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[ale] Linux sighting at SFNB
- Subject: [ale] Linux sighting at SFNB
- From: geof at abraxis.com (Geoffrey Myers)
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 16:51:22 -0400 (EDT)
}sjd wrote:
}> I asked one of the
}> employees, and apparently they needed the security & stability.
}>
}> It was Netscape 3.0 & RedHat.
}
}While people always focus on stability, perhaps the price was
}right too. RedHat you can download for free (or just buy it
}on CD ROM once for all your machines). Legally, Windows must
}be purchased for all those machines... which when I last
}checked the normal cost (not upgrade) is ~$170.
I would hope that a bank would make this decision on security and reliability.
I shutter when considering my bank account accessed via NT.
}
}--
}Andrew Newton
}lfs at eskimo.com
}alnewton at automatedlogic.com
}http://www.eskimo.com/~lfs
}
}
}
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Until later:
Geoffrey Myers geof at abraxis.com http://www.abraxis.com/geof
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