____/ Kier on Tuesday 07 August 2007 16:30 : \____
> On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:44:04 +0000, Ian Semmel wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: waterskidoo [mailto:water.skidoo@xxxxxxxxx]
>>>
>>> On 2007-08-06, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > I sometimes see positive reviews, but at the end they turn out to
>>> have come
>>> > from people who are affiliated with Microsoft. Usually it's a story
>>> > about "getting used to" and "find some new applications to replace
>>> old ones",
>>> > which is similar the the whole "death tidal wave" that affects
>> Vista-
>>> incapable
>>> > hardware, DRM-ed content (expiry/different DRM 'universe'), and
>>> Microsoft
>>> > Office documents that are incompatible (even across versions of the
>>> _same
>>> > software_).
>>>
>>> The people who seem to be having success with Vista are those with new
>>> machines who don't venture outside the box. IOW little or no older
>>> shrink wrap or oddball hardware to be installed on the new pre
>>> loaded Vista machines.
>>> The upgraders are having the most problems and the more complex the
>>> hardware and software, the more problems these people are having.
>>>
>>
>> Or you could stick with Linux with the circa 1972 programs with a
>> Windows-95 GUI plonked on top.
>
> I don't know what distro you're talking about, since none of the ones I
> use are anything like that. Windows 95 gui? Are you totally off your
> miniscule cranium? You need to use a mondern distro before you spout shit
> about Linux.
That remark from his sounded like the average cheap shot that comes from
15-year-old Microsoft fans that type in stuff like "linux sux" in IRC chat
rooms. Ian certainly refuses to accept some admirably professional Linux uses
and users.
I'm sure Mr. Dell and Mr. Shuttleworth are not restricted to work with "circa-
1972 programs with a Windows-95 GUI plonked on top."
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