Posted on 11/18/2004 8:48:26 AM PST by Prime Choice
These XP sections of computer forums aren't exactly catching dust from inactivity:
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=25
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=26
Thanks. That is really cool that you can use both to get a feel for it.
One thing that you might want to do before you jump right in, is go to Knoppix.org and download the Knoppix ISO. Pop the sucker in your CD drive, and boot. It will give you at least a feel for the state of Linux today. The best thing is, since it is running off CD, you can't break it, no matter what you type!
Knoppix is also an invaluable tool to have in your arsenal for the inevitable windows crashes in case windows refuses to boot and you want to save your data before you re-install. One of my wife's co-workers had her laptop crash, and the windows tech they paid to come out and look at it basically told her the hard disk had errors, would need to be replaced, and she'd lose all her data.
I took the laptop home, booted Knoppix and in 20 minutes had cut a CD of her data that I'd FTP'd to my workstation. The tech was right in that the drive was failing, and would need to be replaced, but at least I'd been able to save her data. --- Knoppix - Don't leave home without it!
Monkey Boy has got to be as irrational as Darl if he thinks that kind of talk is going to give people warm fuzzies about Microsoft.
Ballmer... said that Linux violated more than 228 patents.
Yeah... and Microsoft later kinda issued a retraction.
"Someday, for all countries that are entering the WTO (World Trade Organization), somebody will come and look for money owing to the rights for that intellectual property," he added.
In yer dreams, Stevie. Thanks to SCO, people are going to want to see some proof next time.
"We think our software is far more secure than open-source software. It is more secure because we stand behind it, we fixed it, because we built it. Nobody ever knows who built open-source software," he added.
And, as I suspected, Microsoft doesn't really know where its own software came from.
[T]he Redmond software vendor, like a growing number of corporations, is availing itself of a variety of tools for monitoring the source of its own source code, Microsoft officials said.
David Kaefer, Microsoft's director of business development for IP and licensing, told Microsoft Watch earlier this month that Microsoft has been creating process controls to ensure that Microsoft knows from where its own code is coming. Microsoft has created a number of tools and is licensing others that will allow the company to make sure that there is no hidden code (open-source or otherwise) in its products that shouldn't be there, Kaefer said.
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LOL!
You've never had a WinXP system crash?
I really enjoy using XP. It's much peppier than Windows 2k. When mcshield or scan32 kick in, I can even move my mouse every few seconds. Sometimes it even takes the click. Very productive OS.
Do we have to go through this again?
Are you going to continue to blame everyone except the people that wrote the OS? There are lots and lots and lots of reports of XP crashing using only Microsoft-provided drivers.
Who are you going to blame for that? The user?
He's talking about his standard Redmond talking points, not reality.
I've been running Linux exclusively on desktops and laptops for nearly 4 years.
The reality is...
One copy of Knoppix, one reboot, a complete stable operating system without touching your existing setup.
The problem with Windows is that it consumes too much in computer resources. Every time Intel and Dell make new computers that should run 50% faster than the previous generation, the new version of Windows consumes half the extra computing power so the computer only runs 25% faster. If Microsoft wants to maintain their market share they need to pare down the code, use less memory and speed up Windows in a big way.
Me neither.
Of course, I run win2k.
Look, Ballmer isn't just speaking to the Asians here; this story has been picked up world-wide. Remember how you guys squealed about Linus Torvalds' "hit man" comment in the LKML; Ballmer is using a public forum to threaten governments, and IMO that's not too smart.
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