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I don't usually, but... 10059
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 01:24:57 +0000, Rich Bell And? He ran X with it. Did you miss the part about his being busy...
I don't usually, but... 10060
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 01:12:42 +0000, Rich Bell You reall are a stupid fool, Rich. Like he's going...
I don't usually, but... 10061
Kier I am pretty sure it was YOU who said he bought a laptop for Linux but...
I don't usually, but... 10062
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:25:47 +0000, Rich Bell You are. He was sure enough. The great thing about open source is that problems get fixed, very quickly. No...
I don't usually, but... 10063
I did. I take chances like that all of the time. I've only rarely been inconvenienced by it...
I don't usually, but... 10064
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 01:17:56 +0000, Rich Bell I think you're a liar. *All* of your hardware unsupported by Linux? Every single little bit? Do come...
I don't usually, but... 10065
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:37:56 +0000, Rich Bell Yes. What's your point? You still claim all of your hardware is unsupported...
I don't usually, but... 10066
Rich Bell poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: One problem is, one side is thinking only of Consumer Debt hardware, and the other side is thinking only...
College Bound Better Leave Linux Home............... 10067
Corrie breastlaand wrote (in article Ok. I didn't say dozens of papers. Read it again. If...
College Bound Better Leave Linux Home............... 10068
I might not quite understand what you are talking about here, but what does it mean that a specific...
College Bound Better Leave Linux Home............... 10068 plus 1
One thing that really surprised me was the number of schools that requested WIN2000 vs WINXP as the preferred system? That one...
Ballmer: Highend Windows, Office coming
Grug poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: No. I sure don't mean NT 5 (2000) and NT 5.1 (XP). Why would I make a the comment I did about...
area 51
There was a post here a few days ago (I *think* it was here--I can't find the article) where someone linked to this article: Having now played with Virtual Earth for a...
OT Internal Idenbreasty Change, and a Warning
I hope this gets through, but in any event somebody out there's getting real cute, and there's no real reason for...
Well I guess I'll be boycotting Apple 10073
One of the things that's actually scary about the republicans over here is that they hate the Clintons. I mean actually hate...
Well I guess I'll be boycotting Apple 10074
But, by definition, you and other people who want to run OS X on generic hardware are not customers. :-) Given the...
Well I guess I'll be boycotting Apple 10075
C Lund The problem with that logic is that it presumes 2 things: any other x86 system out there than the one Apple will...
Well I guess I'll be boycotting Apple 10076
Yes - the OS will be tailored for that specific set of hardware (Apple's hardware) rather than being kludged to work on all sorts...
Well I guess I'll be boycotting Apple 10077
Companies are in business to have a business and that means that companies that are for-profit must make a profit. They look at the world as...
I must apologize
I just came to the realization that my perception of Windows is a little skewed due to the fact that the greatest majority of wincomps that I see on a daily...
I must apologize... 10079
I work with the stuff, in its native environment, every day. It's C-R-A-P on its good days. Period. I...
I must apologize... 10080
Peter Hayes 5 years ago I would have said they have nothing to fear on Intel equipment. Not from Linux, or OS-2, or BeOS, or...
I must apologize... 10081
Oh they were desperate measures all right, else why would Microsoft risk the wrath of the DoJ and others. They end off BeOS and with it one potential compebreastor, Be. They...
I must apologize... 10082
DR-DOS was a very popular and superior alternative to MS-DOS. Vobis installed it on all their machines until Gates paid them a visit. It was made...
I must apologize... 10083
Peter Hayes Hmmmm....why didn't they stick with DR-DOS? You mean the pattern of the...
I must apologize... 10084
snips says... I suspect you meant ActiveX. An amusing little page on the subject starts off "ActiveX...
I must apologize... 10085
snips If they wanted "Windows" - and buttuming that most folks like to keep reasonably current - why were XP boxed set...
I must apologize... 10086
Well, if you just working on Windows machines randomly then that still would likely be true. :) Windows machines, due to malware and registry rot if nothing else, do tend to break down a lot...
I must apologize... 10087
This is a wrong view, IMO, rapskat. Every product does have an equal opportunity to compete if there is no law or such restricting it's distribution. There are no laws that...
I must apologize... 10088
DFS No, I don't run Sun hardware. The ad, if you had read it, points to the fact that this is about...
I must apologize... 10089
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, rapskat wrote on Tue, 02 Aug 2005 03:13:56 -0400 Not quite clear enough; that webpage shows a fair number of machines, and a promotional spot for their V20z and V40z servers -- which...
I must apologize... 10090
Well, Buford, all I can say is that you are not a marketing genius or even...
I must apologize... 10091
An absurd notion at best, Peter. I would defy you to defend it! As to what Microsoft might have done vis-a-vis the OEMs in the past, it all comes down to building their...
I must apologize... 10092
You have a rather simplistic outlook on things, Rick! Surely it is not that easy to build such a business? Why wouldn't everyone do it? People rob banks and liquidate and...
I must apologize... 10093
On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:02:30 -0500, chrisv IMO, this is a bullpoo argument. What you are saying...
I must apologize... 10094
On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:11:12 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch What "riding"? M$ coerces OEMs and ISVs to *not* support and-or offer Linux with their products, plain and simple...
I must apologize... 10095
That was Hiatachi's decision. If the illegally-maintained monopoly didn't REQUIRE Hitachi not to put it on there, Be might still be around. Or not. Nobody REQUIRED Hitachi to put anything on...
I must apologize... 10096
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 08:54:05 GMT, Sinister Midget Unlikely, especially since Be was giving BeOS away for free to OEM's. Be...
I must apologize... 10097
True or not, it wasn't a Be decision for putting them on machines. Sure, they might have...
I must apologize... 10098
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:26:41 -0500, nice slide, the insinuation that Be couldn't possibly be harmed by MS...
I must apologize... 10099
On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:16:59 -0700, Jim Richardson Why would I care if an...
I must apologize... 10100
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 00:39:20 -0500, it's as much "riding on the coattails" as a dual boot would be. so what? it's still...
I must apologize... 10101
We don't know what would have happened had BeOS achieved some exposure in the Consumer Debt desktop market. Even 0.001% of the market would have kept them afloat. Be were...
I must apologize... 10102
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:11:12 -0500, what you really should be saying...
rapskat gets a conscience 10103
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Linønut wrote on Tue, 02 Aug 2005 06:57:38 -0500 Just as an additional datapoint...
rapskat gets a conscience 10104
Nice one, Phlattie. I needed another nym starting with 'L' because wrapping breaks the names up. Could you come up with one starting with 'G' next time? I have some...
rapskat gets a conscience 10105
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, amosf wrote on Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:27:58 GMT Just like Microsoft redefined: 1 "operating system" (Browsers weren't previously part thereof) 2 "completely eliminated DOS" (see Unauthorized Windows95 by Andrew Schullman...
rapskat gets a conscience 10106
On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:23:10 -0400, DFS How conveniently you ignored my followup to that post (made specifically because I knew some dippoo...
rapskat gets a conscience 10107
rapskat Your followup was unnecessary. Of course newer is not necessarily better. I know what you meant. What I didn't understand is why you would suddenly embrace hardware upgrades a day after...
rapskat gets a conscience 10108
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 03:58:35 -0400, DFS No, my criticizing Vista requirements was because it would require major upgrades to existing systems running Windows, probably resulting in many persons scrapping perfectly good...
rapskat gets a conscience 10109
rapskat So? That's their choice. They don't have to purchase Vista, and they don't have to upgrade their system. You don't know the minimum requirements yet. You won't know...
rapskat gets a conscience 10110
Kier See the letters LMAO? That stands for 'laughing my butt off'. So yes, I do think...
rapskat gets a conscience 10111
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:42:40 -0400, DFS You disgusting sick excuse for a human being. Which just happens to be what he was. He was walking home...
rapskat gets a conscience 10112
This was NOT a forgery. Kier No more sick than you. LOL! I f*cking knew it... The media really has the...
rapskat gets a conscience 10113
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 08:46:08 -0400, DFS If so, you're no better than the forger. Why? If it had been some white boy, you'd have...
rapskat gets a conscience 10114
Kier Realistic, monkey boy. Blacks kill more blacks than whites do. Blacks kill more whites than...
rapskat gets a conscience 10115
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:53:11 -0700, DFS Wrong, scumbag. An axe throughn the forehead for walking home doing abosultely nothing to eve provoke anyone? You sick f***. No, I am not. Nor am...
rapskat gets a conscience 10116
DFS wrote something like: Win users keep chasing the rainbow, hoping to get a good OS. MS keeps promising to fix it this time... Like they did with ME...
rapskat gets a conscience 10117
amosf (Tim Fairchild) Like Loonix loons do every 3-6 months when a new distro is released. I've read of Linux nuts shuffling their way through 27 distros. WTF...
rapskat gets a conscience 10118
DFS wrote something like: This is the best you can do as a troll, apparently, ignoring...
rapskat gets a conscience 10119
snips Ran into a weird situation at work thanks to Windows. I'm the netmonkey for a Win2k-based domain. Active directory...
rapskat gets a conscience 10120
amosf (Tim Fairchild) So. 100% doubt, since they've never charged for service packs. And since you know this, you're trolling and FUDding. It's been a steady OS since Win 2000. Before that it could...
rapskat gets a conscience 10121
DFS forged something like: Can't always with windows. And it's sometimes a downgrade. Satire. vista = sp3 95 was problematic. Maybe...
Linux Advocates: The Loyal Opposition...Or True Conquerors
Sometimes, I wonder if Linux Advocates are really ready to 'inherit the earth'. They often strike me as more suited...
Linux Advocates: The Loyal Opposition...Or True Conquerors
On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:38:27 -0700, John Bailo I think you are making the mistake of what...
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