In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:12:14 +0100
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 05 April 2007 19:13 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, sas
>> <sashoalm@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on 5 Apr 2007 02:45:28 -0700
>> <1175766328.397697.306020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> I haven't used or seen Vista myself, sounds like it's an XP encumbered
>>> with lots of eye-candy, and that's why I'll never try it out unless I
>>> have to.
>>>
>>
>> Ah, but try it, you'll be hooked. The first hit's free.
>> :-)
>
> Here's a funny little item about this:
>
> Adobe targets school kids to get them hooked on software
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Adobe is where the 'apps' are manufactured. These apps that have the
> | power to make images appear before our children's eyes. "There were
> | all these, like, stars, and they were rotating. It really captured
> | my attention," said Nigel, 14, hardly more than a child, but with
> | the vacant expression of a man who has spent hours looking at a
> | screen. Nigel has now discovered he needs glasses.
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38254
>
Hey, it worked for Apple, once upon a when -- for awhile, anyway.
:-)
We'll need a new bunch of engineers at some point, though
there's some confusion as to whether there's a shortage of
engineers, a shortage of *domestic* engineers, a shortage
of good engineers, or just a bunch of picky employers who
want top-notch, inexpensive, outsourced talent.
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Windows Vista. Because a BSOD is just so 20th century; why not
try our new color changing variant?
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