Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread erylon hines
On Monday 20 January 2003 03:30 pm, you wrote: > On Mon, January 20 2003 5:21 pm, robin wrote: > *super.snip* > > > I see the detoxification process is complete. Maybe we should have a > > 12-step program for Windows dependency. It should start with everyone > > getting up and saying "My name is

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 07:08, John Richard Smith wrote: yes, I guess so.After all many server systems run on linux software.It cannot all be due to money. I just wondered how much file systems had to do with this, because for instance , while my w2k on ntfs runs a whole l

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 21:05, John Richard Smith wrote: In your experience is it still the case, I mean you mention NT servers were unreliable as against linux server boxes. I have no personal experience whatsoever. John Let's put it this way - I always setup a sche

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 21:05, John Richard Smith wrote: > In your experience is it still the case, I mean you mention NT servers > were unreliable > as against linux server boxes. I have no personal experience whatsoever. > > John Let's put it this way - I always setup a scheduled task on an NT

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
> On Monday 20 January 2003 05:17 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > Send them klez for giggles and grins Stephen, please send me one (off-list) to play with. Kaj Haulrich. === Powered by Linux- Mandrake 9.0 Registered Linux user # 2

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 14:55, Kesav Tadimeti wrote: Hi All, I believe, windows 2000,is a relatively stable OS for desktop uses. I use it at work, and it does not need a reboot as often as NT 4.0 used to. BTW, Yesterday's newspaper (here in New Delhi) carried an ad from Micro

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 3:55 am, Kesav Tadimeti wrote: > Hi All, > I believe, windows 2000,is a relatively stable OS for desktop uses. I use > it at work, and it does not need a reboot as often as NT 4.0 used to. I found W2K relatively stable, but drivers were as big a problem as linux drivers (m

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 20 Jan 2003 11:30 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Mon, January 20 2003 5:21 pm, robin wrote: > *super.snip* > > > I see the detoxification process is complete. Maybe we should have a > > 12-step program for Windows dependency. It should start with everyone > > getting up and saying "My name

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 19:33, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > You lucky man, you! > I never get to do more than point 8. > By then they've either gone completely off their rocker or are starting to > foam at the mouth. > What really kills 'm is when they need to get on to the internet for their > nifty mo

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-21 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 21 January 2003 00:17, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 11:02, Chuck Burns wrote: > > On Mon, January 20 2003 5:50 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > *snip* > > > > > (And she's a soon-to-be linux user, ya reckon Chuck?) > > > > She uses it all the time, at my house, I just havent ye

RE: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 14:55, Kesav Tadimeti wrote: > Hi All, > I believe, windows 2000,is a relatively stable OS for desktop uses. I use it > at work, and it does not need a reboot as often as NT 4.0 used to. > BTW, Yesterday's newspaper (here in New Delhi) carried an ad from Microsoft > claiming t

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-20 Thread Charlie
On Monday 20 January 2003 05:17 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 11:02, Chuck Burns wrote: > > On Mon, January 20 2003 5:50 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > *snip* > > > > > (And she's a soon-to-be linux user, ya reckon Chuck?) > > > > She uses it all the time, at my house, I just havent

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 11:02, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Mon, January 20 2003 5:50 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > *snip* > > (And she's a soon-to-be linux user, ya reckon Chuck?) > She uses it all the time, at my house, I just havent yet convinced her to > forgoe her ill-begotten ways, and evil tendencenci

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 10:30, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Mon, January 20 2003 5:21 pm, robin wrote: > *super.snip* > > > > I see the detoxification process is complete. Maybe we should have a > > 12-step program for Windows dependency. It should start with everyone > > getting up and saying "My name

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-20 Thread Chuck Burns
On Mon, January 20 2003 5:21 pm, robin wrote: *super.snip* > > I see the detoxification process is complete. Maybe we should have a > 12-step program for Windows dependency. It should start with everyone > getting up and saying "My name is ..., and I'm a Windows user." I must > admit I haven't k