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From: Robin Chatterjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Why are u using Linux??? was --> Microsoft Sponsored Linux
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erm - none of the above ?
Maybe a bit of no 4 -linux is cool. Also because it's
somethingI'd like to know about - but certainly just
because linux is cool/free or whatever it doesn't mean
that I automatically qualify as a M$ basher :). It
certainly helps/forces you to learn a lot more about
your machine which is a good/bad thing , so that's why
I love/hate linux.
Cheerio
Robin
oh and maybe quake 3 arena :)
though i haven't installed it yet
--- Indranil Das Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi friends,
>
> I would like to put forward a question to all... why
> the _heck_ are you using Linux??? Although you maybe
> mislead into
> thinking otherwise, I am dead serious, and would
> really like to hear from you.
>
> 1. You are a hacker...and you won't be seen dead
> using any other non-free "OS"?
>
> 2. You are required to admin Linux box(en)... you
> don't like it, but it certainly puts the daily bread
> on your table?
>
> 3. Your boss threatened to fire you or withhold that
> raise unless you upgraded your knowledge-base to
> include Linux?
>
> 4. You think Linux is cool..and want to be part of
> the Cyber Age 31337?
>
> 5. You are just a normal user, who after years on
> suffering at the hands of MSFT s/w tried Linux, and
> found it to be
> something you had always wanted to use...?
>
> 6. You have been a *nix user, and using Linux has
> been part of the natural progression?
>
> 7. You are a corporate entity and want to jump to
> the Linux bandwagon, as you want a slice of the pie
> before everyone
> (namely other corporate entities) discover how good
> it tastes?
>
> 8. You really believe in the idea of Opensource.
> When you go in for a job interview, instead of
> saying -- "show me the
> money"... you inevitably end up saying "show me the
> code or else...." (*imagine the scene as it might
> have taken place
> between Bruce Perens and ESR* ;-)
>
> 9. You are a closet masochist and not even remotely
> interested in Linux -- rather you're basically
> looking for a
> socially acceptable form of inflicting pain on
> yourself, as you have heard it is painful to use?
>
> 10. Your vendor (yeah, one of those darned
> "enlightened", move-with-the-times types) sold you a
> multi-booting PC,
> with Linux as the default boot option. You, a long
> time Windows user, have always been habituated to
> let the s/w make
> the
> decisions for you. You wonder why you no longer have
> a BSOD... and think that the 'X" in the X Windowing
> System comes from ActiveX??
>
>
> Cheers,
> --Indra.
>
>
> ----------
> > From: Ankush Borse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Microsoft Sponsored Linux
> Myths
> > Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 10:58 AM
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I seen the article. Well, I agree with these all
> > points and myths.
> >
> > But despite of the all security, crashproofness
> and
> > scalability, I have some doubts here.
>
>
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