Interestingly, Teeside "University" was indeed probably a technical college or polytechnic. A few years ago the powers that be, here in the UK, decided that it would be a good idea not to distinguish between genuine Universities and colleges and just make everything University.
I know, I know, we've covered this before but it just seems so obvious it has to be said again!
If they take the same approach to Linux as they have to Java then they'll attack from the inside.
I reckon it'll start with a highly supported and easy to install distro to gain boxes then they'll start to add MS specifics which won't be open source and probably not as well written as the NT equivalents.
Slowly they'll tighten their grip and strangle Linux from the inside.
I started with slackware. Hard but fun and very good for getting your hands mucky.
Then RedHat, simple to install but buggy, buggy, buggy. Stupid simple things which I expected to be set up weren't.
Finally, SuSe. It just works!:-) Still not perfect but moving in the right direction.
I'll try MS Linux next, I'm sure it'll be the best of the lot;-) Ideally MS should contract out it's Linux distro to RedHat who then go on to make billions from it because MS don't think it's important enough to do themselves:-). Then comes MS Linux/2, a collaboration between MS and Redhat on the OS of the future. But RedHat will turn their back and leave MS struggling on trying to produce it whilst they go on to release RedHat Linux NG:-):-) [NG = New GPL]
(Funny, I was thnking about a MS Linux a couple of weeks ago but decided it was too obsurd to post to/.! Doh!)
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Interestingly, Teeside "University" was indeed
probably a technical college or polytechnic.
A few years ago the powers that be, here in the
UK, decided that it would be a good idea not to
distinguish between genuine Universities and
colleges and just make everything University.
esheep.
I know, I know, we've covered this before but
it just seems so obvious it has to be said again!
If they take the same approach to Linux as they
have to Java then they'll attack from the inside.
I reckon it'll start with a highly supported
and easy to install distro to gain boxes then
they'll start to add MS specifics which won't
be open source and probably not as well written
as the NT equivalents.
Slowly they'll tighten their
grip and strangle Linux from the inside.
Seen it all before.
.sheep
I started with slackware. Hard but fun and very
:-)
;-) Ideally MS should contract :-). Then :-) :-) [NG = New GPL]
/.! Doh!)
good for getting your hands mucky.
Then RedHat, simple to install but buggy, buggy,
buggy. Stupid simple things which I expected
to be set up weren't.
Finally, SuSe. It just works!
Still not perfect but moving in the right
direction.
I'll try MS Linux next, I'm sure it'll be the
best of the lot
out it's Linux distro to RedHat who then go on to
make billions from it because MS don't think it's
important enough to do themselves
comes MS Linux/2, a collaboration between MS
and Redhat on the OS of the future. But RedHat
will turn their back and leave MS struggling on
trying to produce it whilst they go on to release
RedHat Linux NG
(Funny, I was thnking about a MS Linux a couple
of weeks ago but decided it was too obsurd to
post to
Pete.