Agreed, on that note, windows can't be helped. It just sucks :) Its been reduced to a game platform in my usage, and winex is getting better...
my number one problem with windows [xp in particular] is you are totally dependant on the gui...if the gui wont start you pretty much have to reinstall because fixing it from a boot disk aint gonna happen. Now MS has made 'backwards compatibility' the newest swear word...while the OS community continues to make it work better. Should my old DOS games not work b/c ms says so? Screw them... my 2 cents On November 4, 2003 04:25 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I would wonder if this person is for real... From what I've noticed, > individual MS employees are not usually encouraged to approach people in > this manner. > > 2cents > > Jon Copeland wrote: > | I'm on a few linux mailing lists and one of the contributers happens to > | work for the beast itself, what would your comments be on receiving an > | email like this? Personally, I rate myself a 5 on a scale of 1 - 10 on > | linux knowledge so I consider myself to be a linux newbie and I believe I > | am not in a position, or have the knowledge, to sustain any commentary > | based on what the beast would like to know. > | > | So in good faith of sharing knowledge for the greater good what are your > | thoughts on the below text? > | > | -j- > | > | =================== > | Hi, > | I noticed some of your great postings. Would you mind sharing some of > | your insights with me about why Linux can be a good solution for home > | users? > | > | I am a Microsoft employee doing some research on my own, so I can make > | recommendations to our managers about how we can really make Windows much > | better for the home. Believe it or not, I think there are a lot of great > | things about Linux, and would love to learn more so I can make useful > | suggestions on improving my company's products. > | > | If you could spare a few minutes, I would love to send a few questions, > | asking some of your opinions. > | > | By offering suggestions through this survey, you give Microsoft full > | permission to use them freely. We can't guarantee we will use your > | suggestions, but we will review them for use in future products. If > | appropriate, we may explore your feedback further. We will not provide > | compensation for your suggestions submitted through this online survey, > | though we appreciate your feedback and look forward to building better > | products with helpful feedback such as yours. > | > | Thank you > | > | Name Omitted > | =================== > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE/qDVvLeoSBberRbgRAkbXAJ9yjPTrhgMcL+Y2DDUblam1xnqmaACaAtRG > mciB/FmL/QesGa72qe+f/Ns= > =feG0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Nick W ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221
