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Re: Newbie help, and public relations.



it's about time for capt. internet!
grrrr!

#define FLAME "capt. internet"

Linux is one of those operating systems that wouldn't be around without
the internet. this paper claims to report about these sort of subjects.
it does a good job, most of the time. but where is ONE article about
Linux?

many of the innovations that make the internet what it is today, (and i
think tomorrow are more to come) were born in the UNIX environment. 
all the excitement happens in UNIX. it's not an "obsolete system being
replace by NT" as the general public has been (mis)lead to think.
heck, we know where it all started. and it wasn't Bill's great idea,
to "integrate your desktop with the internet". (KDE file manager is a
browser...)
UNIX was the birthplace of HTTP, IRC, PGP, Java, NFS, PGP, kerberos :-),
Usenet, gopher, just to name a few of the things that make up the net
today.
the MS environment was the birthplace of nothing innovative i can
recall. oh wait, there is ICQ, and those great anti-viruses.
...and those great viruses.

there are articles about hackers (sorry, crackers) but no one mentions
what tools the use. could they be using Linux?

where is ONE article about Linux?

WHY does that paper ignore UNIX? they keep posting all these articles on
how "MS is bad for the world" and act as if there is no alternative.
when i walk into a PC shop they seem to think i either run Windows or DOS
(and if they are very educated they know about OS/2).

Why is Linux such a secret? i'm starting to thing this is one big
conspiracy...

Just as it's the job of the regular newspapers to shout out in the face of
corruption, greed, and scream for progress. it is the JOB of capt.
internet to scream for progress in the computing world.
Windows has not brought us progress. It's a closed up system, most people
running windows, have no idea whats going on. fixing a system usually
means "reboot", or "reinstall everything". is this a good thing?
shouldn't anyone be able to learn from his OS? to change his OS around?

Linux (and other open OSs) are an ever-changing environment, progressing 
with time.
with the most helpful and resourceful community i know. great technical
support. every question i ever had was always answered, even if i had to
work hard to get the answer.
we dont have to sit back and swallow bug after bug. we can CHANGE things.
we dont have to pay money so someone gives us a fixed version of his
broken code (we dont have Linux 98). we get it free. isn't this good?
shouldn't the public know of this?

Linux today is not what it used to be. there ARE word processors, matlab,
gimp, wonderful programs. sure Linux is not right for everyone, it
may not YET be good for an office, there isn't enough hebrew support, 
and it's hard to manage without Word 97, when everyone sends you .doc files 
in the mail.

ok, so Linux may not be the only operating system around. but should any
operating system dominate? all i wanted was one little article.

when Netscape became open source i expected someone to give a short
article about GNU. but only the name was mentioned.
as if it GNU were some big secret as well.

it's not as if Linux is not mentioned on the internet. go to altavista and
check for yourself.

I am not one of those people that thing all information should be free and
we should not pay people to write software, books, or music.

but an operating system is something that must be free. or at least have
one OS for the poor people.

and hey, even if it's a bad idea, it deserves at least one little article!

#undef FLAME

  sorry about that, but every time i read that newspaper it got me more
  and more upset. time passed and no linux stuff!
  i think that by now cpt. internet owes us two issues exclusively about
  Linux :-)
  there ARE Linux people willing to help any reporter in this noble cause.

    --eli7 (maybe i should have CCed it to captain@haaretz.co.il?!)

On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Sophia Trotoush wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I just got a reporter friend of mine working in "Captain Internet" into the 
> idea of doing a 'research story' about linux mainly and, possibly, few other 
> non-M$ OSs.
> 
> I'll probably be able to handle most of the 'basic' issues but also feel i 
> could use some help in specific areas.
> 
> I'd welcome anyone who's willing to contribute to the story to contact me 
> directly at dogi@shani.com
> 
> The ( Start of an ) alternative must be spread ....

+--
 Elisheva Alexander
 CS System Group
 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel