linux....

[Bob Long]

Thanks to all who responded to my question about Mnemonic. It is also 
encouraging to see the list has its share of Linux devotees.
	For those who pointed out to me that Netscape has a browser for 
Linux, I appreciate it and I'm sure it works well. I was just curious 
about Mnemonic.
	And, FYI, the same issue of Wired that has the Linux article (Wired 
5.08) also contains a short piece entitled, "Morphing the Librarians, Fighting 
Off Extinction in the Information Age." It focuses on Hal Varian at 
Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems. If anyone is 
interested.

Bob Long


Brian: I couldn't agree more. Thanks......

On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, brian stone wrote:

> Since Bill and Bob mentioned Linux,
> 
> Linux can be very useful in a library. We use it for name services,
> internet gateways, web servers and mail. It can also be used for fire
> walls, IP masquerading etc.... The price it right (free). It can even be
> used for web opacs (we don't , yet) and provide a far greater security
> and reliability than win95. Since libraries also get netscape free, you
> can have a royalty free workstation. Runs fine on 486's w/16meg too.
> Sounds kinda like a net-pc. Might be a tad of topic. I'll stop now.
> 
> Brian