[wb8foz at nrk.com: [dclug] while Rome burns, we squabble over what color the flames are...]

[jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi Scott,
Well, let me see--just at my work--does the Advanced Weather Information 
Processing System run on any form of WINDOWS?  Do the vast majority of 
web servers used by NOAA run on WINDOWS?  I think a very case could be 
made that WINDOWS is a toy--not Linux.

     Jim Wantz WB0TFK
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Scott Howell 
wrote:

> Folks, I just had to share this with you. This is so amazingly funny. I
> also had to tell you guys that I had a conversation with an adaptive
> solutions vendor (no names) who stated "come on, we both know that Linux
> is a toy." I just couldn't think of anything polite to say in response,
> but I think I'll sit down and write him an E-mail and point out that in
> fact Linux is not just a toy, but a tool. You can have fun, learn, be
> productive, and much much more.
> So, enjoy this bit my friends. Lets thank people like Kirk and all of
> the Speakup community who have contributed so much to the open source
> world and made such a great os accessible. I believe its just the
> beginning.
> 
> 
> X-URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A60050-2002May22?language=printer
> 
> Microsoft Fights Free Software at Pentagon
> 
> By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 23,
> 2002; Page E1
> 
> Microsoft Corp. is aggressively lobbying the Pentagon to squelch
> its growing use of freely distributed computer software and switch
> to proprietary systems such as those sold by the software giant,
> according to officials familiar with the campaign.
> 
> In what one military source called a "barrage" of contacts with
> officials at the Defense Information Systems Agency and the office
> of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld over the past few months,
> the company said "open source" software threatens security and
> its intellectual property.
> 
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