Author: Harald Faber
Date: 12:56:44 02/13/03
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On February 13, 2003 at 10:14:45, Russell Reagan wrote: >IMO this is not a fault of Ed, but a fault of Windows XP and Microsoft. Instead >of directing your frustration at Ed, who has shown himself to be one of the most >generous people in this community, perhaps you should direct your frustration at >Microsoft for removing support for older programs. You didn't get the point. I find the DOS screen annoying. 19" and still this old DOS screen which once might have been fine for 14". >I'm sure you won't get far with Microsoft though, since this is one of their >primary plans of bleeding every last cent they can get from the public. They get >you hooked on something, then they quit supporting it and force you to buy their >new product, leading to situations such as these. Your situation is common, >where someone gets upset about something like this, but you see the same person >buying the new version of Windows a year later. That's kind of like banging your >head against the wall and saying, "ouch! that really hurts!", and then doing it >again. I am sure, let M$ introduce their Palladium and TCPA "M$ control and rule the world" this will be the point where Linux will take over. (Apple is much too expensive. Not only my machines. Then Win2k is the last Windows I will ever have on my PCs. >In any case, Ed has done more than his fair share. If you want to use Rebel, you >have plenty of options if you desire to use his software badly enough. I know and I like Rebel's play. Or what do you think why I operated Rebel XP in Thueringen last year? It is just the GUI which is out-dated for years now.
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