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To: DiViT who wrote (58327)	5/23/2001 1:00:58 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 74651

What a bunch of baloney. "Linux has less than 2 percent of the desktop market ... ." Can I assume that means they have more than 1 percent? That sure sounds like a lot of progress in a short time against an entrenched incumbent. Somebody "who doesn't know what they're doing" can certainly break a Windows system. I submit that such a person can break Windows a lot more readily, and with a lot worse consequences, than they could a properly set up Linux system. "So far Linux hasn't made much progress there because of lack of support for graphics cards." There are a heck of a lot of supported cards. I don't know where he's getting that. "Dell has been using Linux as a more flexible operating system ... ." At least he admits that. The same could be said about Unix in general. "Unlike Unix, Linux does not tie the user into hardware from a particular company." What planet is this guy from? Unix runs on machines from DELL, CPQ, IBM, NEC, GTW, SUN, HP, SGI, and myriad others. JMHO. Charles Tutt (TM)

To: DiViT who wrote (58327)	5/23/2001 1:21:47 PM
From: Bicycle	Respond to of 74651

i>...which offers easy access to the chassis... I've needed to gain access to my computer's chassis about once a decade. I fail to see the importance of this. I would welcome any explanations. Bye4Now, FD.

To: DiViT who wrote (58327)	5/23/2001 2:01:17 PM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

There are two main reasons why Linux won't take over on the traditional PC after Windows: 1) There is too much invested into Windows. 2) Most PCs will be replaced by terminals before Linux can take over. The article makes its conclusions on false facts. For instance, Linux supports more non-Intel hardware than both Windows Me and Windows 2000, and there is lot of Linux-compatible hardware out there that Windows will never install on. Mass deployment is an area where the Linux OS is very strong, which also explains why Linux is used in so many appliances. Lars. Lars.