Sunday, November 1, 2009

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Windows7 vs Ubuntu 9.10

 

On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 09:07:34AM -0400, Roy wrote:

> It is a cruel world, what can I say. The world is full of enough

> contamination that we don't need more here. In the past week I have read
> thirty similar comparisons, including that one. There was even a good one
> that showed ten or more features that Microsoft claims to have invented, but
> were stolen from Linux and OS/X.

Thanks for the explanation. I'm not sure I agree with it, but at least
it's clearer to me.

>
> Mark Shuttleworth has a vested interest in getting users to switch. He has
> invested lots of his own money in Ubuntu. I respect that, but make no
> mistake, he expects to profit from it in the long run. Personally I don't
> care about his timelines for this.

I think Mr. Shuttleworth has done a great deal for Linux, getting
desktop vendors to look at it as something to be noticed. Only since
Ubuntu have I noticed various vendors mentioning Linux support.

>
>
> I respect that Scott and some of the rest of you use both Windows and Linux.

Bite your tongue, sirrah! Or at least your fingers. :-) (But not
hard, it could be painful.)

I don't use it at home--at work, I only use it to test various things
that I have implemented on Linux to make sure that it will work for the
users. However, I am fortunate in that my job involves almost no MS
support.

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call her? That's pretty harsh.
Anya: I only wish I had my powers back. I'd liquefy his entrails
for her.
Xander: That's sweet.

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