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Subject: Re: Decided to buy Windows XP pre-release

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 08:14:58 08/06/01

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On August 04, 2001 at 23:32:41, Dragos Gabudeanu wrote:

>I think that all of you are missing the point.  If you want a stable (and
>RELIABLE) PC you should switch to Linux MANDRAKE 8 or RedHat 7.1 (FreeBSD is
>most reliable).  The KDE GUI is a masterpiece compared to Windows XP crap.  Best
>of all, Linux will only cost you 3 hours of yor time to download the images and
>to burn them on CD-Rs--Linux is free!  Stop wasting your $10 to beta-test
>Microsoft products :)  I do admit that for chess programs you'll need to run
>Windows since all the professional programs are for Windows--2000 should take
>care of it.
>

But we WERE talking about the best OS to upgrade to (from Win98se) for running
ALL of the top Windows-based chess-playing and chess database programs, as well
as universal apps like Word and Excel.  Plus, in my case, 15+ years of legacy
DOS & Windows stuff.  Linux just doesn't figure into this particular equation --
but I do cheer its successes in other scenarios.



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