From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Jesse Pollard <pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil>, lm@bitmover.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself.
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 00:02:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010629000255.B525@bug.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200106211300.IAA40817@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil>
In-Reply-To: <200106211300.IAA40817@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil>; from Jesse Pollard on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 08:00:25AM -0500
Hi!
> > I'm unimpressed with what Microsoft calls an operating system and
> > I'm equally unimpressed with what Unix calls an application layer.
> > For the last 10 years, Unix has gotten the OS right and the apps wrong
> > and Microsoft has gotten the apps right and the OS wrong. Seems like
> > there is potential for a win-win.
>
> I'm equally unimpressed by their applications - how many macro viruses
> exist? How do they propagate? How many times do they change file formats?
> How many patches are (re)issued to "fix" the same problem?
>
> The biggest improvement would be that users could remain with a version
> that works for them and NOT be forced to pay more money for the same
> functionality (watch out for the XP license virus... also known as
> a logic bomb).
What is XP license virus?
Pavel
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Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-21 13:00 The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself Jesse Pollard
2001-06-28 22:02 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2001-06-29 19:41 ` Lew Wolfgang
2001-06-30 1:10 ` David Schwartz
2001-06-30 1:45 ` Lew Wolfgang
2001-06-30 2:50 ` David Schwartz
2001-06-30 7:24 ` Lionel Elie Mamane
2001-06-30 14:22 ` Dmitri Pogosyan
2001-06-30 17:04 ` [OT] " Daniel Phillips
[not found] <fa.hs4no6v.h0k6ok@ifi.uio.no>
2001-06-30 15:38 ` Ted Unangst
2001-07-02 5:14 ` Greg Rollins
[not found] <87009604743AD411B1F600508BA0F95994C8DF@XOVER.dedham.mindsp eed.com>
2001-06-29 19:47 ` Android
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-06-29 19:11 Clayton, Mark
2001-06-29 18:05 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-22 12:36 Holzrichter, Bruce
[not found] <51FCCCF0C130D211BE550008C724149E01165690@mail1.affiliatedhealth.org>
2001-06-21 18:21 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-25 18:05 ` Andreas Bombe
2001-06-26 11:46 ` john slee
2001-06-28 22:27 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-29 20:02 ` Paul Fulghum
2001-06-20 22:53 Wayne.Brown
2001-06-21 7:59 ` Daniel Stone
2001-06-20 20:42 Miles Lane
2001-06-20 21:33 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-20 22:31 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-20 19:53 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-21 8:50 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-06-21 16:41 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-20 22:09 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-20 22:33 ` Larry McVoy
2001-06-20 22:51 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-20 23:02 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-20 23:04 ` William T Wilson
2001-06-20 23:07 ` Khalid Aziz
2001-06-21 8:46 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-06-21 13:48 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-21 17:32 ` Miles Lane
2001-06-20 23:16 ` Richard Gooch
2001-06-20 23:20 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-21 0:46 ` Michael Bacarella
2001-06-21 14:20 ` chuckw
2001-06-21 8:37 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-06-21 16:25 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-21 22:37 ` Michael Bacarella
2001-06-21 22:49 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-22 11:08 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-22 18:33 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-28 22:33 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-21 12:57 ` Helge Hafting
2001-06-20 23:34 ` Alan Olsen
2001-06-21 10:07 ` Paul Flinders
2001-06-21 12:57 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-21 14:01 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-23 16:29 ` watermodem
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