Impact of Eurofighters in the Middle East

"phil hunt" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 05:55:33 -0400, Stephen Harding
wrote:
phil hunt wrote:

Have most end users even used Linux? I contend that for many tasks
-- examples being browsing the web, reading email and Usenet, doing
word processing, Linux-based systems do the job perfectly well,
without the issues of cost, insecurity and vendor lock-in associated
with Microsoft.

Linux is a great OS. I really prefer Unix (Solaris/Linux) to a Windows
platform.

But I think a lot of the caution amongst business in using Linux is the
view of it being "hacker software" with no one "in charge".

That's true to some extent, but it's a lot less true than it used to
be.

Business
needs someone always available to help solve OS problems and the view
is that isn't there with Linux. Asking a newsgroup isn't the same as
having MS available a telephone call away.

No, it's better, in my experience anyway.

When I have a computer problem, if I can't fix it, I use
Google (both on web and groups) to see if anyone's had the same
problem. That usually turns up a fix. If it doesn't, I read the
manual (sign of desperation!) If that doesn't work, I ask on relvant
ngs and/or mailing lists. After doing all this, i will typically
have an answer, if an answer exists.


all of the above are available for MS Products too and the Microsoft
knowledgebase while flawed is a useful resource.

Keith