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   From: asockpuppet@asladekillfile.invalidorg   
      
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    "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.   
      
   Good thing then that Apple markets them as *home* computers then, eh?   
      
   FWIW, I've never seen FMC market Bradley Fighting Vehicles as "Soccer   
   Mom" commuting :-)   
      
      
   > 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.   
      
   Windows has had a strength on a "Ubiquity" basis.  I can recall several   
   years ago a project (yes, it happened to also be "multi-million" in   
   scope) that the initial recommendation was to go with Apple G5 XServe   
   hardware (superior bandwidth) ... until they found out that the software   
   developer skills were specialized and they couldn't find enough   
   appropriately certified programmers to meet the program schedule - - so   
   they switched to .NET and dropped some of the technical requirements so   
   as to reduce the system bandwidth to what Windows PCs could handle at   
   the time.   
      
      
   > 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.   
      
   YMMV.  I run a variety of systems ... and I'll opine that whatever   
   systems you prefer, I use for Skeet practice with my 12 gage shotgun :-)   
   In reality, I actually practice what you tried to preach:   
   "Yawn...whatever does the job".   
      
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