I now realize...
That I am the only person here that actually uses *NIX boxes much, much, much more, than I thought before.
I use it:
at home
at work
at play
At work it IS my Primary desktop, has been for a few years. At home I use it cept for Gaming(and Browsing lately). At play (or side work as some call it)... I cram it down peoples/companies throat until they discover it doesn't taste so bad and actually start to enjoy it capabilities.
Linux/*BSD just work. Work well enough I can breeze through most installations and configurations and recoveries without batting an eye. Haven't lost data to server crashes in about 5 years. Maybe access to said data for a while, but not lost.
Had some "supposed" lost data, but the user could not find anything that was lost. I made some smart remarks about that customer under my breath and got a reprimand, but to this day they still haven't discovered anything lost. They just assumed stuff was lost when they had problems connecting the next morning, when I forgot to restart the IP Interface. I even heard they did an audit, 100% passage. I never got a "we were sorry, we made a mistake calling you out on the carpet" The reprimand was recinded anway, and the pay I got docked was also re-instated. (happened in December.. remember the early morning Phone call, Karsten?) I was dressing down a Vendor about poor quality/performance of thier systems. Mainly cause thier system was the offending system causing me grief.
Oh well, Now I guess I wandered off the subject I was really gonna do here... so here goes:
Now, why in the world does everyone still insist on using OSes that don't have good modus-operandi?
I have been hearing scuttle-butt that Darwin is replaceable with Linux for PPC keeping Aqua and all the other stuff. Plus you get a real OS underneath. Now I am not saying OS-X ain't bad just difficult. Wonder if it really does indeed work.
I have no Apples to play with right now, but HEY I wanna play. I'll see what I can do later once I get a older one piece G3 that is supposed to show up on my desktop later this week or early next.
greg, curley95@attbi.com -- REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!
In 2002, everyone will discover that everyone else is using linux. ** Linux: Good, fast AND cheap. ** Failure is not an option: It comes bundled with Windows. ** "Two rules to success in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know." - Sassan Tat