mshirley wrote:
> No, not everybody with a different viewpoint is a 'plant'.
> But, when you come on a LINUX maillist and defend Microsoft Windows
> as being so good, it doesn't crash, you are asking for trouble.
> Have I used NT? YES. I ran it at home for a while, but experienced
> constant slowdowns and crashes. Our IT department has chosen NT for
> it's systems, and we have crashes every 3-4 weeks or so. I have built
> many computers for friends and relatives, using W95/98 including all the
> latest patches/updates as detailed on Wahlbeems' site. I have to run
> 95 at home because the wife doesn't get Linux yet. Maybe someday. I have
> seen CONTINUAL lockups/crashes/memory leaks, and it drives me crazy that
> I have to pay 90-100 bux every time Bill launches a new 'patch'.
> I use quality components in my computers, don't overclock, and still have
> numerous 'crashes' on my systems, friends systems, systems at work that I
> don't even touch other than to help explain to the other users around here
> that it's just a fact of life with Windows. Have I used W2K yet? NO! I
> won't either! I'm done paying Billy boy for crap.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Gentile [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 2:37 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [newbie] MS releases new Windows and NT Keyboard (humor)
>
> Oh, everyone who doesn't agree with your viewpoint is a "Microsoft plant?"
> No, I am just an Engineer who has used both since 1993. You're spreading
> crap and it's UN-professional as well as false. Have you used Windows NT?
> Have you used Windows 2000 for 6 months as I have? No? THEN DON'T MAKE
> STATEMENTS OUT OF YOUR BEHIND. I have told you the truth - I have been
> running for 6 months and instead you choose to believe myths instead of
> direct experience.
>
> Sam Gentile
>
> Principal Software Engineer & Viridien Team Leader
>
> toysmart.com
>
> 170 High Street
>
> Waltham, MA 02454
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mshirley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:49 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [newbie] MS releases new Windows and NT Keyboard (humor)
>
> What are you, a M$ plant? This is the wrong place to be espousing the
> value of M$ OS's! Besides, not everybody runs NT anyway. 95/98 DOES
> crash a lot. 2000 probably will too.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Gentile [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:00 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Cc: Sam Gentile
> Subject: RE: [newbie] MS releases new Windows and NT Keyboard (humor)
>
> I know this a joke but know what you are talking about before you speak -
> Windows 2000 is extremely stable and does not require reboots. I have been
> running it for almost 6 months now as my primary system including using huge
> server applications like SQL Server 7.0, and other things like Visual Studio
> 6.0, Borland's JBuilder and IT HAS NOT CRASHED ONCE. NO REBOOTS. The NT Team
> did an analysis of all situations in which re-boots are required in NT 4.0
> and came up with 78 situations. All but three have been eliminated. Change
> TCP parameters? No reboots. So I would caution you to have experience with
> what you speak of or you just spreading around crap and FUD and that is
> un-professional.
>
> Sam Gentile
> Principal Software Engineer & Viridien Team Leader
> toysmart.com
> 170 High Street
> Waltham, MA 02454
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeanette Russo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 10:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] MS releases new Windows and NT Keyboard (humor)
>
>
Flame ON
--
Joseph S. Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
