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New Windows Trojan Encrypts Files 2237
Good move. I really respect such inibreastive. If you refuse to make a kind and gentle (sometime even aggressive) complaint...
To promote Open Source in Belgium, you need to be on Microsofts payroll
There are many subscribers to the "Microsoft Religeon". Employees, Stockholders, Consultants, "Strategic Partners", people holding MCSE, MSCP, and other Microsoft certifications, subscribers to MSDN...
Interesting Update RE: Google and DOJ
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Interesting update to the ongoing battle between Google and the Dept. of Justice. Designtechnica Most Recent News...
Dissecting Microsoft book 2240
For infinitesimally small values of broad and analysis. Well, when the new information confirms all the biases...
Dissecting Microsoft book 2241
No, it's not. An analysis is objective. While you say below that you don't claim to be unbiased, your bias is evident to the extreme, so far in fact that you ignore ANY possible positive...
Microsoft Doubt .NET 2242
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:19:24 +0000, Roy Schestowitz This is not entirely accurate. As is often the case, early prototypes and alphas give way to realism. Vista is, and always was...
Microsoft Doubt .NET 2243
Roy Schestowitz You have no knowledge of what experience I've had, which makes your post void. I have...
Microsoft Doubt .NET 2244
Dean G. What percentage of your company computers see their entire three year life span without the case ever being opened? (I know most last longer, but in budget terms...
System upgrades
Just for all you Windows weenies... This machine here is running Ubuntu Breezy. Nice little distro, but lacks some of the lovey new features of KUbuntu's later offerings...
System upgrades 2246
snips On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:13:18 +0000, Ian Semmel Because that's how many I use. That said, many...
System upgrades 2247
snips On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:23:49 +0100, Sandman One OS, from one vendor, more or less for one machine... yet it is so schizoid its own package manager...
System upgrades
What? "Its own"? Apple doesn't have a "package manager". It has Software Update, which updates Apple software only, not third party. Yep. This is the one. Hint: If you're going to try to build...
System upgrades 2249
snips On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:21:35 +0100, Sandman And, of course, "its own" includes no "BSD layer" tools? You're the one spewing...
System upgrades 2250
Sandman enlightened us with this load of crap: Depends on the distro. Obviously, Debian Stable takes longer to get the latest-greatest in...
System upgrades 2251
Sandman Nope, little one *You* are telling us how consistent OSX is. I am one of those who seriously doubt that...
System upgrades 2252
Kelsey Bjarnason on Wednesday 15 March 2006 15:19 Windows goes by the buttumption (as well as idealogy) that it should be a stripped-down, lightweight O-S...
System upgrades 2253
I installed Offal 2K on a machine yesterday (still waiting for someone to come in and reinstall 2K3, but hell's temperature will have to drop a few...
System upgrades Machine: #3, Drive #1 OS: SuSE 10.1 Beta 2
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:44:42 +0000, Roy Schestowitz I didn't see the OP for some reason, so please excuse teh piggyback! ;-) It depends what you want to do...
System upgrades 2255
begin oeprotect.scr I remain unconvinced about that. People will usually learn whatever they need to learn in order to get things done. I recall secretaries years back discussing...
British Survey Shows that Linux is Gaining Ground on Windows 2256
But the support comes at a price. Latham says some K3 sites moved to Linux when Microsoft increased its licence fees and introduced subscription charges. Some companies suddenly faced a huge...
British Survey Shows that Linux is Gaining Ground on Windows 2257
In fact, the only significant cost with Linux is the support package. The Linux based revenues of Red Hat and Novell and Mandriva and Linspire are based almost entirely on...
British Survey Shows that Linux is Gaining Ground on Windows 2258
Of course there was the "obvious": want to reduce hardware costs. Butler Group analyst Mark Blowers says Linux allows them to move from proprietary servers from IBM, HP or Sun to cheaper, standard Intel...
British Survey Shows that Linux is Gaining Ground on Windows 2259
billwg You have to be careful with when you get code for Windows too. At least if I get 5,000 packages from SUSE on a DVD, I have a...
British Survey Shows that Linux is Gaining Ground on Windows 2260
Gee, what are these words doing in my mouth? Who put them there? Oh, billwg...
British Survey Shows that Linux is Gaining Ground on Windows 2261
Oh, pshaw, ray. You are ever on about how giving to the community is a noble cause, beyond the pale of mere profit. You can't back down...
British Survey Shows that Linux is Gaining Ground on Windows 2262
I've never said that. Go ahead, produce a cite of me saying that. I triple-dog-dare you. Giving to the community *is* a good...
Illegal to download audio and dvd codecs in US 2263
Linønut That's the key. The DMCA prohibits the manufacture, distribution, etc. of any device that: (B) has only limited commercially significant...
Illegal to download audio and dvd codecs in US 2264
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Lobo wrote on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:51:28 GMT Presumably Automatix is being cautious. However, breastle 17, Chapter 12...
Strange Debian "bug" 2265
Linønut Linonut, are you recording all this bullpoo waste of time and charging it to Linux TCO? You definitely should be, just so you can appear to be the tiniest bit unbiased...
Strange Debian "bug" 2266
After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Culley belched out this bit o' wisdom: Sorry, it wasn't trivial, Roy. And it is not Debian's fault in my case, since I...
Strange Debian "bug" 2267
Linønut This is a derivative of Linux advocate dishonest tactic #47: claim TCO is unimportant to you on your Linux box, but whine like a banshee when Windows...
Strange Debian "bug" 2268
After takin' a swig o' grog, DFS belched out this bit o' wisdom: TCO isn't important tome-. And, furthermore, TCO is a shape-shifting beast. There...
A Computer for Africa
B Gruff Oh no, more spam emails from africa coming up, begging for money or someone pretending to be the ex...
Kelsey Bjarnason and the 7 LIEnix Dwarfs
This chap has to be the biggest storyteller I have ever seen except for Al Gore and Rexford Ballard. Why does Kelsey seem to have so much friggin trouble with his Windows machines, yet somehow...
Kelsey Bjarnason and the 7 LIEnix Dwarfs................ 2271
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:22:17 -0800, benny.pollack Linux is really a great and powerful system if properly configured on good hardware...
Kelsey Bjarnason and the 7 LIEnix Dwarfs................ 2272
Maybe he is really a reverse troll IOW pretending to use Linux but making obtuse claims in order to make the real Linux users look bad? I...
Kelsey Bjarnason and the 7 LIEnix Dwarfs................ 2273
Ray Ingles Wow, You're a regular *privatesless Tracy* FWIW I have posted many times to USENET, but I learned a long time ago...
Kelsey Bjarnason and the 7 LIEnix Dwarfs................ 2274
No need to crosspost since there is only one relevant NG to your post. I have...
Why I don't think Vista will be more secure than XP
A lot of PC gamers have joined together, and decided not to purchase any PC games that use the Starforce copy protection method. This site is here to provide information about the Starforce protection method...
Why I don't think Vista will be more secure than XP 2276
It's technically possible, if you insert a module into the kernel. At that point, you can do whatever you like to the kernel. But yes, no distribution I'm aware of...
Why I don't think Vista will be more secure than XP 2277
Ray Ingles Computer Misuse Act 1990 3.--(1) A person is guilty of an offence if-- (a) he does any act which causes an...
Why I don't think Vista will be more secure than XP 2278
Note the attempt to shift the meaning. I say that it's naive to believe "anything" they say, now Bill is trying to shift that to 'maybe you...
Why I don't think Vista will be more secure than XP 2279
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:26:33 GMT A point, indeed a point. Of course, it's a double-edged sword; no doubt...
Why I don't think Vista will be more secure than XP 2280
Well, no, ghost. Gates' charity is a whole other issue. I meant that there are approaching...
Why I don't think Vista will be more secure than XP 2281
Who cares if they are liars? The ends justify the means, right?" Stallman created the free software movement (out of which grew the open source movement) and a large number of the...
Why I don't think Vista will be more secure than XP 2282
Again"? Can you point to any case where I've lied before? Or are you referring to this: Um... no, and I've specifically explained why, just last week: Stallman's been active since long...
Why Linux is already dead 2283
If Linux were a mansion, and Trovil were the landlord and he said 'Come on in anyone who wants to live here, there is no rent to...
Why Linux is already dead 2284
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Loose the goofy Nym. It detracts from your credibily even if you do have a valid point...
Why Linux is already dead 2285
wrote on 15 Mar 2006 11:59:43 -0800 Only two? You forgot: 1 Monopolistic software suppliers that want to control the entire Internet, and everyone's desktop. 2 OEMs that have about as much courage as a...
MS tweaks Software butturance again
begin oeprotect.scr When you get to a certain number of customers as a business, it becomes a statistical problem, rather than an 'individual customer...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2287
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Edwin wrote on 16 Mar 2006 08:38:27 -0800 Not only that, but $100 is obviously way too low to make any reasonable profit for Microsoft. Best to sell...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2288
Even without servers a lot can be done with mesh networks and a bit of extra usb storage on the teacher's computer. And as for servers and Internet access and so on... I expect...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2289
Edwin Throughout this thread, you seem very cynical of the efforts and the goals of an inexpensive computer in the development of the rural poor. Note that this is but...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2290
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:39:05 -0800, Edwin ... and how is anyone posting here going to win an OS war on the backs of the poor, especially the targeted users for the OLPC laptop? Define...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2291
begin oeprotect.scr As well as education. Education is an absolutely key requirement in these economies. The Baygen radio (the wind-up one) was invented with...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2292
Why is it only good for e-mail? It's good for most web content too. So big deal, it might take a minute for a web page to fully download. It may take more, but...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2293
You don't have to become "friends" with these people to observe what the culture is like. Example... in many places of the world...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2295
Thanks Ray for your gem of an article, which I enjoyed so much I'll just have to quote it all and pop in a few remarks here and there... Ray Ingles...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2296
Ray Ingles Can they show how slow access to email has changed life for anybody? They talk...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2297
No, cell phones make sense when you don't have a wired infrastructure already. There's no *need* for a wired infrastructure. (BTW, do...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2298
Ray Ingles I was including wireless phones in what I wrote above. Nope. Half of the world's population will die without ever having made a single phone call. Sad but true. Anybody in...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2299
Do you have a cite for that? From everything I've seen mobile service is all over the place even in extremely poor...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2300
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 11:24 -0500, Ray Ingles 80% of the world's population has never made a phone call, let alone used the internet. * The internet connects 100 million computers but less than 2...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2301
It has been demonstrated time and again that ANY either-or solution does not work in the long term. But, there is a common link in this multi-faceted problem... education and the transfer of...
Gates Mocks $100 Linux Laptop 2302
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 23:10 +0000, B Gruff "Wireless networking" "IEEE 802.11b support will be provided using a Wi-Fi "Extended Range" chipset. Jepson...
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