At 10:56 PM 3/20/2002, you wrote: > > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:30:06 -0800 > > From: Paul Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I have a BMW 330 I 2001 Dinian with 275 HP on an IN-LINE 6 Cyl., that runs > > just as well as the Mercedes,better if you ask me, but I did not have to > > pay an extra $30,000 just for the star on the front of the car, and the > > name Mercedes, when a BMW works just as good for much less. > >Without going too OT for too long: > >1) Inline sixes are indeed smooth. >2) Older [turbo]diesel Mercedes are the run-forever cars to which > I was referring. If you s/Mercedes/BWM/ -- fine. Both will > drive and hold up better than, say... a Ford Tempo. > > > > Are saying you get what you pay for?. > >Yes. The RaQ -- of which I'm _not_ at all fond -- is a low-end >appliance. It's meant to hold someone's hand through the basics. >It's not intended to be the GUI to beat all GUIs. > >I do agree, however, that timelier patches would be nice.
So for the price of 2 clone computers with the same parts, you get one computer from sun that, works sometimes and not others? >But, again... re custom configs and support... will MS support >non-MS software on Windows, as in the examples I gave (and >snipped in this message)? No. Why do you expect differently >from another vendor? > Microsoft will support any problems you have with drivers or programs that have passed there certification program... will sun? > > Microsoft and oracle have all but killed sun, because they refuse to > accept > > change, and TRY to get over on companys because "WERE SUN", yes they may > >Yes, it's interesting how HP, DEC/Compaq, and SGI have all worked >with Intel at some level... but not Sun. > > > > have won the battle with Microsoft, but the war is far from over... after > > oracle dumped sun like a bad script that was like nailing the coffin > > shut... you agree or not? > >Interesting. I ask about the "unix/linux community at large" and >get drivel about Sun. You are correct that the war is far from >over... and I'll just wait for the outcome. > >If Sun were to fall off the face of the planet, I'd expect >Fujitsu and others to begin pushing SPARC more heavily. > >Note that Oracle isn't exactly pursuing Win2000, either. That's because Oracle is no match for SQL 2000 on win2K or on the .NET server platform! >*shrug* > >I think that there's room for BSD, Netware, Solaris[1], and even >Linux and Win2000. Each has its place. > >[1] One might argue OSF/1 and offspring, AIX, HPUX, IRIX, etc. in > addition to (or place of) Solaris. I'll acknowledge this, > but try to stay brief. > >I'll refrain from dragging these threads out any more unless >others show interest. Most anything and everything that has been >said, will be said, or could be said, is probably in the archives >already. ;-) > > >Eddy > >Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division >Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national >Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence >-- > >Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) >From: A Trap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. > >These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT >send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or you are likely to be blocked. > >_______________________________________________ >cobalt-security mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
