Guys, can we get back to talking about Linux - PLEASE???

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Moonchild <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On 24-02-2010 18:32, Dos-Man 64 wrote:
> > Yes, they are really spineless down there.  Seriously, how can you
> > have such an overwhelming percentage of your user base that is at
> > least 3 versions behind the current version?  It's as if everyone is
> > still driving around in pintos and novas...  I would have killed of xp
> > a while ago (it is a monopoly after all.)
>
> Um, hate to break the news to you but do you really think that Vista was an
> actual candidate for a real OS? It was like a beta forced down everyone's
> throat on new hardware (and believe you me, I've helped plenty of IT people
> downgrade from it back to XP). There is a reason why the life cycle of
> Vista
> ends BEFORE the life cycle of XP. Think about that one for a moment.
>
> Also - do you think that everyone should just run right along with a new
> several hundred dollar per seat license for every machine they own just
> because a later version was released (which migh not even work for the
> purpose
> someone has a PC for)? If you don't care about your budget... maybe. But
> remember the general public of this user group as well before you throw a
> statement like that out ;-)
>
> MC
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