Re: NEWS - Linux really sucks. It's for people who want to build their own washing machine.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:58 -0500, Vernon Wormer wrote:

> Wed 13th Feb 2008
>
> http://www.osnews.com/permalink?300799
>
> ---"
> But... I also learned that in case of Linux you get what you pay for. And I
> am sorry for being so rude - but this whole "free" thing really sucks.
>
> Maybe many people can build a washing machine or even a car themselves and
> successfully use it - but I am simply too lazy and I have more interesting
> things to do, than build a car with my own hands.
>
> And for the time being - when sitting at my computer in spare time I will
> enjoy Windows XP... instead of googling for howtos and combat endless waves
> of OS limitations.
> "---

Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?



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Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:58 -0500, Vernon Wormer wrote:
>
>> Wed 13th Feb 2008
>>
>> http://www.osnews.com/permalink?300799
>>
>> ---"
>> But... I also learned that in case of Linux you get what you pay for. And I
>> am sorry for being so rude - but this whole "free" thing really sucks.
>>
>> Maybe many people can build a washing machine or even a car themselves and
>> successfully use it - but I am simply too lazy and I have more interesting
>> things to do, than build a car with my own hands.
>>
>> And for the time being - when sitting at my computer in spare time I will
>> enjoy Windows XP... instead of googling for howtos and combat endless waves
>> of OS limitations.
>> "---
>
> Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?
>
>
>
Linux Is Allowing Me 2 Sign Into Microsoft's Windows Live Services, Even
While Other People Are Locked Out Of It, Just FYI.

<kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uqG9byMeIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:58 -0500, Vernon Wormer wrote:
>>
>>> Wed 13th Feb 2008
>>>
>>> http://www.osnews.com/permalink?300799
>>>
>>> ---"
>>> But... I also learned that in case of Linux you get what you pay for.
>>> And I am sorry for being so rude - but this whole "free" thing really
>>> sucks.
>>>
>>> Maybe many people can build a washing machine or even a car themselves
>>> and successfully use it - but I am simply too lazy and I have more
>>> interesting things to do, than build a car with my own hands.
>>>
>>> And for the time being - when sitting at my computer in spare time I
>>> will enjoy Windows XP... instead of googling for howtos and combat
>>> endless waves of OS limitations.
>>> "---
>>
>> Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?
>>
>>
>>
> Linux Is Allowing Me 2 Sign Into Microsoft's Windows Live Services, Even
> While Other People Are Locked Out Of It, Just FYI.

BFD

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:06:28 -0500, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:58 -0500, Vernon Wormer wrote:
>
>> Wed 13th Feb 2008
>>
>> http://www.osnews.com/permalink?300799
>>
>> ---"
>> But... I also learned that in case of Linux you get what you pay for.
>> And I am sorry for being so rude - but this whole "free" thing really
>> sucks.
>>
>> Maybe many people can build a washing machine or even a car themselves
>> and successfully use it - but I am simply too lazy and I have more
>> interesting things to do, than build a car with my own hands.
>>
>> And for the time being - when sitting at my computer in spare time I
>> will enjoy Windows XP... instead of googling for howtos and combat
>> endless waves of OS limitations.
>> "---
>
> Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?

Linux is $0... Windows costs lots...

It takes me a lot of time to muck around with windows ... very little
with Linux.

.... Linux is a great deal :-)



--
Rick

* kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com peremptorily fired off this memo:

> Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:58 -0500, Vernon Wormer wrote:
>>
>>> Wed 13th Feb 2008
>>>
>>> http://www.osnews.com/permalink?300799
>>>
>>> ---"
>>> But... I also learned that in case of Linux you get what you pay for. And I
>>> am sorry for being so rude - but this whole "free" thing really sucks.
>>>
>>> Maybe many people can build a washing machine or even a car themselves and
>>> successfully use it - but I am simply too lazy and I have more interesting
>>> things to do, than build a car with my own hands.
>>>
>>> And for the time being - when sitting at my computer in spare time I will
>>> enjoy Windows XP... instead of googling for howtos and combat endless waves
>>> of OS limitations.
>>> "---
>>
>> Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?

Linux /saves/ time. Downloads, for one thing, are generally quite a bit
faster, at least faster than XP.

I haven't tried Vista, though I hear it has speed problems in certain
scenarious.

> Linux Is Allowing Me 2 Sign Into Microsoft's Windows Live Services, Even
> While Other People Are Locked Out Of It, Just FYI.

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and make sure that Office documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE
capabilities.
-- Bill Gates, 1998 a memo to the Office product group[2]

* Bill Yanaire peremptorily fired off this memo:

>>> Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?
>>>
>> Linux Is Allowing Me 2 Sign Into Microsoft's Windows Live Services, Even
>> While Other People Are Locked Out Of It, Just FYI.
>
> BFD

Is that a new Microsoft certification?

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-- Bill Gates

Linonut <linonut@bollsouth.nut> writes:

> * kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:58 -0500, Vernon Wormer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wed 13th Feb 2008
>>>>
>>>> http://www.osnews.com/permalink?300799
>>>>
>>>> ---"
>>>> But... I also learned that in case of Linux you get what you pay for. And I
>>>> am sorry for being so rude - but this whole "free" thing really sucks.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe many people can build a washing machine or even a car themselves and
>>>> successfully use it - but I am simply too lazy and I have more interesting
>>>> things to do, than build a car with my own hands.
>>>>
>>>> And for the time being - when sitting at my computer in spare time I will
>>>> enjoy Windows XP... instead of googling for howtos and combat endless waves
>>>> of OS limitations.
>>>> "---
>>>
>>> Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?
>
> Linux /saves/ time. Downloads, for one thing, are generally quite a bit
> faster, at least faster than XP.

Unsubstantiated rubbish. Vista *maybe*.

Linonut wrote:

> * kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>
>>Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:58 -0500, Vernon Wormer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Wed 13th Feb 2008
>>>>
>>>>http://www.osnews.com/permalink?300799
>>>>
>>>>---"
>>>>But... I also learned that in case of Linux you get what you pay for. And I
>>>>am sorry for being so rude - but this whole "free" thing really sucks.
>>>>
>>>>Maybe many people can build a washing machine or even a car themselves and
>>>>successfully use it - but I am simply too lazy and I have more interesting
>>>>things to do, than build a car with my own hands.
>>>>
>>>>And for the time being - when sitting at my computer in spare time I will
>>>>enjoy Windows XP... instead of googling for howtos and combat endless waves
>>>>of OS limitations.
>>>>"---
>>>
>>>Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?
>
>
> Linux /saves/ time.

Who are you trying to fool...fool!

Downloads, for one thing, are generally quite a bit
> faster, at least faster than XP.

Bullsh*t!
>
> I haven't tried Vista, though I hear it has speed problems in certain
> scenarious.

Not really.
Frank

Moshe Goldfarb wrote:

> Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?

In your case, minimum wage, burger boy.
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people get what they want.

Linonut <linonut@bollsouth.nut> writes:

> * Bill Yanaire peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>>>> Linux is free, but how valuable is your time?
>>>>
>>> Linux Is Allowing Me 2 Sign Into Microsoft's Windows Live Services, Even
>>> While Other People Are Locked Out Of It, Just FYI.
>>
>> BFD
>
> Is that a new Microsoft certification?

Peter should know. He's a certified Windows programmer writing closed
source Windows software to sell.