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.

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