Bill Gates beating IBM's OS again.4738 (4/21/2005 7:28:55 AM) comp.os.os2.advocacy IBM stock is down! Missed earnings this quarter by a whole bunch. So much for Linux. Funny thing is that these people expected Linux to beat MS where OS/2 couldn't! This will be the third time IBM has s... mikecoxlinux(646)
Linux is SO difficult to install13922 (4/22/2005 12:14:27 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I recently re-met an old school friend, whom I have not seen for many years (literally decades!) He visited us for the third time a couple of days ago. He's been using MS for years (late 1980's), but on this v... bbgruff(6625)
BWWWHAHHAHAHAHAA. Thank God For Win XP!4441 (4/24/2005 2:48:46 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Chuck wrote in news:slrnd6ln7c.b86.chuck@wbar100.chi14.30.180.171chi1.dsl-verizon.net: > On 2005-04-23, B Gruff wrote: >> On Saturday 23 April 2005 21:12 Jim wrote: >> >>> Jeff_Relf wrote: >>>> They exist. ... mikecoxlinux(646)
IBM Ignores Call to Open Source OS/2233 (5/4/2005 12:34:27 AM) comp.os.os2.advocacy According to a gaggle of NON-OS/2 web sites, the petition currently being circulated by a handful of desperate eCS Lusers pleading with IBM to let them have OS/2 source code is being ignored entirely by IBM the... os2guy(1753)
Windoze Wanker Troll347 (5/11/2005 10:37:14 PM) comp.os.linux.misc 8:[Ivan Mctavis] The Sick World Of Linux Users. Happy Wanking in the Loo. 31:[Peter K\xf6hlma] 19:[Ivan Mctavis] 31:[Postmaster ] 35:[Red PIll ] 15:[Ivan Marsh ] 17:[Ivan Mctavis] 22:[Julie ] 20:[... zzzzzz(1897)
Windows is better!4318 (5/19/2005 5:35:51 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy - There is M$-Office (PS: the office viewer matters) - There is .NET 2 and SQL Server 2005 (for job) - There is subversion integration with Explorer - Everythings work, though they're usually crap, unreliable a... aquila.deus(1698)
Windows 6x to 10x faster than Linux11425 (6/10/2005 4:25:34 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Tests performed using Windows Server 2003 and Linux Mandrake 10.1. Windows Explorer: 1 second to load \Windows\System32, 2310 files Konqueror: 6 seconds to load /usr/bin, 2545 files MS Office apps: load in 1-... nospam3655(84)
Indian cracks Microsoft's anti-piracy program4016 (6/23/2005 12:29:14 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/jun/21ms.htm An Indian researcher has breached the much-touted "impenetrable" Windows Genuine Advantage of Microsoft. Bangalore-based Debasis Mohanty has cracke... rgc4(3216)