On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 01:37, Alastair Scott wrote:
As someone whose Lexmark printer has just run out of ink (and it's only
about £30 more to get a decent new printer than replace the cartridges) I've
been thinking about this.
Realistically, the choice for a cheap inkjet running under Linux
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 22:48, Todd Franklin wrote:
You should look into getting one of those walmart Microtel machines if
you want something cheap. What gets me is that alot of the reviewers
bash them because they're slow. HELLO!?! Look at the price! Of course
they're not going to have
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 02:26, Todd Slater wrote:
the sooner they will take notice.
Exactly. I checked out an offer from Gateway for a $399 computer. I went
into a Gateway support chat session and asked if I could get a Gateway
computer without an operating system. The support person said
I agree completely Stephen
Todd
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 22:48, Todd Franklin wrote:
You should look into getting one of those walmart Microtel machines if
you want something cheap. What gets me is that alot of the reviewers
bash them because they're slow.
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 04:35, Jim Dawson wrote:
Personally I'm convinced that the world would be a much happier place if Steve
Balmer were to start drinking decaffinated coffee...
What about Balmer getting a job at either RedHat or Mandrake?
(grin)
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Thu Nov 14 09:35:01 EST 2002
at the predictable response from hardware manufacturers. I don't usually
snap at people like this, but...
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OK - I'll buy a Hauppage card that does.
Anne
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 10:22 am, you wrote:
Hi,
In regards to your recent email, unfortunately none of our products will
support
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 21:45, Anne Wilson wrote:
at the predictable response from hardware manufacturers. I don't usually
snap at people like this, but...
Quote
OK - I'll buy a Hauppage card that does.
Anne
Anne, look - for all intents and purposes, you're swimming upstream
here.
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 11:57 am, you wrote:
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 21:45, Anne Wilson wrote:
at the predictable response from hardware manufacturers. I don't usually
snap at people like this, but...
Quote
OK - I'll buy a Hauppage card that does.
Anne
Anne, look - for all intents
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 23:45, Anne Wilson wrote:
In the end, lost sales do count. Mine alone will do nothing, but the more
often we can tell them that we have gone to a competitor who does better and
the sooner they will take notice.
This is true - and has held true for quite a number of
Aaron wrote:
my 2 cents
the pro audio field is a good example of a group of people making
drivers (ALSA) and apps that are beginning to make waves. I ended up
giving my pro audio card away because the manufacturer wouldn't even
help others make drivers. And this is something that only adds
Have to agree on the printer choices. I bought into an article i read about
3 years ago on the Lexmark 3200 being a great value for a "high quality"
ink jet printer. So they were on sale at best buy and I bought 2 of them.
One for us and one for my roommate's daughter. They are total
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 12:45:44PM +, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 11:57 am, you wrote:
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 21:45, Anne Wilson wrote:
at the predictable response from hardware manufacturers. I don't usually
snap at people like this, but...
Quote
OK - I'll
could it happen.
rgd
Frank
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Subject: Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved!
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 12:45:44PM +, Anne
Todd wrote:
Have to agree on the printer choices. I bought into an article i read
about 3 years ago on the Lexmark 3200 being a great value for a high
quality ink jet printer. So they were on sale at best buy and I bought
2 of them. One for us and one for my roommate's daughter. They are
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 03:45 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
at the predictable response from hardware manufacturers. I don't usually
snap at people like this, but...
Quote
OK - I'll buy a Hauppage card that does.
Anne
snip
In interactions between human beings and corporate non-entities it's
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 4:28 pm, you wrote:
The problem is when people switch from Windows to Linux (or MacOS, or any
other OS) and bring with them all sorts of hardware which has assumed
Windows but hadn't made that assumption clear. Then they try to use the
hardware outside Windows and it
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 8:30 am, you wrote:
Here's a number 18,000,000. That's only the machines registered on The
Linux Counter.
http://counter.li.org/
Here's how we can make a difference. Marketing people don't ignore
numbers that big. And if all of us have all our machines registered on
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 11:56 am, Charlie wrote:
snip
To quote Heinlein: Don't let the bastards grind you down. (I'd use the
Latin phrase he did, but my Latin sucks. : )
snip
Charlie:
IIRC, it goes, Illegitimae non carborundum. I doubt that it's real Latin;
carborundum is GE's trade
You should look into getting one of those walmart Microtel machines if you
want something cheap. What gets me is that alot of the reviewers bash them
because they're slow. HELLO!?! Look at the price! Of course they're not
going to have the speed and performance of a 2GHz + computer. But if you
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 4:58 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 4:28 pm, you wrote:
The problem is when people switch from Windows to Linux (or MacOS, or any
other OS) and bring with them all sorts of hardware which has assumed
Windows but hadn't made that assumption clear. Then
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 5:43 pm, you wrote:
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 4:58 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 4:28 pm, you wrote:
The problem is when people switch from Windows to Linux (or MacOS, or
any other OS) and bring with them all sorts of hardware which has
assumed
On Tuesday November 12 2002 11:43 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
To be fair to HP, they have seen the error of their ways, and no
longer make win-printers. What is more they actively fund the
development of opensource drivers for their products. When the ink
runs out in my deskjet, the next
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Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2002 11:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved!
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 12:45:44PM +, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 11:57 am, you wrote
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 7:26 pm, you wrote:
That's why I think it's important to let businesses know that they are
losing sales due to their agreement with MS, that's the only language
they understand: the almighty dollar.
Perhaps we should also point them at the Linux counter, to see just
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 10:47 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 11:56 am, Charlie wrote:
snip
To quote Heinlein: Don't let the bastards grind you down. (I'd use the
Latin phrase he did, but my Latin sucks. : )
snip
Charlie:
IIRC, it goes, Illegitimae non
On Tuesday November 12 2002 01:30 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 7:26 pm, you wrote:
That's why I think it's important to let businesses know that they
are losing sales due to their agreement with MS, that's the only
language they understand: the almighty dollar.
Perhaps we
This might make all of you feel a little better. :-) Steve Ballmer at
a corporate meeting. What a f***ing moron!
http://www.stenstad.net/storage/ballmer_dance.mpg
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Okay, two quotes to demonstrate this guy's modesty and intelligence:
* GIVE IT UP FOR ME!!
* Four words for you: I... LOVE... THIS... COMPANY.
Unbelievable. Almost.
Miark
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 21:53:37 +
Todd Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This might make all of you feel a little
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 19:30, Todd Franklin wrote:
Here's a number 18,000,000. That's only the machines registered on The
Linux Counter.
http://counter.li.org/
Here's how we can make a difference. Marketing people don't ignore
numbers that big. And if all of us have all our machines
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