> From: "Chris Robinson" 
> Rich wrote:
>> More nonsense from you.  I find it particularly humorous that you
>> accuse me of deception for using redhad linux 9, a product that calls
>> itself linux as an example of linux when you repeatedly attempt to
>> claim a sony computer sold in bundle with Windows and other sony
>> supplied software is simply Windows.
>> 
>> I see you still refuse to commit or back down to your silly claim
>> that redhat, sun, and other vendors have no responsibility to support
>> the code they ship in their products if they do not own the copyright
>> to this code.
>> 
>> Rich
> The fact is that it's an unfair comparison.  Comparing Windows to a
> Linux distribution (with ALL the software bundled with it) is like
> comparing flour with a big mac.
> http://dict.die.net/linux/ -  The GNU project has provided large
> numbers of quality tools, and together with other public domain
> software it is a rich Unix environment.  A compilation of the Linux
> kernel and these tools is known as a Linux distribution.
> So, I think the real argument here should be "what's a fair
> comparisson".  If someone was to build a Linux distribution (could base
> it on RedHat for example), and put it together as a like-for-like match
> to Windows (i.e. include a basic text editor, calculator, file manager
> etc), then this would prove a fair comparison imho.  We could call it
> "Winux", and it would exist purely to prove a point.
> Chris.


That's one way. Another is to say that "the distrib of my choice
is...SE Linux"
& then compare the security advisories. SE Linux comes with SRPM'es for fedora
but coz they're source & not binaries I would think they can't be
counted as installed apps. i.e. not merely are they not installed by
default but if you want to install em then you have to compile em yourself.

Adam

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