"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 May 2011 02:28:26 -0700, "Lobby Dosser"
wrote:

- There is no sense in which you are constrained to use Microsoft.

Then why am I using it?

Because you're too lazy to work with something else?

What's the status of Linux today? What percentage of Win apps have
been _decently_ ported to it now?



I used to know and even cared. Mot any more ...

--
"I'm the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo ..."

Sure, and MS tells us that XP and 7 are not NT also.

Too bad most of the error messages and utilities still report NT.


Just semantics, anyway.
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And those that say there is need to look at what underpins UNIX and
all it's variants. It is all text based too - all kinds of command
lines - but definitely NOT DOS.

On Mon, 23 May 2011 13:15:48 -0400, "Josepi"
wrote:

Sure, and MS tells us that XP and 7 are not NT also.

Too bad most of the error messages and utilities still report NT.



Both say "built on NT"

Just semantics, anyway.
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wrote in message ...
And those that say there is need to look at what underpins UNIX and
all it's variants. It is all text based too - all kinds of command
lines - but definitely NOT DOS.

On 5/21/2011 8:31 PM, Upscale wrote:
It
doesn't matter much how or what prompts someone to become computer literate,
just that upon doing so, they eventually realize there *are* other choices
available when it comes to computers and operating systems. That's
Microsoft's real contribution in my opinion.

Your opinions, as usual, are worthless.

--
Jack
You Can't Fix Stupid, but You Can Vote it Out!
http://jbstein.com

"Jack Stein" wrote in message
doesn't matter much how or what prompts someone to become computer
literate,
just that upon doing so, they eventually realize there *are* other
choices
available when it comes to computers and operating systems. That's
Microsoft's real contribution in my opinion.

Your opinions, as usual, are worthless.

So worthless that you just had to reply, eh Jackass.

On Tue, 24 May 2011 16:51:10 -0400, Jack Stein
wrote:

On 5/21/2011 8:31 PM, Upscale wrote:
It
doesn't matter much how or what prompts someone to become computer literate,
just that upon doing so, they eventually realize there *are* other choices
available when it comes to computers and operating systems. That's
Microsoft's real contribution in my opinion.

Your opinions, as usual, are worthless.

Plonk him and forget him, Jack.

Life's too short...

--
The ultimate result of shielding men from the
effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
--Herbert Spencer

OK

PLONK Hey! Where did everybody go?

****ing troll assholes.

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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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Plonk him and forget him, Jack.

Life's too short...

--
The ultimate result of shielding men from the
effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
--Herbert Spencer

George Watson -nilSPAM wrote:
[heads up]
... interesting times indeed.
george

fup set Jack.. be coolg

george