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Re: The real reason people use Linux
dennis@home wrote:
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> "Stephan Rose" <nospam@spammer.com> wrote in message
> news:E8SdnWtHq9gCQkDanZ2dnUVZ_szinZ2d@giganews.com...
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>> That precise case happened in my very office with a co-worker of mine.
>> She had top options:
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>> 1. Buy a low-spec machine with vista on it that would run like a dog for
>> $600 as that's all she could afford.
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>> 2. Keep her current computer and throw Linux on it and save the $600.
>>
>> She chose #2 and is very happy with it. Matter of fact, happy enough to
>> where her son did the same thing...and I've been approached by others in
>> the office about doing that.
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> Stupid really.. her old machine was capable of doing what she wanted
> without any changes anyway.
> So she went through the pain of learning something new for no reason at
> all. And you put her through it.
Not stupid at all dennis@themenace. I'm sure you'd suggest she could have
just stuck with XP - an OS that's days are numbered, is a really OLD way of
using a computer today, is plagued with continuing security problems,
develops bitrot after being used for longer than 6 months to a year,
requires constant AV/Spyware updates, lacks any real configurability and
has a TCP/IP stack that runs 40% slower than Linux. XP is a
*has-been-done-that* and Vista is a *P.O.S.*, so that only leaves GNU/Linux
as a viable option on a PC. Sorry you don't like it, but the world moves on
and leaves idiots like you behind.
Cheers.
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dennis@home wrote:
>
>
> "Stephan Rose" <nospam@spammer.com> wrote in message
> news:E8SdnWtHq9gCQkDanZ2dnUVZ_szinZ2d@giganews.com...
>
>
>> That precise case happened in my very office with a co-worker of mine.
>> She had top options:
>>
>> 1. Buy a low-spec machine with vista on it that would run like a dog for
>> $600 as that's all she could afford.
>>
>> 2. Keep her current computer and throw Linux on it and save the $600.
>>
>> She chose #2 and is very happy with it. Matter of fact, happy enough to
>> where her son did the same thing...and I've been approached by others in
>> the office about doing that.
>
> Stupid really.. her old machine was capable of doing what she wanted
> without any changes anyway.
> So she went through the pain of learning something new for no reason at
> all. And you put her through it.
Not stupid at all dennis@themenace. I'm sure you'd suggest she could have
just stuck with XP - an OS that's days are numbered, is a really OLD way of
using a computer today, is plagued with continuing security problems,
develops bitrot after being used for longer than 6 months to a year,
requires constant AV/Spyware updates, lacks any real configurability and
has a TCP/IP stack that runs 40% slower than Linux. XP is a
*has-been-done-that* and Vista is a *P.O.S.*, so that only leaves GNU/Linux
as a viable option on a PC. Sorry you don't like it, but the world moves on
and leaves idiots like you behind.
Cheers.
--
What does Bill Gates use?
http://tinyurl.com/2zxhdl
Proprietary Software: a 20th Century software business model.
Microsoft Is Watching YOU: http://tinyurl.com/2ptclh