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- From: freebird@gnu.mit.edu (Lee)
- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT?? (Yes - Intelligent People)
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- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 07:43:17 GMT
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- Acutally you can get Windows NT client for about the same price as
- Windows 95...why get a kludge when for the same price you can get
- real<s>.
-
- Though, I do agree that Linux is better overall.
-
- nedkelly@eagle.ais.net (Ned Kelly) wrote:
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-
- >NCC-1701E? (tomcat@eden.rutgers.edu) wrote:
- >: If you ever spend some time in Windows NT you will find that most features in
- >: Windows 95 is in Windows NT as well, and NT has more. There are people out
- >: there who look for stability rather than just pretty pictures and sound. Not
- >: everyone is as shallow as you are... I bet you simply go for the RESET button
- >: when getting a general protection fault?
-
- >Maybe intelligent people with considerable disposable money. Face it, NT
- >is expen$ive. From my expierence, once you get Linux running good, it
- >keeps running good, like the Energizer Rabbit(tm). Therein lies the
- >biggest problem with Linux. It can be a pain in the arse at times to
- >install. However, so can any other OS. NT has the advantage of running
- >commonly available software, which is also getting expen$ive. Linux can
- >run DOSemu, but the DOSemu user will have to scour the suburbs for old
- >DOS software to use, which will end up often being cheap, like old
- >Commodore(!) software.
-
- >If money's no object, NT can very well be a good choice, but some of us
- >aren't so lucky. Cost-effectiveness is one of the biggest reasons I use
- >Linux.
-
- >--
- >Ned Kelly Lives!!!!!! Tired of the high costs of software? Try Linux UNIX!
-
- -Lee
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