____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 20:03 : \____
> SW <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>
>> > I have to agree. Taking 1/2 hour just for the OS is truly abysmal.
>>
>> Kubuntu took 42 minutes including the update of 89 packages. That's
>> good, right? Six more CUPS updates this morning took less than a minute.
>>
>>
>> > Then two or three apps takes a further 1/2 hour... it would take days to
>> > get most machines usable.
>>
>> I didn't say two or three apps took 30 minutes to install.
>
> I'll quote you:
>
>>> It took me exactly 30 minutes and two to install XP Pro with SP3.
>>> Restoring an older image would have taken less than 15 minutes. Add
>>> another 25-30 mins to install Office 2003, Flash, PDF reader and a
>>> few other utilities.
>
> That looks like two or three to me. If you can't post what you mean,
> it's hardly my fault.
>
>> Try reading <snip abuse>
>
> As soon as the abuse starts, I lose interest. If you have a point, then
> make it without being abusive, otherwise please find a more suitable
> group.
SW is a troll. Some people thought it was Gary Stewart, but it's not.
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