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  1. WombatSound

    Why Linux is Cheap

    We talk about different environments ... My environment is strictly Internet ... I'm only all the time ... I do web hosting and development ... Some of the issues do migrate towards the desktop and that also is a source of grief ... "Standards" is a word that Mr. Bill likes to throw around ...
  2. WombatSound

    Why Linux is Cheap

    I posted a buncha links 2 Sep 05 4:46 ... Scroll up ... I checked and "Pirates of the Silicon Valley" and "Revolution OS" are available from Amazon.Com ... I didn't know Pirates was available so I ordered it ...
  3. WombatSound

    Why Linux is Cheap

    It's obvious that your mind was made up before you posted and even after given a vast amount of information you stay true to your original tone ... This is much the norm for people that ask this question so I don't understand why people even ask it ... I wonder where I expressed hatred or...
  4. WombatSound

    Why Linux is Cheap

    eman6: At least Bill Gates built his fortune with useful products, brilliant ideas and innovations and brilliant marketing skills. Heh, more like imitation ... Microsoft is traditionally behind ... Their innovation consists of their ability to copy the successful market and then usually...
  5. WombatSound

    Why Linux is Cheap

    Still some people reading this post think Linux came after Windows as some sort of competition ... Unix was before Windows ... Go back up in this post and follow links I've posted previously ... Educate yourself ... There were operating systems before Windows ... No one is copying Microsoft...
  6. WombatSound

    Why Linux is Cheap

    Installation: When I started with computers, what I cam to know and love was a black screen with a green C:\> staring at me when my computer finished booting ... These new Microsoft products do not give you that option ... Finding FreeBSD I now have back my prompt, although it looks a bit...
  7. WombatSound

    Why Linux is Cheap

    Yes, you can place the blame on a sysadmin for a system's security, but the OS should start you off right ... I was infected before I finished a Windows installation once ... It is vulnerable by default ... It also installs "everything" ... Installing FreeBSD, I have never been vulnerable...
  8. WombatSound

    Proliant 8000 No SCSI controllers or drives detected

    I want the machine to work properly before I even start playing with the configuration.
  9. WombatSound

    Why Linux is Cheap

    Wow, talk about waking the giant, but I just signed onto this forum site and I read this thread ... While there is objective opinion on both sides, the obvious hasn't been stated ... It seems no one knows the history of where the software came from ... You need to do some research ... But I...
  10. WombatSound

    Proliant 8000 No SCSI controllers or drives detected

    I have acquired a Compaq Proliant 8000 with 6 550mHz CPUs off of eBay ... It has 3 hot swap cages for 7 SCSI drives each ... I have got a couple other Proliant servers off of eBay and have got them to work using the SmartStart CD and it would detect the controllers or boards that were stripped...

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