Linux-Advocacy Digest #896, Volume #30 Fri, 15 Dec 00 04:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Whistler review. (Sandman)
Re: IBM 1 billion dollar deal - Linux! (kiwiunixman)
Re: A Microsoft exodus! ("Tom Wilson")
Re: Nobody wants Linux because it destroys hard disks. (kiwiunixman)
Re: Nobody wants Linux because it destroys hard disks. (kiwiunixman)
Re: IBM 1 billion dollar deal - Linux! ("Tom Wilson")
Re: Tell us Why you use Windows over Linux. (mitch)
Re: A Microsoft exodus! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Corel to pull out of Linux (rob@x)
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From: Sandman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Whistler review.
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:59:16 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Obvisouly a hardware problem. Your printer is incompatible with your
> > mouseball and the radiations from your USB extension card makes the
> > harddrive spin slower, causing malfunction when readin your printer
> > drivers.
> > Hence, the OS is perfect, you are mistaken. There is no way NT4 would EVER
> > bluescreen if it's exposed to an optimum environment. No way what so ever.
> Now try printing more then 20 pages at a time to an Apple Share IP6 server.
> There is a known memory leak in the print server that Apple has told me will
> never be fixed. Thus I dont use Apple file/print servers anymore.
Good reply! You really stuck it to me there! Gees am I out of arguments here.
Right on the money! You're the guy! Goddam that was a witty reply! What a guy!
--
Sandman[.net]
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From: kiwiunixman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM 1 billion dollar deal - Linux!
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:01:08 GMT
<snype>
> Microsoft employs 27,000 people.
and the still can't get it bloody right!
kiwiunixman
--
"Like a midget at a urinal, you gotta keep on your toes"
Naked Gun 33 1/3
"Like a blind man at an orgy, you gotta feel your way out"
Naked Gun 33 1/3
____
Unix Programmer:
"If it an't broken, don't fix it"
Microsoft Programmer:
"If it an't broken and working perfectly, then their must be a problem"
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From: "Tom Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy
Subject: Re: A Microsoft exodus!
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:06:46 GMT
"Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Aaron R. Kulkis writes:
> >
> > >> Steve Mading writes:
> >
> > >>>>> I've adjusted my statement, to, "Okay, it does require a puny
amount
> > >>>>> of movment of the arm to get the pinkie up to the esc key, but
it's
> > >>>>> so tiny and trivial that it never entered into my consious
thought,
> > >>>>> and it doesn't fucking matter, since it it's merely a 'stretch'
> > >>>>> motion, which doesn't make you lose your place, like a 'swing'
motion
> > >>>>> does.
> >
> > >>>> I'll adjust my statement as well: "Okay, it does require a puny
amount
> > >>>> of movement of the arm to get the pinkie down to the cursor keys,
but
> > >>>> it's so tiny and trivial that it never entered into my conscious
thought,
> > >>>> and it doesn't matter, since it it's merely a 'stretch' motion,
which
> > >>>> doesn't make you lose your place, like a 'swing' motion does.
> >
> > >>> You enjoy this game of replacing what I say fill-in-the-blank style,
> >
> > >> Enjoyment has nothing to do with it. I'm simply noting that whatever
> > >> you can say about Esc can be applied equally well to the cursor keys.
> >
> > >>> but the difference is that what I said was actually true.
> >
> > >> What I said is also actually true. Where is the alleged difference?
> >
> > > Tholen...
> > > when you finally realize how utterly worthless your life is...
> > > remember to slit lengthwise.
> >
> > Kulkis, when you finally realize how utterly worthless your invective
> > is, remember to come back here and apologize.
>
>
> Tholen...
>
> When you finally realize how utterly worthless your life is...
> remember to slit lengthwise.
>
> Or maybe you can offer yourself to one of the local Hawaiian volcano gods.
I think the point of that exercise is to appease the volcano, and not to
piss it off royally.
--
Tom Wilson
Registered Linux User #194021
http://counter.li.org
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From: kiwiunixman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nobody wants Linux because it destroys hard disks.
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:12:47 GMT
Oh, so you're one of those lusers who believe because the OS has a GUI
it is superior to one that doesn't, so by your definition os/390 (the OS
used on IBM Mainframes) is shit because it has no dandy, randy, eye
candy GUI. Kyle, get a life, grow some balls and use you proper email
address, or are you scared about being flamed.
kiwiunixman
--
"Like a midget at a urinal, you gotta keep on your toes"
Naked Gun 33 1/3
"Like a blind man at an orgy, you gotta feel your way out"
Naked Gun 33 1/3
____
Unix Programmer:
"If it an't broken, don't fix it"
Microsoft Programmer:
"If it an't broken and working perfectly, then their must be a problem"
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From: kiwiunixman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nobody wants Linux because it destroys hard disks.
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:18:40 GMT
Install Office 98 on a mac, simply copy the folder to the HDD, and run
the blasted thing. Windows you have to run an installer, then reboot,
blah, blah, blah, and Window lusers say Windows is easier, BS!
kiwiunixman
--
"Like a midget at a urinal, you gotta keep on your toes"
Naked Gun 33 1/3
"Like a blind man at an orgy, you gotta feel your way out"
Naked Gun 33 1/3
____
Unix Programmer:
"If it an't broken, don't fix it"
Microsoft Programmer:
"If it an't broken and working perfectly, then their must be a problem"
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From: "Tom Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM 1 billion dollar deal - Linux!
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:43:00 GMT
"Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:yP9_5.6921$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Craig Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > "Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:919g33$t46$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > Even cooler, they've already spent that much already. IBM has 1500
> > > > Linux developers on the payroll now. That's committment.
> > >
> > > Wow... 1500 developers... doing what? They don't seem to have
> contributed
> > > much of anything back into the source pool.
> >
> > DB2?
> >
> > jfs?
> >
> > vajava?
> >
> > md/raid work?
> >
> > kernel patches?
>
> JFS was probably not that much work to port to Linux, since it already ran
> on AIX. And DB2 is most certianly not free. I took "1500 Linux
developers"
> to mean 1500 people working on linux, not 1500 people working on code that
> runs on linux.
>
> Even so, 1500 developers should be producing a ton more than this.
IMHO, the more programmers you throw at something, the less likely you are
to get anything worthwhile.
--
Tom Wilson
Registered Linux User #194021
http://counter.li.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mitch)
Subject: Re: Tell us Why you use Windows over Linux.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:46:05 GMT
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:50:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie
Ebert) wrote:
>
>Here's another interesting - unsolvable thread.
>
>Name the THING you can do with Windows you
>CAN NOT do with Linux.
>
Buzz, Cubase, Gigastudio, Play Games, MSN Messenger.
To name the apps/stuff I use my PC for 99% of the time.
--
Smileys are nothing but conceptual wheelchair ramps for the humor impaired.
- Geoff Miller
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Microsoft exodus!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:31:45 GMT
Tom Wilson writes:
> Aaron R. Kulkis wrote:
>> I wrote:
>>> Aaron R. Kulkis writes:
>>>>> Steve Mading writes:
>>>>>>>> I've adjusted my statement, to, "Okay, it does require a puny
>>>>>>>> amount of movment of the arm to get the pinkie up to the esc key,
>>>>>>>> but it's so tiny and trivial that it never entered into my consious
>>>>>>>> thought, and it doesn't fucking matter, since it it's merely a
>>>>>>>> 'stretch' motion, which doesn't make you lose your place, like a
>>>>>>>> 'swing' motion does.
>>>>>>> I'll adjust my statement as well: "Okay, it does require a puny
>>>>>>> amount of movement of the arm to get the pinkie down to the cursor
>>>>>>> keys, but it's so tiny and trivial that it never entered into my
>>>>>>> conscious thought, and it doesn't matter, since it it's merely a
>>>>>>> 'stretch' motion, which doesn't make you lose your place, like a
>>>>>>> 'swing' motion does.
>>>>>> You enjoy this game of replacing what I say fill-in-the-blank style,
>>>>> Enjoyment has nothing to do with it. I'm simply noting that whatever
>>>>> you can say about Esc can be applied equally well to the cursor keys.
>>>>>> but the difference is that what I said was actually true.
>>>>> What I said is also actually true. Where is the alleged difference?
>>>> Tholen...
>>>> when you finally realize how utterly worthless your life is...
>>>> remember to slit lengthwise.
>>> Kulkis, when you finally realize how utterly worthless your invective
>>> is, remember to come back here and apologize.
>> Tholen...
>>
>> When you finally realize how utterly worthless your life is...
>> remember to slit lengthwise.
>>
>> Or maybe you can offer yourself to one of the local Hawaiian volcano gods.
> I think the point of that exercise is to appease the volcano, and not to
> piss it off royally.
Yet another person more interested in invectice than a logical argument.
No surprise there.
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From: rob@x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Corel to pull out of Linux
Date: 14 Dec 2000 23:52:13 -0800
In article <OJh_5.1229$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bracy" says...
>Corel's software will benefit the Linux community far more in the hands
>of HelixCode et al than it ever would have in Corel's.
I agree. Corel is better off just doing what they are good at
(Graphic applications and such), and let someone else do the Linux
distro stuff.
Also, Corel linux will still be there, it will just not be called
Corel linux anymore, they are selling the thing, not throwing it away.
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