[EMAIL PROTECTED]@%&%*)(*&&^^%###@@... > This is an RFC 1153 digest. > (1 message) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Dhiraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;@linux-delhi.org;> > Subject: [india-gii] Windows is GREAT ! > Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 19:53:18 +0530 > > 'm running XP on the monster rig I use at home--a brand new Compaq > mid-tower--and the OS blazes like a Corvette. I especially like the four > games it comes with - Hearts, FreeCell (so addictive!), Minesweeper, and > Solitaire. It's easy to see why XP is considered the ultimate platform for > gamers. > > > I save a lot of time thanks to Windows XP, which brings me to another > area > where Linux is lacking. As I am sitting here writing this column, my > computer is busily defragging my hard drive, running my virus scanner, and > I'm being shown a list of all the latest MS security patches that are > being > remotely installed on my machine today. Why doesn't Linux come with any > defragmenting tools or virus scanners or Active Backdoor Update like you > get > with Windows? These are all must-have features for me. Linux is seriously > lacking in Internet utilities as well. No way would I run a Linux > operating > system if it means I can't connect to America Online. Also, where is > Microsoft > Office for Linux, Windows Media Player for Linux and Outlook Express for > Linux? Nowhere to be found. If I can't type a letter, make a spreadsheet, > or > email anyone with Linux, why on earth would I ever put it on my desktop? > > Who wants to use an operating system that doesn't learn about you, that > doesn't keep track of what you like to look at on the web, listen to, or > watch? > > Users of Microsoft software have nothing to worry about from a legal > perspective, which lets Windows network administrators like myself sleep > easier at night. Or it would if our pagers weren't constantly going off. > > And since all of my buddies at work use Windows Media Player 9 to rip, mix > and burn CDs that we can't share with each other or play in the car, we > are > extremely excited about the Windows Media Player 10 beta > that comes integrated with Advanced Server 2003. > > With Windows XP Home, I have the peace of mind that comes with knowing my > habits and activities are being monitored by Microsoft, and my computer's > hardware configuration and list of installed software is being stored in a > database in Redmond. Windows Longhorn will go even further than XP in this > regard, as it won't even run any programs or code that hasn't been > registered and approved by Microsoft. Goodbye,Kazaa, WinMX, Limewire, > Piolet, your infringing days are numbered! > Windows Longhorn will be like having a little cop right inside your > computer, something MCSEs such as myself have been demanding for years.Let > me just say, it's about time! > > One thing many home computer users are concerned with these days is > viruses > and all the time they consume. Linux zealots will try to say that their > platform isn't plagued by things like email viruses, but with Windows XP I > don't gotta worry about emailing viruses to my friends and family at all. > The built-in email client Outlook Express does it automatically, in the > background > > > > ___________________________ > india-gii mailing list: https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/india-gii > india-gii website: http://www.india-gii.org/ > Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility: http://www.cpsr.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of this Digest > ****************** > > -- > Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > It is the mind that moves > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd >
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