[Ham-Computers] Frustration with MS

[Brian K. Gaskamp]

Geee...I just thought the Texas heat and humidity was intense.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "doc" <kd4e at arrl.net>
To: <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Frustration with MS


> If you buy the boxed version of any modern Linux distro you
> will receive support from the manufacturer -- but fellow
> user lists tend to be the best support and such is readily
> available.
> 
> I can speak with great confidence for SuSE (now owned by
> Novell) since I have been using it for a while and have
> been so blessed by the user support that I have lacked a
> need to even use the included company support.
> 
> As for trashing Bill Gates his name was not mentioned --
> though one might suppose that his repeated assertions of
> a secure and stable OS followed by hundreds of security
> alerts and patches require one to question either his
> integrity or technological competence.
> 
> The problem with Apple had nothing to do with Bill Gates,
> for good or evil, their problem was transition from a
> garage company to an international corporation.
> 
> Apple solved their technological problem by building
> on the same platform as Linux -- Unix -- not by following
> Microsoft down the flawed technological path of M$.
> 
> As for the path of technology had Bill Gates never been
> born others would have met the demand for computers. Gates
> is an accomplished entrepeneur and would have thrived as
> a snake-oil salesman but he is clearly second-rate where
> it comes to technological excellence and innovation.
> 
> Finally, the singular reason that Linux has not long since
> obliterated Microsoft in the marketplace is the intentional
> interference with hardware compatibility and software
> intercompatibility sponsored by Microsoft -- yet Linux
> continues to expand its installed base -- most recently
> into educational institutions at the elementary, middle,
> high school, and college level.
> 
> A very recent report shows significant growth in the
> installed base of Linux on small servers in addition to
> the already huge installed base on medium and large
> servers.
> 
> With or without Bill Gates Microsoft is a quality-challenged
> organization with Apple and Linux mastering increasingly
> broad ranges of applications and consistently working around
> the intentional roadblocks erected by Microsoft.
> 
> The race is on ... let's keep it a technological competition
> rather than a personal one.
> 
> doc
> 
> Jim Isbell wrote:
> > I would love to, but I have similar problems with Linux....support.  I 
> > bought a Linux OS and shortly after I bought it I was told, "We dont 
> > support that version anymore"
> > 
> > doc wrote:
> > 
> >> Switch to Linux -- SuSE 9.1 Pro with online updates -- and
> >> forget M$ entirely.
> >>
> >> Works for me and many others ... doc
> >>
> >> Preston Graham wrote:
> >>
> >>> TAKE IT EASY COWBOY!!   WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT, AND IT'S SINKING.
> >>>
> >>>> I get so damned frustrated every time I try to change something in 
> >>>> Windows. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e
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