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Re: Network Question
Yes Linux is new. It is just about exactly a decade old.
But it's roots and much of it's code goes back at least
another decade and by some counts back to the late 1970's.
Same with the Internet. It's not new. It's only
new to the masses. I can remember using telnet to
log on to a remote computer and run a program at some
out of state location in 1977.
So Linux is new but it's just the kernel. If you
want maturity go with FreeBSD or Solaris they have direct
linage all the way back to AT&T Bell Labs. Only an
expert could tell either of these from Linux as the
application programs and user interfaces are identical.
I read an interview once with Bill Gates. This was in
the pre-Windows days. He said that his new product called
"MS-DOS" would be developed over time as the capabiliites
of PC hardware developed to become "more like UNIX".
That plan changed. First they were going to co-develop
OS/2 with IBM and then when Windows386 a success they
dropped OS/2. So even Mr. Bill way back then saw UNIX
as a large mature system.
I remember using some of the
code which now comes with Linux before IBM sold the first
PC. UNIX and the body of code associated with it predates the
advant of the desktop computer. Remember those AT&T boxes?
or when the VAX780 was the state of the art? How about when
Sun sold M68000 based systems? I can remember writing software
that used mice, buttons and windows years before Mr. Gates
sold is first copy of MS Windows and before the first Intel
386 was sold.
All that said and I happen just now to be typing this
on a Windows 2000 box using Netscape. However on this
W2k system I run an X-Server and the same software suite
I run using Solaris or Linux (bash, gcc, vi, gdb, Perl,
Tcl/Tk, ...) In a way it does not matter if I use the
W2k kernel, Solaris or Linux. An xterm is an xterm.
--- Cary Chleborad <bennu@ns.net> wrote:
> Dirk Terrell wrote:
>
> > >Windows is wonderful! (sorry all you LINUX types - but it's the
> truth)
> >
> > Not when it comes to remote access beyond file sharing.
>
> I disagree - it's a little more "work" to set up, but I have complete
> remote access to my entire computer network at my business. So far,
> there hasn't been anything to stop any remote access need I've had,
> including working remotely from home. The network includes Win98,
> WinMe, WinNT server and two LINUX boxes.
> >
>
> > Personally, I'd never do something like telescope/camera with Win
> > 9x/Me. If you must do it with Windows, go with NT or 2K. 2K has a
> > telnet daemon that you could use to get into the machine remotely.
> >
>
> I've earned my Red Badge of Courage in doing these things on BOTH the
> Windows and LINUX platforms. Some things on LINUX (like accurate
> time)
> are easier, but Windows wins hands down for ease of development,
> presentation, ease of operation, STABILITY AND RELIABILITY. This
> statement is quite contrary to what all the LINUX types say but
> perhaps
> most of these people have never written telescope O.S.'s on BOTH
> platforms?
>
> Some argue against cost, but so what if you actually have to pay for
> an
> OS? $200.00 is nothing compared to the $350,000.00 piece of hardware
> that you are controlling it with. Your $200 is buying you literally
> millions of man hours of development vs the mere thousands that has
> gone
> into LINUX. At this point LINUX is a very Immature O.S. and needs to
> be
> considered so.
>
>
>
> DON'T GET ME WRONG!!! This is not a bash LINUX party! It seems to me
> that groups like this tend to overlook Windows as a reliable option
> and
> place too much trust in LINUX without actually evaluating the truth.
>
>
> SURE- it's HELL to learn to develop under windows! Sure it's more
> work,
> etc.... but there are benefits to doing so. Give Windows a chance!
>
>
> -Cary
>
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