[geeks] can't wait for Vista

[John Francini]

Bill,

Hello fellow traveller! I have to deal with the exact same epithets, 
from the exact same collection of people--those whose only experience 
has been with M$FT products.

Wake up and smell the coffee, people!  There's a big wide world of 
grown-up OSes out there that don't suck, and are not distributed by a 
corporation found to be a convicted monopolist by the U.S. government!

(I'd love to know why, when I say that last piece to people, their 
eyes glaze over -- MSFT was, is, and will continue to be a criminal 
organization!)

john francini
who's used, hmmm, let's see: TSS/8, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, VMS, Ultrix, 
Tru64 UNIX, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, Mac OS X. And, oh yes, MS-DOS 
(starting with 2.11), Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT {3.5.1, 4.0}, XP.



At 10:36 PM -0800 11/8/06, William Kirkland wrote:
>I am constantly referred to as a bigot, because I like almost any OS 
>other than those produced by Micros**t, by those who's experience is 
>limited to Micros**t.
>
>My point? ... I have not got a clue as to what you believe I should/
>could have done. I have not hidden my opinion. ... I *can* wait, and 
>expect to do so if I want a secure OS from Micros**t (probably until 
>hell freezes).
>
>btw: I prefer other OSes, but have and do run Micros**t too.
>
>On Nov 8, 2006, at 12:05 PM, geeks-request at sunhelp.org wrote:
>
>>  Message: 5
>>  Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:11:35 -0500
>>  From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
>>  Subject: Re: [geeks] can't wait for Vista
>>
>>  Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
>>>  Just to keep it on topic, how many people here have said to 
>>>  themselves
>>>  "why didn't I say (do) something about Micro Soft back when it would
>>>  have mattered"?
>>
>>  I've been saying it since about 1985.  And I'm only 28 now.
>>
>>  (Well, I turn 29 on the 11th.)
>
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John Francini, francini at mac.com

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