<spankydemonkey******.com> wrote in message
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On May 15, 5:44 pm, kevpan815 <kevpan...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I Have Been Both A Microsoft Windows Server 2008 User (Since Beta 2
> Release
> On MSDN), And An Open Source Linux Ubuntu User (Since 7.04) 4 Over A Year
> Now, Just FYI.
>
>
>
> "Canuck57" wrote:
>
> > "Moshe Goldfarb" <brick.n.st...******.com> wrote in message
> >news:1tw6kma902o6m.wh4qs1u85wqu.dlg@40tude.net. ..
> > > On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:16:51 -0700 (PDT), car...@linuxjournal.com
> > > wrote:
>
> > >> Linux Journal is polling to find out how long people have
> > >> individually
> > >> been using Linux.
> > >>http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/...een-linux-user
>
> > > They should add the word continuously into that survey because most
> > > people:
>
> > > Try Linux
> > > Dump Linux
> > > Try Linux
> > > Dump Linux
> > > Try Linux
> > > Dump Linux
>
> > > and over and over again each time hoping Linux has improved and they
> > > can
> > > finally move off Windows.
>
> > > It hasn't happened for most yet based upon the 0.65 percent of desktop
> > > market share Linux has.
>
> > Been using it since Slackware days, 0.97p1 or so. Download from a BBS
> > and
> > make floppies for the install. Been running one version or another ever
> > since. Which reminds me, Fedora 9 is out, and all the mirrors were
> > plugged
> > yesterday and the day before. Time to try again, no extra charge either.
> > It
> > is so popular even the 1GB links are plugged solid.
>
> > But then, I have been UNIX literate for over 22 years. Unlike MS-Win
> > fanboys I could put more in my brain than MS-FUD. Linux/UNIX is more
> > secure
> > and more stable. Part of the reason windows does not own the server
> > market.
> > It just isn't stable and robust enough for some applications.
>
> > One observation, Linux has always been technically superior to
> > MS-Windows.
> > But it just didn't come with a marketing machine and lobster dinners
> > with
> > the CIO. Linux now has a better and more capable than Vista interface
> > (Compiz) and is much faster, people should try it. Linux often had the
> > same
> > technologies that MS-Windows uses, LDAP, Kerberos and even native TCP
> > come
> > to mind. Which of course Microsoft borrowed and bastardized. My current
> > recommended distros are Ubuntu and Fedora.
>
> > You should see Compiz work, amazing. Windows done right. MS-Windows for
> > boyz, X-Windows for men.
>
> > Resistance is not futile. It is actually profitable.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

How can you be a user when all you do is install Ubuntu, install
Windows 2008 Server RTM BFD, install Vista, play with your latex
girlfriend and then start it all over again day after day

At least he uses a latex girlfriend. We all know what your latex toy is and
where you put it.