From: iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: The Zen of Linux, part 2 Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1993 08:43:54 GMT
In article <C8s1HG.MKH@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> mike@hopper.ACS.Virginia.EDU (Michael Chapman) writes:
>I'm not going to even attempt to quote anything. I just want to say that
>in my experience BBS users in general are barely above the idiot
>level when it comes to computer knowledge, and that BBSs with uucp
>feeds are often the source of really worthless crap making its
>way onto Usenet.
Really. I didn't know hopper.acs.virginia.edu was a BBS.
Linux has to cater for the people you describe so politely as idiot level.
Most users of all software are in that category. If you don't like stuff from
the fidonet BBS systems and friends then learn to use kill files.
>
>I saw Linux running the other day, BTW, and I think PC owners would do
>well to invest in a commercial Unix like BSDI or one of the SysVs (UnixWare
>is cheap and pretty interesting). Linux may be fine to play around with,
Maybe you ought to do something like really investigating which Unix to chose
- and anyone who suggests a system without knowing the specifications of the
purpose it is to fit is a fool. After a lot of evaluation here at I^2IT
we chose Linux for stability, tools, efficient uses of resources, and finally
price.
>are available. Not that an iAPX machine will ever be impressive doing
>anything but playing Astrotit.
Remind me never to bother employing you for anything useful. The i386/486
processor line may now be at the end of development but they are cheap
and easy to knock into machines that do the job. Living in .edu
you probably don't understand what cheap, and the idea of a machine which
just does the job is
Alan