Benjamin Scott said:
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> >> I thought so. At least their marketing strategy of out-right lying has
> >> remained consistent though :)
> >
> > Out-right lying? I haven't seen that. Evasive answers, FUD, diversion,
> > etc, but out-right lying? That's actually against the law in advertising.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> There are laws against using monopoly power against your competition,
> too. That didn't appear to stop Microsoft much there, either. :-)
"We're not a monopoly"
(why do you think they fight it so hard? They know the trouble their in if
Judge Jackson's Finding of Fact stands)
>
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> > Hey, they never said there were any apps running!
>
> FWIW, we once setup an NT 4.0 SP6 server at a customer site, but due to a
> SNAFU on their part, couldn't hook it up to the LAN for a couple weeks. All
> it was running were the built-in file, print, DNS, DHCP, and WINS server
> software. It crashed twice during that time. Just sitting there. (Since it
> was hooked up to the LAN, it has been "fine" (knock on wood). Perhaps there
> are bugs related to *lack* of demand in Windoze, too?)
>
"Idle servers are the devil's workshop?"
--
jeff smith
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