Re: emc

hello;

please forgive the lack of capital letters and any typographical
errors. i am recoverying from left shoulder surgery and typing
one-handed.

linux/gnu is open source and free for the cost of
downloading.
(released under the gnu general public license)

emc is open source and free for the cost of downloading.
(written by us government employees as part of their
work, not copyrighted.)

rt-linux patches are open source and free for cost of
downloading.
(releases under the gnu general public license)

gigabyte under drives are really cheap.

i have this habit of wanting to keep the money i do
earn in my pocket and not someone elses pocket.

it is worth the work on my part to save money.

as linus has stated; "any bug is shallow given
enough pairs of eyes." (may not be exact, but
you get the intent of what he meant.)

do not have to wait for months for a bug fix.
do not have to pay the infamous "upgrade" tax
everytime the os is upgraded.

runs across many platforms.
runs on somewhat older hardware.

On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, batwings@... wrote:

> From: batwings@...
>
> Guys I took the advice someone offered about
> reading awhile and the thing that came up is
> one question: If it takes a giga drive, a new
> OS, a lot of fiddling around with files and
> directories, as it looks like it does for
> everyone, then what about EMC is so desirable
> as to make you all endure that? I've seen
> endless softwares that run under Win or DOS,
> use less space, plug and chug, etc. My own
> inclinations are to write my stuff and
> second to that would be to use something
> that installs simply. So what's up?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Hoyt McKagen

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