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<TITLE>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><CENTER><H1>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</H1></CENTER>发信人:&nbsp;seis&nbsp;(矛),&nbsp;信区:&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>标&nbsp;&nbsp;题:&nbsp;Maybe&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;your&nbsp;next&nbsp;desktop&nbsp;OS&nbsp;<BR>发信站:&nbsp;BBS&nbsp;水木清华站&nbsp;(Sun&nbsp;Feb&nbsp;&nbsp;7&nbsp;00:11:14&nbsp;1999)&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maybe&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;your&nbsp;next&nbsp;desktop&nbsp;OS&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;ping&nbsp;to&nbsp;Wintel's&nbsp;pong:&nbsp;Speedy,&nbsp;reasonably&nbsp;priced&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;workstations.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;February&nbsp;4,&nbsp;1999&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Web&nbsp;posted&nbsp;at:&nbsp;6:00&nbsp;p.m.&nbsp;EST&nbsp;(2300&nbsp;GMT)&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by&nbsp;Paul&nbsp;Heltzel&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>(IDG)&nbsp;--&nbsp;Waiting&nbsp;for&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;2000?&nbsp;While&nbsp;you're&nbsp;on&nbsp;hold,&nbsp;Larry&nbsp;Augustin,&nbsp;<BR>president&nbsp;of&nbsp;VA&nbsp;Research,&nbsp;would&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;bend&nbsp;your&nbsp;ear&nbsp;about&nbsp;why&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;your&nbsp;next&nbsp;OS.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>VA,&nbsp;which&nbsp;sells&nbsp;Linux-based&nbsp;servers&nbsp;and&nbsp;workstations,&nbsp;hopes&nbsp;to&nbsp;upgrade&nbsp;its&nbsp;<BR>profile&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;buzz&nbsp;around&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;grows.&nbsp;The&nbsp;free&nbsp;operating&nbsp;system&nbsp;<BR>continues&nbsp;to&nbsp;gain&nbsp;prominence&nbsp;as&nbsp;bigger&nbsp;computing&nbsp;players&nbsp;start&nbsp;to&nbsp;support&nbsp;<BR>it.&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;last&nbsp;few&nbsp;months,&nbsp;Dell,&nbsp;Compaq,&nbsp;IBM,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Hewlett-Packard&nbsp;have&nbsp;<BR>all&nbsp;announced&nbsp;servers&nbsp;or&nbsp;workstations&nbsp;with&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;preloaded.&nbsp;Corel&nbsp;is&nbsp;<BR>developing&nbsp;a&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;WordPerfect&nbsp;for&nbsp;release&nbsp;later&nbsp;this&nbsp;year&nbsp;(a&nbsp;free&nbsp;<BR>downloadable&nbsp;version&nbsp;is&nbsp;already&nbsp;available).&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Augustin&nbsp;founded&nbsp;VA&nbsp;in&nbsp;1993&nbsp;while&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;a&nbsp;Stanford&nbsp;University&nbsp;student,&nbsp;<BR>and&nbsp;he&nbsp;has&nbsp;always&nbsp;sold&nbsp;custom-built&nbsp;PCs&nbsp;running&nbsp;Linux.&nbsp;You&nbsp;can&nbsp;even&nbsp;buy&nbsp;<BR>a&nbsp;VA&nbsp;workstation&nbsp;(direct&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;Web)&nbsp;that&nbsp;dual-boots&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;98.&nbsp;And&nbsp;<BR>while&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;aims&nbsp;squarely&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;enterprise&nbsp;market,&nbsp;which&nbsp;requires&nbsp;its&nbsp;<BR>stability,&nbsp;security,&nbsp;and&nbsp;remote&nbsp;management&nbsp;capabilities,&nbsp;Augustin&nbsp;insists&nbsp;<BR>Linux&nbsp;will&nbsp;end&nbsp;up&nbsp;on&nbsp;consumer&nbsp;desktops.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>It's&nbsp;so&nbsp;easy&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&quot;Linux&nbsp;guys&nbsp;give&nbsp;their&nbsp;parents&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;<BR>machines,&quot;&nbsp;Augustin&nbsp;says,&nbsp;likening&nbsp;them&nbsp;to&nbsp;<BR>WebTV&nbsp;set-top&nbsp;boxes.&nbsp;&quot;They&nbsp;can&nbsp;configure&nbsp;<BR>them&nbsp;so&nbsp;their&nbsp;parents&nbsp;can't&nbsp;delete&nbsp;<BR>applications.&nbsp;They&nbsp;just&nbsp;log&nbsp;in&nbsp;and&nbsp;get&nbsp;their&nbsp;<BR>e-mail.&quot;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Linux&nbsp;isn't&nbsp;perfect,&nbsp;he&nbsp;adds.&nbsp;&quot;It's&nbsp;got&nbsp;a&nbsp;long&nbsp;<BR>way&nbsp;to&nbsp;go.&nbsp;But&nbsp;it's&nbsp;intuitive.&nbsp;People&nbsp;can&nbsp;see&nbsp;<BR>the&nbsp;desktop&nbsp;and&nbsp;get&nbsp;to&nbsp;work&nbsp;immediately.&quot;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Does&nbsp;Augustin's&nbsp;mother&nbsp;use&nbsp;Linux?&nbsp;&quot;Not&nbsp;<BR>yet,&quot;&nbsp;he&nbsp;says.&nbsp;Still,&nbsp;he's&nbsp;optimistic:&nbsp;&quot;Intuit's&nbsp;<BR>looking&nbsp;to&nbsp;port&nbsp;(Intuit)&nbsp;Quicken,&quot;&nbsp;he&nbsp;says.&nbsp;<BR>That&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;a&nbsp;boost&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;traditionally&nbsp;<BR>rogue&nbsp;operating&nbsp;system.&nbsp;&quot;I&nbsp;think&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;see&nbsp;<BR>productivity&nbsp;apps&nbsp;ported&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;next&nbsp;two&nbsp;<BR>years.&quot;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>But&nbsp;even&nbsp;now,&nbsp;most&nbsp;parents&nbsp;could&nbsp;probably&nbsp;<BR>afford&nbsp;a&nbsp;VA&nbsp;workstation.&nbsp;Augustin's&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;entry-level&nbsp;model,&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;300-MHZ&nbsp;<BR>Intel&nbsp;Celeron&nbsp;processor,&nbsp;128MB&nbsp;of&nbsp;RAM,&nbsp;<BR>and&nbsp;a&nbsp;10GB&nbsp;disk,&nbsp;costs&nbsp;about&nbsp;$1300.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Software&nbsp;blues&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Lack&nbsp;of&nbsp;productivity&nbsp;applications&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;primary&nbsp;problem&nbsp;with&nbsp;Linux,&nbsp;at&nbsp;<BR>least&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;desktop,&nbsp;agrees&nbsp;Bill&nbsp;Peterson,&nbsp;research&nbsp;manager&nbsp;at&nbsp;<BR>International&nbsp;Data&nbsp;Corporation.&nbsp;When&nbsp;companies&nbsp;like&nbsp;Oracle&nbsp;and&nbsp;Informix&nbsp;<BR>start&nbsp;porting&nbsp;their&nbsp;software&nbsp;to&nbsp;Linux,&nbsp;that's&nbsp;a&nbsp;boost&nbsp;for&nbsp;business.&nbsp;But&nbsp;those&nbsp;<BR>high-end&nbsp;applications&nbsp;don't&nbsp;really&nbsp;entice&nbsp;the&nbsp;average&nbsp;business&nbsp;user.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>And&nbsp;while&nbsp;several&nbsp;Windows-like&nbsp;user&nbsp;interfaces&nbsp;are&nbsp;available&nbsp;for&nbsp;Linux,&nbsp;it's&nbsp;<BR>still&nbsp;got&nbsp;a&nbsp;ways&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;in&nbsp;terms&nbsp;of&nbsp;user&nbsp;friendliness.&nbsp;Still,&nbsp;several&nbsp;years&nbsp;from&nbsp;<BR>now,&nbsp;as&nbsp;we&nbsp;become&nbsp;more&nbsp;reliant&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;Internet&nbsp;and&nbsp;less&nbsp;on&nbsp;what&nbsp;kind&nbsp;of&nbsp;<BR>desktop&nbsp;we&nbsp;use,&nbsp;who&nbsp;knows?&nbsp;Maybe&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;your&nbsp;operating&nbsp;system&nbsp;of&nbsp;<BR>choice.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&quot;At&nbsp;this&nbsp;point,&nbsp;the&nbsp;interface&nbsp;isn't&nbsp;one&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;home&nbsp;user&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;<BR>comfortable&nbsp;with,&quot;&nbsp;Peterson&nbsp;says,&nbsp;&quot;but&nbsp;more&nbsp;and&nbsp;more&nbsp;apps&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;browser&nbsp;<BR>front&nbsp;end.&nbsp;When&nbsp;we&nbsp;get&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;point&nbsp;where&nbsp;you&nbsp;just&nbsp;turn&nbsp;on&nbsp;your&nbsp;computer&nbsp;<BR>and&nbsp;the&nbsp;system&nbsp;is&nbsp;remotely&nbsp;managed,&nbsp;you&nbsp;don't&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;know&nbsp;what's&nbsp;<BR>underlying.&nbsp;Whether&nbsp;it's&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;or&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;doesn't&nbsp;really&nbsp;matter.&quot;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>--&nbsp;<BR>※&nbsp;来源:·BBS&nbsp;水木清华站&nbsp;bbs.net.tsinghua.edu.cn·[FROM:&nbsp;159.226.117.158]&nbsp;<BR><CENTER><H1>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</H1></CENTER></BODY></HTML>
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