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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 11:51 PM
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Will they ever get it right?
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MrSandman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 11:52 PM
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1. If they ever got it right...
How would they sell upgrades?
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 11:52 PM
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2. Trust me: plan on switching to Linux after Longhorn
(Longhorn, BTW, is the working title for the new windows OS)
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4morewars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 11:54 PM
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4. I'm planning on switching to Linux NOW !!!!
I'll prolly go with Red Hat 9. Today is International Linux Day BTW !!!
Happy Happy !!!!
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 11:53 PM
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3. No, because from the top down is a deep distrust
of cooperation and peer-review of work.
They will never get it right.
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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 11:57 PM
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5. What about software?
I need a system that can run a variety of reasonablly priced software, and a lot of it...

Can other OS's compete when it comes to having a ton of software available?
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