Is it too late to start hating Microsoft/Windows products? - Page 2

Perry Winkle · 08-16-2005, 09:40 AM

Beta 4 of SymphonyOS is out, based on the Linux kernel. Supposedly it is the interface layer of GNU/Linux done right. I can't wait to give it a try.

Hobbs · 08-16-2005, 09:48 AM

I personally have had lesser problems with my client's machines after I loaded WinXP then when they were all running Win98 and even Win2grand. My servers have got 2003 on them and I've never been happier. All in all, I've been pretty satisfied with Microsoft lately.

Perry Winkle · 08-16-2005, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by dar512

There is an OSS project called Haiku which is working to recreate BeOS. It is getting well along and there is the final (free) release of BeOS to work from in the mean time. It is much more pleasant to use than Linux for a single user, non-server, machine. Worth looking at.

I've heard about Haiku various places but never bothered to read up at all. What's the Sci-Fi writer who is BeOS fanboy? Is it Neal Stephenson?

I can't seem to find where to download Haiku, I guess haiku-os.org is their official site?

I did find a review of yellowTab's Zeta 1.0 which sounds interesting but there's no way in hell I'm paying $130 for it without a compelling reason.

BigV · 08-16-2005, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Ignoring substantive issues is SOP for gigantic corporations flush with other people's money. Hopefully, such blatant disregard for your customer base is the first step to failure.

I know "OPM" sounds cool, but in this context I don't think it applies. I doubt there's much Microsoft needs to use credit for. They're exceedingly cash rich. And it's all their money.

I have to agree with Hobbs. Windows XP Pro SP2 has been beddie beddie good, to me.

BigV · 08-16-2005, 10:27 PM

Hey, now you can all wallow in it.

Happy Monkey · 08-17-2005, 02:46 PM

Or this.

dar512 · 08-17-2005, 04:39 PM

Not so much now, but when he was younger BG sounded just like kermit the frog.

08-16-2005, 09:48 AM	#2
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	I personally have had lesser problems with my client's machines after I loaded WinXP then when they were all running Win98 and even Win2grand. My servers have got 2003 on them and I've never been happier. All in all, I've been pretty satisfied with Microsoft lately. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

08-16-2005, 10:27 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Hey, now you can all wallow in it. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-17-2005, 02:46 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Or this. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-17-2005, 04:39 PM	#7
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Not so much now, but when he was younger BG sounded just like kermit the frog. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

08-16-2005, 09:40 AM	#1
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Beta 4 of SymphonyOS is out, based on the Linux kernel. Supposedly it is the interface layer of GNU/Linux done right. I can't wait to give it a try.

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