On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:50:51 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ Chirag Shukla ] on Sunday 18 June 2006 03:53 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> | Ubuntu was the easiest O/S I've ever installed. The hardest part was
>>> | getting my system to boot to CD, which has nothing to do with the O/S.
>>> | Yahoo! saved me, I did a web search and found Bootable CD Loader,
>>> | created the floppy and booted right to the CD. I only had to answer 5
>>> | questions, and it was fast. I mean my Mom could have installed it.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | I just can't express how impressed I am by how far Linux has come in the
>>> | past 3 years. I used to think that it would never be a good fit for a
>>> | desktop system, but this has been a very pleasant experience. I just
>>> | read in the news this week that Bill Gates is stepping down from his
>>> | daily role in Microsoft operations. Perhaps he's experimented with
>>> | Ubuntu also. Its pretty tough to compete with free, when it works this
>>> | well.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://lenwood.cc/2006/06/17/ubuntu-rocks-on-laptops/
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>> "Perhaps he's [Bill Gates] experimented with Ubuntu also."
>>
>> Very funny!! Never know, maybe he is. Its always good for a business to
>> check out how good the products from its competitors are.
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> True. Microsoft have got Mac and Linux laboratories, which employ Open
> Source/Apple gurus, for exactly that reason. All is relative and one needs
> 'inspiration' (catching up with the latest selling point of your
> competitor), particularly when innovation is lacking. Look at Larry Qualig
> who used to work at Microsoft and, at the moment, has got several Linux
> boxes in his house.
I don't see that Larry's having worked for MS at one time, and his having
Linux are particularly related.
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Kier
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