to one of the Atlanta
Area Linux Enthusiasts group meetings and let them give you the tour. Info
can be found at http://www.ale.org

BAJ

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