[Gllug] [OT] while we're flaming anyway.. (was: Erratic =?iso-8859-1?q?Mouse Behaviour?=)

[Stephen Harker]

On Monday 10 December 2001 08:41, you wrote:
> I agree with that to ... I wonder if its just the nature of the
> beast i.e. with H/W technology continually advancing and OS &
> others apps being such vast projects (not the efforts of one or two
> exceptionally bright people that they used to be) that to expect
> reliability in computing is some3what of a pipe dream?
Linux is as reliable on an 8 year old 386 (if a little slow) as it is 
on a modern P4 or Athlon. The hardware makes very little difference 
to reliability, at least for a standard server or desktop machine.

>Perhaps ... if I get "attacked" I defend (I'm just not the kind of 
>person to sit back & "take it" ... why should I?) so if I get many
>more of these "attacks" I will have to start looking elsewhere
>for my advice.
Be careful. There are some pretty strong-worded and blunt people on 
this list (some of which you have come into contact with :-)) but 
what they say should hardly ever be perceived as attacks. The 
particular rant that you first took exception too was actually a rant 
to the list at large and not to you personally. You made it a lot 
worse by replying to it in an even more aggressive fashion. It's 
understandable as I have done so myself, but it rarely helps. Don't 
leave the list. Stick around and observe for a bit longer. You will 
figure out who the ranters are and then just ignore them if you wish. 
One small point however. Before you post questions on the list, have 
a look at the man pages first for your answers. Whilst everyone is 
here to help, no-one want's to just quote passages from the manual 
that you could have looked up first. Type 'man man' for more details.
Glad that you are making the move to Linux. It is a whole different 
world to Win32 but its worth the effort :-)
Good Luck.
Steve

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Stephen Harker
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