Re: [Nolug] Comparative OS Stability

  You ask a question to which you already know the answer. At some
point we all have used/do use windows. Who hasn't had experience with
windows? I also have used/do use Linux -- does that make my "railing?"
any easier for you to digest? Hint: It shouldn't.

Ron Johnson wrote:

>On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 20:53, LinuxLaw wrote:
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>>Ad Hominem attacks are the last resort of the weak of mind...Bill
>>Gates/Microsoftee use them every day...hey Ron, pay close attention:
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>Who the heck was making an ad hominem attack on you??
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>A) You rail against Windows.
>B) You *use* Windows.
>C) I ask if you rail against Windows because of personal experience.
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>That just doesn't look like a personal attack to me...
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>>Ron Johnson wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 22:01, LinuxLaw wrote:
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>>>>Cement is useful if used properely -- for instance, in the manufacture
>>>>of concrete; windows is useful if used properly -- for instance, in the
>>>>manufacture of a weak and insecure network or a bloated and inefficient
>>>>desktop that crashes every few days for no apparent reason. Windows,
>>>>like cement, is everywhere -- windows, unlike cement, is everywhere b/c
>>>>its producer (Microsoft) has engaged in numerous
>>>>illegal/anti-trust/uncompetitive practices and done so while bribing the
>>>>"right" public officials in the form of "campaign contributions,"
>>>>"donations," "charitable acts," etc.... Cement, on the other hand, is
>>>>everywhere because it actually works, unlike Windoze.
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>>>Speaking from experience?
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>>>>User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.1)
>>>>Gecko/20020826
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>>>And I must say that I've been using Win2k WorkStation for ~ a year and
>>>have found it very stable, even under heavy memory loads. Still doesn't
>>>hold a candle to Linux, though, because of need for reboots during s/w
>>>install, and the separation of the OS from the GUI.
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>>>This is why I don't understand the desire for DRI/frame buffer. When
>>>"regular" X hangs, I Ctrl-Break and restart X, but when using the fb,
>>>one must reboot the box.
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>>>What, then, is the benefit of using the fb?
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>>>>Ron Johnson wrote:
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>>>>>On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 07:06, Joey Kelly wrote:
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>>>>>>Windows CE, ME, & NT = CEMENT
>>>>>>Built like a rock and just as useful.
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>>>>>I've got some bad news for you Joey:
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>>>>>Look around you: there is cement, concrete & stone *everywhere*.
>>>>>Without them, civilization would not be...
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>>>>>Ron
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