"mike" <spamme0@go.com> wrote in message
news:eZYWg.18182$wE5.17351@trnddc02
> Linux doesn't have a prayer of being successful until the day that you
> can walk into CompUSA and every piece of hardware you buy comes with a
> linux driver and setup program that just plugs in and runs on EVERY
> flavor of linux.
>
> Lemme see...
> What distribution do I have?
> Whaddyamean missing dependencies?
> Whaddyamean I need a new kernel?
> Do I need a RPM? or is it YUM?
> Do I put it in bin or usr/bin or???
> Why is all my hair on the floor?
>
> Even those of us who are smart enough to figger it out
> don't have the patience. I gave up trying to use OpenOffice
> when I discovered I could buy REAL MSoffice at a garage sale
> for a quarter.
>
> Windows is successful not in spite of, but BECAUSE of the bloat.
>
> And yes, I too, trot out Linux when I'm feeling masochistic.
>
> But I digress...back to the original question...
> I'd not wait for Vista. I'd keep whatchagot and SKIP vista.
> I tried RC2. Doesn't support much of my hardware and never will.
> There's lots of adequately performing hardware and software out there
> that will never run Vista. The good news is it will obsolete much
> hardware and I'll be able to buy it cheap.;-)
>
> Office Depot had XP for $10 a few weeks ago. But I've not yet found
> any reason to install it.
> Don't expect we've seen the last of the good deals on XP.

Exactly Mike! :D

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Bill