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Comparing Linux To System VR4

Posted by timothy on from the pick-your-perspective dept.

robyannetta writes "Paul Murphy from LinuxInsider.com asks the question What's the difference between Linux and System VR4? From the article: 'If there's a real bottom line here, the one thing I'm clear on is that I haven't found it yet, but the questions raised have been more interesting that the answers -- so more help would be welcomed.'"

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  1. Being that this is /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sure nobody bothered to actually RTFA.

    The article is basically worthless. It's like walking through a classroom about 20 minutes into the lecture, and walking out 15 minutes later.

    It starts in the middle, and leads nowhere. Just a bleem of time that, for whatever reason, is, unfortunatley, recorded here for posteriry.

  2. L-A-M-E by johnthorensen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Could this guy TRY to be more disparaging in his tone? Sure, he tries to give a little back with a comment regarding the quality of Linux code, but for those that haven't RTFA, here's the gist:

    1) Linux runs on a 'toy' platform (x86), and why the hell would a programmer want threads when there's not TRUE concurrency?

    2) Linux does nothing significant that AT&T wasn't doing 10 years ago.

    3) Generally speaking, Linux sucks.

    IMHO I expect to see this sort of thing about half-way down in a thread of /. comments, not on an actual computing news site.

    -JT