Inigo,
Please refrain from these type of posts. We are Linux lovers that does
not make us M$ haters.
I personally believe we should criticise the products/software and not
personally attack anybody. Posts in your vein actually hurts our
movement more and make us look funny. Microsoft has admitted that Linux
is a threat to its monopoly in the Halloween documents so lets keep it
there.
Incidentally, Microsoft is talking to Eric S. Raymond --the open source
guru and we can only speculate the outcome. Also, Microsoft is working
closely with ActiveState corp. to build a Perl for windows so they ARE
thinking in internet time.
Regards,
Arup
IGNATIUS NAYAN D'ROZARIO wrote:
>
> Microsoft ship's on time
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>
> For the first time in, oh, a decade, I think, something from Microsoft
> shipped on time: Rory John Gates , weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces when he
> was downloaded, er, born on Sunday, May 23 at 2:40 p.m. And what do Baby
> Gates and Daddy's products have in common?
>
> 1. Neither can stand on its own two feet without a LOT of third party
> support.
>
> 2. Both barf all over themselves regularly.
>
> 3. Regardless of the problem, calling Microsoft Tech Support won't help.
>
> 4. As they mature, we pray that they will be better than that which
> preceded them.
>
> 5. At first release they're relatively compact, but they seem to grow
> and grow and grow with each passing year.
>
> 6. Although announced with great fanfare, pretty much anyone could have
> produced one.
>
> 7. They arrive in shaky condition with inadequate documentation.
>
> 8. No matter what, it takes several months between the announcement and
> the actual release.
>
> 9. Bill gets the credit, but someone else did most of the work.
>
> 10. For at least the next year, they'll suck.
>
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