From: wpwood@darkwing.austin.ibm.com Subject: Re: NT vs Linux (was: Re: truth or dare) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 18:37:12 GMT
In article <1993Jul5.160042.4182@muug.mb.ca> rgallen@muug.mb.ca (Rennie Allen) writes:
>I run QNX and I have had bugs fixed in less than 24 hours on many occasions.
>This; without subscribing to their "gold" support plan which guarantees 24
>hour turnaround time.
>
>I don't doubt that the same type of support could be made available for Linux.
>The point is is once you figure in support costs, there is very little price
>difference, and since nobody is making money for producing Linux, there is
>no incentive to improve it.
>
Here I must object. There is a *lot* of high-quality free software
out there on internet. The developers had no other incentive than
personal pride and the joy of hacking. These can be very powerful
incentives.
I don't know about NT. The things I've heard about it have
not been good. But Linux is a very good example of quality software
created for no other reason than the developers' pride in their work.
(Here I'm talking about all the high-quality free software -- The
Linux kernel, all the GNU utilities that are used, emacs, TeX, the
list goes on and on).
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The form of the verb varies according to its subject -- *I* am firm;
*you* are obstinate; *he* is pigheaded.