Can it be fitted with a Trunk Monkey? Ive been considering getting one, and it may be a deciding factor when purchasing my next vehicle.
http://www.trunkmonkey.com Jamie On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 01:39:02PM -0800, Ben Barrett wrote: > Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:39:02 -0800 > From: "Ben Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Operating Systems. > > With enough money, we can pimp your Ford Model T: > 1) any color you like (not even just black!) > 2) highway-safe by modern DOT standards > 3) run on corn/rice/electricity/squeeze-cheese/etc > 4) with dual DVD, PS3/Xbox360, GPS, etc > 5) remote crank-start, either by embedding a monkey or via fancy electronic > motors > ...and so forth.... no offense intended, just a few comical ideas that came > to mind. > > I keep hearing from family and acquaintances about how happy they still are > with their > win98 boxen... ug, how do I explain the badness there, since it "works" for > them?? > > ben > > > > On 2/12/07, Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >That would be my guess as well. There is just a point where you tell > >client [with money] NT 4.0 needs to be replaced by Win3k Server. Or > >what ever is running on NT 4.0 should be run on a Linux machine > >running wine. > > > >Just my $0.02. > > > >-Miller > > > >On 2/12/07, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My guess: the clients [with money] will tell you what "good business" > >is. > >> > >> ben > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2/12/07, Michael Miller < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > NT 4.0? Why would your company support a OS that is no longer > >> > supported? That is just asking for trouble. > >> > > >> > On 2/11/07, Russ Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > Mr O wrote: > >> > > > the major operating systems (linux, OS X.3,4,5, M$ 2000, XP, > >Vista). > >> > > Don't count just those. > >> > > > >> > > The software company I work for supports the following: > >> > > > >> > > Windows NT 4.0 and up > >> > > Linux, Redhat and SuSE officially, but it runs on just about any > >> > > distribution we've tried. > >> > > Solaris 7.0 and up on Sparc, 10 on Intel. > >> > > HP-UX 11.0 and up on PA-Risc and Itanium > >> > > AIX 4.3 and up on PowerPC. AIX on S390 unofficially. > >> > > > >> > > We've also been known to make it work on FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. > >> > > > >> > > I believe some of the developers have it running on their MacBook > >Pro > >> > > Core 2 Duo systems. But that's not official yet either. > >> > > > >> > > My point is that SOME software companies DO support lots of OSes. > >> > > Unfortunately, it's a very expensive proposition to port code from > >one > >> > > platform to another, and businesses have to make a profit, or they > >don't > >> > > hang around. > >> > > > >> > > Don't give me the OSS argument. We tried that... Our product was > >open > >> > > source at one time. It stagnated as an open source product, so it is > >> > > again proprietary. > >> > > > >> > > Russ > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > EUGLUG mailing list > >> > > [email protected] > >> > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > EUGLUG mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > >> > > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> EUGLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > >> > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >EUGLUG mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
