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To: i-node who wrote (587)	7/22/1998 1:20:00 PM
From: Charles Hughes	Respond to of 5102

>>>Actually, I lived UNIX for about 10 years. So I have a little awareness of what to expect. <<< I think that you will find Linux far more convenient than older UNIX to install and maintain, by a factor of ten. It is now taking some sales away from Sun and SGI. It would have been far smarter for SGI to sell cheap Linux boxes and port their stuff to that than to get mixed up with MSFT and NT at the low end (as events have already shown, of course.) If you try it, get the manual and software at a computer bookstore first (50 bucks), and then visit the web site to acquaint yourself with the supported devices and drivers list before installing. You can also order the manual with CD from the web site (Red Hat or Caldera.) If you don't care about benchmarking the speed, you might install it as a second OS on an older Win95 box. Personally I don't think NT is evolving very fast, and will be passed. Mostly because a lot of the best programmers have a distaste for MSFT and are helping Linux along with new features, drivers, and active debugging (they are not the equivalent of MSFT's beta testers.) It is the same atmosphere of rebellion and technical development and affiliation (and government interest) that broke down the IBM monopoly. Cheers, Chaz