Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 02:44:42 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux in PC Magazine Message-ID: <199707230944.CAA01727@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Jul 1997 02:20:11 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970723011223.2232A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Wire Magazine , if I am not mistaken in the August issue has an article on Linus and Linux. If I am not mistaken the July issue of Byte Magazine has side by side comparison of FreeBSD vs Win Nt --- oops I meant Linux vs Win NT -- I guess the first was some sort of Freudian slip. I honestly was trying to type linux but some how my fingers took over and silently inserted "FreeBSD vs Win Nt" 8) Cheers, Amancio >From The Desk Of Annelise Anderson : > I don't recall this being mentioned here before, but if it has, my > apologies--or my apologies if what I posted Saturday got through. > I don't think it did. > > In any case PC Magazine ran a two-part article in the July 1997 and > August 1997 issues on Linux-- > > "Leaning Toward Linux: Powerful, robust and free, Linus is worth > investigating, especially if you plan to set up an Internet domain." > > The July 1997 article is available on-line at http://www.pcmag.com/ > > The August 1997 article (p. 311 ff.), "Getting the Most Out of Linux: > Linux isn't easy, but its power and customizability [is that in the OECD?} > make it worth the effort," emphasizes the X-Window system. > > These articles emphasize a certain amount of difficulty in installation > and configuration, but great rewards....neither gives any hint that > Linux is not the only free un*x that runs on a pc. > > I consider this a breakthrough ("nerdware goes mainstream"?) because > PC Magazine is the pre-eminant publication in its class with heaps > of advertising and resources to figure out what its readers want to > read about. They've done articles on OS/2 and mentioned the role of > unix servers in this-and-that, but this seems a first to me: run it > on your pc. I don't recall any articles on software to make your pc > run multiple operating systems or anything like that. > > They publish a page or two of letters in every issue--usually 60-120 > words--that (always in standard English) usually compliment the > magazine/author on a great, useful article, mention the job classification > (not the company) of the letter writer and how the article was of interest > to him/her, and provide some additional useful information for readers--a > correction, a place where something may be downloaded, whatever. > > In any case I think a response of some enthusiasm might encourge PC > Magazine to do more of this sort of thing--they do know it's not all > Wintel..... > > You can send an e-mail message to pcmag@zd.com, or a fax to > 212-503-5255, or snail to PC Magazine, One Park Avenue, New York, > N.Y. 10016-5802. West Coast FAX to 415/513/800. > > The author of the articles is Neil Randall, a "frequent contributor > to PC Magazine and the author of The Soul of the Internet (ITCP) > and coauthor of Special Edition Using Microsoft FrontPage97(Que). > e-mail = nrandall@watarts.uwaterloo.ca" Maybe he should get a free > set of cdroms for him to try.... > > Annelise > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Annelise > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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