Hey Phil!

Sep 14 09:55 04, Phil Marlowe wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 PM>  === I mentioned the steep learning curve, which
 PM>  you confirm. That's a negative. But one thing
 PM>  among the positive stuff I've heard that sounds
 PM>  on the mark (and what attracts me) is that you
 PM>  get back some of the control that you had with
 PM>  DOS and that was lost with Windows. How this
 PM>  actually works in practice with Linux, though,
 PM>  I don't know.

Yep.  The console has the look of DOS and simular commands available to it
(where do you think DOS got them from?) so those with DOS experience will
find Linux easier then Windows or Mac users.  However due the multitasking
and multiuser enviroment then comparisons are tough to make.  There is a
GUI in Linux but even that requires knowledge.  Where Linux really shines
is in a network enviroment.

 PM>  ===  I am however thinking: Old dog, new tricks.
 PM>  And because of the investment of time involved I
 PM>  may just be dreaming, because I'm so backed up
 PM>  with other stuff to do that I may never get to
 PM>  it.

Oh well.  Don't ever upgrade your system then.  I see major changes
everywere that will require relearning.  Even in MS-World.  XP sure screwed
up alot of Win98 users.  I don't know what the 98 holdouts are going to do
in the near future when they find themselves totally out of step and their
systems unsupported.

 PM>  === So I think I should at least read up on it a
 PM>  bit before I pester folks here with dumb
 PM>  questions. Then I might very well get back to
 PM>  you.

No such thing as dumb questions, only dumb answers.  I am living evidence
of that.  ;-)

Life is good,
Maurice

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