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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. God..I love tacos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. just buy a mac by Neuropol · · Score: -1, Troll

    and get it over with.

  3. The difference is obvious by kevingc · · Score: -1, Troll

    We've heard of one and not the other.

  4. Meh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unless it runs on MacOS or will be available in a smaller form factor of varying stylish colors, I fail to see how this is postworthy on Slashdot.

  5. Linux is much more revolutionary by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Troll

    I've worked on dozens... dozens of Linux applications, including ones running at very low system levels.

    No other OS is more evolutionary than Linux.

    Not BSD. Not Windows. Shit, not even OS X.

    Look at how far Linux has come in a little over a decade. It's amazing and awe-inspiring.

    Sometimes I sit at home and stare up at the posted of Linus that I have on the wall and just think, man, that guy started something huge and important, how incredible it all is. Then I touch myself (-;

    --

    Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate. Ex-O'Reilly/MIT employee, now a full-time Google employee.
  6. Not his first great article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Paul Murphy has written some great and insightful articles about comparisons between these two systems. Although the previous one that I read might not be as informative, it definitely is worth looking at. In that article, he doesn't look for much (if any) input from outside readers. I also noticed that he leans somewhat towards the Linux side of things.

  7. yeah but I love his lyrics man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    White on white translucent black capes
    Back on the rack
    Bela Lugosi's dead
    The bats have left the bell tower
    The victims have been bled
    Red velvet lines the black box
    Bela Lugosi's dead
    Undead undead undead
    The virginal brides file past his tomb
    Strewn with time's dead flowers
    Bereft in deathly bloom
    Alone in a darkened room
    The count
    Bela Logosi's dead
    Undead undead undead

  8. The Facts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Like 99% of Free Software, Linux is a clone of proprietary technology. Nothing in Linux is original.

    Copying is easy. Linus is not special Thousands of people have written shitty UNIX clones. Linux has gone nowhere in a decade. Linus is a lazy WASP.