I just came back from a customer site where they use Linux servers to route
modem traffic - they claim that Linux is very easy to configure for this
use.  This is a shop with 3 HP 9000s, an HP 3000, many Novell servers, and
3 remote sites.  So Linux is being used commercially.

John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions

At 11:31 AM 11/9/1999 -0500, you wrote:
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>>As for Linux, well it's not mentioned until AFTER he decides Microsoft is a
>>monopoly and then he says people do not use it on desktop and are
unlikely to
>>do so because it is developed, for free, by programmers all over the
world.  He
>>also says it won't be able to replace Windows because there are not enough
>>people who would work "pro bono publico" to make a significant dent in
Windows.
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>I use it on a desktop at home...runs fine.  And "people don't use it on
desktop... because it's developed for free..." is illogical.  Then the next
sentence contradicts all this!  It's those "programmers all over the world"
working "pro bono publico" that have brought Linux to where it is today.
The judge should make up his mind one way or the other.
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>And, in the true spirit of laissez-faire capitalism, where there's a
market, people will come along to satisfy that market's desires; look at
companies like Red Hat, Linuxcare, etc. to get an idea of where Linux
stands and where it's heading (heck, check out HP's IT Resource Center; HP
likes Linux too..:-).  The old "no support" argument doesn't hold water
anymore...just more M$FUD...
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>A Linux fan,
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