----- Original Message ----- From: Herbert Graf To: Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [OT:] Is Linux the future or just nostalgic? If Linux is going away, why has Big Blue ported it to their Large MVS Mainframes. Most large Enterprise servers run a flavor of UNIX. IBM-AIX, HP-HPUX and SUN-Solaris. I don't recall a Windows OS running on any of these. Just my 2 cents worth. Vern > Hehe, funny you mention Macs, since the latest Mac OS is just a > derivative of a BSD type OS, which is very Unix like... > > Oh, and for the record, for someone who has been dabbling with Linux for > a while now, the latest incarnations of Linux are VASTLY easier to setup > and use then prior versions. Are they as easy as Windows? Nope, but they > are very close, especially considering efforts like Lindows/Linspire. > > Give it some more time, Linux is very close to being perfect for > mainstream user use. I myself have converted 3 of the PCs on my network > to Linux, the only reason I still run windows on my main PC is the VPN > connection to work, and the fact that I can't find drivers for my ATI > AIW to use all it's fancy features. TTYL > > ----------------------------- > Herbert's PIC Stuff: > http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu