On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 05:34:00 -0500, L.D. Best wrote: > Would someone, with a bit more Linux under their belt than what I can > claim [I have a 'DOS version' on my HDD I've never booted to] like to > set this buy straight? He's speaking from somewhere other than where > Linux is these days. Sheesh! He's a dozerware dozer, eh?? > l.d. > - ----- Forwarded message begin ----- > From: "AnchorDesk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > _____________________DAVID COURSEY_____________________ > WANT LINUX ON YOUR DESKTOP? NINE REASONS TO FORGET ABOUT IT > OS THESES: Listen to the believers and you'd think Linux > is a real threat to Microsoft--it isn't. Repeat > after me: Linux is not--and never will be--a > desktop operating system. Nor will it kill > Microsoft's server business. But Linux will > be in your life in other ways. > http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt0612/2773365:18823614 > <snip> > - ------ Forwarded message end ------ > - -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ Just tell that "idiot" to have a look at..... http://www.kde.org/ http://www.gnome.org/ Either of these will prove this statement to be false. "Linux is not--and never will be--a desktop operating system. Also have him check the "page info" for almost any site not owned by M$. He will find that in about 90% to 95% of cases, the server being used is Apache on either a Linux or Unix OS. Which proves this statement to be false. "Nor will it kill Microsoft's server business." Even the Zdnet site itself does not use the M$ server. ;-) Page information for http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/sto... Arachne 1.70 file:\arachne\cache\headers\92390617.htt Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:59:23 ________________________________________________________________________________ HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: Netscape-Enterprise/3.6 SP3 Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 00:01:08 GMT Content-type: text/html ============================================================================== URL: http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2773365,00.html Local: \arachne\cache\92390617.HTM ============================================================================== BTW, I CCed this to--- "AnchorDesk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
