Re: Advocating Linux

From: Chris F.A. Johnson (cfajohnson_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: 1 Nov 2004 07:07:10 GMT

On 2004-11-01, mutant wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:30:02 +1300, jay wrote:
>
> What's an Amiga?
>
>> Some Linux users are using the same tactics. They make both
>> themselves and Linux look bad.
>
> See you are young.

    Who's young!?

    The Amiga was a computer, released by Commodore in 1985, that was
    the most advanced personal computer on the market at the time.
    There was a lot of truth to the quip seen in Amiga circles that
    "Windows 95 = AmigaOS 85", though Windows still had some catching
    up to do.

    Unfortunately, development did not keep pace with the rest of the
    PC world, and by the time I gave up my Amiga (in 2000) the cost of
    upgrading to anything close to the power of a modern Intel-based
    machine would have cost far more than buying a new Intel box.

    As it turned out, I didn't have to buy anything; my son replaced
    his damaged PII-300 (he couldn't get Windows to work on it) with a
    new box and I inherited the old one. I installed Linux and used it
    for a couple of years.

    Last year he dropped and damaged his laptop, and Windows no longer
    worked on it. I installed Mandrake, and it has been chugging along
    merrily ever since.

    I still miss some things about the Amiga, but it was no longer a
    viable machine. 

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	Chris F.A. Johnson                      http://cfaj.freeshell.org
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