[mdlug] Dell survey for Linux

Aaron Kulkis akulkis3 at hotpop.com
Wed Mar 14 14:43:11 EDT 2007


Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> From: Robert Adkins
> 
>>     The cynical part of me is strongly suggesting that the current 
>> Darling Distro isn't well suited for all tasks, from Desktops to 
>> Corporate Data Center servers and that shortcoming could be a 
>> reason for Dell to proclaim in the trade press that Linux simply isn't
>> ready for prime time. When the real problem is that the current
>> Darling Distro isn't really geared to be everything for all purposes.
> 
>  Um, I'm not sure *any* distro is "geared to be everything for all
> purposes". I certainly can't think of one like that. That's pretty
> much the *reason* there are a plethora of distros. (Incidentally,
> I can't think of *any* non-Linux OS that's omni-appropriate, either.)
> 

I'm waiting for some ultra-geek to port CMS/VM 370 to a cell phone....

No, not really...





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