> You see, that's what you get with that !@#%! "The One OS" "Windows XP > Rocks" sh*t. And you were talking about standards and Linux having too > many parallel standards, eh? Bah! With Microsoft's "standards", the rest > of the world either has to pay, or figure things out by reverse > engineering using up precious developer time.
Take some valium and CALM DOWN! You're gonna bust an artery! :-D. > And now this CHM that you need to view via COM. Maybe you, oh great > appreciator of Microsoft's products, can hack your way through a CHM > viewer for Linux? You never know, Microsoft might just get you for > violation of the DMCA. And you can guess which list will be laughing their > asses of. ;> You use SAMBA don't you? And what about WINE and Ximian's attempts to port .NET over (which IMHO is a complete waste of time and is Microsoft-pandering - otoh I was wrong with WINE, I thought they'd never make it). A CHM viewer is really a very minor piece of software compared to any of the three. > A lot of very nice documents? Microsoft has done it right? If it did it > right why didn't it make it an open standard? They're freaking documents > after all, not program source code! But then this just shows us how true > that "The One OS" paraphrase is. You can guess who the real-life Sauron > is. > Sheesh. With all this stuff from you Andy, I'm beginning to wonder if you > actually understand wha the letters in PLUG stand for. That L, the second > character, or in languages like C the first element, stands for Linux. Not > Microsoft or Windows or XP, none of which have any L's in them. > Can we drop all this Microsoft sh*t and focus on enjoying the freedom that > Linux and the rest of the Open Source software gives us? I like what Orly > said. It's really not which OS is better, really. We're a Linux Users' > Group. Why don't we just go on chattering about the operating system we've > all grown to love? I rest my case. You _are_ a ZEALOT. You're so crazed over your beliefs you can't even think straight anymore. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
