Give it a break...
jimk_z | 12/19/03
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Why MS is the bad guy...
prime21 | 12/19/03
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Whys should they?
ShadeTree | 12/19/03
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Ummm sure...
prime21 | 12/19/03
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In a sense Sun did force their hand.
ShadeTree | 12/19/03
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all they had to do
ryusen | 12/19/03
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All they have to do is!!!
ShadeTree | 12/19/03
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re: shade
ryusen | 12/19/03
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re: ZZ
BullBuster | 12/19/03
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re: BullBuster
ryusen | 12/19/03
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Factually wrong; Sun caused this.
Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
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Where do you Imagine this stuff?
Don Bradley | 12/22/03
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Sun should be happy!
Delaware Boy | 12/19/03
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As they say, be carefull what you ask for.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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Sun didn't ask for this...
prime21 | 12/19/03
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Why would they?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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feed that baby
Rembrandt Pussyhorse | 12/19/03
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Ooo, a rant and an insult in same post.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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Is this a last dittch effort to save face?
nucrash | 12/19/03
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MS Extensions
richhayes | 12/23/03
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it's not their competitor's product.
ryusen | 12/19/03
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It's not? Sun must be surprised.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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why would they be surprised?
ryusen | 12/19/03
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I see you're still grinding that "Ax"
Rick_K | 12/19/03
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Why MS is the bad guy...
prime21 | 12/19/03
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That may all be true, but...
Michael Kelly | 12/19/03
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this is not true
stephen732@... | 12/19/03
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They do not...
Michael Kelly | 12/19/03
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Yes, Microsoft is meeting Sun's demands
Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
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Insightful
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
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The case is in court.
Anton Philidor | 12/20/03
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Microsoft lost the last two cases.
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
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because now that msjava is gone
JWatson77 | 12/21/03
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I hate M$...
GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/19/03
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yep...
ryusen | 12/19/03
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On security, Microsoft said they'd support.
Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
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The loophole
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
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Why would you say that?
Anton Philidor | 12/20/03
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Their track record.
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
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forgive my lack of faith, but
ryusen | 12/22/03
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just try and find the downoad for it
JWatson77 | 12/20/03
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Interesting Whine
Domb2 | 12/19/03
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Same forcing as other commercial proprietary companies
FilledOut | 12/19/03
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So very true...
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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Folklore say vampires can't see reflections anyway
FilledOut | 12/19/03
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you raise them to that plateau?
ryusen | 12/19/03
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committing to a contract
tic swayback | 12/19/03
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Not true tic...
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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abandon the vm, yes...
ryusen | 12/19/03
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Really?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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re: bit
ryusen | 12/19/03
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yeah, but we all know monopolies have different rules
JWatson77 | 12/20/03
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MS shills follow cult leader, gates, go beserk
NoB$ | 12/19/03
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Like versus Hate
ShadeTree | 12/19/03
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made with quality in the USA
stephen732@... | 12/19/03
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Made where?
BullBuster | 12/19/03
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Toyota-Lexis and Honda-Integra make better cars than Ford or GM just like
MacGeek2121 | 12/22/03
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Patriots love freedom, terrorists want to destroy freedom
Rick_K | 12/19/03
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not
JWatson77 | 12/20/03
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Like Versuse Hate
mrlinux | 12/22/03
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Better to upgrade than be stagnet
usapride | 12/19/03
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Better to upgrade...good for the economy
MCL_z | 12/19/03
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your right usapride
nite_w0lf | 12/19/03
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I Switched My School to Lindows
cygnet@... | 12/19/03
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Horse hockey! Name the school!!!
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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Don't...
GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/19/03
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Learn to post...
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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take
ryusen | 12/19/03
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What would you know about it?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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i know that you do this:
ryusen | 12/19/03
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Are you....
Rick_K | 12/19/03
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Why?
nucrash | 12/19/03
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No one asked you to do anything did they?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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it is the school of...
stephen732@... | 12/19/03
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I know of school that did this too
voska | 12/22/03
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I know school that switched
voska | 12/22/03
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Why??
NemesisNL | 12/20/03
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Bull Carp!! Name your "business"
No_Ax_Has_No_Clue | 12/20/03
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I have heard of OpenOffice in schools
JWatson77 | 12/20/03
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What did the principal do when he found out?
Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
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What COULD the principal do?
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
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Governments
Anton Philidor | 12/20/03
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Did you make up the rules?
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
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No, I've lived them.
Anton Philidor | 12/20/03
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So what you're saying is...
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/21/03
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You two forgot a major point
balsover | 12/22/03
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Michael Anthony might know
IT_User | 12/21/03
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Keeps the IT sector moving
usapride | 12/19/03
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Let's be clear with our terms
IT_User | 12/21/03
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To Whom The Bell Tolls
GODRULZ | 12/22/03
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Don't understand all these whinners
JJ_z | 12/19/03
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Outstanding post!
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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except you missed the point
ryusen | 12/19/03
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Odd
JJ_z | 12/19/03
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you're miss understanding me
ryusen | 12/19/03
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What about other software ?
JJ_z | 12/22/03
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it should apply to everythign that's this key
ryusen | 12/22/03
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Because...
JJ_z | 12/22/03
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re: because
ryusen | 12/23/03
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No, you missed his point.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
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huh?
stephen732@... | 12/19/03
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do the conditions say...
ryusen | 12/19/03
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when somebody
JWatson77 | 12/21/03
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No, but it was integrated in a number of their products
balsover | 12/21/03
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Sun just wants Microsoft gone
FilledOut | 12/21/03
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And good riddance to an old nuisance
GODRULZ | 12/22/03
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An opinion of course
FilledOut | 12/23/03
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Where's the whinn?
IT_User | 12/21/03
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It is not really that difficult folks
Netizen Kane | 12/19/03
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of course it makes business sense
ryusen | 12/19/03
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That would be useful information.
Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
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hmmm
JWatson77 | 12/21/03
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Clarification
Netizen Kane | 12/22/03
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Absolutely Correct
JimSatterfieldW | 12/22/03
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Sun is a 2-faced hypocrit
al.belcher@... | 12/19/03
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and what was ms?
JWatson77 | 12/20/03
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microsoft has support?
lotta_anger | 12/20/03
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I like the idea
JWatson77 | 12/20/03
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You can't have it both ways....?!?!
rock06r | 12/20/03
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sorry
JWatson77 | 12/21/03
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Adapt or become extinct
desiboy | 12/20/03
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Sun has a new product line
rock06r | 12/20/03
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if some guy 10X your size
JWatson77 | 12/21/03
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No, they think...
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/21/03
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good to see you have
JWatson77 | 12/21/03
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we had all kinds of fun with Win2k sp4
JWatson77 | 12/21/03
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For most consumers, the only needed Sun
FilledOut | 12/21/03
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OH YEA?!?
edb@... | 12/22/03
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Daily lockups on XP? I have never seen that
balsover | 12/22/03
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No XP lockup probs for me
FilledOut | 12/23/03
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Like DOS,NT4, and 95 were any different
Suicida| | 12/22/03
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Where does this upgrade control stop?
Quaint_Data | 12/22/03
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windows 98 is still the simplest
Quaint_Data | 12/22/03
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Huh ? Have you ever really changed more than 1 components on an XP box ?
JJ_z | 12/23/03
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There are also several companies who sell AMD/Intel comps
FilledOut | 12/23/03
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Java Fix
richhayes | 12/23/03
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I use .net Framework!
GraysonPeddie | 12/23/03
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and when
JWatson77 | 12/23/03
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$un, guess you can't phase out Solaris 2.5 and 2.51
FilledOut | 12/23/03
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Instead of buying Windows XP again...
GraysonPeddie | 12/23/03
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Oops. I should have replied to a message...
GraysonPeddie | 12/24/03
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yur right on about not buying any os,not just xp
driv101 | 08/27/04
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