Re: The Beginning Of The End For Micro$oft Reign Of Terror
From: Harry Krause (harrykrause@hotmail.com)Date: 06/16/02
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From: Harry Krause <harrykrause@hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 19:59:16 -0400
steve harris wrote:
> Harry Krause wrote:
>
>> svek wrote:
>>> Harry Krause <harrykrause@hotmail.com> wrote in news:3D09C44A.7070809
>>> @hotmail.com:
>>>
>>>> Reality.
>>>
>>> could you be a bit more specific?
>>> my slackware desktop is far more userfriendly and stable than an
>>> windows9x or XP is, sure the trouble is setting it up but then again what
>>> kind of stupid kid would leave a windows box in default configuration
>>> after install and it's the same with linux.
>>> just make of it what you want and then it will run for ever, that's what
>>> so great about it.
>>>
>>> /svek
>>
>>
>> Sure, I can be more specific. LINUX is going nowhere on the desktop. It
>> has hardly any market share on desktops and its market share is barely
>> creeping along.
>>
>> I run Win2k on a handful of machines. The setup requires nothing more
>> than putting in the CD, hitting a key once in a while during the process
>> and drinking coffee. The program finds all the different hardware I have
>> - and I have some unusual hardware - and pops up at the end of the
>> process ready to rock and roll. I click on updates when I'm done and the
>> MS site updates the OS.
>>
>> All the desktop apps I need - and those my clients need - are based on
>> or run on Windows.
>>
>> I have some substantial clients, and I've yet to encounter one where
>> anyone - and I mean anyone - is running LINUX on anything other than a
>> server.
>>
>> As stated, LINUX has practically no penetration of the desktop
>> marketplace.
>>
>> Hobbyists and buffs may use it on their desktops, but who really cares?
>> They don't spend any money.
>
> Harry, I hope you bought a license for each machine you use Win2000 on.
>
> Also since Win2000 is obsolete, how soon do you plan to upgrade to WinXP?
>
> Steve
I indeed have a license for each of my copies of Win2k.
A major new Win2k service pack is out in a couple weeks and in between,
updates are released regularly.
Obsolete, eh?
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