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"It is difficult to see any reason why the computer industry could not produce an operating system that is both robust and user friendly."
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Darn tootin'  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/05
RE: Darn Tootin'  Monkey_MCSE | 07/27/05
ZDNet is blatantly pro-MS, anti-everything else  NonZealot | 07/27/05
I Equate ZDNet To Reading The Enquirer  itanalyst | 07/27/05
the facts are in the fud on these forums, the rest is zdnet articles :P  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
Are you insane? ADNet is Anti-MS all they way!  John Zern | 07/27/05
Like many other sites, ZDNET is sponsored by Microsoft  IT-sys | 07/27/05
Yes, it is true that Windows is the one that is not compatible.  DonnieBoy | 07/27/05
Nope  Loverock Davidson | 07/27/05
OMG!  Roger Ramjet | 07/27/05
Time to check the phase of the moon (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 07/27/05
majority of OS's are unix  dwjunix | 07/27/05
While I agree with your basic point  Sxooter_z | 07/27/05
Can't find a file? Oh please.  hulse_kevin | 07/27/05
actually...  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
Nope, nope...  horusfalcon | 07/29/05
But does Unix have the right philosophy?  jorwell | 07/27/05
there is/was that cursed curses thing...  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 07/27/05
I might be wrong but  jorwell | 07/27/05
Memory Mapped IO; direct cursor addressing  mggordon | 07/27/05
you do know that...  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
Yes, UNIX has the right philosophy...  prime21 | 07/27/05
Very nice!  Yen_z | 07/27/05
questions  toadlife | 07/27/05
things that won't die & big ears..  thirtyeast | 07/27/05
So You Think The Recycle Bin Is It?  PMC-CON | 07/28/05
*Yawn*  toadlife | 07/28/05
Windows explorer is IE  voska | 07/28/05
yeah...  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
Kill doesn't kill every process  voska | 07/28/05
process-exporer is weak!  toadlife | 07/28/05
I specifically said I wasn't comparing Windows and Unix  jorwell | 07/28/05
one drawback of everything being a stream  woot! | 07/28/05
A few curses  jorwell | 07/29/05
Seems that Macintosh  In_the_end_I_Win | 07/29/05
Unix cheap?  nomorems | 07/27/05
Unix is cheap for the manufacturers  jorwell | 07/28/05
how can you...  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
apple isn't expensive  dwjunix | 07/28/05
The unity of Unix  Loverock Davidson | 07/27/05
The article is still pretty solid though...  nucrash | 07/27/05
Thanks - and the key research started in the mid fifties  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 07/27/05
Can you provide links  nucrash | 07/27/05
NT was not brand new  Richard Flude | 07/27/05
Money over progress  jorwell | 07/27/05
Maybe you took it wrong  DemonX | 07/27/05
More Gates as Edison drivel.  hulse_kevin | 07/27/05
More Internet is Driver Drivel  PMC-CON | 07/27/05
Rebuttal  Roger Ramjet | 07/27/05
Flames Originate (for me) in Sun's Lies  PMC-CON | 07/27/05
Sorry to hear that  Roger Ramjet | 07/28/05
How about self-righteousness.  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
Interesting take  Roger Ramjet | 07/28/05
you got it right  zzz1234567890 | 07/27/05
OS snobs  auto.master | 07/27/05
I agree  Otto_Delete | 07/27/05
Re: OS snobs  none none | 07/27/05
Better OS can built.  Wagadonga | 07/27/05
no perfect OS  dwjunix | 07/27/05
Microsoft has no interest in peaceful co-existence.  hulse_kevin | 07/27/05
Linux desktop inadequacy  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Hidden Content Removal Tool  PMC-CON | 07/27/05
Not the same thing  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Really?  Richard Flude | 07/27/05
The timeline in the article stopped at least ten years ago.  Anton Philidor | 07/27/05
No, I don't agree  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 07/27/05
Software quality.  Anton Philidor | 07/27/05
Astute observation  Roger Ramjet | 07/27/05
Right on!  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 07/27/05
The "rich client experience" is the show.  Anton Philidor | 07/27/05
The power of genuine control.  hulse_kevin | 07/27/05
Two different views.  Anton Philidor | 07/27/05
How do you figure....  nucrash | 07/27/05
Remember the complaints about "IBM Linux"...  Anton Philidor | 07/27/05
Freedom of speech  IT_User | 07/27/05
Red Hat?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Two basic OS designs exist today  toadlife | 07/27/05
What about AS/400?  jorwell | 07/28/05
Yeah there are others  toadlife | 07/28/05
Successful in the marketplace  jorwell | 08/02/05
Quite correct  Boot_Agnostic | 08/02/05
Not quite  jorwell | 08/03/05
How about the security of Windows?  aquasys | 07/27/05
Have to laugh at many of you here...  John Zern | 07/27/05
Easy.. or not.. experts say..  thirtyeast | 07/27/05
There are gppd amd bad admins  Boot_Agnostic | 07/31/05
Was there a purpose to this limited history lesson?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Message has been deleted.  roaming_z | 07/28/05
Purpose  Roger Ramjet | 07/28/05
Linux is not Unix(tm)  amclaren | 07/28/05
Linux is a Unix clone  moonlitfire | 07/30/05
RE: Linux is a Unix clone  amclaren | 07/30/05
RE: Linux is a Unix clone  cbradshaw@... | 08/03/05
Linux is a Unix clone  moonlitfire | 08/11/05
UNIX is much more unified  michael_t | 08/01/05
Unix and Linux  tecpar | 08/02/05
RE: The unity of Unix  kinge | 09/27/07

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