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   From: noone@nowhere.nothere.com   
      
   On 05/08/2011 08:04, Michael A. Terrell wrote:   
   >   
   > Joe Zeff wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:28:24 -0400, Flint wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> For some things, a slightly larger tool is needed to get the job done.   
   >>>    But the latte sippers believe the lie "Awwwww, that's alright honey,   
   >>> its not how big it is, its how you use it..." .   
   >>   
   >> While we're playing around with advocacy, I'll point out that the Windows   
   >> fanbois still believe that when it comes to software, "What you get for   
   >> nothing is good for nothing," and refuse to look at Linux while the Linux   
   >> fanbois (myself included) prefer to say, "Why by milk when a cow is free?"   
   >   
   >   
   >     Yawn.  I use whatever does the job.  Linux is OK, and the Mac has   
   > some uses but I've never seen them used in multi million dollar   
   > industrial systems.  The pair of ground stations we built for the   
   > European Space Agency 10 years ago used Windows 95, along with a lot of   
   > MC68340 processors running custom code.  There is no 'Best operating   
   > system for all needs', and the control software for the ground control   
   > terminals we built for NOAA specified it had to be Windows compatible.   
   >   
   >     I run both Windows and Linux. I use my Macs for doorstops.  It was   
   > that, or throw them in the trash since they were so useless for   
   > dedicated systems.   
   >   
   +1   
      
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