Re: Linux/OSS: doomed to a lifetime under Windows' thumb
Re: Linux/OSS: doomed to a lifetime under Windows' thumb
Damian illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> Bruce Sinclair wrote:
>> In article <g62g16$52c$1@news.tornevall.net>, "Damian"
>> <nospam@rabid-dog.net> wrote:
>>> the wharf rat wrote:
>>>> In article <C4A96491.CA06A%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>,
>>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> If the hardware is not, in some way, focused and even controlled
>>>>> then it will cease to be compatible...
>>>>
>>>> Sure. Look at what happened with SCSI. Since there was no
>>>> focus or control by Microsoft it's not like I can install some
>>>> crappy old Tekram SCSI card and a 2/4GB DAT drive and expect it to
>>>> work perfectly.
>>>>
>>>> Not on Windows at any rate. Works fine on Linux of course.
>>>> Thank God Microsoft is out there protecting me from being able to
>>>> run legacy hardware by providing focus and control.
>>>
>>> SCSI is king on Servers, not Desktops. Any *Windows Server* product
>>> has full support for them, always have.
>>
>> So ... why are there so many versions of windows then ?
>
>
> So ... why isn't there a version of linux that works?
Wanna pop around here and take a quick look at the four laptops,
twelve desktops, three servers and two windows boxes and play a game
of "spot the machine that regularly crashes"?
I'll give you a clue, it ain't a linux machine. They just work.
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