Re: Survey Please read

Hi Ian,
Replay inbtween you text..

Ian Wright wrote:

>
> From: "Ian Wright" <Ian@...>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hansw <hansw@...>
> >
> > It's the Linux nightmare that upsets me... Software is not compatible
> > across versions and someone can compile in a "thing" and blow up
> > everything... I'm not a Linux hater, life is much to short for stupid
> > stuff like hating anything, but I dislike wasting my time on something I
> > know is not going to be standard and I can't plan for in the near
> > future.
>
> Hi Hans,
>
> This is a complaint which seems to be often levelled at Linux but I can well
> remember all the same problems when moving from Windows 1 to Windows 2.1 and
> then to 3.1 and 3.11. On each of these versions there were problems with
> some programs which, in the commercial world we would have been better
> without, but then when windows 95 and then 98 came along these problems
> faded into obscurity.

Right ! I think my message said that also...

>Windows NT, which is, of course, microsoft's own
> version of UNIX for PCs

Well not exaclty, but I know what you mean.

> has also had its problems along the way and still
> has when it comes to interfacing and networking with other versions of
> windows. One has to remember that Linux is still at a fairly early stage of
> developement and, by comparison, its problems are almost non-existent - I'm
> not saying there aren't any but that, in comparison with the number of
> version conflicts and bugs that windows has had and still has, Linux is
> pretty much bug and error free. It is significant that now, when the latest
> releases seem to be rapidly catching up with the ease of installation and
> looks of windows 95, a large number of commercial software producers are
> showing an interest in it and I'm sure that before long, the present,
> largely free 'academic' software will be augmented by flashy and expensive
> commercial packages.

No doubt, there was a similar surge about 3-4 years ago when IBM pumped
more money into pushin OS/2
which BTW had more portentail that Windows ( the simple kind running one
DOS) ever had.

> Having said all this, I am not a 'linux nerd' and I still mainly use windows
> 98 but I do have linux on another machine and intend to also put it on
> another machine which currently runs windows 95 so I can play with
> multi-screen software. There are no real problems having windows and linux
> on the same machine although you have to reboot to change from one system to
> the other

I have posted a note or two about multi OS one one system. I use "System
Commander" and it is "The" thing for multiport systems. You can with
VERY little effort put up to 26 OS's on one system. What's nice about
System Commander is it manages all the changes that are made from OS to
OS so you never loose anything. It's also cheap.
If you have not seen it http://www.v-com.com I am not connected with
this company in any way, I have just been using it since they first
released it.

They also have a partitioning software, I have NOT used it, for that I
use Partition Magic, which allows me to repartition WITHOUT losing data,
ti be honest, I still backup before I use it, my work is simply much to
valuable to play games it it. BUT, that said, it has never trashed my
system.

This combination of "System Commander" and "Partition Magic" make it so
easy to load any OS..

What the hell I still have that Red Hat Linux 5.2 somewhere I'll put it
on some time when I get time just to placate some people. At least when
I say dislike it, I'll be able to say in great detail why. I'll stick it
on one of my seven systems but not on this main work station.

>- my present linux machine also has windows 95 on it and I can
> access and transfer files between the two systems easily whichever operating
> system I am using. For anyone who may think they have an interest I would
> say either find another computer or make space on your existing computer and
> intall linux as a supplementary system, play with it and learn and then,
> when you begin to discover how much more you can do with linux, you may want
> to change your preference.

Old dogs....

Thanks Ian.

Hans Wedemeyer

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> Ian
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> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield UK
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