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Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11533
begin oeprotect.scr I've seen poor teachers make these arguments, and I see good ones who motivate the kids...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11534
Snit Yeah there is no reason for Linux advocates to be so defensive. Linux is going nowhere on the desktop, so time to relax, kick back, be gentle with ppl...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11535
AM: I find the idea of being honest with Linux's down sides is not something that wins friends in these parts. I do tech work for some schools - one of them has a...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11536
Snit That's dumb. Really, only the successful should be insecure. If you're already losing in life or on the desktop, relax! I haven't even tried it...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11537
You are far too transparent, bones! Obviously the OS platform is not part of the "non-bundled software...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11538
snip That argument makes absolutely no sense. If you don't buy it, you don't pay for it. If it's part of their...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11539
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:08:37 GMT Dot-gones, most likely. Microsoft is a special case; innovative enough...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11540
These companies generally did not have any profitability at all, ghost. Certainly none of them were as profitable as Mr...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11541
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:53:11 GMT I for one wouldn't know. We shall see. In any event, I suspect the next two decades will be very interesting ones, if...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11542
But not the old boy's club membership that seems to be necessary. He would have had to go to Yale and join the Skull and Bones to be able to do...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11543
All of which have a pre-planned feature ID and have been pre-engineered to fit into their manufacturing flow. You may also notice...
Wonder Why Dell Pushes Windows 11544
Bones This was very carefully defined in the 1993 settlement. Microsoft is allowed to set discounts based on volumes of purchases. Microsoft was not only...
Microsoft pulls 'critical' Windows update
Late in the testing process, Microsoft encountered a quality issue... Why is that stopping themthistime? In other news, malware writers have agreed to hold onto their goods until the second Wednesday of every...
I hosed the sh^t out of my Linux box 11546
Removing Autostart Entry from the Registry Removing autostart entries from the registry prevents the malware from executing at startup. If the registry entry below is not found, the malware may not have executed as of...
I hosed the sh^t out of my Linux box 11547
Many, maybe all, of the instructions for removing a rojan begin with turning off restore points. I found one trojan in a restore point that I had...
I hosed the sh^t out of my Linux box 11548
On Thursday 15 September 2005 03:51, billwg stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes...: Let us make something clear first. I am not dedicated to getting...
I hosed the sh^t out of my Linux box 11549
Well, we'll put you in the Not Satisified column, aragorn! Too bad. Well you are blind to the facts, aragorn, and there is no cure for that...
I hosed the sh^t out of my Linux box 11550
On Thursday 15 September 2005 16:32, billwg stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes...: Irrelevant, since my comment does not apply to the brief time of having been a Microsoft customer...
I hosed the sh^t out of my Linux box 11551
I didn't really believe that you had any specifics, aragorn. All of you folk have the same empty bag. So why do they continue to buy more...
Windows, Linux and the Cattle Effect 11553
Aragorn on Friday 16 September 2005 02:32 Very few users who have switched to Linux ever 'come back', the reason being: -Once you are experienced with Linux, you can truly understand how much Windows lacks...
Windows, Linux and the Cattle Effect 11554
Put you all seem so awestruck that you cannot explain the phenomenon to others! LOL!!! Well pat yourself on the back, roy, but look foolish in the process! Windows provides for remote management...
Windows, Linux and the Cattle Effect 11555
Read-only" and "runtime" are kinda the key phrases there, which you cheerfully ignore. Ah, well. But they don't work. There's a multiple-desktop feature for Windows, for example, but it doesn't work with multiple...
Dear Abby
Help! My computer is sick!!! It really is, it's got to be something serious! Before, when I ran Windows, my computer never overstressed itself. It knew the importance of frequent breaks and had...
Dear Abby... Linux
rapskat on Tuesday 13 September 2005 09:56 *LOL* Boy, I've got to quote some parts of this in my blog. Do I have your consent? I have just forwarded that message to a colleague. The...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11563
On Tuesday 13 September 2005 18:26 Gordon Something strikes me, having read this thread and another where we were discussing the bundled price (to Dell) of...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11564
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:41:49 -0500, Tattoo Vampire In defense of both Ad-Aware and SpybotS&D, this is out of their scope. They are particularly targeted at Spyware + Adware. Spybot does detect a...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11565
Indeed. I take it that you mean "model" rather than "make", and then the answer is "of course" of course. Thus, we have many brands (companies), each competing, and each selling many models (types...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11566
B Gruff Yep. I did mean "model" and not "make" - brain wasn't paying attention to fingers...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11567
Heh:-) Thanks for all that - excellent examples there:-) Your post brought to mind a fuzzy recollection of the 486SX, so I...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11568
begin oeprotect.scr You're not, although Larry has done a good job of subtly shifting the subject. The issue is that 5...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11568 plus 1
Mark Kent If you want to look at just "Operating systems from Microsoft" then you will...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11570
B Gruff There probably is an element of support involved but I'm looking at this more from a techinical "product crippling" perspective. MS may (or may not) have additional support costs as well. (Ex...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11571
Linønut Not extinction. What we could use is some stability of baseline specs. and interfaces between layers -- as is the case...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11572
wrote on 15 Sep 2005 09:42:32 -0700 Not necessarily. A monopoly has to offer what the market wants, to some extent, otherwise it doesn't stay a...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11573
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:35:54 -0700, lqualig It's not comparable at all. There are indeed myriad versions...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11574
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:43:48 -0500, Linønutlinønut Example #1: A typical paranoid Linux user believes Microsoft...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11575
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Handover Phist wrote on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:00:48 GMT Well, can't be too careful with Al Qaeda running around. They might want to...
SEVEN versions of Vista planned 11576
He says the names are placeholders, but I submit the numbers are, too. We started with a corporate version...
Rieser Filesystem creator has an 8th grade education. 11577
Op Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:05:27 -0700, schreef Karen Hill: Why was a none-too...
Rieser Filesystem creator has an 8th grade education. 11578
On Tuesday 13 September 2005 22:29, Richard Rasker stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes...: I don't know if Hans Reiser is one, but I know I...
Is desktop Linux stuck on stupid
Patrik Jonsson, writing in the Christian Science Monitor last week credits the expression: "We're not stuck on stupid." to...
Is desktop Linux stuck on stupid 11580
That's all true. But there's more recent fare to work with: Michael: I think, like everything, it's a question of balance. Ease of use, versus security. I defy anybody to...
Is desktop Linux stuck on stupid 11581
I was a bit taken aback at first by Ubuntu's method of using sudo, but it's grown on me. For...
Is desktop Linux stuck on stupid 11582
Sinister Midget Lindows was Linux without a security model. I find Linux only GUIs far better than anything else. E17 all the way. I've said it before...
Judge rules former Microsoft exec can work for Google in China
SEATTLE (AP) - A state judge, ruling in a case that exposed the behind-the-scenes animosity between two high-tech...
Microsoft says new Office software will detect user needs
SEATTLE (AP) - The latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software will try to anticipate and automatically offer the tools a...
Microsoft says new Office software will detect user needs
Op Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:21:03 +0000, schreef Sinister Midget: Yup, this time, they've outdone themselves to replicate the single most prevalent cause of involuntary homicide: the pedantic know-it-all, looking over...
Open source aims to cash in on Vista migrations
Their need to stay backward-compatible is going to kill them if something else doesn't first (like real compebreastion). It's that one...
Microsoft Should Confuse the Market More
Back in January there were numerous news stories about how Microsoft Longhorn might be sold in as many as seven variations. The story died down, and I figured that the company wouldn't...
Microsoft Should Confuse the Market More
The irony is that all of these many different versions are actually responses to pressure created...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11589
Keep in mind that Mbuttechusetts has been the "home" of the Open Source movement for almost 25 years. MIT was the home of the "hacker ethic...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11590
billwg I stand corrected. Or become computer programmers, or become any number of other possible professions and...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11591
Well you folks have a lot of trouble staying with a thread, Jesse. My charge was...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11592
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:14:45 +0000, billwg In the context that he was a graduate student. Uh, no. It is well documented, and documented by...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11593
I think that my meaning was clear, Jesse. Saying someone was an MIT student implies a person in a program that leads to a degree in something. It implies a much deeper...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11594
No it wasn't. As someone who has been involved in universities for rather a long time, I disagree. Saying someone was a student at some insbreastution...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11595
MIT says he's a research buttociate. Therefore, he is a research buttociate. By the way, have you asked the "lab director"? If so, what were the results? You know, I finally did...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11596
Evidence? From the wayback machine or some such? Yes, so? Presumably, MIT gave him that domain and later perhaps they or the FSF felt it was...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11597
Wow. You're privy to a lot of information. What's your source? Yeah, and you know this how? I won't...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11598
Well, Ray, they are and the plain facts are that Stallman was never an MIT student and never taught clbuttes...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11599
I don't think Rick ever did any such thing, Ray. I may have missed his attempt, though. He...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11600
And this is the reason for my next statement... There's no point. Rick presented evidence, and you ignored...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11601
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, chrisv wrote on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:56:20 -0500 Define "better". Stallman is probably more honorable. Bill Gates...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11602
billwg Correct Not so sure about that one? I thought he was teaching programming to students. Correct 2 out of three statements are...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11603
billwg The Microsoft phenomena is a flash in the pan. Gates and company were brilliant at creating an empire with a second clbutt...
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