>>And I can honestly say that had my first computer been a >>pentium with windoze, I would not have fallen completely in love with >>technology the way that I did. I couldn't agree more. My history of computer use makes Linux all the more appealing, and that article all the more disturbing. I started using computers on an Apple II. Nothing great, but spending hours on end at the BASIC prompt hacking out some new programs really makes you respect the computer's designers for making the computer fully extendable. I bought a Super XT in '84 , and it was great - I used CPM/86 and PC-DOS 3.1, and it gave my my expectations for an operating system - not too easy to use, but powerful once you've mastered it. I used PCs happily for many-a-year, upgrading to a 286, a 486/SX, a 486/DX4, and my current computer, a Pentium 133. I dropped CPM around '88, when I bought my 286. The computer I am using now is that same 286, but there are no original parts left. You can imagine my horror when Windows 95 came out. I had a brief stint with OS/2, but it gave way to Windows 95... I was appaled at what I saw. Not only had I lost all control (not even the DOS prompt was safe anymore), but my C compiler stopped working. I started using Delphi, but it was nothing compared to QuickC, the perfect language for my console program needs. No doubt, when Linux was recommended to me in 1996, I forged ahead. After an installation on my Pentium 133, I realized nothing could contain it, and the 300MB i had set aside was not enough. I put together a 486/DX2 box with used parts lying around my house and some ones I purchased (and a new floppy drive and mouse :o). The 547MB harddrive was ample room for my Linux needs, and it still is. Darn, I forgot the point of this letter. Robert Hailman -- You have been honored with a message from the great Robert Hailman -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
