Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread Craig White
r a sysprep install (in fact, you can automate > > the installation code process of sysprep). > > Because, as I stated earlier, Red Hat and Novell are heading down the > same path. HOWEVER, RHEL and SLED/S are not crippling the system from > activation like MS did. (which is a plus in

Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread keith smith
Spatafore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jason Spatafore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!! To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Friday, July 4, 2008, 5:12 PM > honestly, after reading your earlier diatribe, I couldn't help but > wonder what it

Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread keith smith
PHP Programmer --- On Fri, 7/4/08, Jason Spatafore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jason Spatafore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!! To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Friday, July 4, 2008, 4:27 PM On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 15:11 -0700, keith smith

Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread Jason Spatafore
r, Red Hat and Novell are heading down the same path. HOWEVER, RHEL and SLED/S are not crippling the system from activation like MS did. (which is a plus in my book.) Keep in mind the "Windows Sucks" email came first. I added the "OT" to the subject line to accommodate the mail fi

Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 16:27 -0700, Jason Spatafore wrote: > On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 15:11 -0700, keith smith wrote: > > > > So if someone decides not to go with windows and use Linux, is there > > not a learning curve there also. > > > > What about the cost of learning a new programming language ev

Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread Jason Spatafore
On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 15:11 -0700, keith smith wrote: > > So if someone decides not to go with windows and use Linux, is there > not a learning curve there also. > > What about the cost of learning a new programming language every 6 to > 10 years? Is there a cost to that? > > Writing and re-wri

Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread keith smith
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jason Spatafore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!! To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Friday, July 4, 2008, 10:21 AM Microsoft lost me at activation. I noticed you didn't list any activation woes in thereyou d

Re: OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread Charles Jones
It seems that Bill Gates is just as frustrated as the rest of the windows users: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to

OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread Jason Spatafore
Microsoft lost me at activation. I noticed you didn't list any activation woes in thereyou don't have to activate with *most* flavors of Linux. (RHEL and SLES are going down that route.) Here's something I wrote awhile back on activation. How much money has Microsoft cost the USA since Wind

windows SUCKS!!!

2008-07-04 Thread Charles Jones
This is the second time I have composed this email. The first subject was a bit more diplomatic. I was writing an email to share a post ( http://blog.sontek.net/2008/06/30/windows-hater-in-response-to-linux-hater/ ) that I read about the failings of MS-Windows. Ironically in the middle of typin