Re: www.microsoft.com sure needs a lot of silicon

From: REX BALLARD <rballard_at_access5.digex.net>
Date: 1997/05/07
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970507111100.18519C-100000@access5.digex.net>#1/1

On Wed, 7 May 1997, R!ch wrote:

> On Wed, 7 May 1997, REX BALLARD wrote:
>
> > It is very likely that the combination of Java and Linux will cut deeply
> > into the traditional MS-Windows Markets. Java will lure existing users
> > out of the traditional Microsoft Only environments, NC will generate a
> > market for "Low End an dEntry Level" users, Linux will support the middle
> > range and low end server market. Unix will then have a base of support in
> > the Sun, AIX, SGI, and HP environments.
>
> The day this happens will be a great day indeed; the sooner the better.
>
> > Linux, particularly Red Hat, has set a new standard in user friendly
> > configuration. The existing UNIX community will want to compete at that
> > level (Imagine a "Plug & Play Solaris").
>
> Hmm, not sure what you're getting at here, but in my Sparcstation, I just
> add a new piece of hardware, and type "boot -r". It doesn't get much
> more plug and play than that!

Have you ever installed Red Hat Linux 4.0?

Until this release solaris was the easiest to insstall. There is a new kid in town, and he's a contender.

	Rex Ballard
	(simply a satisfied Linux customer)

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Received on Wed May 07 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT