On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 20:11 +0100, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
Would it be totally off topic if everyone were to say what their
favourite OS was and why? I'm just a little curious as to what OS's
people use in this field.
I originally started using Linux 8 years ago at my first job out of
school.
On Sep 16, 2008, at 6:26 PM, tedd wrote:
At 8:11 PM +0100 9/16/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
Would it be totally off topic if everyone were to say what their
favourite OS was and why? I'm just a little curious as to what OS's
people use in this field.
Obviously, mine is Mac and OSX 10.4.11.
On 16 Sep 2008, at 23:54, tedd wrote:
At 7:40 PM +0100 9/16/08, Stut wrote:
On 16 Sep 2008, at 15:59, tedd wrote:
Then one day, M$ sent out notice that they would no longer support
QuickBasic and that was the end of that. All of our current, and
past work, was on a dead-end street. We were
On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Stut wrote:
On 16 Sep 2008, at 23:54, tedd wrote:
At 7:40 PM +0100 9/16/08, Stut wrote:
On 16 Sep 2008, at 15:59, tedd wrote:
Snail-mail spam relies upon the same basic fact that electronic spam
does... everyone hates it until it offers them something they
On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 15:36 -0400, Jason Pruim wrote:
On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Stut wrote:
On 16 Sep 2008, at 23:54, tedd wrote:
At 7:40 PM +0100 9/16/08, Stut wrote:
On 16 Sep 2008, at 15:59, tedd wrote:
Snail-mail spam relies upon the same basic fact that electronic spam
At 4:27 PM -0500 9/15/08, Philip Thompson wrote:
Has anyone seen the new M$ commercial where they are asking these
people to review the next version of their OS. Some of the responses
of the people were that they really thought this new OS was
cool/neat/whatever. Then afterwards, M$ told them
At 10:35 PM +0100 9/15/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
Ah I'd heard of this story. What you've forgotten to mention was that
the computers were all set up on hardware chosen by Microsoft, and all
running software especially picked by Microsoft. Now, I'd hazard a guess
that even Microsoft is smart
At 9:53 PM +0100 9/15/08, Stut wrote:
As for Microsoft (will people please stop screwing with their name,
it's impolite), they've certainly made some bad choices over the
years and Windows has suffered for it.
I screw with the M$ name because I don't like them!
It's not due to their
At 11:30 PM +0100 9/15/08, Stut wrote:
Wow, talk about hitting the nail on the head. When Microsoft pick
the hardware their OS runs on and the software it runs with it works
perfectly.
Not exactly.
I seem to remember when Gates gave a presentation at Mac World and
his slide show locked up.
At 11:57 PM +0100 9/15/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
I agree on your point about trying before bashing. I've tried Vista.
Hell, I had to use it for 2 months solid while I was working in India,
so I really got to test it out. I had more crashes on that in the 2
months I was using it than I had on
On 16 Sep 2008, at 16:06, tedd wrote:
At 11:30 PM +0100 9/15/08, Stut wrote:
Wow, talk about hitting the nail on the head. When Microsoft pick
the hardware their OS runs on and the software it runs with it
works perfectly.
Not exactly.
I seem to remember when Gates gave a presentation at
On 16 Sep 2008, at 15:59, tedd wrote:
At 9:53 PM +0100 9/15/08, Stut wrote:
As for Microsoft (will people please stop screwing with their name,
it's impolite), they've certainly made some bad choices over the
years and Windows has suffered for it.
I screw with the M$ name because I don't
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 10:59 -0400, tedd wrote:
Similarly, I had a run-in with American Express over 30 years ago and
even to this day I return all their sales promotion in their
self-addressed no-postage envelope they provide. Over the years, I
suspect they have paid postage for over 100
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:26 -0400, tedd wrote:
At 11:57 PM +0100 9/15/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
I agree on your point about trying before bashing. I've tried Vista.
Hell, I had to use it for 2 months solid while I was working in India,
so I really got to test it out. I had more crashes on
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Ashley Sheridan
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On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:26 -0400, tedd wrote:
At 11:57 PM +0100 9/15/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
I agree on your point about trying before bashing. I've tried Vista.
Hell, I had to use it for 2 months solid while I was
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 15:04 -0400, Eric Butera wrote:
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Ashley Sheridan
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On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:26 -0400, tedd wrote:
At 11:57 PM +0100 9/15/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
I agree on your point about trying before bashing. I've tried
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On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 15:04 -0400, Eric Butera wrote:
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Ashley Sheridan
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On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:26 -0400, tedd wrote:
At 11:57 PM +0100 9/15/08, Ashley
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 16:50 -0400, Bastien Koert wrote:
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Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Why MS Won't Retire Browsers -- was: Interntet
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At 11:30 PM +0100 9/15/08
At 7:40 PM +0100 9/16/08, Stut wrote:
On 16 Sep 2008, at 15:59, tedd wrote:
Then one day, M$ sent out notice that they would no longer support
QuickBasic and that was the end of that. All of our current, and
past work, was on a dead-end street. We were left to fend for
ourselves.
I don't
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 18:54 -0400, tedd wrote:
I realize that you take the high-road on things like this -- I
respect that -- that used to be my practice as well. It's very
predicable from a business perspective. But times change and I kind
of like telling people what I really think --
At 8:11 PM +0100 9/16/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
Would it be totally off topic if everyone were to say what their
favourite OS was and why? I'm just a little curious as to what OS's
people use in this field.
Obviously, mine is Mac and OSX 10.4.11. My next one will be whatever
is the top of
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:11:22 +0100, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
Would it be totally off topic if everyone were to say what their
favourite OS was and why? I'm just a little curious as to what OS's
people use in this field.
Likely yes, but: Fedora 9 works nicely for me and SWMBO. Essentially
though,
I wouldn't say Microsoft are strictly anti-web, anymore.
They appear to be changing the model of their next operating system to cater
for 'the cloud.'
I think they finally see that they missed the Internet, and they need it?
2008/9/12 Colin Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sancar Saran wrote:
Colin Guthrie wrote:
Sancar Saran wrote:
Don't expect anything good from M$...
Oh I don't expect anything good from them, never have, never will, but
that still doesn't change my point that sunset dates would probably be
better for them in the long run... looking for a reason up upgrade a
On Sep 12, 2008, at 3:13 AM, Colin Guthrie wrote:
Sancar Saran wrote:
Don't expect anything good from M$...
Oh I don't expect anything good from them, never have, never will,
[snip!]
Ok, let's not forget about the Xbox! ;)
~Philip
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Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Why MS Won't Retire Browsers -- was: Interntet
Explorer 8 beater 2
Because,
M$ earning money from Win GUI. No WinGUI
On Sep 12, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Boyd, Todd M. wrote:
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Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Why MS Won't Retire Browsers -- was: Interntet
Explorer 8 beater 2
Because
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Subject: [PHP] Re: Why MS Won't Retire Browsers -- was: Interntet
Explorer 8 beater 2
Boyd, Todd M. wrote:
tirade
Okay
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 09:18 -0500, Boyd, Todd M. wrote:
tirade
Okay... here it goes. I'm sick and tired of people talking trash on
Windows Vista. It came pre-installed on my laptop (Home Premium... not
Business Pro, sadly) and I haven't had any issues with it whatsoever.
Some of my WinXP
Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Why MS Won't Retire Browsers -- was: Interntet
Explorer 8 beater 2
Because,
M$ earning money from Win GUI. No WinGUI no money.
From the begining, M$ try to broke web compatibilty in every way...
Sure M$ has bad records about software quality. But even ask
yourself.
WHY IE
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 09:18 -0500, Boyd, Todd M. wrote:
tirade
Okay... here it goes. I'm sick and tired of people talking trash on
Windows Vista. It came pre-installed on my laptop (Home Premium... not
Business Pro, sadly) and I haven't had any issues with it whatsoever.
Some of my WinXP
Because,
M$ earning money from Win GUI. No WinGUI no money.
From the begining, M$ try to broke web compatibilty in every way...
Sure M$ has bad records about software quality. But even ask yourself. WHY IE
(especially 5 and 6) SO buggy even M$ standards.
M$ isn't mr nice guy and they wont get
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