Because the hardware can't handle the bloat
Aphelion | 12/12/03
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True, my old 386 won't run Win95 either.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/12/03
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Funny..
Patrick Jones | 12/12/03
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See, I KNEW Linux...
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/12/03
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Of course
GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/12/03
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Yes...
Patrick Jones | 12/13/03
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Go to bed.
beafeater | 02/03/04
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point is ~ it will run a thin client just fine.
Aphelion | 12/12/03
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True, if you want to drive a model 'T'
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/12/03
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Minor bone to pick...
Michael Kelly | 12/12/03
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Exactly
GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/12/03
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I am not sure what you consider as serious computing needs?
B.O.F.H. | 12/12/03
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I know.
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/12/03
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Thin clients are not the whole answer
ddave_z | 12/15/03
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Model T?
markp1950 | 12/20/03
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God you annoy me.
beafeater | 02/03/04
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Re: thin clients
frankblank | 12/15/03
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what's the source of th eproblem?
ryusen | 12/15/03
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I had a 386 running Windows 2000 Pro
voska | 12/12/03
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Slick?
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/12/03
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Old O/S
CodeBubba | 12/12/03
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No, actually, you're wrong
zd-spam | 12/14/03
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Re: No, actually, you're wrong
sonicmaze | 12/15/03
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Huh?
CAJonesIT | 12/15/03
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Yes, there is "apoint"
Beatrix Kiddo | 12/13/03
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Makes for a Dull Ax[e]
CAJonesIT | 12/15/03
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How about this?
Mark Gist | 12/15/03
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No intelligence from the 12 year old.
beafeater | 02/03/04
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It's ALL about WPAggravation...
moiety | 12/13/03
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Time for those machines to go.
Suicida| | 12/13/03
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Time for those machines to go?
jelindley | 12/15/03
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Microsot's biggest competator
MarcB_z | 12/12/03
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MS OS's are a joke
Suicida| | 12/13/03
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I'd go MS in a second
John Zern | 12/13/03
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I have and it isnt pretty.
Suicida| | 12/14/03
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Productivity in the NON-M$ Environment
CAJonesIT | 12/15/03
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Nothing to do with Java...
prime21 | 12/12/03
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5 year old support
Ardian Daka | 12/12/03
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if you pay, they will support it...
ryusen | 12/15/03
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Re: Old Solaris vs Old Windows
Rabid Conservative | 12/16/03
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Re: Nothing to do with Java...
Suicida| | 12/13/03
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DOS is boss...
moiety | 12/12/03
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Probably not....
Bob/Paul | 12/12/03
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yeah, uh huh...
moiety | 12/13/03
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Who cares.
Suicida| | 12/13/03
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DOS is best
in-DUH-vidual | 12/12/03
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Microsoft screwing customers, forcing upgrades.
DonnieBoy | 12/12/03
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Where is the gun?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/12/03
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What if you need a security fix?
DonnieBoy | 12/12/03
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I see, they WANT the benefits of...
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/12/03
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Benifits, no, compatibility, yes, support, yes, security, yes
DonnieBoy | 12/12/03
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Those ARE benefits.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/15/03
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Great strategy, don't do anything nice for customers!!
DonnieBoy | 12/15/03
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Then they're screwed
Bob/Paul | 12/12/03
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RE: Then they're screwed
JakAttak | 12/12/03
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screwed? how about braindead
lotta_anger | 12/13/03
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Amen, brother...
IT_Firefighter | 12/15/03
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Correction
IT_Firefighter | 12/15/03
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exactly
cdt657 | 12/12/03
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The "gun" is discontinued support
GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/12/03
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The Gun is at the head of the OEM's
Aphelion | 12/12/03
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Name the OEM.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/12/03
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RE: Name the OEM.
JakAttak | 12/12/03
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I see, you confused cheap with available.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/12/03
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Forced sale
boulder | 12/13/03
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Of course not
voska | 12/12/03
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Not really
Suicida| | 12/14/03
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Windowless PC
copygod74 | 12/15/03
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Read the article.
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/12/03
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not the Vulnerability but the Severity
Suicida| | 12/14/03
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"the gun"
ryusen | 12/15/03
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Security issues?
Mopsey | 12/12/03
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Most secure windoze serving...
moiety | 12/12/03
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Re: Security issues?
rthorat@... | 12/12/03
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I question the aquracy
dg mh | 12/12/03
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XP
Ardian Daka | 12/12/03
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That's what we did
voska | 12/12/03
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What can't it be right?
GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/12/03
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Don't tell me...
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/12/03
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Xp isn't looking like...
GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/12/03
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done?
Ardian Daka | 12/12/03
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Who's fooling who?
Aphelion | 12/12/03
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Exactly
GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/12/03
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fool
Bob/Paul | 12/12/03
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And you are
John Zern | 12/13/03
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Your post shows it doing better then ever
John Zern | 12/13/03
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Linux access to Google
Dwight Hebert | 12/15/03
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serilously.
ryusen | 12/15/03
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Windows 98 is not the real story here...
BitTwiddler | 12/12/03
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Seriously...
Patrick Jones | 12/12/03
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A format Office 2000 will not read
CAJonesIT | 12/15/03
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I'm afraid you're right.
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/12/03
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MS Financed FUD!!
Eggs Ackley_z | 12/12/03
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Why is everyone always so wrong?
Bob/Paul | 12/12/03
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You're wrong too...
boulder | 12/13/03
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I Talked to MS and they said
John Zern | 12/13/03
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who did you speak too?
JWatson77 | 12/14/03
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I think you better talk again.
zd-spam | 12/14/03
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Lesson here is inertia
Anton Philidor | 12/12/03
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Absolutely right - it's planned obsolescence...
IT_User | 12/12/03
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You're kidding, right?!
Anton Philidor | 12/13/03
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If it's not broke don't fix it
voska | 12/15/03
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Can some lawyers please confirm this?
toomuchgreeatea@... | 12/12/03
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Don't think so...
Bob/Paul | 12/12/03
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WinXP a mediocrity
michael-t | 12/12/03
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Oh yeah sure.
DO_z | 12/12/03
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Oh, really
boulder | 12/13/03
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You seem a little smarter than the other two.
DO_z | 12/15/03
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It's OK; you will survive.
michael-t | 12/13/03
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Yet another clueless one.
DO_z | 12/15/03
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Just because you're a moron
zd-spam | 12/14/03
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Can you read?
DO_z | 12/15/03
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No Unix World, No Windows World
bobmepp@... | 12/13/03
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Only a Matrix world
kray_z | 12/13/03
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That IS the problem
michael-t | 12/13/03
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Another wishfull thinker?
John Zern | 12/13/03
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patching
michael-t | 12/14/03
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Not Until Linux/Unix Is Supported
terry@... | 12/15/03
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90% of the Apps I use I've found are on Linux too
voska | 12/15/03
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Your Circle of Friends
JimSatterfieldW | 12/15/03
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I'd say 3 year but for a differnt reason
voska | 12/15/03
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Whatever
M1A1A8MG | 12/12/03
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Are You Serious?
Don Bradley | 12/12/03
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Serious as a heart attack
Aphelion | 12/12/03
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So Much, Yet So Little
Don Bradley | 12/12/03
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DRM really IS a threat to your computing experience !!!
boulder | 12/13/03
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Boulder, Boulder!
Don Bradley | 12/13/03
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You don't know what you 're talking about
boulder | 12/14/03
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Have you had you head in the sand?
Rick_K | 12/14/03
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IMAGINE THE HASSLE
JWatson77 | 12/14/03
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Seems he knows....
Rick_K | 12/14/03
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Only 1 Problem
voska | 12/15/03
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I agree with M1
Chad_z | 12/13/03
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That's Your Prerogative
Don Bradley | 12/13/03
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Product activation limits your rights
boulder | 12/14/03
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Actually
Don Bradley | 12/14/03
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I just figured it out
Chad_z | 12/13/03
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Hmmm..
MajikMyst | 12/14/03
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Have you been smoking crack?
Rick_K | 12/14/03
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There was no Microsoft Java VM
FirstNLastN | 12/12/03
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Licesenced from Sun
Bob/Paul | 12/12/03
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what?
JWatson77 | 12/14/03
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They are scrambling to get off MS Java perhaps because .NET is superior?
balsover | 12/15/03
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Those pushing for newer or alternative
FilledOut | 12/12/03
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again 2nd party apps
Arrg | 12/12/03
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Out with the old in with the new
enterprises7@... | 12/12/03
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Recycling
CAJonesIT | 12/15/03
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Users stick with Win 98 because they don't want Activation or DRM
Plain Logic | 12/12/03
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Better off with 2000 Pro
DarthRidiculous | 12/12/03
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RE: Better off with 2000 Pro
Iain_Peters | 12/13/03
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too late
JWatson77 | 12/14/03
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DRM aint so bad...
voska | 12/15/03
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Win98 is better suported
nite_w0lf | 12/13/03
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users cling to old microsoft operating systems
gradyoliver | 12/13/03
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Not saying you're wrong, but...
Anton Philidor | 12/13/03
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We have the same problem
Arrg | 12/15/03
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Why not use VMWARE or Virtual PC
boulder | 12/13/03
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My customers are mad this time
Chad_z | 12/13/03
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Free choice
boulder | 12/13/03
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Us Win3x Users Can Get By
cmh510@... | 12/13/03
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I'm Trying
Don Bradley | 12/13/03
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One word "macintosh"
DarthRidiculous | 12/14/03
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This Is Pure BS and FUD
Wizard57M | 12/13/03
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Why do Linux users think they speak for the masses?
John Zern | 12/13/03
|

Regarding Comparing Automobiles and Computers
Wizard57M | 12/14/03
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The diffence with the car industry and puter industry is
voska | 12/15/03
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Can't really compare MS, Apple, Sun, and others to cars
FilledOut | 12/15/03
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a few points
voska | 12/15/03
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who's speaking?
ryusen | 12/16/03
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Avoid buggy .net stuff!
George Mitchell | 12/14/03
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Are you even a programmer?
sdk_z | 12/14/03
|
 
Is this the equivilant of a blue screen in Windows?
George Mitchell | 12/14/03
|
  
What makes you think that Apache web servers do not crash?
balsover | 12/15/03
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No, it's not.
sdk_z | 12/15/03
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Windows98 R.I.P
ghandalf | 12/14/03
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RE: security risk...
caktus | 12/15/03
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more to the point
JWatson77 | 12/14/03
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Why is it that..
supercharlie | 12/14/03
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Fertile Ground for Linux
km4hr@... | 12/15/03
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I agree, except ...
bobpcomputer | 12/15/03
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Warranties are a sometime thing
peterdee_z | 12/15/03
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don't need an IT specialist
McWoman | 12/15/03
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XP Device Drivers not available
Old Timer_z | 12/15/03
|

Device drivers are the responsibility of the hardware vendor
balsover | 12/15/03
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Using Old OS's
bobpcomputer | 12/15/03
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That's not the law
voska | 12/15/03
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RE: That's not the law...Seem I read
caktus | 12/15/03
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3rd party distribution of WIN98
bobpcomputer | 12/16/03
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Where is the problem? Don't upgrade; stop whining
balsover | 12/15/03
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Microsoft ends support for Windows 98 Response
donald.coe@... | 12/15/03
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Old OSs
Jeff_RL | 12/15/03
|
Windows 98 sucks
JoeMama_z | 12/15/03
|

reply to: Windows 98 sucks
bobpcomputer | 12/16/03
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How many proprietary software makers
FilledOut | 12/17/03
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XP may be the end of the line.
kiddpeat | 12/22/03
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