Re: tlug: "Linux myths"

["Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <chak@example.com>]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com> wrote,

> >>>>> "Chiew" == Chiew Farn Chung <cfchung@example.com> writes:
> 
>     Chiew> http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp
> 
> Linux is "hyped"?  My kudos to the guys who have spent their enormous
> ad budgets so well!
> 
> It's interesting that every single statement in the Security section
> is at best questionable.

And the swap space bit is also bogus since 2.1 or so.  This
smells very much like another of the publicity disasters
that M$ seems to pull off lately.  Instead of looking for
problems in Linux, they could probably spend there energy
better by sacking their PR staff.

Manuel

PS: They are probably getting a heart attack when they look
    at the new RH 6.1 - I would give it the code name
    `Desktop Killer #1' ;-)
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