Re: eMachines OEM XP woes - time to buy $tandard?
- From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*o*m>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 07:25:58 -0700
"kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> JS wrote:
>> kurttrail wrote:
>>> JS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike Hall (MS-MVP) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> NoStop
>>>>>
<snip>
>
> LOL! Whatever. At least I don't have to distort reality, like you!
>
> "Firstly, of course Linux is subject to breaches. However, that in no way
> detracts from the fact that Linux is demonstrably more secure than any
> version
> of Windows."
>
> Please demonstrate it.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39116229,00.htm
>
> "As for your claim that "the hundreds of free programs are not all of good
> quality," that's also a given. However, you forget to mention the
> high-rolling
> Free Open Source programs that simply kill the opposition -- think Apache,
> think
> gcc, think Mozilla Firefox."
>
> Of course YOU fail to mention that both Apache, and GCC are of no direct
> use to the average computer user. Again, in the context of this thread,
Actually GCC is needed to install some of the free programs. They are
distributed as source code :-)
> I doubt the OP could setup and use Apache server sofware, or use a
> programming tool, if they can't even figure out to install their video
> card drivers after installing Windows.
>
> And that Firefox's 6% of the browser market really is still nothing
> compared to IE's 89%. But hey, you are disputing a MS-MVP you accuse of
> "A distored and biased assessment of Linux" by giving a distorted and
> biased assessment of Linux! Pot meet Kettle!
>
> "Fun? You know, Linux is fun. But until you've tried it with an open mind,
> you
> have no right to denigrate it."
>
> No OS is fun, it is just the underlying code that gets everything working
> together. And that just demonstrates how you will distort reason as a
> biased linux advocate.
>
Linux is fun. I enjoy testing it at least once a month. To me that is fun,
for the average user probably not. I install it on a spare machine and try
to use it as my everyday pc. So far the longest it's lasted is a week before
I hit some roadblock that I have to use a Windows machine to get by. In all
fairness I have access to the MS Action Pack subscription so whatever I need
to do I probably have some MS software that does it. Usually the roadblock
could be solved with Linux. I just don't have the time to figure out which
program I need, find the version which works with the distro I'm using,
figure out how to install it, then figure out how to use it.
Kerry
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> http://microscum.com/mscommunity
> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
>
.
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