Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jan 1999 01:57:05 -0500 (EST) | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: PR draft final-6 comments |
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Nathan Myers writes:
>> SANTA CLARA, C.A. -- Today Linus Torvalds, the primary developer and >> coordinator of the Linux kernel team, releases a major new version of the > ^^^^^^^^ > I disagree with Albert on this one: it should be "released". We're > not announcing a projected event, but an achieved one. Announcements > of expected future events are routinely round-filed.
A projected event would be "will release". This is now.
>> * Strong 256-bit encryption, uncompromised by US export restrictions, is >> available as an add-on component. It protects both network >> infrastructure and hard disk storage, including swap space. > > This is too much detail. Delete the last sentence, or (if not) change > "protects" to "can protect", and maybe still delete "including swap > space".
>> * Compatibility with Windows NT and BSD filesystems enables Linux 2.2 to >> seamlessly handle data from legacy systems. With SAMBA, a Linux system >> can transparently replace all NT Server functions, including file- and >> print-sharing and domain authentication. > > That word "seamlessly" still screams "flim-flam!". We don't need to > snow anybody, we've got the real goods. Let's replace "enables ... to > seamlessly handle" with "gives ... full access to".
The "enables ... to" construct must die, but "seamlessly" is good. This isn't a snow job. Seamlessness is important.
"Samba" looks better than "SAMBA"
: * Compatibility with Windows NT and BSD filesystems lets Linux 2.2 : seamlessly access data on NTFS-format and UFS-format hard disks. : With Samba, Linux can transparently replace all NT Server functions, : including file-sharing, print-sharing and domain authentication.
I suppose we must slip CONFIG_SMB_SERVER into 2.2.1 to be honest.
>> Linux 2.2 is available for free download via the Internet. For a list of >> the "mirror servers" established in anticipation of the massive demand for >> this new release, visit the Linux Kernel Archive (http://www.kernel.org/). >> As always, the Linux kernel is distributed as Free Software under the terms >> of the GNU General Public License (http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html).
This document is not a place for download instructions.
> I'd like to see "breathe new life" here -- or better, replace the sentence > with something more meaningful: > > It can also make older machines--even 386-based computers--useful > again.
That is stretching the truth. 386 hardware is not useful with any operating system. The performance/watt is way too low. That "cheap" 386 DNS server raises your air conditioning costs.
>> Both traditional support contracts and cost-effective Internet support >> resources are readily available. Linux is provided under an unlimited-use >> license that lets users make in-house customizations to the system itself. >> Recent estimates suggest that Linux has up to 20 million users worldwide. > > Why "cost-effective" and not "free"?
Time is money. It will cost you time to use Internet support. Also consider ISP and phone use.
> Why "contracts"?
That is how traditional support works.
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