Forwarded message: >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 5 14:09:23 1998 From: Patrick McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [svlug] New MS Document: Halloween II Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, It was good to see everyone at the meeting last night. There is a new document on the Web which is a followup to the MS Halloween Document. http://www.opensource.org/halloween2.html Here's the notable quotes.... Key Quotes: Here are some notable quotes from the document, with hotlinks to where they are embedded. It's helpful to know that ``OSS'' is the author's abbreviation for ``Open Source Software''. * Linux represents a best-of-breed UNIX, that is trusted in mission critical applications, and - due to it's open source code - has a long term credibility which exceeds many other competitive OS's. * Most of the primary apps that people require when they move to Linux are already available for free. This includes web servers, POP clients, mail servers, text editors, etc * An advanced Win32 GUI user would have a short learning cycle to become productive [under Linux]. * I previously had IE4/NT4 on the same box and by comparison the combination of Linux / Navigator ran at least 30-40% faster when rendering simple HTML + graphics. * Long term, my simple experiments do indicate that Linux has a chance at the desktop market ... * Consumers Love It. * Linux's (real and perceived) virtues over Windows NT include: Customization ... Availability/Reliability ... Scaleability/Performance ... Interoperability ... * Linux is emerging as a key operating system in the nascent thin server market * Using today's server requirements, Linux is a credible alternative to commercial developed servers in many, high volume applications. * The effect of patents and copyright in combatting Linux remains to be investigated. ------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick McGovern http://www.My-Kids.com/ President http://www.My-Trip.com/ My-Website Inc. http://www.My-Wedding.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.My-Party.com/ Phone: 415-538-3373 http://www.My-Pets.com/ Fax: 415-538-3378 http://www.My-Mug.com/ http://www.my-website.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ -- echo "unsubscribe svlug" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to unsubscribe ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
