From: andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm) Subject: Re: Ho much USL license(was Re: Is this becoming comp.linux.advocacy) Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1993 18:21:27 GMT
In <CBF3pn.GFE@gator.oau.org> larry@gator.oau.org (Larry D Snyder) writes:
>entropy@world.std.com (Lawrence Foard) writes:
>>Why bother when Linux is already free and better than commercial Unix? I'm
>That's a personal opinion. Linux lacks applications and support
>from third party vendors. Try finding a smart multiport board from
>Digiboard with drivers for Linux. Digiboard has never heard of Linux
>according to their technical support. Call Word Perfect and order WP
>for Linux. Call Ingress and ask for their database package for Linux.
Ok, ok. And all Unix customers need Ingress and we all need Digiboards :-)
What makes Linux so interesting for me is, that I have a very powerful
and fast machine for doing software developement and X11. I'm not interested
in buying blindly fast and expensive cards and drivers !
I started to use Linux 3 weeks ago and must say ... it runs stable, point.
Performance is very well (better than on some SVR4 versions I saw ...).
In our company I will try to use Linux to make X-Terminals out of
well used PC's ... a better / cheaper solution to get a X11R5
based video display than to use some of the X Window Emulators
for PC's or buying a X-Terminal. If I want Motif ... it's available ....
>>I fail to see the purpose? What advantage does this $200 Unix have
>>over Linux?
>End user support, applications and support from industry known third party
>hardware and software Unix vendors.
What support ... it runs out of the box ... the net is developing
better and stabler Versions ...
Who want's to buy exotic and esoteric third party products should do so.
I prefer using simple fast hardware ...
486/33 Eisa, 16 Mb Ram, 1542 SCSI Controller, AST compat 4 port card
ET 4000 local bus video card ...
what do I want more.
With this environment I can do a lot of funny things.
Who needs Wordperfect or so needs another Unix that's clear.
But what about using a Linux computer as a X Terminal for
using Word Perfect from a Unix server (SUN .. ?!!) ;-)
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