El jue, 21-03-2002 a las 13:50, shane escribi�: > ROTFLMAO! > > On Wednesday 20 March 2002 23:16, john rigby opened a hailing frequency and > transmitted: > > > Hello Non-geeks, > > hello list spammer > > > Win4lin is to release a new product soon which will release more memory > > nobody cares! why tell us? > > > I almost fell off my highchair when I learned > > you mean horse? > > > Even Civilme (the resident expert on the Newbie list) THOUGHT he was > > putting me in my place by telling me that in some Govt Dept they had some > > typistes *actually* using Linux and olde Star Office. BUT then went on > > and said they were *using* WorpdPerfect! (Sigh) A separate and quite > > expensive product (but very good) except that nobody I know outside of > > Civilme has ever got it to go on and work! > > i hope this isn't an example of your book research! i can point to > literally hundreds of companies and cities that use linux all over. just > yesterday someone on this list thanked me for helping them get WP > installed, and all i did was give them a file name! you need to pull your > head out and look around. > > > You will need to consider some of the Doze options for some time to come, > > in my *practical applications* opinion. > > but your opinion as we have already found isn't worth the typeface you send > it in..... > > > 1. There is nothing like even FrontPage98 in the Linux world that I > > thank goodness! next you will want IE and virus compatability.... > > > 2. If you are a serious business user, you NEED to be moving toward > > voice recognition as you know. > > really? your blanket statements never cease to amaze, > > > (Nobody I personally know has been able to get Mandrake any distro to > > work properly, you see, so this is heresay........... ) > > you and your mother/landlord are hardly a representative group though. > > > 3. I don't think > > *statement edited to demonstrate truth of matter* > > > 4. Sensible backups to CD? Forget it! I have learned that this is a > > non-event for Win4Lin for the forseeable future. > > so simply use linux, why win4??? get half a clue. we know you have never > even attempted an install or you would give actual errors and we could help! > > > 5. The 8.2 Mandrake had terrific writeups in the press - but in the light > > of the failures being experienced by the geek contingent on this list > > already, it is a loooooong way off being real-world ready. It is actually > > trashing many previously hard-won working installations! > > do i even need to go over this? > > > 6. It appears to me to be still the most fabulous Server System in the > > world and great fun for the hobbyist/masochist, but I am still highly > > motivated by the continual failures of the MS OS and their draconian > > plans for the future, so will keep coming back in hopes. > > we wish you wouldn't troll > > > DON'T DO ANYTHING NOW. Unless you can dedicate a lot of non-producing > > time to the project, it is still early days. > > By all means, get a standby machine and have a go. But, don't attempt > > serious business integration for some time yet. > > i agree, i wouldn't install windows XP unless i had _tons_ of time and > another running machine. they can't even make microsoft mice run on that > POS! > > > I believe that someone of (business) maturity will take over in Mandrake, > > certainly that means you are out of the running..... > > > person) to apply for a trial subscription to the Newsletter "REALITY", > > which does focus on getting the best out of the Internet *for business > > all this for a plug? > > > NOTE: Because of the problems caused by Spammers, all email addressses > > also they should not include any known address of john the mandrake list > spammer. > > can we get him blocked from the whole list? this is pointless! >
this kind of stuff IS rather new, isn't it? someone faking a problem/solution in order to spam? btw, nice goin' shane put him in his place . LOL
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