Subj : FREE 32 BIT OPERATING SYSTEMS
To   : Jim Rysyk
From : Scott Little
Date : Sun Jun 25 2000 01:52 am

 [ 23 Jun 00 14:04, Jim Rysyk wrote to Scott Little ]

 JR> Your opinion re Solaris.  Not the opinion of may others.

Solaris is only good for big databases on high end sun hardware. Everything 
else about it sucks.

 JR> But hey, your intitled to your opinion!

indeed.

 JR> No other OS has as many fast spreading fast moving attacks on

it is to be expected when one platform has a high share of the market.

 JR> disabling it, or has three or more Uninstall programs listed in the
 JR> 10 best selling software titles list, year after year.

your point? oh, Windows has recent software. heh :)

 JR> Well, I'd like to log into the 7 or 8 North American Exchange sites,
 JR> and on the Ticker Streamer, and stack the reduced windows (sized down
 JR> to the ticker streamer) on on top the other.  I can in OS/2, but I
 JR> can't in Windows 98SE.  What am I doing wrong?  The Windows don't want
 JR> to allow me to resize them, or to stack them.

huh?

 JR> I'd also like to be able to get through the month without having to
 JR> shut down Windows.

I can here without a problem.

 JR>   Actually, I'd like to get through a year or two without having
 JR> Wondows Freeze, or report Internet Explorer Not Responding,

it hates you. give up.

 JR> But then again, I did learn Win 98 properly reconises muti Ethernet
 JR> cards, and installs them just like OS/2, Novell, and DOS.  Most
 JR> Windows Echo messages I read, indicated Win9* and NT did not properly
 JR> reconize muti ethernet cards.  Well, it does here, on mutiple
 JR> installations.

works fine for me. OS/2 gave me all sorts of greif when moving just a single 
eithernet card from one slot to another.

 >> want to make life more difficult for themselves by going with a
 >> minority OS? with windows they have all bases covered better than
 >> any other platform
 JR> I think your delusional.

look around you.
i'm not the delusional one.

 JR>  But hey, your entitled to your opinion.

no duh

 JR>  I just happen to not agree with you.

this wouldn't be a debate if you did

 JR>  Hey, maybe I'm delusional.

gee, ya think?

 JR> governments and banks are delusional.

damn straight! they're also crooked theives.

 JR>   Seems many of them still use
 JR> OS/2.  As I recall, I get payed by them.


businesses. businesses should be using NT workstation, not 9x. Please, restrict 
your rants to a certain market, or get your products right.  And to you point, 
they are only using it because they already ARE using it. Switching over would 
not be an easy task.


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