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Why We Can't Just Get Along: The Bootloader

Posted by timothy on from the issues-to-raise dept.

mccormi writes: "Byte has an article from the BeOS perspective on why we don't see more dual boot machines from vendors. Browser anticompetitive complaints are nothing compared to what's happening with the bootloaders since the majority of people using computers will never have the know-how or courage to make an OS change."

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  1. Impossible to do.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That is, it's impossible to train niggers to act even remotely human.

    1. Re:Impossible to do.. by halik · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      its also imposible to make hicks from south put their money where their mouth is. Why do you hide behind anonymous coward you pussy?

  2. Re:OH YA! by Flarners · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "But, if you get the latest Mozilla nightly build, I swear it's much faster than any browser I've ever seen! The menus only take 5 seconds to come up after clicking them; that's almost as fast as KDE! It's amazing what Open Source can do. Keep up the good work, Mozilla team!"

    Seriously, Mozilla is crap. IE and Opera are the only browsers worth using.

    --
    "The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for 'entrepeneur'." -George W. Bush
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