Linux is not a comercial product in the way that macroslop windows is. So, I don't think you have anything to worry about. There will always have to be a text console on a system, and you can edit init scripts to provent xwindows from starting up. Greg On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:33:46PM -0400, Charles Crawford wrote: > Liz, > > I think you are wise to get ahead of the game by doing the stuff > Linux can do without the heartaches of configure configure configure. If > Linux is to make the mainstream or at least a brook, then it has to work > for the average person without too much of the configuring issues. I know, > its kind of plug and play, but why not have our cake and eat it too? We > get the ease of setup and the power of Linux. What's not to like? Smile. > > My bigger concern is the Xwindows problem of a repeat of what > Windows did to DOS. > > -- Charlie. > At 04:12 PM 08/24/2001 -0400, you wrote: > > >>"no market," but the radical truth is more like "We haven't a > >>clue of how to get money for it." > > > >Forgive a comment from an extreme newbie who doesn't even *have* Linux yet. > > > >I've been looking at the companies who make Linux preinstalled systems > >(there's a long list at linux.org), and they seem to have some kind of > >market niche because some of them use hardware that has been tested and is > >known to be Linux-compatible. With the Windoze dominance of the entire > >computing market, it's attractive to me to buy a system whose components > >are known to be compatible with Linux. It seems better than ordering > >elsewhere and not being sure the different parts of the system will work > >well with Linux. > > > >any comments or thoughts? > > > >Liz > >Liz Hare, Ph.D. > >Research Associate > >Animal Breeding and Genetics Group > >B47 Morrison Hall > >Cornell University > >Ithaca, NY 14853 > >(607) 255 2380 > >eh51 at cornell.edu > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
