RE: Do I Want Linux?

["Peter Ring" <pri@xxxxxx>]

Unless you know (and enjoy learning) a bit about the inner working 
of your 'information appliances', the most obvious advantages of 
Linux and the *BSDs are price, performance, and stability. 

Professional support has recently become available, so that is not 
an issue anymore (but comes at a price, of course). Most any 
'enterprise' application (e.g. database systems) is available, 
while there's still only a small selection of desktop applications 
(compared to what's available for Windows and MacOS).

The real advantage, IMHO, is that these operating systems are 
open source and come with huge collections of mature system 
management and development tools. I find a Linux box to be a lot 
easier to manage than either MacOS or Windows NT, because nothing 
is hidden, everything is meant to be managed, and the tools are 
available.

If you are satisfied to live within the confines of your favourite
applications, stay there. If you need or want just a bit more 
responsibility, investigate Linux and the other open source *nix 
clones.

Kind regards,
Peter Ring


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-framers@omsys.com [mailto:owner-framers@omsys.com]On Behalf
> Of Rick Quatro
> Sent: 16. december 1999 04:21
> To: Framers2; Framers1
> Subject: Do I Want Linux?
> 
> 
> This may not be the forum for this, but I'll throw it out there 
> anyway. What
> are the advantages of Linux? My background is FrameMaker for Mac, now
> Windows 95/NT.
> 
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 716 659-8267
> frameexpert@mindspring.com
> FrameScript Information at http://www.mindspring.com/~frameexpert
> 
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