"Austin L. Denyer" wrote:
> <serious snipping>
> Maybe, but at what price? It cost me (at the time) the equivalent of
> over six week's rent just to upgrade the machine from 4mb to 8mb RAM.
> Having to pay another three month's worth just to get to a hardware
> level that would support the OS was not economically viable - at least,
> not to me.
Wow, you guys either have really cheap rent or expensive ram!!!
> Yes, you do get what you pay for. But, in terms of value for money, the
> cost of the OS plus hardware placed an effective OS/2 system WAY beyond
> the means of J. Random User.
Agreed. Well, at least at first. I never had actually had the pleasure of
trying os/2 so I can't say for sure.
> Try THAT with NT...
um ... no
> And back then, NO-ONE could live without Doom #;-D
Yeah, it helped me get over my heroin addiction. ;-)
> especially when the Internet patch came out
> so that we could finally use the Internet for the REAL reason that Al
> Gore invented it. <G>)
Now if this isn't the best reason yet to vote for Gore .....
> My main concern is aimed at those who have to pay for their on-line
> time. <SNIP> Too many off-topic posts used to cost me
> a fortune.
I was under the impression you could setup you email deliveray to not fetch
<ot> mails?
> I WAS thinking of setting up a separate list for off-topic stuff once I
> got my ADSL set up, but as BellSouth (my ADSL ISP) only gave me a USB
> modem (un-supported by Linux) the only machine I have access to with
> ADSL connectivity is my Wife's Win98 box.
The bastards ...... did you consider giving one of the new technology
previews a shot? check out both Caldera an ummm RH. <preparing to run and
duck from incoming bricks :)>
> What to you think?
A linux rants list sounds like a lot of fun :) I guess I could run it off my dsl
after I finish security
setup on it. I'm currently just logging on and off in short bursts ..... trying to
fly low.
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Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester Caldera Linux 2.4
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