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Subject: Re: Windows XP Second Edition

Author: Anthony Boynes

Date: 20:19:40 03/24/02

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On March 24, 2002 at 23:07:48, Slater Wold wrote:


>Bad wording.  I apologize.  Most popular distributions.
>
>I am no expert on Linux, but putting Microsoft under a microscope to make Linux
>look better is silly.  Linux has it's problems, and you don't see the people who
>like Microsoft here blasting it.

You and Eugene started a premature and uninformed bashing of Linux in this case.

>
>When 7.x came out, how many people ran here and blasted it because the SMP was
>broken?  None.
>

Some of us never had those problems.  *shrug*

>It just gets old.  Especially to those with ties to MS.  Such as Eugene and
>myself.

It does get old.  I run mostly Windows at home.  I use Windows, Linux, FreeBSD,
and Solaris at work.  Every OS has its strengths and weaknesses.

Most problems seem to come when people don't take the time learn enough about
what they are working with.  Heck, some people find Windows hard to use.  Go
figure.



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