Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista

know code wrote:

VanShania wrote:

Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used
by those who don't have much to do anyways


What are you talking about? I can do everything I need to do on my
linux box that I could do with Windoze, and what I need to do is
probably a lot more than the average Joe.

I have used the latest offerings from both camps, have you? IMO, the
latest linux is now way ahead of XP in performance, stability, security
etc (and it is free).

And, it is now much easier to install than XP (try installing XP on a
S-ATA drive if you're a newbie!).


For the last week or so, it seems apparent to me that VanShania is just
trolling.

Guest wrote:

"know code" wrote in message
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Guest wrote:

You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way
the US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention.
It is the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and
wanting to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism,
the western Europeans.

The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its products....
oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!


What would you do without Linux? You bias is very clear. Why hate? If
someone can come out with a better product that can be used with everything,
then maybe Microsoft may have some comp, but until then, why hate? Is Linux
perfect?

Linux isn't perfect. But if it create competition for Microsoft, then
its good for the industry.

What Linux needs to take off is a great office suite that is truly
interoperable with MS Office. If that is developed (look for the
Chinese), then Microsoft has a problem.

Hmmm...a troll that can't spell!

It's *LINUX*.

Sucks being you, huh?

Bobby

"VanShania" wrote in message
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Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used by
those who don't have much to do anyways

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"know code" wrote in message
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Guest wrote:
You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way
the US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention.
It is the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and
wanting to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism,
the western Europeans.

The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its products....
oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!

And yet another uneducated script kiddie joins the fray....

I have installed Windows on thousands of machines over the years, and very
few had any of the problems you describe, and most often problems were due
to third party software and not Windows.

Yes, linux is a very nice OS...but not for your average computer buyer.

Bobby

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 07:15:30 -0700, "Boe"
wrote:

WOW - I thought MS's goal was to reduce the amount of people who pirate
their software - raise the price and I'm sure that is a great way to do
this! Of course it will be more secure - if you make a package this
expensive about as small of a percentage of the population will use this OS
as do Linux, FreeBSD, or OSX. We'll all be stuck with Windows XP or will
start looking more towards Linux or OSXI to be our OS of choice - brilliant
MS!

"Rich" wrote in message
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http://www.physorg.com/news68303558.html


In the beginning, Microsoft wanted a certain degree of piracy because
it was the best way to get the word out on their products. Now, they
seem to want to bleed people for as much as they can, as fast as they
can because they know it's only a matter of time before people start
seriously looking at alternatives.

Maybe that's her problem. She's critical of Linix and we think she's
critical of Linux


NoNoBadDog! wrote:

Hmmm...a troll that can't spell!

It's *LINUX*.

Sucks being you, huh?

Bobby

"VanShania" wrote in message
...

Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used by
those who don't have much to do anyways

--
Sapphire X1600 Pro 512mb AGP
MSI Theater 550Pro TV Tuner
Thermaltake LanFire Midtower(4X80mm fans),Antec 550 Watt PSU
Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 nForce3, A64 3500+, Stock Cooler IdleTemp 28 C
2 Gb Dual Channel PC3200 OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5 CL2.5
Viewsonic A91f 19in Moniter
2XSATA WD 320gb Raid Edition, PATA WD 120Gb HD
Pioneer 110D Dual Layer burner
Logitech MX 310 Optical Mouse
Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 Joystick
Microsoft ergonomic keyboard
Cheap computer speakers with Sennheiser HD 477 Headphones

3DMark05Free-Overall-3134 1024X768, 4XAA/8XAF 6.4Drivers
Cpu - 4405
3Dmark2001 - 8702 4XAA/8XAF 1280X1024

Games I'm Playing- IL-2 Sturmovick Series
Empire Earth 2, Need For Speed: Underground 2,
Civ IV, Warhammer 40,000 Gold




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http://www.physorg.com/news68303558.html

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:42:26 +0000, Guest wrote:


"know code" wrote in message
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Guest wrote:
You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way
the US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention.
It is the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and
wanting to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism,
the western Europeans.

The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its products....
oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!

What would you do without Linux? You bias is very clear. Why hate? If
someone can come out with a better product that can be used with everything,
then maybe Microsoft may have some comp, but until then, why hate? Is Linux
perfect?

Yes, Linux is perfect, or as close to it you can get. Let's see, it's
supported on many different hardware platforms. There aren't any viruses
for it. It's free. There's tons of free software for it. So free, on about
any hareware platform. What more could one ask of a perfect OS?

Do I care what you use? Hell no. Do I hate MS? No more than than I'd hate
any other lying SOB.:-)

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NoNoBadDog! wrote:
"know code" wrote in message
...
Guest wrote:
You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way
the US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention.
It is the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and
wanting to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism,
the western Europeans.
The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its products....
oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!

And yet another uneducated script kiddie joins the fray....

I have installed Windows on thousands of machines over the years, and very
few had any of the problems you describe, and most often problems were due
to third party software and not Windows.

Yes, linux is a very nice OS...but not for your average computer buyer.

Script kiddie? Hardly. I've been using Windoze for ~15 years (and DOS
for a number of years before that) and *nix type OS's for ~12 years!
And in that time, the OS that has had the most problems, and by a huge
margin too, has been Windoze. So, just basing my opinion on a total of
~27 years experience! Now, installing Windoze on thousands of computers
is fine... or course it will work well on a fresh install, but give it a
year or so with a clueless user who doesn't keep his virus definitions
up-to-date, doesn't defrag the disk regularly, doesn't remove spyware
regularly.... yes, I've worked on and fixed more computers like this
than I care to remember. By the same token, check a linux box after a
year and I think you'll find it will be running a lot smoother with a
lot less junkware.

As for linux not being for your average computer buyer? Have you tried
a recent version lately? It seems to be going down a storm in places
like China and Africa without many major issues!

Merrill P. L. Worthington wrote:


Guest wrote:

"know code" wrote in message
...

Guest wrote:

You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why
waste your time always bashing them? It is the same the way
Microsoft loves to bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames.
It is the same the way the US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and
getting all of the attention. It is the same as the rest of the
world hating on the US for being #1 and wanting to bring it down,
including this country's buddies colonialism, the western Europeans.

The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its
products.... oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with
second rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never
cost a penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not
because I dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive,
very insecure product, then go right ahead!


What would you do without Linux? You bias is very clear. Why hate?
If someone can come out with a better product that can be used with
everything, then maybe Microsoft may have some comp, but until then,
why hate? Is Linux perfect?

Linux isn't perfect. But if it create competition for Microsoft, then
its good for the industry.

What Linux needs to take off is a great office suite that is truly
interoperable with MS Office. If that is developed (look for the
Chinese), then Microsoft has a problem.

Openoffice 2.0 (free). It is fully interoperable with ~99% of
everything that MS Office can do. Yes there are a few (obscure)
features that still don't work properly but for about 99% of the general
population, it may as well be MS Office as far as they'd be concerned.

NoNoBadDog! wrote:
Hmmm...a troll that can't spell!

It's *LINUX*.

Good point. I guess if VanShania can't even spell the name of the OS,
they he/she/it doesn't have much experience with it so doesn't know what
he/she/it is talking about. I guess just another brain-washed M$ drone