On Thursday 04 April 2002 03:45 pm, Sridhar Dhanapalan opened a hailing 
frequency and transmitted:

> Does anybody seriously think this will be a good thing for Linux and free
> software? I most certainly don't. Why pay US$99 when you can get
> CodeWeavers CrossOver Office for $54.95, which you can install on

mostly because the average person won't be able to install an RPM of 
codeweavers.  just ask john.  ;-)

> root password. All we need are a few easily-written exploit scripts for
> this poor excuse of an OS and open source as a whole (not just Lindows)
> will be given a bad name. GNU/Linux virii will become a widespread
> reality (on Lindows, that is), fueling opposition to open source.

i say mandrake should write a "windows emulation layer" in 9.0.  it should 
be easy, when turned on it will choose a random amount of time between 1 
minute and 4 hours, after which it will reboot without warning.  a plugin 
could be made to randomly delete a file after displaying a virus message 
every (random number) of email downloads.

lets start taking windows compatability seriously!

-- 
Computers are like air conditioners they stop working properly if you open 
windows.

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