So we have to support AMD more, afterall AMD is as "American" as ,Microsuck.Intel is the Devils advocate.We know who we are .,and dont forget that browsers "technology" of M$ is a clone of Mosaic and do M$ pay back to the world ?NO.
Choong Oliver Thieke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi List, hi Steve B. � ;-) ! > > > "Linux is very, very, very expensive for customers to take care of," > >Talking about a home environ he might be right. But in a corporate >environ ? �win2k and XP-Pro are there as complicated and difficult to >administrate as LX/UX... �The decisive difference is not the >cost/complexity of administration but the number of applications >(still, unfortunately). > > > "Linux is a cloned operating system - it cloned Unix and now > > it wants to clone Windows. " > >So what ? �To clone a proven, well-designed system for cheap hardware >is maybe a good idea, hmmm. �M$ is still in the process of cloning... >And Mac OS-X is a clone (or fusion of UX, Obj-C-Lib's and MAC-GUI) too... > > > "It would be nice to get some innovation." > >And what about M$ ? �Which innovations do they provide ? �Declaring >the web browser as a vital OS' component ? They just get it half-way >right on the third attempt... �And what about their innovations ? > > � + C#: � � � � � � � �heavily influenced by SUN's Java > � + GUI: � � � � � � � invented by PARC Xerox & spread by Apple Mac > � + Win NT: � � � � � �based on co-development with IBM (OS/2) > � + Office Apps: � � � invented by VisiCalc > � + TCP/IP: � � � � � �invented by DARPA & spread by UX > � + Web: � � � � � � � invented at CERN and NCSA (UIUC), > � � � � � � � � � � � �first denied an neglected by M$... > � + User Admin (ADS): �clone of Novell's NDS and LDAP > � + Authetification: � based on Kerberos (ADS) > � + SMB/CIFS: � � � � �original SMB protocol introduced by IBM > � + MS SQL: � � � � � �Sybase clone > >And their own "innovations" - WINS and NT domain. Gone... > >And security ? �One of my favorite quotes: > >"Honestly, security experts don't pick on Microsoft because we have some > �fundamental dislike for the company. �Indeed, Microsoft's poor products > �are one of the reasons we're in business. �We pick on them because they've > �done more to harm Internet security than anyone else, because they > �repeatedly lie to the public about their products' security, and because > �they do everything they can to convince people that the problems lie > �anywhere but inside Microsoft. > �Microsoft treats security vulnerabilities as public relations problems. > �Until that changes, expect more of this kind of nonsense from Microsoft > �and its products." > �Bruce Schneier, cryptogram Jan, 2002 > >To broaden the discussion: �the only thing I fear for the future and >from M$ is the whole subject of TCPA, DRM and "Palladium"... >It will be based on Hardware, will give M$ a deeper control of >the PC and the software installed on it and might be a serious >threat for the OpenSource Software and movement... > >Cheers from the city without the wall ;-). > >Oliver > > > > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
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