Re: [CGUYS] DSL & answering machines/DSL & phone service

2009-02-28 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Tell me how I can double my income please. Stewart At 11:01 PM 2/28/2009, you wrote: ...make the rest live on less than $100,000 and no bonuses, especially when their companies tank. You mean if I tank the company I get $100 grand? Ok, I'll get to work immediately. :-) **

Re: [CGUYS] DSL & answering machines/DSL & phone service

2009-02-28 Thread Eric S. Sande
...make the rest live on less than $100,000 and no bonuses, especially when their companies tank. You mean if I tank the company I get $100 grand? Ok, I'll get to work immediately. :-) * ** List info, subscription manag

Re: [CGUYS] Anyone for 8.3? [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linu

2009-02-28 Thread Chris Dunford
> >In fact, yes. I have two apps that I use every day that have not been > >updated in many years but still do exactly what I want with no fuss. > > Details? Do the apps have names? If you will pardon me, based on your > past history I don't put any stock in your vague assertions. These apps > are

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

2009-02-28 Thread Chris Dunford
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux > > >>>B) Not so very long ago you mentioned that you couldn't use > >>>(or knew people who couldn't use) Vista because it did not > >>>support certain legacy apps that you (or they) need. But > >>>now, no rational system designer needs to suppor

Re: [CGUYS] DSL & answering machines/DSL & phone service

2009-02-28 Thread Eric S. Sande
The more the world is run by "invertors" and MBAs who don't know which end of a screw driver they are supposed to hold on to, the worse the descisionmaking gets. Well, possibly true. Personally I don't know jack about all this derivative stuff but I do know how to get things done. I know wher

[CGUYS] Best Network [Was: DSL & answering machines/DSL & phone service

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Barron's is bullish on Verizon this month; says outlook is good. Rumor >is iPhone on VZ, >http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/02/23/apple-to-launch-iphone >-on-verizon-wireless/trackback/. That might be nice, but I recently was reading a blog that called the iPod Touch the phone of t

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Actually, no, you were just flat out wrong by quoting a poorly researched >and sloppily written article. You got anything to say other than continuing to call people names? It is a long detailed analysis. You should be able to pick at least one detail that you can oppose with some meaningful co

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>>>B) Not so very long ago you mentioned that you couldn't use >>>(or knew people who couldn't use) Vista because it did not >>>support certain legacy apps that you (or they) need. But >>>now, no rational system designer needs to support 8.3? >> >> B) Still defending Vista? Unbelievable! I think

Re: [CGUYS] Anyone for 8.3? [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linu

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>In fact, yes. I have two apps that I use every day that have not been >updated in many years but still do exactly what I want with no fuss. Details? Do the apps have names? If you will pardon me, based on your past history I don't put any stock in your vague assertions. These apps are essential

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>However because they were dismissed early or retired, they are being >asked to pay back parts of the bonuses. >This was stopped a little while ago, but you can imagine the hurt and >the sore feelings it caused these soldiers. I think this is known as "compassionate conservatism."

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
Just imagine how good things would be. We would all have great, fast browsers. People could write Web sites without wasting their time on countless IE hacks so web site would be even better. Open source would be even stronger with better applications. Well made computers would have sold even be

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

2009-02-28 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Kind of reminds me of Uncle Sam. A number of soldiers were injured or suffered some type of trauma to cause their release from service. In some cases these soldiers had been paid bonuses baseed on continued duty within the military. However because they were dismissed early or retired, they

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

2009-02-28 Thread mike
Yeah that antitrust case being resolved as it did brought us to the horrible realization that Firefox is better and growing, that while not growing, linux is still a contender...and that Apple's market share has increased and their notebook sales are terribly good. What a crummy outcome. Boy Chen

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

2009-02-28 Thread mike
Makes it easier for him to argue with himself if he ignores everyone else. On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > > Nicely done, though. By claiming that the question I asked about 8.3 > filenames was *really* a defense of Vista, you avoid having to choose > between your two co

Re: [CGUYS] Anyone for 8.3? [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

2009-02-28 Thread Chris Dunford
>Does anyone here have software still in use >that will only work if regular file names are >mapped into 8.3 format? In fact, yes. I have two apps that I use every day that have not been updated in many years but still do exactly what I want with no fuss. ***

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

2009-02-28 Thread Chris Dunford
>>B) Not so very long ago you mentioned that you couldn't use >>(or knew people who couldn't use) Vista because it did not >>support certain legacy apps that you (or they) need. But >>now, no rational system designer needs to support 8.3? > > B) Still defending Vista? Unbelievable! I think even

Re: [CGUYS] DSL & answering machines/DSL & phone service

2009-02-28 Thread b_s-wilk
Some investors went so far as to say Verizon's investment in FiOS "doomed" the company, while others just claimed it was a huge waste of money -- and that upgrades weren't necessary. Yet ironically FiOS (alongside wireless) is helping Verizon weather the recession... Were these the same busine

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-02-28 Thread Jeff Wright
> Interesting story at: > roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/26/why-windows-7-on-netbooks-wont-save- > Microsoft Oh heavens, noes! An torturously slanted, anti-Microsoft story at a masturbatory Apple fanboi site? Gadzooks! * ** L

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-02-28 Thread Jeff Wright
> This may be the reason for the missing components of even the regular > versions of W7. We discussed that here a few weeks ago and our WFBs > insisted that there was no nefarious motive for MS's omission. Actually, no, you were just flat out wrong by quoting a poorly researched and sloppily writ

[CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
Interesting story at: roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/26/why-windows-7-on-netbooks-wont-save-microsoft / "Microsoft plans to profit from the interest in netbooks by bundling them with a crippled version of Windows 7, forcing users to pay extra to unlock its features" The major point is that the

Re: [CGUYS] DSL & answering machines/DSL & phone service

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Some investors went so far as to say Verizon's investment in FiOS "doomed" >the company, while others just claimed it was a huge waste of money -- and >that upgrades weren't necessary. Yet ironically FiOS (alongside wireless) >is helping Verizon weather the recession... Were these the same busi

[CGUYS] Anyone for 8.3? [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>B) Not so very long ago you mentioned that you couldn't use (or knew people >who couldn't use) Vista because it did not support certain legacy apps that >you (or they) need. But now, no rational system designer needs to support >8.3? Back when 8.3 was all the rage I was still doing my work with 8

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
Chris Dunford, of the Microsoft Purity Squad, wrote... >A) Relevance to the MS lawsuit, please? > >B) Not so very long ago you mentioned that you couldn't use (or knew people >who couldn't use) Vista because it did not support certain legacy apps that >you (or they) need. But now, no rational syst

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

2009-02-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>In any event, MS withdrew the demand. The workers can keep the money that >they didn't earn. I don't think a damage-control u-turn accomplishes anything. I see them once again exposed as the greedy, petty, connivers they are. I think that if there is anyone sitting on undeserved $billions that

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

2009-02-28 Thread Judy Cosler
how much was it, per person? On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > For instance: Software giant Microsoft laid off 1,400 workers last > > month. Yesterday, the company acknowledged that -- oops! -- it actually > > overpaid severance to some of those workers. The unemployed wo

[CGUYS] tom sues tomtom

2009-02-28 Thread rleesimon
for use of long names (double entendre) ... ...don't they have anything else to do? ...seems business is so slow their legal people are finding "make work" projects to justify their retainer & company chevrolet with gas card... ***

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

2009-02-28 Thread Chris Dunford
> For instance: Software giant Microsoft laid off 1,400 workers last > month. Yesterday, the company acknowledged that -- oops! -- it actually > overpaid severance to some of those workers. The unemployed workers > found this out recently in a letter from Microsoft, which was sitting > on cash rese

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

2009-02-28 Thread mike
And then realizing their ass-ness, they said just keep it. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:07 AM, katan wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:36:18 -0700, mike wrote: > > >I don't think anyone would argue with that. > > > >On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Vicky Staubly wrote: > > > >> > >> That said, I th

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

2009-02-28 Thread katan
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:36:18 -0700, mike wrote: >I don't think anyone would argue with that. > >On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Vicky Staubly wrote: > >> >> That said, I think Microsoft are being asses Or this tender little morsel from the Wash. Post: "The silver linings in this economic cloud

Re: [CGUYS] DSL & answering machines/DSL & phone service

2009-02-28 Thread Roger D. Parish
At 10:36 PM -0500 2/27/09, Eric S. Sande wrote: Either wait until I or someone like me makes it happen for you at a competitive rate or pay a market rate for the service level you want. I'll do it, if you're in my territory. It will cost you just the same price as it costs government or enterp