RE: [SLUG] Fwd: Where do you want to go today.

["Aravind Naidu" <aravind.naidu@nospam.software-assoc.com>]

I have to say, comparing NT/95 to Linux reliability wise is a no contest.
But Win2000 has improved things a bit, but I am not quite sure it is in the
Linux/Unix arena yet. Have to wait & see. ( I have now run Win2000 for a
month heavily without crashing on the same spec h/w as NT and it is an
improvement but then Linux on the same spec h/w has been running for 247
days...)

But, I generally agree with the principle of advocacy. Instead of trying to
bash the other 'guy', it is way better to concentrate on the good points and
promote Linux on its positives of which there are many. I think more and
more people see Linux in its own strengths and less and less you need to
compare feature for feature with other OS's.

The problem is also that many stories are anectodal and it is difficult to
pass them around.

-- Aravind


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-slug@nospam.newtreno.spectrum.com.au
> [mailto:owner-slug@nospam.newtreno.spectrum.com.au]On Behalf Of
> Rowling@nospam.ali.com.au
> Sent: Thursday, 2 March 2000 11:36
> To: slug@nospam.slug.org.au
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] Fwd: Where do you want to go today.
>
>
> Hi Chuck, Rachel,
>
> I have to disagree with Chuck on this one;
> Some of the guys here use Win95 and others are using Win NT on
> the same spec
> hardware with stacks of memory and hard disk space.
> Given the same set of (Win)programs to run in the same order, the Win 95
> guys can't run all of them because they run out of memory, real,
> virtual or
> otherwise.
> I have to reboot my NT box every week because the fonts disappear.
> I only need to reboot my Linux/Unix boxen when we need to switch off the
> mains for extended periods or upgrade the kernel.
>
> Go figure.
>
> ___________________________________________
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Chuck Dale [SMTP:bug@nospam.aphid.net]
> > Sent:	Thursday, March 02, 2000 12:52 AM
> > To:	SLUG
> > Subject:	Re: [SLUG] Fwd: Where do you want to go today.
> >
> 	<stuff deleted>
>
> > Statements like "Windows 95 needed four times the CPU and RAM of its
> > predecessor" and others in the forwarded document are just as stupid as
> > the "Linux Myths" pages which Microsoft put up on its website.
> >
> 	<stuff deleted>
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