__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 23 April 2007 20:42 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Jim Richardson
> <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:22:59 -0700
> <35avf4-u19.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:02:28 +0100,
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> __/ [ Jim Richardson ] on Thursday 19 April 2007 05:32 \__
>>>
>
> [snippage]
>
>>>> hardware detection and support isn't good enough yet :)
>>>
>>> They can borrow from the upstream though. How about SUSE Linux?
>>>
>>
>> ??? Vista doesn't *have* an upstream.
>>
>
> No, but it most definitely has a downside....
>
> *Ow* *ptoot* *splat* What's everyone throwing at me! *ptoink*
>
> :-)
Microsoft hasn't a modular O/S, but it has filed a patent indicating plans
for change (it's too late of course). You see, with Linux, a rotten
version/branch can take you to a different package/version/variant. With
Windows, on the other hand, it's all or nothing. In 2005 Longhorn got
tossed. Many years of work were lost.
--
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