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To: JC Jaros who wrote (9041)5/14/2000 7:02:00 PM
From: Tom C  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9798
 
BTW, Microsoft has just *patented an innovation which is a re-implimentation of Debians online package management method. --- It *must be good if M$ decided it was worth patenting. <g>-JCJ

And, that has something to do with CORL? Hell, I could come out with a Debian release. It's free! BTW, did I say that there is a problem with Linux?

Tom



To: JC Jaros who wrote (9041)5/14/2000 7:07:00 PM
From: Tom C  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9798
 
While not being a volunteer to jump into a defense of Linux (*nix) on the desktop, the formal structure of a *nix filesystem

I started using unix in 1981 as a developer. Go ahead, please explain it to me. Better yet, explain why Linux is so radically different.

Tom