Re: Fwd: [linux-elitists] class-action fun

2001-09-22 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 09:19:30 -0500 Rick Sivernell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking with my son last night, he swears that there is no other OS that can do what M$ or XP can do. ---snip--- Actually, xp ain't that bad. It's not the answer to the world problems or the ultimate OS for

Re: Fwd: [linux-elitists] class-action fun

2001-09-22 Thread Joel Hammer
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 09:19:30AM -0500, Rick Sivernell wrote: Talking with my son last night, he swears that there is no other OS that can do what M$ or XP can do. Finally after our conversation is about over and I The best thing with windows users is benign neglect. Let Bill Gates solve

Re: Fwd: [linux-elitists] class-action fun

2001-09-22 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:03:59AM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote: On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 09:19:30AM -0500, Rick Sivernell wrote: Talking with my son last night, he swears that there is no other OS that can do what M$ or XP can do. Finally after our conversation is about over and I (quoted text

Re: Fwd: [linux-elitists] class-action fun

2001-09-22 Thread Rick Sivernell
My son is 30, lives in Atlanta. Does call here a lot for Help. Most of the time I tell him to buy a book because I do not use that flavour of winders. If he would use NT, then I could help him more. Uswe Linux help him not at all, would not need my help, linux.nf, caldera list etc. I do have

Fwd: [linux-elitists] class-action fun

2001-09-21 Thread Douglas J. Hunley
thoughts? -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [linux-elitists] class-action fun Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:55:04 -0500 From: Rick Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IANAL I've been bouncing this idea off people in my local LUG-land and it's generated some interest.

Re: Fwd: [linux-elitists] class-action fun

2001-09-21 Thread Bill Campbell
On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 04:44:42PM -0400, Douglas J. Hunley wrote: ... Sue Microsoft for negligence. But they issued patches for these exploits, you say. Yes, but they kept selling freshly pressed OS CD's that were still defective. I.e., they refused to recall and re-press product that they