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Am I the only one who sees a contradiction between running a 200-300 user machine in one paragraph and the nature of linux is change in the next?
Dan
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Show me any major distribution that is running bleeding edge stuff.
The poing of having a `distribution` is to have a stable suite
of programs.
> not want to compile software, be on bleeding edge, and actually
> administer a UNIX system... I feel like I`m running Windows 95.
Obviously, you never administered a high-availablilty multiuser
machine... just your little hacker playtoy machine. Try explaining
to 200-300 users that you`ll be down for a few hours because you
installed some new software, and broke the system.
> Unconfigurable software with horrid defaults, plain bad planning,
> changing industry standards without notice, etc.
If you don`t like change, let me send you, free of charge, a full
DOS 6.22 package. The nature of linux is change.
Tim
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Am I the only one who sees a contradiction between running a 200-300 user machine in one paragraph and the nature of linux is change in the next?
Dan
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Show me any major distribution that is running bleeding edge stuff. The poing of having a `distribution` is to have a stable suite of programs.
> not want to compile software, be on bleeding edge, and actually > administer a UNIX system... I feel like I`m running Windows 95.
Obviously, you never administered a high-availablilty multiuser machine... just your little hacker playtoy machine. Try explaining to 200-300 users that you`ll be down for a few hours because you installed some new software, and broke the system.
> Unconfigurable software with horrid defaults, plain bad planning,
> changing industry standards without notice, etc.
If you don`t like change, let me send you, free of charge, a full DOS 6.22 package. The nature of linux is change.
Tim
It was my understanding that naval aviators habitually refer to aircraft carriers as "boats."
Daniel