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High Plains Thumper <hpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> John Bailo on Tuesday
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> | What has been exasperating for me
>>>> | is that this project has been undertaken very quietly, with little
>>>> | publicity or communication
>>>
>>>> http://tuttlesvc.teacherhosting.com/wordpress/?p=148
>>>
>>> Yes, it's really sad that these projects have to act on the principles
>>> of an "Underground Railroad" essentially hiding the Linux in basements
>>> for fear that Microsoft Bullies will come in and take all the Linux away
>>> and put it in prision. No doubt Linux will continue to use the moss
>>> on the side of trees to make its way to freedom...
>>
>> It's rather true, judging by what I read, that corporations
>> hide their use of Linux. Maybe it's because the CTO's fear a
>> sacking for doing something out of the ordinary. But some
>> would argue that it is a way of maintaining and extending
>> competitive edge and advantage.
>
> It negates the troll's counter attack of no examples of Linux installations.
>
We've had linux at work for donkey's years; initially, one of our
admin guys was dropping slack boxes on top-end 386 machines to work as
print servers and firewalls, and making nwserv (netware) servers from
higher-end machines; later, he did samba servers and a webserver and
so on in the same way. It was all excellent, cost next to nothing,
never went wrong, was fully backed up, and just worked.
Perhaps there's no need to say it, but this was, in the main, done under
the radar.
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"A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a
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