Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

[Yayan Irianto]

I think ME is another name for Win98 and Win2000 is another name for NT.


 No, Windows isn't written in VB.  Windows is written in assembly language.

 Additionally, Windows is a "DOS Shell", even '98.  The only version of
Windows which is a true OS is NT, and that's only because it's the version
of OS/2 which IBM was working on when the M$/IBM divorce happened (early
90s?).  That's why M$ called it "NT" -- because for them it was, well and
truly, "New Technology".  (For that matter, still is!)  Remember: "ME" is
just "NT" with a new name.

 That M$ took OS/2 and ruined it so thoroughly is indicative of the culture
of M$.  Remember: Gates' primary motivation is to eliminate any and all
competition.  Whether the silly software really works is literally at the
bottom of his agenda.

 DOS works fine as a single-user, single-program platform.  It got f*cked
up when M$ tried to make it multi-tasking.

 Talking about history, the only reason M$ got the IBM PC deal is because
people at CP/M wouldn't return IBM's phone calls.  CP/M is the original
pre-emptive multi-tasking OS for the PC, btw.

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[newbie] Virus on Linux?

[Yayan Irianto]

Hi All,
Thanks for your answer regarding my internet connection, and I got the
solution for it.
Frankly I am new with linux but start to interrest it (I hope love it too).
I have some question,
Are there computer viruses in Linux environtment (that always atack windows
system)?
Is there a firewall software like Norton Internet Security?
Thanks again.

yayan.



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[newbie] Internet Connection Issue...

[yayan]

Dear All,
I am new with Linux.
I just install LM 7.0 and it's look good, but one problem I have is internet
connection.
My dial-up is working good and could connect to my ISP (connected 48 kbps)
but when I run the browser (netscape) no one inetrnet site can I open (it
seem that no-connection I've been made).
I set the netscape to connect directly to internet
(EditPreferenceAdvanceProxy).
Could anybody tell me what is going on whith my internet.
Any help would be great appreciated.
Thanks.

Yayan.




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