Mainstream . . . (LONG)

[jthomas at revbiz.com]

I know none of you know me, for I am new to the list, but I figured I 
would put in my 2 cents.

I know nothing about where Microshaft is headed or what the roadmap for 
any distro is.  What I do know is that open source systems are gaining 
momentum.  Right now, a mix of windows and NIX is the way to go.  I use 
all Linux systems to run all of critical services here, and run Win on 
the workstations.  I am not a lover of M$ but I must admit the latest 
installment of windows (Win2k, ME)has gained my respect.  However I 
will not trust IIS or exchange to provide services.  I totally agree 
with the statement, "Its not the OS its what you can do with it."

I also have a question.  Can anyone point me in the direction of a 
how-to that explains how to set up a serial console?  You know, like 
those sparc boxes?  heh

James Thomas
RBC, Inc.
jthomas at revbiz.com

"OpenBSD--Security thru Obscurity"

-----Original Message-----
From: bjdensmr [mailto:bjdensmr at epsi.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:32 AM
To: dmonster; kclug
Cc: bjdensmr
Subject: FW: Re: Mainstream . . . (LONG)

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Monty J. Harder wrote:
> 
>   I disagree.  Linux will always have the advantage of having open
> source, which allows someone to fix things that MS refuses to admit 
are
> even broken in the first place.  What Linux lacks for the non expert
> person is a uniform, idiot-proof system for installing hardware and
> software.  But we're getting there.
> ____________________________________________________

You should read the lastest Linux Mag. They talk about Microsoft's .Net
initiative. The are headed in the right direction. The future is not 
going to
be the OS but the modules that plug into it. Linux or some variant of 
it will
eventually become the ruling OS, if it can incorporate modularity. I 
mean true
modularity. Like I create this great new application, but don't need to 
write
15 million interfaces to other programs to use it. We need to get away 
from
dependence on libc and build callable object interfaces. 

It's not the OS, it's what you can do with it.

Humbly submitted for your review,
Brian