Heh... Superior product? Maybe that's why so many people buy Microsoft products, because they're superior to others. Linux is coming along fairly well but it lacks the central standardization that Windows has -- the GUI, the programming specifications, etc. Don't get me wrong, I've got a dual boot system with Red Hat 5.2 and Win98, and I like Linux as much as the next person, but I still think Windows is better for a lot of things and Linux still has a way to go before they actually become a real competitor for the desktop OS market.
As for the Cygnus/Red Hat thing, I don't personally like it but it may be good in some ways. I don't like it because I think maybe Cygnus's products will dramatically change, either for the worse, or hopefully for the better. I DO like it because I think it will improve the quality of some GNU applications like GCC.
Um, I think that Cygwin 1.0 was actually just the 20.1 beta packaged together in a CD with a bunch of other stuff. It's still available online as free software, because it was all licensed under the GPL. Don't worry, it's still free.
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Making a bit of money on the side is no bad thing, especially if it is tied in with something like this, that has to do with the whole nerdy-sci-fi thing. How else do you expect Slashdot to stay alive? I'd do it if I were them. A few comments on this, books dealing with things like this I really hate. If we haven't changed in the last few million years we've been here, why should we anytime soon? By the way, I'm as Creationist, and I guess I'm kinda biased, though.
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Heh... Superior product? Maybe that's why so many people buy Microsoft products, because they're superior to others. Linux is coming along fairly well but it lacks the central standardization that Windows has -- the GUI, the programming specifications, etc. Don't get me wrong, I've got a dual boot system with Red Hat 5.2 and Win98, and I like Linux as much as the next person, but I still think Windows is better for a lot of things and Linux still has a way to go before they actually become a real competitor for the desktop OS market.
As for the Cygnus/Red Hat thing, I don't personally like it but it may be good in some ways. I don't like it because I think maybe Cygnus's products will dramatically change, either for the worse, or hopefully for the better. I DO like it because I think it will improve the quality of some GNU applications like GCC.
Um, I think that Cygwin 1.0 was actually just the 20.1 beta packaged together in a CD with a bunch of other stuff. It's still available online as free software, because it was all licensed under the GPL. Don't worry, it's still free.
Making a bit of money on the side is no bad thing, especially if it is tied in with something like this, that has to do with the whole nerdy-sci-fi thing. How else do you expect Slashdot to stay alive? I'd do it if I were them. A few comments on this, books dealing with things like this I really hate. If we haven't changed in the last few million years we've been here, why should we anytime soon? By the way, I'm as Creationist, and I guess I'm kinda biased, though.