Not defending M$, only a point of view. First Win 95, 98. ME are basically the same distro, from the same company released about every 2-3yrs. Something like Mandrake 7.2, 8.0. 8.1,8.2 ect. What runs on Win 95 generally runs on Win 98 and even ME. The Nt based distros (nt4, 2000, XP) are similar but not identical as hardware and software developers are a little more reluctant to make drivers for the different Windows NT distros, so M$ has to do a little work on its own and write drivers, many of which don't work. But that doesn't change the fact that Windows, with all its bugs and crap. is basically unsplintered. It is also rigid and incapable of doing anything Bill Gates didn't design into it. It can not be modified in the field. This quest for unsplintering is not something that Linux should strive for. If you don't like Mandrake 8.0 load 8.1, 8.2 or SuSE 7.2 or 8.0, or RH 7.1, 7.2 ect. There is always an option. If there is an option on one distro that you want to run in a different distro it is not impossible to lift it and recompile. That's something you can't do with Windows. As for the all perfect United distro (even it's not marked on the desktop box) Windows provides an excellent example of what can happen. XP was their new bigger' better, with larger chrome strips release and it's fallen on it's face. Not because it's crap (the average Windows user wouldn't know that) but because the consumer has decided that it is not necessary. "My Win 95 OS does everything I want it to do and I have all the bugs worked out of it Why do I need to spend $200 for XP?" Do you really think the same thing can't happen with UnitedLinux?
Lee box wrote: > > Lee wrote: > > >Then there is this great bug-a-boo of splintering. So what? That's what > >Linux is all about. The only unsplintered OS around is M$. > > > And just how unsplintered is a company that offers > > DOS > Windows 95 > Windows 98 > Windows 98SE > Windows ME > Windows NT > Windows 2000 > Windows XP > > in various versions of each? > > At least the core of Linux is still the Linus kernel. <g> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
