__/ [ Roy Culley ] on Tuesday 26 September 2006 01:19 \__
> begin risky.vbs
> <4959020.aDRvGsq1mB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> From Windows to Linux: Finding comparable apps and services
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The key thing to remember is that the vast majority of things you see
>>| in Windows have existed in the Unix world for a long time and,
>>| consequently, in the Linux world, too. The Windows versions are
>>| typically derived directly from them. Kerberos, for instance, had been
>>| in use in the Unix world in various ways before it was adopted as the
>>| default authentication protocol in Windows 2000 and higher. As long asy
>>| ou remember to look for substitutes by function and need -- rather
>>| than by appearance or implementation --you'll be able to cover all
>>| the same territory you did in Windows, and probably more.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1218024,00.html
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> Goes without saying. The list of MS innovations is all but zero. They
> were late to market with networking, file sharing, network printing
> ... network anything, multi-taking, multi-user (they still haven't
> really sussed that one out), a descent CLI (they are working on this I
> believe) ...
Monad? It got cracked by an Austrian guy just a couple of days after it had
been released. That was a long, long time ago. It seems as thought it got
buries for the time being, yet to be added as/in a Service Pack or whetever.
> The list is endless. All MS seem able to do is copy the innovation of
> others only badly.
>
> "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as
> false, and by rulers as useful." -- Seneca the Younger (4? BC - 65 AD)
Nice quote. Were you think theism or O/S monoculture (or politics) when
appending it to the sigs file?
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