On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 15:29, Guy Rouillier wrote: > > I run both and Win2k as well. Win2K is the best Windows, IMHO. > > I absolutely concur. I have XP courtesy of an MSDN subscription (which > I am seriously considering to let lapse) and I've never installed it. > >From what I can see, it is just window dressing. No new functionality, > but a lot of frills which slow down the interface. >
I have to disagree with that - XP does have quite a bit of "new" functionality built into it - and, IMHO, does have better performance overall than Win2k. NOT THAT I'M TOUTING M$ WINDOWSXP, y'all - but being that I have to service/support/install/configure it constantly, this is what I deal with. XP DOES have quite a bit of eye-candy, but overall, it can be made to fly IF one prepares the installation properly and IF one configures the system from the get-go. Stability and performance can outdo Win2k - but as stated, it's a matter of tuning, tweaking and thinking. Still, though, I run linux on my personal stuff - safer overall, far more stable, far more secure, far less intrusive. -- Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:55:00 +1100 7:55am up 10:48, 2 users, load average: 0.04, 0.14, 0.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ Most EULA's are not legal contracts. In civilised countries the right to disassemble is enshrined in law (ironically it comes in Europe from trying to keep car manufacturers from running monopolistic scams not from the software people doing the same) In the USA its a lot less clear. You can find laws explicitly claiming both, and since US law is primarily about who has loads of money, its a bit irrelevant - Alan Cox explaining EULA's on linux-kernel
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