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["Udo Kuhnt" <048321887-0001@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>  I mentioned absolutely nothing about bootloaders. I
> think you are the one with a lack of knowledge about
> Linux. DOS has nothing todo with my comments. You
> continually come up with stuff that means nothing in
> 'nix. You seem to base all your comments on the use of
> one certain Linux that is no longer maintained.
> Kent Robotti himself has come up with a much better
> version. Many of your comments about Linux are really
> ridiculous, and only meant to confuse people who are
> not familiar with it's use, in the hopes that they will
> continue to use your Sacred Cow. I like DOS, but it has
> severe limitations compared to more advanced systems,
> even the NTs. That is why it is dying off. You can
> bluster about DOS all you want, and denigrate other
> systems all you want, but that will not save the
> dinosaurs. DOS will not be the OS of the future!
> Maybe something totally different than what is in
> use today. Get used to it.

Rob,

the fact that you confuse Linux kernels with Linux distributions says a
lot about your knowledge of Linux, or rather lack thereof. Whatever
distribution I have originally started with has nothing to do with the
version I am using now.

Talking about the "Sacred Cows", at least DOS users can accept that DOS
has limitations, whereas Linuxers fight ferociously to deny them, as you
have just proved.

Obviously people tend to accept flaws in OSes like WindowsNT and Linux
that they would not accept in DOS, like the lack of drivers, or in this
example, the inability to properly use well-defined software interfaces.

The sole reason for my provocative comments on WinNT and Linux was to
demonstrate this, and you have been very helpful indeed in achieving
this goal. I hope that the other readers found the outcome of this
little experiment as interesting as I do. :-)

So thanks for your help - I hope that anyone who has read this will from
now on think twice before making snide remarks about something that he
or she knows nothing about.

Regards,

Udo

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