[ic] Unrelated (DOS TO LINUX) Topic

Dan Browning interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Mon Dec 10 12:17:18 2001


> On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Gary Henderson wrote:
> 
> GH>>I am trying to find a white paper comparing dos to linux 
> on a technical OS
> GH>>level.  My boss is thinking of moving to linux but wants 
> to read an article
> GH>>on it. I could do the research and write one but I was 
> hoping someone had
> GH>>one that I could provide him with rather than write one myself.
> 
> Wrong forum.
> 
> You are comparing a Vespa motor scooter with a Cadillac.
> You are comparing a Tonka Toy truck with a Euclid heavy earth mover.
> You are comparing a pup tent with a Beverly Hills Mansion.
> 
> Checkout the slackware.com web page, the Red Hat web page, 
> the web page at
> cdrom.com, and the web page at mandrake.com  for excellent 
> information about
> Linux.
> 
> 
> -= Jim =-

redhat-list@redhat.com is a good forum as well.  

A more general look at Linux / open source is here:

http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html

"Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the
Numbers!"

David A. Wheeler
dwheeler@dwheeler.com
Revised as of December 3, 2001

It is one of my favorite sources when explaining Linux to customers.
HTH,

Dan Browning
Kavod Technologies