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- From: pk@cs.tut.fi (Kellom{ki Pertti)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: MONEY + Linux
- Date: 18 Dec 92 16:16:01
- Organization: Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland.
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- References: <1992Dec17.033917.2963@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In-reply-to: goer@kimbark.uchicago.edu's message of Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:29:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.232925.6334@midway.uchicago.edu> goer@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes:
- One of my fears is that Linux is really a hackers' tool. I use UNIX as
- a programming environment for linguistic research, using mostly C and
- Icon. I really don't care about the internals of the OS, except insofar
- as they directly affect my research. I'm not looking to have any fears
- assuaged. I'm curious, though, what the "grand plan" is for Linux. Is
- it supposed to end up replacing UNIX/386, or is it more like a really
- neat Minix for people who have the time to fool with it?
-
- I can supply at least one data point of Linux being used for something
- else besides hacking the kernel. My wife used it for producing a large
- number of graphs of measurement data (don't ask me about the data!)
- for her Master's thesis in Plastics engineering. I wrote some
- awk/gnuplot scripts that she then used for generating PostScript. If
- there is a free Icon system available, you could no doubt use Linux
- for your research. I am not that much into kernel hacking myself, but
- I am very pleased that I can get the familiar X/Emacs/Scheme
- environment for free at home.
-
- So at least for me Linux offers a familiar environment in which I
- can do things that are of interest to me.
- --
- Pertti Kellom\"aki (TeX format) # These opinions are mine,
- Tampere Univ. of TeXnology # ALL MINE !
- Software Systems Lab # (but go ahead and use them, if you like)
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