[Ham-Computers] Frustration with MS

[Jim Isbell]

Well then maybe I should try again.  BUT  the one I bought WAS a boxed 
version.  but it was an older box and the vendor did not mention that 
there was a newer version out and that the distributor would not support 
the earlier version. But if he dropped it that fast I don't think I 
would want the latest one either.  It was the linux that uses a penguin 
for a logo that I had.

Wow, I didn't know that using the word "damned" (not at him, but at 
something else)  was all it would take to run Duane off or I would have 
done it earlier.!!....#8-)

doc wrote:

> 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. 
>>>>
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