Re: [offtopic] Re: Microsoft Web Site

Jes Sorensen (Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch)
06 Oct 1999 14:02:50 +0200


>>>>> "Bernhard" == Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.de> writes:

Bernhard> - "Linux does not support important ease-of-use technologies
Bernhard> such as Plug and Play, USB, and Power Management" Linux PnP
Bernhard> support (isapnp) has been reliable for quite a while, the
Bernhard> PnP support in 2.3 kernels works well, USB works well in
Bernhard> 2.3, the USB patches for 2.2.x work well, Power Management
Bernhard> has been supported forever. NT 4.0, which they're talking
Bernhard> about in the article, doesn't have good PnP support
Bernhard> either...

While discussing Plug'n'Pray: Linux has been supporting PCMCIA for
years, NT still didn't last I heard (NT4).

Jes

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