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Subject: Re: Die Win XP ! Die !

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.


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