From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel) Subject: Re: Intel, the Pentium and Linux Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 00:18:52 GMT
David Willmore (willmore@iastate.edu) wrote:
:
: My next machine won't be an Intel archetecture machine. The reasons are
: fairly clear in the market today. Very low priced RISC PC's are coming into
: being which are in my price range and can use the standard hardware (IDE
: drives, floppys, keyboards, vga cards, etc). The difference? They won't
: need someone to write a 'Linux' for them. They'll *come* with a good OS.
:
Ha! Like what, AIX? OSF/1? HP-UX? IRIX? If you think that any of these
things are half as stable or compatible as Linux, you're in for a big surprise
after spending the big bucks.
: David Willmore | "Ever noticed how much they look like orchids? Lovely!" |