After the Mindcraft and ZD tests, I have a feeling that SMP is going to get most of the attention for a while. M$ really blew it when they pointed out that Linux needed more work in this area. By the time the W2k bug is released Linux should be close to (If not ahead of) NT in SMP.
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I Agree, no need to flame 'em over what was probelly a honest mistake. The "No GUI" FUD was out for a long time, so a lot of people who are new to Linux just assume the first GUI they hear of really is the first GUI. At least it's killing the no GUI FUD. BYTW I droped 'em a note before I even started on the Comments.
After being promised a cable modem in 3 to 6 month's for over a year NOW I find out things are going to get worse. M$ and AO-Hell! Oh boy lets combine sorry Cable TV service with junk M$ software and the worst internet service known. Fantastic, all they need is to get Packard Bell involved so they can run it all on junk hardware. I wasn't happy with AT&T's bid, but this makes it look like a Godsend.
IBM's 1st PC was an inferior product to the Apple II and the soon to be released Commodore 64, But it had the IBM name on it. If a company had an IT department in 1981 it allmost allways had IBM mainframes or minis. The IT department got the job of picking one of those new desktops when the company decided to buy them. They allready had a working relationship with IBM so guess who got the contract. Companies that didn't have computers didn't have any idea who Apple or Commodore were. In 1981 IBM was the 1st thing that popped into peoples mind when someone mentioned computers. IBM got the contract. After IBM gained domminance in the workplace, they had a big edge in home computers. It was easier to pick up a IBM or a IBM clone, because it was like the one you learned how to use at work. Managers could take work home with them. Few of these people even realized they were buying a Microsoft OS. The buzzword in the 80's was IBM compliant. Microsft didn't become well known to the general public untill Windows 3.0 came out.
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After the Mindcraft and ZD tests, I have a feeling that SMP is going to get most of the attention for a while. M$ really blew it when they pointed out that Linux needed more work in this area. By the time the W2k bug is released Linux should be close to (If not ahead of) NT in SMP.
I Agree, no need to flame 'em over what was probelly a honest mistake. The "No GUI" FUD was out for a long time, so a lot of people who are new to Linux just assume the first GUI they hear of really is the first GUI. At least it's killing the no GUI FUD. BYTW I droped 'em a note before I even started on the Comments.
After being promised a cable modem in 3 to 6 month's for over a year NOW I find out things are going to get worse. M$ and AO-Hell! Oh boy lets combine sorry Cable TV service with junk M$ software and the worst internet service known. Fantastic, all they need is to get Packard Bell involved so they can run it all on junk hardware.
I wasn't happy with AT&T's bid, but this makes it look like a Godsend.
IBM's 1st PC was an inferior product to the Apple II and the soon to be released Commodore 64, But it had the IBM name on it. If a company had an IT department in 1981 it allmost allways had IBM mainframes or minis. The IT department got the job of picking one of those new desktops when the company decided to buy them. They allready had a working relationship with IBM so guess who got the contract.
Companies that didn't have computers didn't have any idea who Apple or Commodore were. In 1981 IBM was the 1st thing that popped into peoples mind when someone mentioned computers. IBM got the contract.
After IBM gained domminance in the workplace, they had a big edge in home computers. It was easier to pick up a IBM or a IBM clone, because it was like the one you learned how to use at work. Managers could take work home with them. Few of these people even realized they were buying a Microsoft OS. The buzzword in the 80's was IBM compliant. Microsft didn't become well known to the general public untill Windows 3.0 came out.