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Friday, September 15, 2000, 3:29:10 AM, Deryk wrote:
> It was meant for server applications, it's great at that :)  Bringing
> it to the desktop seems a daft idea though.  You can't suddenly
> convert several million Windows users unless there's something
> completely mindblowing about it :)

    I've rebooted my machine twice since March...

{grey@teleute:~} uprecords
     #               Uptime | System                                   Boot up
- ----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
- ->   1   132 days, 21:12:54 | Linux 2.2.13            Fri May  5 13:26:32 2000
     2    40 days, 15:46:52 | Linux 2.2.13            Sun Mar  5 17:10:22 2000
     3    19 days, 22:47:22 | Linux 2.2.13            Sat Apr 15 14:41:32 2000
- ----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------

    ...if that isn't mindblowing to a Windows user, I don't know what is.
One, was a kernel upgrade the other was my roommate three fingering the wrong
keyboard.

    The fact that I can run an application at home and display it at work 15
miles away is still mindblowing to me.

    The fact that I can count the reasons I still use Windows on one hand
whereas I cannot count all the really nice things that have made me more
productive with Linux without an abacus is not mindblowing, but gives me a
great sense of satisfaction.

    With Windows I fight the OS, with Linux I fight my ignorance.  There is a
world of difference there.

- --
         Steve C. Lamb         | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
         ICQ: 5107343          | main connection to the switchboard of souls.
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