On Tuesday 15 January 2002 08:38 pm, you wrote: > On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 20:23, Dwaine Felch wrote: > > The truth of the matter is if Mandrake is compared to Win9x or ME > > Mandrake > > Is far superior BUT, put Mandrake up against Win2000 or better yet WinXP > > and > > Mandrake has a lot of catching up to do. > > Dunno about a LOT. But in *some* areas, maybe.
Right -- no BSOD, viruses, worms, defragging, rent-not-buy licensing, predatory pricing, features-over-security, antimated paper clips, monopoly convictions and, of course, the ever-famous Bob (or was that boob?) And please don't bring up the topic of how difficult it is to configure hardware in Linux, because I can send you to some windows user lists where there is a constant stream of pathetic questions: "How come my SuperStud Model 69 Combination Scanner, Coffee Maker and Cigarette Lighter isn't supported in WinXP? It worked just fine in '95." Or, "What do you mean that my Norton Utilities don't work in XP?" It ain't no bowl of cherries in WindowsLand these days, folks. OK, I do still have '98SE on this thing. Not being a gamer, it's only use these days is pretty much confined to Quicken (note to self -- install GnuCash), AutoCad, Hearts and infrequent Flight Simulator sessions. That's about it. When I first heard about the XP licensing terms, I thought about getting 2000 while it still existed -- just in case. After checking against the hardware compatibility lists, though, I decided to save my money. A whole lot of stuff isn't supported, whereas Mandrake pretty much runs everything I've got with very little effort on my part, and that's a good thing. I've got other things to do than spend my time installing the latest security fix for last week's security patch to the upgrade that came out just before that -- especially now that the MicroSoft upgrade server is down because of a faulty software installation (sic - see CNet). To each his own, -- cmg
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
