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To: JRH who wrote (18523)	10/29/1998 2:15:00 AM
From: shane hartman	Respond to of 77397

Maybe it's time for CSCO without Jach, sigh...

To: JRH who wrote (18523)	10/29/1998 2:35:00 AM
From: joe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 77397

Some UNIX commands: > mv jach dumpster > rm jach ...how to delete your hardrive of all useless jach stuff > cd / ; ls -1 jach > 'jach_sh!t_list'; rm 'jack_sh\!t_list' Any UNIX lovers???

To: JRH who wrote (18523)	10/29/1998 9:40:00 AM
From: jach	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77397

Linux is a very good OS and it's basically free. Althoufg there are apps out there, none come close to MS Word and the likes that one find in windows world. How about for kids? is there King Quest series on Linux, MathBlaster? Can end users buy Linux loaded PC in Walmart or Office Depot, configured ?

To: JRH who wrote (18523)	10/29/1998 5:07:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77397

Ever heard of Linux? It is growing at a phenomenal rate! And, FYI, its applications can be downloaded free of charge from the internet!! When is MSFT going to start doing that? Never! Because MSFT wants to make money. You make money selling applications like Office for money. How is a Linux applications company going to make money by giving away all their applications for free? Where's the profit? Linux rules.....free programs, open source, extremely robust (MSFT could only dream), networking to the core, one of a kind customer service. Yes, except I have no idea about the customer service. Don't you only get that when you buy the package (scratch the "free" part of your argument)? At least that's how it works at Red Hat, unless you're just talking about the standard web support pages that every software firm has. And they (i.e. the world) are working on making it easier for the end user (GNOME standard GUI?). They better. I have Linux on one of my PCs and I will tell you that to the normal non-Unix user it would be useless. It may be powerful but it would also be impossible for a non-technical computer user to install, unlike Windows. Then once he gets finally stumbles through disk partitioning and whatever else comes up while getting Linux installed he gets to stare at "LILO:" and scratch his head for five seconds. Then he watches all these cryptic messages scrolling across the screen. Then he stares at "login:" for a while hoping something else will happen. Then he digs through his manual (which he has since he bought his copy of Red Hat instead of getting it for free) and finally figures out that he needs to log in as "root" and then set up user accounts. What's all this stuff about groups? Why are all these other users here, like "daemon"? Can I delete them? Why won't "LS" show me my files! That's what the manual says! Etc.