____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Wednesday 04 June 2008 20:40 : \____
> <Summary>
> GNU/Linux is like your first car, you can modify it, you can
> personalise it; it might be a bit untidy; but it is yours, and you
> love it. OpenSolarus is a limousine that you have borrowed, it will
> never be yours, but you can use it with care. And of course Microsoft
> is the child's pedal car, coloured blue, but the wheels keep falling
> off, because the fat bully has hit them with a chair.
> </Summary>
>
>
http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20080529163415471&title=Ubuntu+versus+OpenSolaris&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=703803#c703805
OSolaris is hardly a limousine. It's no Solaris and it lacks extensive hardware
support, which is why Sun sucks up to Linux devs. The same goes for Mac OS X,
which has very limited hardware support (so people go to the Apple 'toy shop'
for peripherals).
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~~ Best of wishes
"Linux is a very complete and sophisticated operating system. And there is a
lot of work being done to improve it in and of itself, particularly to make it
easier to use and easier for people to set up on their personal computers."
--Paul Maritz, Microsoft
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