It would be much more appropriate to use the M$ BSOD as a screen saver. I think that one comes standard with some Linux distros. Then that would really freak out the M$ account manager - "Do they really have so many BSODs? Should I make a comment or not?"
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 14 Jan, Peter Allworth wrote: > > Based on their walk-through strategy, I can see a need for a Linux > > screensaver that looks just like the default NT screensaver or login > > screen! :) > > Ah, so Linux becomes like the French Resistance, hiding itself from the > Microsoft scouts looking for businesses to target with their new anti- > Linux warfare strategies. > > Brilliant! Actually, I remember a talk at SLUG, where afterward the > presenter mentioned that he and another engineer were secretly using > Linux on their machines instead of the mandated NT. They did a screen > grab of the NT desktop and used it as the screensaver image, and as the > background on a 2nd desktop they could flip too, in case a manager > walked by. > > Then all they had to do was explain how they could keep working when > all the Windows machines on the network went down. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "We are either doing something, or we are not. 'Talking about' is a subset of 'not'." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
