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Linux absolutely does work fine right out of the box!
I had never even seen Linux before I bought a copy of Red Hat 9. I opened the box, followed the instructions and it worked fine! You're not going to say I'm dishonest, are you?
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THIS is professional development?  Robert Crocker | 12/23/03
why not?  dg mh | 12/23/03
why?  stephen732@... | 12/23/03
It depends on how you look at it  Taz_z | 12/29/03
How does that differ...  rapson | 12/23/03
Not insulated  Robert Crocker | 12/26/03
Apologies  rapson | 12/26/03
Apples and oranges?  Taz_z | 12/29/03
Sorry, I replied to the wrong post  Taz_z | 12/29/03
Specifications and actual code  Mikael_z | 12/30/03
Good call, Mr. Crocker  BarbarianHorde | 12/23/03
MS Security  Tux Groomer | 12/23/03
Depends..  Delaware Boy | 12/23/03
re: depends  Tux Groomer | 12/23/03
Jump in revenue?  issthatso | 12/23/03
Don't think that's really fair to compare..  Delaware Boy | 12/23/03
Yukon v1  crocd | 12/23/03
Bashers at it already?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
True  Domb2 | 12/23/03
Job of IT  samp_z | 12/23/03
but what about  stephen732@... | 12/23/03
Re: True  Franklin_z | 12/23/03
history speaks for it self..  ickusslime@... | 12/23/03
FO rthsoe that play games I suppose you are right.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
You shots miss a bold mark  ickusslime@... | 12/23/03
You are wrong!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
Want and needs  voska | 12/23/03
You've got it bad  NoB$ | 12/23/03
We knew that  NoB$ | 12/23/03
Microsoft's strenght  samp_z | 12/23/03
re: bashers  Tux Groomer | 12/23/03
And I want it full of features.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
re: Full of...  Tux Groomer | 12/23/03
And by the time your done, everything moved.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
Speaking of time...  tic swayback | 12/23/03
What you follow is your choice.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
and what you believe is your choice  tic swayback | 12/23/03
So make it modular...  Patrick Jones | 12/23/03
Why? I don't want that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
It may not have been meant as a slam...  Damon K | 12/23/03
Now, for why you are wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
ZDNet, fix your forums! This is to Ax, above.  Damon K | 12/23/03
Windows doesn't play DVD out of the box either  voska | 12/24/03
Linux absolutely does work fine right out of the box!  Spoon Jabber | 12/24/03
Well yes, it does now  IT_User | 12/24/03
rock & roll  tic swayback | 12/23/03
Still in OS9  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
Many agree  tic swayback | 12/23/03
You...bitty...a developer?  NoB$ | 12/23/03
Bittie..  FreeBSD | 12/24/03
Could happen  IT_User | 12/23/03
Ok...  bhanes@... | 12/30/03
2008?  tic swayback | 12/23/03
Grasping at straws again I see.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
He didn't say any MS person said that.  Damon K | 12/23/03
Jumping to conclusions  tic swayback | 12/23/03
So why does it bother you then?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
Not bother, just amusement  tic swayback | 12/23/03
No, just the opposite.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
shortsighted  tic swayback | 12/23/03
Bitty contradicts himself -- again.  NoB$ | 12/23/03
I agree, slightly.  Damon K | 12/23/03
Why I said it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
Crying and whining  IT_User | 12/23/03
Indeed!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
Why is this a bad thing?  IT_User | 12/23/03
Microsoft's XML schema  IT_User | 12/24/03
All depends who you are.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/24/03
Bitty, do you actually think about what you say?  NoB$ | 12/23/03
Same ole MSBS from bitty as always  NoB$ | 12/23/03
Bashers at it already? !!! ????? not me  nite_w0lf | 12/24/03
You *MUST* be high!  FreeBSD | 12/24/03
doubtful  Suicida| | 12/25/03
*bash*  Lunpa | 12/25/03
This is good  Sunny Jalolly | 12/23/03
Could be even better  IT_User | 12/23/03
You lost me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/23/03
Maybe I misunderstood the article  IT_User | 12/23/03
Really?  NoB$ | 12/23/03
I believe you mean 25-25%  voska | 12/24/03
Thank you for clarifying  IT_User | 12/24/03
redundant  Suicida| | 12/25/03
Bulletproof as stated by "analysts"  FilledOut | 12/23/03
not much weight  Suicida| | 12/25/03
All CANADIAN names  kchahal | 12/23/03
Blame Canada!  Sunny Jalolly | 12/23/03
Secret financial operation  rgriffith64@... | 12/23/03
Hook 'em....Yukies?  IT_User | 12/23/03
what a name  JWatson77 | 12/23/03
mushers  nite_w0lf | 12/24/03
A Merry Christmas to all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/24/03
Seconding that!  IT_User | 12/24/03
The great debate  mikeeemike | 12/24/03
IT User, Let's play a game.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/24/03
Let's play a game  nite_w0lf | 12/24/03
Maybe, possibly, perhaps, if,...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/24/03
current level??  nite_w0lf | 12/24/03
I guess we'll just have to wait and see.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/24/03
Linux where?  IT_User | 12/25/03
Yes, no, and maybe.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/27/03
Doesn't follow  IT_User | 12/27/03
More of Bitty's patented F.U.D.  Rick_K | 12/24/03
COmapatibility you say?  Suicida| | 12/25/03
Why?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/25/03
If they dramatically drop the price  IT_User | 12/25/03
doubtful  Romanval | 12/24/03
You missed my point completely.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/25/03
How poorly OpenOffice/StarOffice has been doing?  IT_User | 12/25/03
True, user training is horrible.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/27/03
Not the case I had in mind  IT_User | 12/27/03
I agree with part of this.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/28/03
And you have been out of work for how long?  B.O.F.H. | 12/27/03
Star Office and Open Office have huge advantages  voska | 12/30/03
Um. no worries here.  Romanval | 12/25/03
Reasons for Patent Sprees  voska | 12/30/03
Nice Fary Tail  michael-t | 12/25/03
What is with you folks?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/25/03
Interesting chain of thought  michael-t | 12/25/03
SEE: Nice Fairy Tale  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/25/03
$ = quality?  Suicida| | 12/25/03
And that means what?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/25/03
Easy Axe!  IT_User | 12/25/03
One could say the same thing about organized crime  B.O.F.H. | 12/26/03
Open source = organized crime??? HUH???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/27/03
Ok, for the truely slow and dimwitted...  B.O.F.H. | 12/27/03
Posting to yourself again???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/27/03
No_Ax_to_Grind didn't understand?  B.O.F.H. | 12/27/03
Where did that come from?  IT_User | 12/27/03
I have no idea. That's why I asked..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/28/03
Did you also wonder...  IT_User | 12/28/03
Interesting there are no arguments...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/25/03
The strategic imperative is not the question  IT_User | 12/25/03
Consider...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/27/03
THis leaves the principal problem unresolved  IT_User | 12/27/03
We agree!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/28/03
Why can't Open Source make use of feely licensed patents  voska | 12/30/03
New Bollogniaware: Youkon (we con you)  michael-t | 12/25/03
Buwahahahahaha, all the way to the bank.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/25/03
Laugh it up.  Suicida| | 12/25/03
Are you talking abolut Apache?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/25/03
Wall Street don't care  IT_User | 12/25/03
You cannot accept  michael-t | 12/25/03
Because, there is nothing to accept.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/27/03
Quoting Judge Jackson doesn't help your arguement!  B.O.F.H. | 12/27/03
Speaking of 'clueless'...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/28/03
Nothing to answer to  michael-t | 12/28/03
Well, that is certainly the minority opinion.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/29/03
The Ph.D. Minority  michael-t | 01/04/04
Once MS Lock-in is reduced, the numbers will drop dramatically !!!  Plain Logic | 12/29/03
Why get the next anything from MS  nite_w0lf | 12/25/03
more and more...  genby | 12/26/03
i dont think so genby!  nite_w0lf | 12/27/03
re : We know where you've been today...  JWatson77 | 12/27/03
We know where you've been today  nite_w0lf | 12/27/03
I've got to admit to no_ax_to_grind  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/26/03
how says one leter doesn't change a name  JWatson77 | 12/31/03

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