Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-31 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 04:34 PM 30/08/2007, JRS wrote: I agree, I think if Apple offered OS X for PC's they would make a killing and jump to #2 overnite in the PC world. MS would drop the price of Windows to virtually nothing and crush Apple (I'm going to guess here, but I can't see Apple selling OS X for less

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-30 Thread Hayes Elkins
],The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:41:27 + Ah and Ryans VM will probably be next. :( Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:28:06 To:hardware

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-30 Thread Rick Glazier
Funny thing is though... About the only thing I CAN'T get from his site is the WGA thing... (Can't connect to that specific file...) I'm sure MS will make sure I get it, VBG Rick Glazier From: Hayes Elkins That would really, really, REALLY suck. RyanVM has

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-30 Thread Ben Ruset
Microsoft does the best job of evangelizing Linux on the desktop. :) Rick Glazier wrote: Funny thing is though... About the only thing I CAN'T get from his site is the WGA thing... (Can't connect to that specific file...) I'm sure MS will make sure I get it, VBG

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-30 Thread tmservo
:) Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:35:48 To:The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone OTOH, people have been saying that for years, yet I don't see a mass exodus

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-30 Thread Ben Ruset
Dell is selling Ubuntu powered Desktops. Sure it's not a plague of locusts or guys with swords coming out of their mouths, but it's pretty damn close. Gary VanderMolen wrote: OTOH, people have been saying that for years, yet I don't see a mass exodus to Linux. I have no problem with Windows

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-30 Thread JRS
I agree, I think if Apple offered OS X for PC's they would make a killing and jump to #2 overnite in the PC world. I don't think it would lead to a drive to linux. But it contnues to kill me that Apple has OSX which could easily run on anything, and they don't. If Apple tomorrow came out

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-30 Thread Ben Ruset
And destroy their hardware biz. JRS wrote: I agree, I think if Apple offered OS X for PC's they would make a killing and jump to #2 overnite in the PC world. I don't think it would lead to a drive to linux. But it contnues to kill me that Apple has OSX which could easily run on anything, and

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-30 Thread Winterlight
I agree, I think if Apple offered OS X for PC's they would make a killing and jump to #2 overnite in the PC world. Apple would quickly loose their reputation for reliability if they had to support all the hardware, and software MS does. They have been able to be what they are, because they

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-30 Thread JRS
Prolly true, but it's nice to dream. :) I agree, I think if Apple offered OS X for PC's they would make a killing and jump to #2 overnite in the PC world. Apple would quickly loose their reputation for reliability if they had to support all the hardware, and software MS does. They have

[H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-29 Thread JRS
Sad day Posted by Antonis Kaladis on August 29th, 2007 Today we received an e-mail from Microsoft, requesting the immediate take-down of the download page, which of course means that AutoPatcher is probably history. As much as we disagree, we can do very little, and although the download page

RE: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-29 Thread Greg Sevart
. :) Greg From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JRS Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:28 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone Sad day Posted by Antonis Kaladis on August 29th, 2007 Today we received an e-mail from Microsoft

Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone

2007-08-29 Thread tmservo
Ah and Ryans VM will probably be next. :( Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:28:06 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone Sad day Posted by Antonis Kaladis on August 29th, 2007 Today we