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[Steve W.]

Spencer Yost wrote:
> Having been a c/c++ developer on  dozen flavors of unix for decades,
> I can tell you Linux  is a superior operating system by far(except
> for Digital's openVMS but considering that hasn't been available for
> 15 years I concede it it no longer a contender).   Hell, Apple IOS is
> a variant of BSD(Berkeley Software Distribution.  I can't believe
> Dave recommends anything from Berkeley!).  It's reliable, easy to
> use, very secure and free from most of the pesky viruses, free to use
> and resource frugal so you would think everyone would use it.   But
> being open sourced and not branded or backed by a corporation the
> non-IT public is unaware and/or lack confidence to use it.
> 
> I challenge everyone to install it on their old machine whenever they
> upgrade.   Use their new windows machine to handle day to day stuff
> and use their old Machine to learn Linux.  You will thank me.  I
> currently recommend Ubuntu.
> 
> At the very least get a Mac.   Windows is a necessary evil in the
> corporate world but the average home user does not have to put up
> with Microsoft.
> 
> Spencer Yost
> 

Wal~Mart runs the big distribution centers on Unix. They have been 
playing with switching them over to some flavor of Linux and discovered 
a LOT of problems. The one my wife works at just wiped Linux off the 
system because it just didn't work.

-- 
Steve W.