Author: Slater Wold
Date: 12:28:16 08/07/01
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On August 07, 2001 at 14:06:17, Simon Waters wrote: >On August 07, 2001 at 12:20:38, Slater Wold wrote: > >>And the Linux/Unix boys do it almost to a tee on the internet. >>Most of them couldn't set up a MS Windows network, but somehow seem to know >>every flaw and unstability of their OS. Otherwise, bad comment. I apologize. > >You've lost me here in your grammar, but most Linux people I know can set up >Windows networking no problem. Indeed that is what most Linux servers that >aren't serving web pages are doing. Most I know can't. Guess we know different people. >One can hardly go around supporting M$ whilst talking about propaganda, one side >of M$ called open source a cancer, and the other side admitted they used open >source software in the IP stack..... The problem with M$ propaganda keeps >hitting reality - what was it the CTO said about their website design after the >DNS fiasco that stopped 60,000,000 people reading their e-mail. MS is known for saying one thing, and then saying another. Government's do it too. Hell, newspapers do it too. >>You cannot simply "push" someone out of business. > >>Once again, pushing Dr-Dos out of the market was probably not a bad thing. > >Can you reconcile the two above, did M$ push DR-DOS out of the market and get a >big fine, or can't they do that sort of thing?! If you call having a better interface, so people switch interfaces; as pushing someone out of the market, WELCOME TO AMERICA. >>The warez criminal will have no problems. Because they simply won't be able to >>use it. Trust me on that one. :) > >Actually unless Microsoft have vamped up the security since the beta, the Warez >guys have worked a way around it. Trust me on that one :) Trust me. It'll almost be impossible. Nothing is uncrackable. But it will be hard. >Personally I think a lot of Microsoft bashing is uncalled for, many of their >products are very good, but there business practises suck, and their OS >architectures are terrible (Mostly through being backwardly compatible to >previous versions - not any reflection on the programmers). So a little MS bashing is ok? :) I understand what you mean. But...well.....just look at my response to Jeroen. Slate
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