Re: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-11 Thread Jason Rennie
> The people at Micro$haft are so lame they dont even have a feed back email > address to reply to such lame ass comments about Linux! But this is for a very good reason, if they supplied a reply email address then there excahnge servers would die under the load ;) Jason -- GnuPG Key 2450EEDC

RE: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-10 Thread Howard Lowndes
... or ppl who play golf with M$ account managers. Sorry, they are the same ppl. -- Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, John Wiltshire wrote: > From: RunTimeError [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

RE: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-10 Thread Andrew Macks
http://www.microsoft.com/jobs/search/jobDetail.asp?jobNumber=695209&MSID=E3A990305E224F11876E51AD6F14F7B8 And on to Linux we shall go! Andrew. -- If you are still using my old e-mail addresses, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], you should change to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney

RE: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-10 Thread John Wiltshire
From: RunTimeError [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >The only people who would believe this garbage are the >computer illiterate people. You mean like managers, purchasing officers and people who sign paychecks? ;-) John Wiltshire -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.

Re: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-10 Thread RunTimeError
The only people who would believe this garbage are the computer illiterate people. I have no idea how Micro$haft can say all that about Linux. Man what version were they using when they did those tests? Knowing those stupid idiots, they were most likely using an unstable kernel on hardware that is

Re: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-09 Thread Terry Collins
George Vieira wrote: > > Hi all, > > I had to unfortunately download M$ ScrapPack 6a for our server Is this the one that consists of eleven separate enormous downloads and many manual file copies to upgrade? The permanent NT guy was vehemently spitting chips about it today, so I guess he is und

RE: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-08 Thread John Wiltshire
From: Jobst Schmalenbach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >But if telstra's prices incresing like they do in the moment >it might be cheaper >to order one form M$: $14! > >Considering that netscape is 19MB and a MB costs 18c, you end up $3.50! >(this is the company rates, not the flat rates) Yep - Wi

Re: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-08 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 01:36:39PM +1000, George Vieira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Well, when Billy Boy comes out here, I just get him to bring a CD for me... That'll be a little tricky, he just cant throw it (yet by M$ standards???) through a netork . and I dont think he even comes close

RE: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-08 Thread George Vieira
1:28 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooh.. On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 08:52:16AM +1000, John Wiltshire ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: George Vieira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >Hi all, [snip] > Most of the ar

Re: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-08 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 08:52:16AM +1000, John Wiltshire ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: George Vieira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >Hi all, [snip] > Most of the arguments are pretty dated (it was posted about a year ago) > although the posting of things like this have really improved the

Re: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-08 Thread Howard Lowndes
Just check the date on it. This was beaten to death last year. -- Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, George Vieira wrote: > Hi all, > > I had to unfortunately download M$ ScrapPack 6a for o

RE: [SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-08 Thread John Wiltshire
From: George Vieira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Hi all, > >I had to unfortunately download M$ ScrapPack 6a for our server and I >stumbled on something in the search and it made me laugh. >I don't want to start a long thread about M$ crap but it is >interesting to >see Microsloth's view of Linux

[SLUG] Microsloth having a go at Linux....Ooooooh..

2000-08-08 Thread George Vieira
Hi all, I had to unfortunately download M$ ScrapPack 6a for our server and I stumbled on something in the search and it made me laugh. I don't want to start a long thread about M$ crap but it is interesting to see Microsloth's view of Linux and how wrong they can be in alot of areas. For those i