Dearest Tibor,
You are my latest computer hero, right up there with Peter Norton
and the original UNIX hackers. You are so well-spoken I couldn't
possibly add anything or improve upon what you have said.
Will you marry me? <vbg>
Just out of spite, and courtesy of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've not
clipped a thing ;) but quote it all in it's entirety and
splendor.
Boanne
}- Let me tell you a short story, hoping strongly that you're
}- able to learn from it. Once upon a time in the early 80s there
}- was a man in Germany, Theo Lingen. He was a talented pianist,
}- but instead of giving concerts he decided to found a computer
}- shop chain with the name VOBIS. VOBIS had shops throughout
}- Germany and in some neighbouring contries. It went everything
}- fine until Mr Lingen decided to get ride of the highpriced M$
}- products in the hundreds of his shops. He equipped his own
}- brand of PC with operating systems like NOVELL DOS, PCDOS or
}- OS2 and preinstalled products like IBM Works or programs from
}- Lotus on them. From that moment on he got lots of trouble
}- because some hardware manufacturers and suppliers practised a
}- hidden boycott on him. Sometimes they delivered, sometimes
}- not, and sometimes not enough. Than Lingen switched back to M$
}- and everything was fine again. He tried the game once more,
}- with the same result. He had to switch back again. In the
}- meantime, however, he lost too much money and had to be happy
}- that he could sell his chain to a warehouse company. Theo
}- Lingen is still relatively young but after selling his company
}- he decided to retire. He supports young talented pianists now.
In the VOBIS shops you can find everything - as long as it is
}- from Microsoft - .
}- Is that the fair competition and the regulating power of the
}- market in the free market economy Bill Gates jabbering about
}- at every time on every occassion in every public forum?
}- If you still believe that this is simple MS bashing than you
}- are far less intelligent than I have believed about you
}- before.
}- Apropos, intelligence: Computers are for intelligent people.
}- That's why the market is limited. (Theo Lingen)
}- What do you think, is it possible that the aim of a company's
}- marketing strategy is to make _everybody_ believe they are
}- intelligent enough to use certain products, in order to extend
}- the market?
}- Meanwhile we have the second generation of authors makeng
}- their living exclusively from writing books with 500-1200
}- pages for intelligent people that were intelligent enough to
}- choose certain intelligent products. (BTW how long does it
}- take to install a modem with an easy to use OS?)
}- Regarding your other points: For now you should be old enough
}- to recognize that there are zillions of opinions in the world
}- about the same subject different than yours. You also have the
}- choice to get over it or to create your own world. (In latter
}- case you would need professional help, so I don't recommend
}- it).
}- Why should I develop a new operating system for idiots?
}- (Microsoft has done it already:-) ) Besides, there is a
}- sufficient variety on OSes available. I not only propagate
}- diversity but also practise it in real life. HP-UX A_N_D_
}- Windows95 at work (company's policy: No Windows for TP
}- applications!) Novell DOS A_N_D WfW A_N_D occasionally Linux
}- at home. Of course, I also have problems with my Linux
}- installation, so I have to consult the handbook frequently.
}- However, it pays off, because I'm absolutely sure I won't get
}- a message written to my HD by a hacker while surfing the net
}- just like in my neighbour's case and the amount of viruses
}- against Unix systems tends to zero. BTW, in case of ILOVEYOU
}- and other viruses, those highly qualified system admins could
}- wipe their faecal polluted anus (you see, I don't want to
}- insult your eyes with shity ass) with their MSCP, MSCE and
}- whatever certificates: No security measurements, no backup
}- strategy, no recovery strategy no performance control and no
}- staff training. (But perhaps this is exactly the education the
}- market needs.)
}- Last but not least: bandwithwasting.
}- Fullquote, double-sized signature and consequent ignoration of
}- the line Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
}- That's what you do almost all the time. Only in latter days
}- you learn to trim that footer.
}- I do believe, in a democracy I also should have the right to
}- violate against netiquette or list policy, at least
}- occassionally.
--
FROM: Over the hills and far away...
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