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For your sake, hope you don't have any bets laid down on that! LOL...
Linux has been useful as a desktop for several years,
just not quite as turnkey - or unstable, insecure and
inflexible - as M$Win, for the technologically ignorant
that represent the vast bulk of users. Ever support an
office full of Win users?!? LOL.

Fortunately for them, many Linux UIs are now as
cartoonish and Windows-like as M$ product, to
minimize learning curves. Unlike M$, the Linux
phenomenon is catching on by dint of real merit, not by
hype and sleazoid, dishonest marketing that relies on
misdirection, vaporware and a history of broken
promises. Never mind the US Gub'mint, think of the
users!

Do you think of the users? Nah, ! thought not...
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Now OpenOffice.org is finished  Mike Cox | 01/16/04
Re : Now OpenOffice.org is finished  JWatson77 | 01/16/04
LOL, Mike. Yeah, don'tcha hate it when your Giganet gets saturated?!  dicktaurus@... | 01/16/04
Wow! C#? That's great!  GraysonPeddie | 01/16/04
who wants to see crap code?  stephen732@... | 01/17/04
Re: who wants to see crap code?  cchenoweth | 01/19/04
Finished, how?  justwally | 01/26/04
Its better than nothing happy  doe_z | 01/16/04
Not really, but your instincts about "the contract" are correct.  dicktaurus@... | 01/16/04
"Shared Source" is marketing, not technology  solprovider | 01/17/04
Show, but don't tell, rebuild, compete or distribute  David Mohring | 01/16/04
They're hoping we don't notice  doctormoriarty | 01/19/04
what would you code for  JWatson77 | 01/16/04
M$ is such TOAST!!!  SloooeShflu | 01/16/04
NOT toast . . .  Misterecs | 01/17/04
re: M$ is such toast  icebrrrg | 01/20/04
Show and tell?  michael-t | 01/16/04
What's the point?  brenthawkinsmd | 01/17/04
Billy's Story  MuffinMan_z | 01/17/04
Awesome!!!!  HarleyRider | 01/17/04
Linux will NEVER be a desktop OS  Eggs Ackley_z | 01/17/04
For your sake, hope you don't have any bets laid down on that! LOL...  dicktaurus@... | 01/19/04
Easy on the Gub'mint, Taurus  IT_User | 01/19/04
Whoops, IT! I was unclear. To clarify, I was rmaking a different point...  dicktaurus@... | 01/19/04
Message has been deleted.  lotta_anger | 01/17/04
MEET AN MCSE!  MuffinMan_z | 01/17/04
The Dark Side  Franklin_z | 01/17/04
Anyone remember VM/370?  wgrobinson@... | 01/17/04
It's better than seeing Sun code  FilledOut | 01/17/04
new business model??  nite_w0lf | 01/18/04
Most Excellent!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/18/04
I wouldn't call it whining.  doe_z | 01/18/04
How does this help?  Patrick Jones | 01/19/04
Simple  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/19/04
So you are telling me..  Patrick Jones | 01/19/04
I'm not telling you anything.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/19/04
No need to get snippy  Patrick Jones | 01/19/04
Sorry, didn't mean to offend.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/19/04
That makes some sense...  Patrick Jones | 01/19/04
Well, it might be , except  IT_User | 01/19/04
Numbers Don, Numbers  bgoss@... | 01/19/04
Isn't the use for this for peace of mind  voska | 01/20/04
Can't distribute changed code  voska | 01/20/04
Most(ly) BS  bgoss@... | 01/19/04
Unpatriotic Microsoft liars  jellyclock | 01/19/04
that was yesterdays truth  JWatson77 | 01/19/04

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