[Plug] Neat Article in NY Times

["LeRoy D. Cressy" <ldc@netaxs.com>]

Hi All 

Here is a neat Article I found:

http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/06/circuits/articles/03neal.html

Cool Quote:

	Stephenson acknowledges that even though Linux is
         relatively "bomb proof," free and powerful, it may
         not be for everyone. 

         He draws an analogy by comparing computer
         operating systems to auto dealerships, all operating
         at an intersection along a highway. In this world the
         Mac OS becomes an attractive Euro-style sedan
         whose innards are hermetically sealed from the
         driver. Microsoft's Windows becomes a colossal
         station wagon with all the esthetic appeal of a Soviet
         worker housing block ("It leaked oil and blew
         gaskets, and it was an enormous success"). 

         By the same token Windows NT is an off-road
         vehicle and the Be OS is a Batmobile. 

         And Linux? Linux is not even a car dealership, but
         rather a bunch of people who live in yurts, tepees
         and geodesic domes in a field, building super tanks
         and giving them away. 


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