On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:36:21 +0100, Hadron wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> ____/ El Tux on Sunday 09 March 2008 20:59 : \____
>>
>>> On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:04:25 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Linux is truly everywhere
>>>
>>> I saw a pretty good sign the other day. I'm debating whether to get an
>>> Eee, so I looked in on the user reviews on Amazon to see what real users
>>> are saying. Naturally there were some who couldn't wait to get Windows
>>> working on their new toy, but there were also a few who said they
>>> bought their Eee *intending* to install Windows first thing, and then
>>> found that the "default OS" (Linux) was so nice that they decided to
>>> just keep using it.
>>>
>>> There was also a Linux user who had intended to install his own favorite
>>> distro, but decided that the one that was on there was better tailored
>>> to the machine. So, it sounds like manufacturers are finally getting a
>>> grip on how to really *use* and *customize* Linux, as opposed to just
>>> throwing some random (and usually inappropriate) distro on there and
>>> calling it done.
>>>
>>> From some history I know and some rumors I hear on the blogs, it seems
>>> pretty certain that Microsoft is going to cut some special deal with
>>> Asus to push Linux off the Eee's. I almost hope they do because Linux
>>> excels at portability to machines large and small, whereas MS is having
>>> to kludge Windows to make it fit on such limited hardware. Then there's
>>> still the matter of stripping down all those big bloated *closed-source*
>>> Windows applications so Windows and a useable number of apps fit on a 2G
>>> flash drive. However, the hardware will be linux-compatible, and
>>> distro's that are more appropriate to the machine are free, so this
>>> could actually just end up making MS look bad.
>>
>> It is true (I know this from someone) that Microsoft offered
>> significant
>
> From who, you bald faced liar? The only "person" you hear things from is
> the same press that we all hear things from. A fruit loop like you does
> not have any insider information unless the guys at MS have fed you a
> snitch for the fun of it.
>
>> discounts to ASUS, but that's the type of thing that makes Linux Microsoft's
>> #1 threat. Sooner or later, Microsoft may have to just give away
>> Windows for
>
> Ballmer was joking ffs.
>
>> free. The operating platform has become a commodity... or is soon getting
>> there.
>
> You idiot. You make yourself more and more ridiculous and unemployable
> every day.
I hear Iraq is looking for a new Minister of Defense.
Roy Schestowitz would be the perfect candidate!
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
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