Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom

1999-11-21 Thread Seth Gibson
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > That's rather odd... At least 3dfx has been extremely good to the Linux > people. True. . .from our (steve-o +myself) perception, there is another side of 3dfx. Suppose for a second that a little upstart chipmaker named nVidia had just said "Well, after the luk

Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom

1999-11-21 Thread Seth Gibson
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Seth Gibson wrote: > > > No, probably Scott McNealy, president of Sun Microsystems. You know, > Java, Jini, Solaris... Yah that's why i said sellers of 3dfx he's cool with sun. . .trust me i know the dude

Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom

1999-11-21 Thread Ron Marriage
The new MS Linux will be out March 21st 2133. Or at least that was when a friend told me that hell was freezing over. I understand it will be called MS Linux 2100. Ron mccaffrey wrote: > > Any idea when the new Microsoft-Linux is due to roll out? I'm wondering if it's >being considered and

Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom

1999-11-21 Thread mccaffrey
Any idea when the new Microsoft-Linux is due to roll out? I'm wondering if it's being considered and to what extent. I mean, why not? Then there wouldn't be a problem w/ people dumping Windows for Linux distributions, cuz they could get it all from the same company. Hmmm, I probably wouldn't

Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom

1999-11-20 Thread David van Balen
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > Hey, is it just me? Or do you experience a renewed sense of excitement when messing >with Linux that you haven't had since the early > days of DOS? I know M$ will remain as a player of some sorts but the question has >now evolved from "which is th

Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom

1999-11-20 Thread Seth Gibson
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: > BTW, who is Scott? > I think he's making a reference to Scott Sellers of 3dfx. . .i think i'll have to go with him on that too. . .next gen feature in a video chipset i want. . .hardware geometry engine or hardware accumulation buffer. . .hmmm. . .let me think. .

Re: [newbie] Words Of Wisdom

1999-11-20 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Hey, is it just me? Or do you experience a renewed sense of excitement when messing with Linux that you haven't had since the early days of DOS? I know M$ will remain as a player of some sorts but the question has now evolved from "which is the better OS" to "why be confined with M$?" Seve B