Re: [SLUG] XP launch

2001-10-24 Thread DJ!
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:11 pm Subject: [SLUG] XP launch Anyone going to either session tomorrow for a laugh ? No. I'm going tomorrow afternoon to see what the hype is about, grab some freebies, catch Rove McManus do his stuff

Re: [SLUG] XP launch

2001-10-24 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, DJ! wrote: What is there to be scared of? A stable, well-supported, easy to use, popular, out-of-the-box OS? Yes, we already have one of those. A professionally-run product launch of a commercially-viable product? No, he's going to the *Windos XP* launch. After

RE: [SLUG] XP launch

2001-10-24 Thread Silcock, Stephen
What is there to be scared of? A stable, well-supported, easy to use, popular, out-of-the-box OS? A professionally-run product launch of a commercially-viable product? After putting up with Linux nothing should scare you, Jon. Looking forward to the Linux MS-Bashers running around in

RE: [SLUG] XP launch

2001-10-24 Thread Booth, Christopher (Aus) - ATP
Wear your Penguin hats, Suse T-Shirts, Gnu-Overalls, and BSD Daemons socks :รพ Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2001 4:11 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] XP launch Anyone going to either session tomorrow

RE: [SLUG] XP launch

2001-10-24 Thread Jill Rowling
Now you have obviously never been to a Linux -based commercial product launch. The last one I went to had a very intelligent Q A session which followed a delicious strong coffee and pastry pigout served on china (Corel). Before that, another one I went to was somewhat elbow-deep in engineers (HP

RE: [SLUG] XP launch

2001-10-24 Thread DJ!
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Silcock, Stephen Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2001 4:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] XP launch Can you say... flame bait? Do try to keep up. DJ! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group

RE: [SLUG] XP launch

2001-10-24 Thread DJ!
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jamie Wilkinson Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2001 4:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] XP launch Yes, we already have one of those. W2K? No, he's going to the *Windos XP* launch. ROTFL^-1

Re: [SLUG] XP launch

2001-10-24 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, iwantedthelongestemailaddressintheworldandithinkifounditbutitstilldoesn'tstopmefrombeingapuriletwitwhenipost wrote: I'm a Debian user as well as an NT/2K/98 user. I still find it funny when the penguin-bonkers take their parochial M$ Su0r5 message too seriously.

[SLUG] XP launch

2001-10-23 Thread jon
Anyone going to either session tomorrow for a laugh ? I'll be at the morning one if people want to arrange to meet and attend en masse, as it were... Something about safety in numbers...:[p) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: