Comments on: Would The Internet Exist Without Linux? http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:17:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 12th, 2009 - Part 1 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-21931 Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 12th, 2009 - Part 1 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:58:38 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-21931 [...] from him: Would The Internet Exist Without Linux? < http://www.pcmech.com/article/woul… [...] [...] from him: Would The Internet Exist Without Linux? < http://www.pcmech.com/article/woul…; [...]

]]> By: The answer is yes. - Tek4life http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-19350 The answer is yes. - Tek4life Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:06:18 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-19350 [...] admin on Jan.13, 2009, under Uncategorized http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/ No comments for this entry [...] [...] admin on Jan.13, 2009, under Uncategorized http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/ No comments for this entry [...]

]]> By: Freaxx http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-16738 Freaxx Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:29:10 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-16738 Actually it was just GNU that was born to fight against propietry software. According to the ¨Linux is obsolete debate, Linux was created because a. Linus had bought a brand new 386 processor and learn about it. and b. He was sick of Minixs limtations (which were due to its aim to be bought by students with extremely low end hardware) Actually it was just GNU that was born to fight against propietry software. According to the ¨Linux is obsolete debate, Linux was created because
a. Linus had bought a brand new 386 processor and learn about it.
and
b. He was sick of Minixs limtations (which were due to its aim to be bought by students with extremely low end hardware)

]]> By: Darren Pilgrim http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-16301 Darren Pilgrim Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:50:31 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-16301 This article is far off the mark. Linux was a hobbyist interest in the 90's. People who ran small ISPs used SunOS/Solaris or BSD. The reason is quite simple: stability. At the time, Linux was not reliable. If it wasn't kernel bugs, it was the lack of coherency between glib, userland and the kernel. It was impractical to source-update a Linux system, most of us just installed a new release from scratch and did a few manual kernel patches here and there. It wasn't until almost a decade later that the major Linux distros gained long-term system coherency, some of them still don't get it right. If you had a business that depended on it in 90s, it didn't run Linux. This article is far off the mark. Linux was a hobbyist interest in the 90’s. People who ran small ISPs used SunOS/Solaris or BSD. The reason is quite simple: stability. At the time, Linux was not reliable. If it wasn’t kernel bugs, it was the lack of coherency between glib, userland and the kernel. It was impractical to source-update a Linux system, most of us just installed a new release from scratch and did a few manual kernel patches here and there.

It wasn’t until almost a decade later that the major Linux distros gained long-term system coherency, some of them still don’t get it right.

If you had a business that depended on it in 90s, it didn’t run Linux.

]]> By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-16269 Rich Menga Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:11:31 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-16269 I wrote it on Windows Live Writer.. (d'oh!) :P I wrote it on Windows Live Writer.. (d’oh!) :P

]]> By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-16268 Rich Menga Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:09:39 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-16268 Cool! Don't forget to subscribe! Have a nice day! Cool! Don’t forget to subscribe! Have a nice day!

]]> By: System i Addict » Blog Archive » Would The Internet Exist Without Linux? http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-16264 System i Addict » Blog Archive » Would The Internet Exist Without Linux? Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:06:54 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-16264 [...] LINK :: Would The Internet Exist Without Linux? [...] [...] LINK :: Would The Internet Exist Without Linux? [...]

]]> By: G Fernandes http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-16261 G Fernandes Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:34:16 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-16261 And the answer to that is an unequivocal "Yes". GNU/Linux didn't arise as a response to the BSD's. GNU/Linux was born because it's creators perceived the need for a free OS that was owned and controlled by them. The BSD's failed to satisfy this criteria because of it's more liberal license terms compared to the GNU GPL. And the answer to that is an unequivocal “Yes”. GNU/Linux didn’t arise as a response to the BSD’s. GNU/Linux was born because it’s creators perceived the need for a free OS that was owned and controlled by them. The BSD’s failed to satisfy this criteria because of it’s more liberal license terms compared to the GNU GPL.

]]> By: G Fernandes http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-16260 G Fernandes Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:20:42 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-16260 I don't recall drawing any conclusions from that specific observation. As a matter of fact, that specific observation was there to emphasize the fact that one can not go by published statistics to draw random conclusions, as the author of this article seems to have done. I don’t recall drawing any conclusions from that specific observation. As a matter of fact, that specific observation was there to emphasize the fact that one can not go by published statistics to draw random conclusions, as the author of this article seems to have done.

]]> By: G Fernandes http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-16257 G Fernandes Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:57:26 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/would-the-internet-exist-without-linux/#comment-16257 Cost wouldn't have slowed anything down - the BSD's predate GNU/Linux. Free was available long before Libre. Cost wouldn’t have slowed anything down – the BSD’s predate GNU/Linux. Free was available long before Libre.

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