On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 11:55:51PM +1100, Andre Pang wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 08:02:25PM +1100, James Morris wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Brian Robson wrote:
> > > Dear SLUGGers,
> > > 
> > > I have collected together all the recent e-mails on "M$ Dirt" into one
> > > posting, with all the links in one batch, below.
> > 
> > What has this got to do with Linux?
> 
> Okay, I'll bite.  I've had a good night and am in a good mood :)
> 
> If you're thinking along the lines of a _purely_ technical
> perspective, absolutely nothing.
> 
> However, show me one company which is purely technical and I'll
> likely jump into a probabibility anomaly which leads to a
> parallel dimension.  (Or something.)  The most common question of
> "why is Linux better" can often be answered easily; the problem
> is the unwillingness to switch from Windows even though people
> know it's not the best solution for them.  Start throwing around
> arguments about why you shouldn't be running Microsoft products
> and what they've done wrong, and you've got a bit more leverage
> to get your customer to switch to something else.

What if they're a purely UNIX shop?

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Daniel Stone                                                <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<ElectricElf> Anyone have a favorite low-overhead remote filesystem
protocol? (NFS and Samba are, of course, options)
<DanielS> ElectricElf: it's like asking "what is the least painful method
of castration involving a rusty fishing wire"

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