Ted Roche wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem with Linux is there is a new flavour of the month nearly every >> month it seems. Red hat used to be the one. I liked Fedora myself. Now its >> Ubuntu ? I cant keep up :) > > That's silly. And the problem with Windows? There Is No Choice. > > Distros are just different vendors packaging of the _same_ components. > They all share the same kernel. They all share the choice of a couple > of desktops (GNOME, KDE, etc.). They all share the same applications. > There are different ways they chose to package them, and different > target markets. Red Hat and SuSE are for corporate, enterprise types. > OpenSuSE and Fedora are for smaller, DIY and hobbyists. Ubuntu is for > Human Beings. You can pay for support, you can depend on community > support, or you can pay the chap down the street for support. Choosing > one over the other doesn't mean you're locked in for life. Think of it > more as choosing a brand of car or TV: find one you like and use it > for a while. Switch to another (bringing over all your *stuff*) if you > find one you like better, you're not satisfied or for the heck of it. > Or pick one and standardize on it if that's what you want. > > It's All About Choice. And Choice is Good. > >
We just hope you chose VHS instead of BetaMax, or Blu-Ray instead of Panasonic HD-DVD. ;-) _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
