On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 Jeff Malka had this to say!
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> That kind of thinking makes no sense to me.
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> If it does what you want, just more easily, the question becomes why dump
> it?
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> If you want a "puzzle" to figure out, there are the crosswords. If you want
> an OS, what is wrong with it being easy to use and figure out and use?
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> It comes down to whether you want a good OS - no matter who makes it - or
> something to play with and show off on.
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> Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Registered Linux user 183185
Jeff,
Here's the rub...Tom Brinkman said it best in another, somewhat related
post, the more accomodating the OS becomes to hardware vendors and overall
users the more relaxed standards become. In so doing the less stable and
vulnerable the OS becomes. Windows is a good example of this.
Mark
