Hey Woffy (pat)

[Ext User(atec)]

http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/compare-to-vista.html













I am beginning to agree.

[Ext User(the_dawggie)]

On Jan 25, 11:33 pm, atec <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/compare-to-vista.html
>
> I am beginning to agree.

I'm more than starting to think the "IT" industry is an
"IT" that needs shut down.

I don't like (nor use) M$(tm) products, don't really believe
U**X was ever a plausible direction either.

I'm posting this from a VMS box, however think
the new Google Groups has issues.

[Ext User(Kev)]

Dan--- wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:38:37 -0800, the_dawggie PCM code reading says :
>
>
>
>>I'm posting this from a VMS box, however think
>>the new Google Groups has issues.
>
>
> I've moved away from windows (again) for linux although I still use
> windows for games. Good thing is I doubt that I would ever pay for an MS
> product again after reading about Vista it seems to be a pile of shit.
> Sorry an over priced pile of shit. God there is so much software available
> for linux its boggling.
>

I was reading the "Protected Media" issue and having compatible hardware
now that really is pushing it, Microsoft literally forcing hardware
manufacturers to produce hardware that will be compatible with the
"protected media" handling of Vista, if the hardware is not compatible
no "protected Media" will play and vista will lock that piece of
hardware out of the system when ever any media is accessed

and to make the hardware compatible at the expense of compatiblity of
other OS and of course driving up the price of hardware

no way will I ever pay for an MS product


> I had to laugh when Ford and M$ is joining up for some car software.

To stop your engine:- press "Start"

> Although if M$ works well for people I guess I can't complain and I cannot
> complain about ubuntu linux either its free and it just works so damn well.


I tried Ubuntu, didn't like it much at all
I use Susi v.10
much easier for someone who hasn't had much nix experience

Kev

[Ext User(Emjaye)]

Clockmeister said....

> Most workplaces I know of don't upgrade because of new versions of the
> OS. Quite a number of our systems, even some newer ones, are still
> running Win2K quite happily.

Same with our corporate network at work. We have about 130 P3 900s
running Win2k in 256megs of RAM.

Last upgrade was to Office 2003 or Office XP, not sure exactly what it's
called, and Outlook, dumping Lotus Notes. We also run a few Access
databases and some industry specific software. But they seem to be able
to handle it OK.

I think that we'll be getting new PCs this year and upgrading to some
flavor of XP. Mainly, they tell us, to enhance security and managability
of the overall network. Nothing really to do with what applications that
we run.