his flame-proof overcoat as they continued to veer off topic), but we
actually bought that "runs on a 486" line at a school where I volunteer. We
tried to put Red Hat (at that time) on a system slightly more powerful than
a 486 (Pentium 1 of some sort), but could only get the most bare-bones of
systems to run on it, and slowly, at that. Put any of the extra stuff on
it, and all of a sudden it's a pretty big system.
(racing off course further, he adds, for perspective):
I also don't like it when every MacOS user (or salesman) tells me that MacOS
is invulnerable to viruses because the OS protects itself from them.
Poppycock! Windows is just a bigger, easier target, for now. I have over
250 Windows workstations in place in my various client offices, and with
Outlook 2003 for email and Norton Internet Security in place, not one single
virus or attack has gotten through in over 2 years.
Windows is not invulnerable, but it's tighter than the press would indicate
if the correct, simple precautions are taken. MacOS is certainly not
invulnerable.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/16736.html
And, even though I'm a Windows user, I don't like it when I hear it
arrogantly stated that Windows is the only way to go and has 95+% of the
market, and blah blah blah. MacOS and Linux have made inroads, and continue
to make inroads, into the Windows marketplace. The point is to use
technology for what it DOES for the user/business, not for what it IS.
Certainly there is an advantage to sheer numbers. That's what one of the
things that gives PalmOS, for now, an edge over Symbian and WinMob (he
pointed out, nudging the ship back on course a bit).
And yes, Windows XP is huge and Windows Vista will probably be huger, but
has anyone compared today's MacOS to the older ones? Or today's Unix
implementations to what ran on a Vax 25 years ago? They're bigger because
they DO MORE. (in an attempt to veer back on topic, he adds): remember when
PalmOS devices had, what, 128kb of memory? It's hard to contemplate that.
And I complain about my Treo's paltry 32mb. But the Treo does just a little
bit more than those wonderful old devices that started it all.
Hyperbole does nobody any good (except politicians and lawyers, the larval
form of politicians . . . I can insult lawyers because my dad was one, and
gave me all the best lawyer jokes), since it misleads everyone into a false
sense of things. Self-delusion is dangerous, no matter who does it, or why.
We need a Treo 700p to discuss. I think we're getting bored and starting to
tear up the furniture!! :-)
Cheers,
Don
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Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 9:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [Treo] One device for all? - phone to take over mp3 players
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