He's mostly harmless, intelligent people can see that he has pent up anger issues inside of him, I like to check on him once in a while just to see if he is still going. He probably doesn't 'get it' --- freedom and all that stuff, maybe he is worried that Microsoft stock is about to tank, I would be! Who would buy that stock after Microsoft lost the LSE platform deal last year after those catastrophic failures. What a recommendation! I still chuckle.
This idea is one of the biggest insults that Microsoft has pulled lately, Mr Charney must think he is a comedian, surely. I know that a clean internet is a 'good thing', but a Microsoft free internet would be a 'better thing'. We probably can't have that for a while so in the interim I suggest a reasonable tax on all Microsoft software to clean up 'my internet' until the problem has gone away. I use zero Microsoft products, but faulty Microsoft products do ruin 'my internet experience' and I truly loathe those responsible. So let us all ram home responsibility where it belongs, let Big Stevie know what we think of Little Scotty's idea.
It's Time to show some gumption and at least start the process of doing the right thing. It will be expensive to correct our past errors, it always is. It is better to provide jobs and industrial growth for Australia rather than growth of foreign propriety companies.
If Peru can stick it to Microsoft in such a polite and correct manner we should be able to second the motion. Munich is doing a slow changeover so there are no losers, we can do the same. Imagine.. the Australian Government paying Australian programmers/developers to create and support software to help Australian taxpaying citizens in Australia to improve their Australian lives.. who would ever think of that.
It's Time, It's Time, Oh It's Time.
FWIW, my anecdotal, non-flaming stats on my OOo experiences of myself,my three adult kids and two grandmothers converted from Windzzz/M$office to OOo over the last few years... Six happy users of OOo... Five happy Linux users (one kid just won't let go)... Eleven missing licences at Redmond!... Priceless!... I can hear the chairs crashing now.
All of us only do the odd letter and I run a spaghetti spreadsheet to track some finances.I figure we have collectively saved somewhere between A$2000-A$4000 over the past five years. YMMV.
A bit like people pissing in your swimming pool, you ask them not to, they continue, you throw them out until they change their ways. Only then are they allowed back in.
Wake up people it is our internet. If we have to be a little tough and educational on some users to reduce the damage that the scum can do so be it. I'll bet there are some people in this world reading this who are not mechanics but still know how to check the water,oil,steering,fuel,tyres etc.
I learned to do those things on my car, and I learned how to do basic windows maintenance on my first couple of computers.... then I woke up and went Linux and now maintenance is easier but I still have to put up with spam.. probably generated on a defective Billy Box.
FWIW,I have had great success running Win2k and WinXP Virtual Box VMs, latest version 3.1.2 runs great on Ubuntu 9.10 64bit. If you have the speed/power this is your answer.
I tried the ATO "E record" application in wine last year (Ubuntu 9.04 64bit AMD 5200) and it ran very fast, but I did not "fiddle with the knobs and dials" so to speak, it may be worth it for you to try that.Ubuntu has Wine 1.31 in their repos now and it runs some of my old windows games.I am sure that Fedora will be at least as advanced.
If you poke around in your relevant forum/fora you may be pleasantly surprised. Good luck !
I've got them so far, I still get paper phone books in BrisVegas too.Here is one for you.... I have heard claims by Microsoft that they (Microeffingsoft) make quality software. Have a great day, don't let the trolls and idiots get you down.
You could give Sabayon Linux a try, they have a recent release out now and it flies on my machine. The forum is quite helpfull and you have a backup forum with gentoo. Cheers.
Unlike a few of the readers/contributors to this thread I can tell the difference between clay and bull manure.Wake up people, the SCO thing is only an opening gambit in the whole game.
The game is to eliminate your freedom of choice and to ensure you pay your M$ licence fee every few years.
The fact that you would be in the mainstream of software mediocrity at that time is just a bonus to them, they can SELL you something later that will do what THEY want you to do. That something is probably a something that you already use for free and freely now!
Please reread my third sentence, it is the M$ way, always has been and always will be.
Not everyone, surely ??
Statistics could be used to prove that at least fifty percent of M$ employees don't hate M$.... couldn't they ??
Perhaps M$ could commission 'an independent survey' to prove that M$ is not hated by everyone....
Well said bmo, the clarity of your appreciation of what is really going on is refreshing. I could not word it better and feel that some others haven't yet 'got a grip on it'.Your use of uppercase and colorful words on/. is probably required at this stage to help the few still in the dark to 'get a grip' on the real situation. There will be no more Suse/Novell in this household. Have a great day !
This low life spammer has a very bad attitude toward his victims. He is listed on the Spamhaus site. It makes interesting reading.I hope he rots behind bars after all of his assets are taken from him.
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The slippery slope doth approach... The dinosaur is at the tar-pit of doom ....get pizza and beer.
He's mostly harmless, intelligent people can see that he has pent up anger issues inside of him, I like to check on him once in a while just to see if he is still going. He probably doesn't 'get it' --- freedom and all that stuff, maybe he is worried that Microsoft stock is about to tank, I would be! Who would buy that stock after Microsoft lost the LSE platform deal last year after those catastrophic failures. What a recommendation! I still chuckle.
I just checked spamcop stats page, we had a few quiet days but everything is back to normal, thanks for coming.
Try nice first, if that fails show him how you load your Glock.
This idea is one of the biggest insults that Microsoft has pulled lately, Mr Charney must think he is a comedian, surely. I know that a clean internet is a 'good thing', but a Microsoft free internet would be a 'better thing'. We probably can't have that for a while so in the interim I suggest a reasonable tax on all Microsoft software to clean up 'my internet' until the problem has gone away. I use zero Microsoft products, but faulty Microsoft products do ruin 'my internet experience' and I truly loathe those responsible. So let us all ram home responsibility where it belongs, let Big Stevie know what we think of Little Scotty's idea.
It's Time to show some gumption and at least start the process of doing the right thing. It will be expensive to correct our past errors, it always is. It is better to provide jobs and industrial growth for Australia rather than growth of foreign propriety companies. If Peru can stick it to Microsoft in such a polite and correct manner we should be able to second the motion. Munich is doing a slow changeover so there are no losers, we can do the same. Imagine.. the Australian Government paying Australian programmers/developers to create and support software to help Australian taxpaying citizens in Australia to improve their Australian lives .. who would ever think of that.
It's Time, It's Time, Oh It's Time.
FWIW, my anecdotal, non-flaming stats on my OOo experiences of myself,my three adult kids and two grandmothers converted from Windzzz/M$office to OOo over the last few years... Six happy users of OOo ... Five happy Linux users (one kid just won't let go)... Eleven missing licences at Redmond!... Priceless!... I can hear the chairs crashing now.
All of us only do the odd letter and I run a spaghetti spreadsheet to track some finances.I figure we have collectively saved somewhere between A$2000-A$4000 over the past five years. YMMV.
Fantastic ! I love it.
A bit like people pissing in your swimming pool, you ask them not to, they continue, you throw them out until they change their ways. Only then are they allowed back in. Wake up people it is our internet. If we have to be a little tough and educational on some users to reduce the damage that the scum can do so be it. I'll bet there are some people in this world reading this who are not mechanics but still know how to check the water,oil,steering,fuel,tyres etc. I learned to do those things on my car, and I learned how to do basic windows maintenance on my first couple of computers .... then I woke up and went Linux and now maintenance is easier but I still have to put up with spam .. probably generated on a defective Billy Box.
FWIW,I have had great success running Win2k and WinXP Virtual Box VMs, latest version 3.1.2 runs great on Ubuntu 9.10 64bit. If you have the speed/power this is your answer. I tried the ATO "E record" application in wine last year (Ubuntu 9.04 64bit AMD 5200) and it ran very fast, but I did not "fiddle with the knobs and dials" so to speak, it may be worth it for you to try that.Ubuntu has Wine 1.31 in their repos now and it runs some of my old windows games.I am sure that Fedora will be at least as advanced. If you poke around in your relevant forum/fora you may be pleasantly surprised. Good luck !
I've got them so far, I still get paper phone books in BrisVegas too.Here is one for you.... I have heard claims by Microsoft that they (Microeffingsoft) make quality software. Have a great day, don't let the trolls and idiots get you down.
I had a Z-80 for my first effort, it had some 1s , but not many ... but when you are flying at 1.77Mhz you don't need that many of them.
You could give Sabayon Linux a try, they have a recent release out now and it flies on my machine. The forum is quite helpfull and you have a backup forum with gentoo. Cheers.
Unlike a few of the readers/contributors to this thread I can tell the difference between clay and bull manure.Wake up people, the SCO thing is only an opening gambit in the whole game. The game is to eliminate your freedom of choice and to ensure you pay your M$ licence fee every few years. The fact that you would be in the mainstream of software mediocrity at that time is just a bonus to them, they can SELL you something later that will do what THEY want you to do. That something is probably a something that you already use for free and freely now! Please reread my third sentence, it is the M$ way, always has been and always will be.
He is scum, don't forget that, I can't think of one reason to ever allow him to see the light of day again.
It seems to me that M$ wants to sue people/companies etc for having the intelligence to not use Windows. Steve is gonna need more chairs.
Your grasp on reality is truly enlightening.
Not everyone, surely ?? Statistics could be used to prove that at least fifty percent of M$ employees don't hate M$.... couldn't they ?? Perhaps M$ could commission 'an independent survey' to prove that M$ is not hated by everyone....
Well said bmo, the clarity of your appreciation of what is really going on is refreshing. I could not word it better and feel that some others haven't yet 'got a grip on it'.Your use of uppercase and colorful words on /. is probably required at this stage to help the few still in the dark to 'get a grip' on the real situation.
There will be no more Suse/Novell in this household.
Have a great day !
I have signed the petition. I am only a taxi driver, but I can smell the true aroma of this deal down here in Brisbane.
This low life spammer has a very bad attitude toward his victims. He is listed on the Spamhaus site. It makes interesting reading.I hope he rots behind bars after all of his assets are taken from him.