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My Local Library System now Considering Linux 0 31 (5/12/2004 10:27:33 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Recently someone posted a link to this article: http://www.newsforge.com/os/04/05/03/1520209.shtml I forwarded the link to the systems admin people at my local library main office. It is a large library system... Quizzical

One Billionth Window$ Flaw Found 8 38 (5/11/2004 11:52:44 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy (... one Windoze flaw per week coming up.) ------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Warns of 'Important' Windows Flaw Tuesday May 11 2004 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A flaw in Microsoft Corp... Quizzical

M$ Worm Tax - TCO killer 0 29 (5/10/2004 5:46:47 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy In a research note, Gartner writes: "Many of the vulnerabilities that continue to be identified in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 are easily exploitable; attackers will continue to develop worms that will cau... Quizzical

Linux Offers Better Windows Apps Without the Wait 2 27 (5/7/2004 8:40:11 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Linux Offers Better Windows Apps Without the Wait Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols - eWEEK Now here's a thought: In all the debate over Longhorn versus Linux (news - web sites) 2.6-or, as I like to pose it, vaporware... Quizzical

Rearranging Chairs on the Titantic 3 15 (5/7/2004 6:52:49 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Microsoft Appoints New Chief Information Officer SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) said on Friday that it had named a new Chief Information Officer responsible for managing one of the mo... Quizzical

A credible desktop alternative for long suffering IT managers 2 32 (5/7/2004 3:51:45 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/06/linux_desktop_resellers/ Resellers question Linux on the desktop By John Oates Published Thursday 6th May 2004 10:56 GMT ..... Trup thinks the lack of applications is ... Quizzical

M$'s Last Refuge: Eye Candy 34 22 (5/6/2004 4:41:29 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Longhorn Tastes the Apple Wed May 5 Richard Fisco - PC Magazine The first day of WinHEC 2004 (the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) in Seattle had, as expected, a major track on Longhorn. It focused on ... Quizzical

Microsoft Unveils New Copyright Software 7 27 (5/3/2004 2:37:38 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Microsoft Unveils New Copyright Software Mon May 3, 2004 REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is unveiling copyright protection software to allow rented songs or movies to be used on portable players, cellular pho... Quizzical

Sasser Worm Strikes Hundreds of Thousands 34 28 (5/3/2004 2:32:24 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Sasser Worm Strikes Hundreds of Thousands By Brett Young HELSINKI (Reuters) - The fast-spreading "Sasser" computer worm has infected hundreds of thousands of PCs globally and the number could soon rise sharply... Quizzical

Longhorn or Tallstory? 7 23 (5/2/2004 2:10:47 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Those of us who have been around a while know that Micro$haft uses FUD and hype about code-named projects to mesmerize IT managers and corporate types, as well as the public, years and years before these projec... SBC

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Windows has a MUCH LOWER TCO than Linux. 50 24 (5/9/2004 6:55:56 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy In fact it is not even a close contest. One study after another proves that Linux cost more money to implement and use than Windows. Why not talk facts instead of blowing Linux crap out of your A$$'s expectin... suzy_simcox (2)

Windows has a MUCH LOWER TCO than Linux. (One more thing I forgot!) 26 17 (5/9/2004 7:10:52 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Don't forget to use every Linux Loser trick in the book to try and avoid offering up evidence to prove all of these studies wrong. IOW: Call me a troll,MS employee,Micorsoft lackie and other names. Make certa... suzy_simcox (2)

Transferring Vinyl to CDR using LINUX. 64 19 (5/9/2004 8:32:18 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I started using Linux instead of Windows a couple of months ago and now I would like to transfer my collection of vinyl LP's to CD using Linux. Is this possible? With Windows I have Adobe Audition and Sony So... freddy_filmore (1)

I use Linux for Audio and it is Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!! 22 23 (5/9/2004 10:35:15 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Linux is so far superior for audio work that Mac and Windows are not even close. The thing about Linux is that you must, document, document and document. You must record everything. You must be precise with bu... zyklon_works (1)

Micro$oft picks up the tab for legislators 3 24 (5/9/2004 11:17:51 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Legislators travel on Microsoft's dollar Though legal, trips criticized by watchdog groups as lobbying Katherine M. Skiba AND Jeff Nelson May 08 2004 Washington - Last December, soon after Congress recessed fo... daeron2 (1617)

Suse 9.1 posted on alt.binaries.warez.linux 33 18 (5/11/2004 5:16:45 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Come and get it. And who was it that said Linux isn't free? Robin Hood ... linux_snatch (5)

Codeweavers 3.0 Posted on alt.binaries.warez.linux 7 28 (5/11/2004 5:19:08 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Come and get it. And who said Linux wasn't free? Robin Hood ... linux_snatch (5)

Linux blows for any type of serious digital audio work. 12 28 (5/11/2004 11:14:53 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Trying to run a studio under current versions of Linux is like trying to build the Golden Gate Bridge with a Gilber Erector Set and a picture of the bridge. It's a nightmare. The Linux tools are so crude comp... pierre_del_la_sewer (3)

Linux is free...Nobody is using Linux...Why? 90 24 (5/12/2004 4:08:32 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy So why is virtually nobody using Linux if it is so damm good? Linux is free? OpenOfffice is free? So why is Linux's market share still less than 1 percent? Something is wrong here..... ... flipper_magee (2)

(OT) American Beheaded 4 27 (5/12/2004 9:33:27 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Has anyone seen the video? It's available on the Internet. I watched it... and it's the most disturbing thing I've ever seen. ... some_spare_id (89)