Re: What the Hell has happened to this group???

On Apr 15, 5:20 pm, John Larkin
<jjlar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:00:43 -0700 (PDT), orion.osi...@xxxxxxxxxx
wrote:

On Apr 15, 5:27 am, John Larkin
<jjlar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That's all an OS is supposed to do, run apps without getting in the
way. If it does that, there is *no* reason to upgrade.

It's not quite that simple. Fewer and fewer apps will be written which
are still compatible with XP! *nix based systems rule!

I doubt that. Especially as business is not going to Vista in droves.

I still run a lot of useful DOS applications, which work fine under
XP, graphics and all. A lot of stuff I use, like PADS and PowerBasic
and a lot of engineering utilities, are just not available under *nix.

XP is a piece of crap, but it's a well-debugged, fairly stable piece
of crap, and it gets work done. Linux is still a bit of a mess.

John

Oh, come along, John, really!
*Some* distributions are still a mess, I grant you. But here's one
that definitely ISN'T!
May I suggest you click here:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_ionfiles&Itemid=28

And download the first file on the list. Burn it as an image to a
blank CD, and boot from it. You can check out THE most user friendly
and up to date Linux distro around for free, without installing it if
you so wish. Forget Windows, Forget Gates and forget M$.

.

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