[url]http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm[/url]

Alias

One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a price.

One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up your
time.

One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile the kernel
if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the other has a flexible
API enabling developers to write drivers so that when you get a new printer,
it works.

One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the year their
OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this every year since
1996 - the other can be found working away -guess where - on the desktop.

One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7 and it
blows.

Saucy


"Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=blue]
>
> Alias[/color]

The difference is as between Commercial/Busienss OS (Windows) and Drunken
Koala as if Koala wasn't already lazy (Ubuntu).

Saucy wrote:[color=blue]
> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a price.[/color]

A lie.
[color=blue]
>
> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up your
> time.[/color]

Another lie.
[color=blue]
>
> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile the
> kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the other has a
> flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so that when you get a
> new printer, it works.[/color]

My, my, another lie.
[color=blue]
>
> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the year
> their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this every year
> since 1996 - the other can be found working away -guess where - on the
> desktop.[/color]

Dell has about a dozen Ubuntu based computers yet you say "they can't
give it away".
[color=blue]
>
> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7 and it
> blows.
>
> Saucy[/color]

And you swallow.

Linux sucking:

[url]http://androidtux.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/windows_sucks.jpg[/url]

Ewwww Windows juice!

Alias[color=blue]
>
>
> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=green]
>>
>> Alias[/color]
>[/color]

"Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
news:hc6i5h$mlv$3@news.eternal-september.org...[color=blue]
> Saucy wrote:[color=green]
>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a price.[/color]
>
> A lie.
>[color=green]
>>
>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up your
>> time.[/color]
>
> Another lie.
>[color=green]
>>
>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile the
>> kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the other has a
>> flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so that when you get a
>> new printer, it works.[/color]
>
> My, my, another lie.
>[color=green]
>>
>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the year
>> their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this every year
>> since 1996 - the other can be found working away -guess where - on the
>> desktop.[/color]
>
> Dell has about a dozen Ubuntu based computers yet you say "they can't give
> it away".
>[color=green]
>>
>> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7 and it
>> blows.
>>
>> Saucy[/color]
>
> And you swallow.
>
> Linux sucking:
>
> [url]http://androidtux.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/windows_sucks.jpg[/url]
>
> Ewwww Windows juice!
>
> Alias[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Alias[/color][/color][/color]

Also, Ubuntu is the only operating system with the 'spinning cube' and has
the best wallpaper in the world!

Alias

I know you are hurting Alias. So I overlook the personal insults in this
time of your pain. Since I've reading this thread this morning more copies
of Windows 7 have been installed on desktop harddrives than the entire
existing Ubuntu install base.

Don't deny your pain, Alias, let it out. Send be a P.O. Box and I well send
you a box of kleenex in celebra/x/x/x/ with condolences for you on Ubuntu's
obscurity (although I heard there's a town in Spain near some shore where
some Yankee expatriot pays off everyone there to run Ubuntu in order to feed
his delusion that Ubuntu is "everywhere" on the desktop).

Saucy


"Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
news:hc6i5h$mlv$3@news.eternal-september.org...[color=blue]
> Saucy wrote:[color=green]
>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a price.[/color]
>
> A lie.
>[color=green]
>>
>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up your
>> time.[/color]
>
> Another lie.
>[color=green]
>>
>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile the
>> kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the other has a
>> flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so that when you get a
>> new printer, it works.[/color]
>
> My, my, another lie.
>[color=green]
>>
>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the year
>> their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this every year
>> since 1996 - the other can be found working away -guess where - on the
>> desktop.[/color]
>
> Dell has about a dozen Ubuntu based computers yet you say "they can't give
> it away".
>[color=green]
>>
>> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7 and it
>> blows.
>>
>> Saucy[/color]
>
> And you swallow.
>
> Linux sucking:
>
> [url]http://androidtux.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/windows_sucks.jpg[/url]
>
> Ewwww Windows juice!
>
> Alias[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Alias[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=blue]
>
>
> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hc6i5h$mlv$3@news.eternal-september.org...[color=green]
>> Saucy wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a price.[/color]
>>
>> A lie.[/color]
>
> It's true. You are ill informed as usual. Typical Ubuntard.
>[color=green]
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up
>>> your time.[/color]
>>
>> Another lie.
>>[/color]
> It's true. You are ill informed as usual. Typical Ubuntard.
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>
>>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile the
>>> kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the other has
>>> a flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so that when you
>>> get a new printer, it works.[/color]
>>
>> My, my, another lie.[/color]
>
> It's true. You are ill informed as usual. Typical Ubuntard.
>[color=green]
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the year
>>> their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this every
>>> year since 1996 - the other can be found working away -guess where -
>>> on the desktop.[/color]
>>
>> Dell has about a dozen Ubuntu based computers yet you say "they can't
>> give it away".
>>[/color]
>
> So you are saying that Dell has sold about a dozen PCs with Ubuntu? I
> didn't know they sold that many!
>
>
> Everyone knows that Ubuntu is worth exactly what you pay for it: NOTHING
>
>
>[/color]

You're just bound and determined to reveal to everyone your bias,
ignorance and stupidity, aren't you? Well, you're doing a great job.
Keep it up!

Alias

Saucy wrote:[color=blue]
> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a price.
>
> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up your
> time.
>
> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile the
> kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the other has a
> flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so that when you get a
> new printer, it works.
>
> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the year
> their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this every year
> since 1996 - the other can be found working away -guess where - on the
> desktop.
>
> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7 and it
> blows.
>
> Saucy[/color]

If Windows is really so good and linux sucks, I wonder why instead of
innovating, MS is claiming creation of a bunch of "new" features in Win7
are in reality features copied from linux that have been in linux for years!

[url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009&tag=nl.e011[/url]

This is not to say that everything about one OS or the other sucks but
maybe they both have a purpose for many people, even if not for you
personally. You just seem to sound so closed minded Saucy.
[color=blue]
>
>
> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=green]
>>
>> Alias[/color]
>[/color]


--
"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
[url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url]

I guess you have no reply to this Saucy. Big surprise there. Oh well.

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:[color=blue]
> Saucy the top poster wrote:[color=green]
>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a price.
>>
>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up
>> your time.
>>
>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile the
>> kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the other has
>> a flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so that when you
>> get a new printer, it works.
>>
>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the year
>> their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this every year
>> since 1996 - the other can be found working away -guess where - on the
>> desktop.
>>
>> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7 and it
>> blows.
>>
>> Saucy[/color]
>
> If Windows is really so good and linux sucks, I wonder why instead of
> innovating, MS is claiming creation of a bunch of "new" features in Win7
> are in reality features copied from linux that have been in linux for
> years!
>
> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009&tag=nl.e011[/url]
>
> This is not to say that everything about one OS or the other sucks but
> maybe they both have a purpose for many people, even if not for you
> personally. You just seem to sound so closed minded Saucy.
>[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Alias[/color]
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]


--
"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
[url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url]

That Microsoft "doesn't innovate" is just a slogan. It has no meaning except
as a tool to manipulate emotions. Most all software is built on what comes
before anyway. Rarely does anyone completely reinvent the wheel. E.g.
Microsoft Office had to be written in a computer language - one Microsoft
didn't necessarily invent i.e. Microsoft probably did not invent the
computer languages C or C++. Microsoft however may have contributed to its
development. Microsoft has hundreds maybe thousands of programmers. To say
none of them ever innovate is ridiculous.

And, yes, Microsoft did create a computer language in recent history, namely
C#. It also extended languages such as C++ so that they could be written in
managed code etc. etc. etc.

But as I've already killfiled Alias, I really have no intention of carrying
on with this sort of vacuous drivel.

Saucy



"The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"
<me123@privacy.net> wrote in message news:hca2jj$f99$1@aioe.org...[color=blue]
> I guess you have no reply to this Saucy. Big surprise there. Oh well.
>
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> wrote:[color=green]
>> Saucy the top poster wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a price.
>>>
>>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up your
>>> time.
>>>
>>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile the
>>> kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the other has a
>>> flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so that when you get a
>>> new printer, it works.
>>>
>>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the year
>>> their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this every year
>>> since 1996 - the other can be found working away -guess where - on the
>>> desktop.
>>>
>>> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7 and it
>>> blows.
>>>
>>> Saucy[/color]
>>
>> If Windows is really so good and linux sucks, I wonder why instead of
>> innovating, MS is claiming creation of a bunch of "new" features in Win7
>> are in reality features copied from linux that have been in linux for
>> years!
>>
>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009&tag=nl.e011[/url]
>>
>> This is not to say that everything about one OS or the other sucks but
>> maybe they both have a purpose for many people, even if not for you
>> personally. You just seem to sound so closed minded Saucy.
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>
>>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>[/color]
>>
>>[/color]
>
>
> --
> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
> - Linus Torvalds
>
> DRM and unintended consequences:
> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url][/color]

Saucy wrote:[color=blue]
> That Microsoft "doesn't innovate" is just a slogan. It has no meaning
> except as a tool to manipulate emotions. Most all software is built on
> what comes before anyway. Rarely does anyone completely reinvent the
> wheel. E.g. Microsoft Office had to be written in a computer language -
> one Microsoft didn't necessarily invent i.e. Microsoft probably did not
> invent the computer languages C or C++. Microsoft however may have
> contributed to its development. Microsoft has hundreds maybe thousands
> of programmers. To say none of them ever innovate is ridiculous.
>
> And, yes, Microsoft did create a computer language in recent history,
> namely C#. It also extended languages such as C++ so that they could be
> written in managed code etc. etc. etc.[/color]

MS created C# if you call creation deriving it from other languages:
"C# is an object-oriented language derived from C, with some features
from C++, Java, and Visual Basic."
[url]http://cgibin.erols.com/ziring/cgi-bin/cep/cep.pl?_key=C%23[/url]

I guess MS "innovated" C# from other languages just like they
"innovated" Win7 from linux and other sources!
[color=blue]
>
> But as I've already killfiled Alias, I really have no intention of
> carrying on with this sort of vacuous drivel.
>
> Saucy[/color]

I would indeed agree your contribution to this thread is "vacuous drivel".
[color=blue]
>
>
>
> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"
> <me123@privacy.net> wrote in message news:hca2jj$f99$1@aioe.org...[color=green]
>> I guess you have no reply to this Saucy. Big surprise there. Oh well.
>>
>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
>> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Saucy the top poster wrote:
>>>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a price.
>>>>
>>>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up
>>>> your time.
>>>>
>>>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile
>>>> the kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the
>>>> other has a flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so
>>>> that when you get a new printer, it works.
>>>>
>>>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the year
>>>> their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this every
>>>> year since 1996 - the other can be found working away -guess where -
>>>> on the desktop.
>>>>
>>>> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7 and
>>>> it blows.
>>>>
>>>> Saucy
>>>
>>> If Windows is really so good and linux sucks, I wonder why instead of
>>> innovating, MS is claiming creation of a bunch of "new" features in
>>> Win7 are in reality features copied from linux that have been in
>>> linux for years!
>>>
>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009&tag=nl.e011[/url]
>>>
>>> This is not to say that everything about one OS or the other sucks
>>> but maybe they both have a purpose for many people, even if not for
>>> you personally. You just seem to sound so closed minded Saucy.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>
>>>[/color]
>>
>>
>> --
>> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
>> - Linus Torvalds
>>
>> DRM and unintended consequences:
>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url][/color]
>[/color]

jim wrote:[color=blue]
> Saucy wrote:[color=green]
>> That Microsoft "doesn't innovate" is just a slogan. It has no meaning
>> except as a tool to manipulate emotions. Most all software is built on
>> what comes before anyway. Rarely does anyone completely reinvent the
>> wheel. E.g. Microsoft Office had to be written in a computer language
>> - one Microsoft didn't necessarily invent i.e. Microsoft probably did
>> not invent the computer languages C or C++. Microsoft however may have
>> contributed to its development. Microsoft has hundreds maybe thousands
>> of programmers. To say none of them ever innovate is ridiculous.
>>
>> And, yes, Microsoft did create a computer language in recent history,
>> namely C#. It also extended languages such as C++ so that they could
>> be written in managed code etc. etc. etc.[/color]
>
> MS created C# if you call creation deriving it from other languages:
> "C# is an object-oriented language derived from C, with some features
> from C++, Java, and Visual Basic."
> [url]http://cgibin.erols.com/ziring/cgi-bin/cep/cep.pl?_key=C%23[/url]
>
> I guess MS "innovated" C# from other languages just like they
> "innovated" Win7 from linux and other sources![/color]

You mean like LT "invented" linux...from Unix?[color=blue]
>[color=green]
>>
>> But as I've already killfiled Alias, I really have no intention of
>> carrying on with this sort of vacuous drivel.
>>
>> Saucy[/color]
>
> I would indeed agree your contribution to this thread is "vacuous drivel".
>[color=green]
>>
>>
>>
>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>> DiBoy'" <me123@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:hca2jj$f99$1@aioe.org...[color=darkred]
>>> I guess you have no reply to this Saucy. Big surprise there. Oh well.
>>>
>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>> DiBoy' wrote:
>>>> Saucy the top poster wrote:
>>>>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a
>>>>> price.
>>>>>
>>>>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees up
>>>>> your time.
>>>>>
>>>>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile
>>>>> the kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the
>>>>> other has a flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so
>>>>> that when you get a new printer, it works.
>>>>>
>>>>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the
>>>>> year their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this
>>>>> every year since 1996 - the other can be found working away -guess
>>>>> where - on the desktop.
>>>>>
>>>>> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7 and
>>>>> it blows.
>>>>>
>>>>> Saucy
>>>>
>>>> If Windows is really so good and linux sucks, I wonder why instead
>>>> of innovating, MS is claiming creation of a bunch of "new" features
>>>> in Win7 are in reality features copied from linux that have been in
>>>> linux for years!
>>>>
>>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009&tag=nl.e011[/url]
>>>>
>>>> This is not to say that everything about one OS or the other sucks
>>>> but maybe they both have a purpose for many people, even if not for
>>>> you personally. You just seem to sound so closed minded Saucy.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
>>> - Linus Torvalds
>>>
>>> DRM and unintended consequences:
>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url][/color]
>>[/color][/color]

jim wrote:[color=blue]
> Frank wrote:[color=green]
>> jim wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>> That Microsoft "doesn't innovate" is just a slogan. It has no
>>>> meaning except as a tool to manipulate emotions. Most all software
>>>> is built on what comes before anyway. Rarely does anyone completely
>>>> reinvent the wheel. E.g. Microsoft Office had to be written in a
>>>> computer language - one Microsoft didn't necessarily invent i.e.
>>>> Microsoft probably did not invent the computer languages C or C++.
>>>> Microsoft however may have contributed to its development. Microsoft
>>>> has hundreds maybe thousands of programmers. To say none of them
>>>> ever innovate is ridiculous.
>>>>
>>>> And, yes, Microsoft did create a computer language in recent
>>>> history, namely C#. It also extended languages such as C++ so that
>>>> they could be written in managed code etc. etc. etc.
>>>
>>> MS created C# if you call creation deriving it from other languages:
>>> "C# is an object-oriented language derived from C, with some features
>>> from C++, Java, and Visual Basic."
>>> [url]http://cgibin.erols.com/ziring/cgi-bin/cep/cep.pl?_key=C%23[/url]
>>>
>>> I guess MS "innovated" C# from other languages just like they
>>> "innovated" Win7 from linux and other sources![/color]
>>
>> You mean like LT "invented" linux...from Unix?[/color]
>
> That's just off-topic for this thread. We were talking about MS, not
> other OSes, lol. Maybe instead of spending so much time complaining
> about others posting off-topic about other OSes in this group, you
> should instead focus on following your own advice? :)
>[/color]
Nice try at backpedaling...hahahah!!!...LOL! Now you try talking about
MS without mentioning linux ok?...Hahahah!!!
Oops!!![color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>
>>>>
>>>> But as I've already killfiled Alias, I really have no intention of
>>>> carrying on with this sort of vacuous drivel.
>>>>
>>>> Saucy
>>>
>>> I would indeed agree your contribution to this thread is "vacuous
>>> drivel".
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>> DiBoy'" <me123@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:hca2jj$f99$1@aioe.org...
>>>>> I guess you have no reply to this Saucy. Big surprise there. Oh
>>>>> well.
>>>>>
>>>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>>> DiBoy' wrote:
>>>>>> Saucy the top poster wrote:
>>>>>>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a
>>>>>>> price.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees
>>>>>>> up your time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to recompile
>>>>>>> the kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to work, the
>>>>>>> other has a flexible API enabling developers to write drivers so
>>>>>>> that when you get a new printer, it works.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the
>>>>>>> year their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this
>>>>>>> every year since 1996 - the other can be found working away
>>>>>>> -guess where - on the desktop.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7
>>>>>>> and it blows.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Saucy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If Windows is really so good and linux sucks, I wonder why instead
>>>>>> of innovating, MS is claiming creation of a bunch of "new"
>>>>>> features in Win7 are in reality features copied from linux that
>>>>>> have been in linux for years!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009&tag=nl.e011[/url]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is not to say that everything about one OS or the other sucks
>>>>>> but maybe they both have a purpose for many people, even if not
>>>>>> for you personally. You just seem to sound so closed minded Saucy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
>>>>> - Linus Torvalds
>>>>>
>>>>> DRM and unintended consequences:
>>>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url]
>>>>[/color][/color][/color]

Frank wrote:[color=blue]
> jim wrote:[color=green]
>> Frank wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> jim wrote:
>>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>>> That Microsoft "doesn't innovate" is just a slogan. It has no
>>>>> meaning except as a tool to manipulate emotions. Most all software
>>>>> is built on what comes before anyway. Rarely does anyone completely
>>>>> reinvent the wheel. E.g. Microsoft Office had to be written in a
>>>>> computer language - one Microsoft didn't necessarily invent i.e.
>>>>> Microsoft probably did not invent the computer languages C or C++.
>>>>> Microsoft however may have contributed to its development.
>>>>> Microsoft has hundreds maybe thousands of programmers. To say none
>>>>> of them ever innovate is ridiculous.
>>>>>
>>>>> And, yes, Microsoft did create a computer language in recent
>>>>> history, namely C#. It also extended languages such as C++ so that
>>>>> they could be written in managed code etc. etc. etc.
>>>>
>>>> MS created C# if you call creation deriving it from other languages:
>>>> "C# is an object-oriented language derived from C, with some
>>>> features from C++, Java, and Visual Basic."
>>>> [url]http://cgibin.erols.com/ziring/cgi-bin/cep/cep.pl?_key=C%23[/url]
>>>>
>>>> I guess MS "innovated" C# from other languages just like they
>>>> "innovated" Win7 from linux and other sources!
>>>
>>> You mean like LT "invented" linux...from Unix?[/color]
>>
>> That's just off-topic for this thread. We were talking about MS, not
>> other OSes, lol. Maybe instead of spending so much time complaining
>> about others posting off-topic about other OSes in this group, you
>> should instead focus on following your own advice? :)
>>[/color]
> Nice try at backpedaling...hahahah!!!...LOL! Now you try talking about
> MS without mentioning linux ok?...Hahahah!!!
> Oops!!![/color]

Yes, I think you made an oops too. Saucy ran away from the subject tail
between legs as though kicked, and now you are going in hypocritical
circles chasing your tail and offering off-topic blather having nothing
to do with the actual topic of the thread.

Too bad, I thought this could be an interesting discussion.
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> But as I've already killfiled Alias, I really have no intention of
>>>>> carrying on with this sort of vacuous drivel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Saucy
>>>>
>>>> I would indeed agree your contribution to this thread is "vacuous
>>>> drivel".
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>>> DiBoy'" <me123@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:hca2jj$f99$1@aioe.org...
>>>>>> I guess you have no reply to this Saucy. Big surprise there. Oh
>>>>>> well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>>>> DiBoy' wrote:
>>>>>>> Saucy the top poster wrote:
>>>>>>>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands a
>>>>>>>> price.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but frees
>>>>>>>> up your time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to
>>>>>>>> recompile the kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to
>>>>>>>> work, the other has a flexible API enabling developers to write
>>>>>>>> drivers so that when you get a new printer, it works.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the
>>>>>>>> year their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking this
>>>>>>>> every year since 1996 - the other can be found working away
>>>>>>>> -guess where - on the desktop.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7
>>>>>>>> and it blows.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Saucy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If Windows is really so good and linux sucks, I wonder why
>>>>>>> instead of innovating, MS is claiming creation of a bunch of
>>>>>>> "new" features in Win7 are in reality features copied from linux
>>>>>>> that have been in linux for years!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009&tag=nl.e011[/url]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is not to say that everything about one OS or the other
>>>>>>> sucks but maybe they both have a purpose for many people, even if
>>>>>>> not for you personally. You just seem to sound so closed minded
>>>>>>> Saucy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
>>>>>> - Linus Torvalds
>>>>>>
>>>>>> DRM and unintended consequences:
>>>>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url]
>>>>>[/color][/color][/color]

jim wrote:[color=blue]
> Frank wrote:[color=green]
>> jim wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Frank wrote:
>>>> jim wrote:
>>>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>>>> That Microsoft "doesn't innovate" is just a slogan. It has no
>>>>>> meaning except as a tool to manipulate emotions. Most all software
>>>>>> is built on what comes before anyway. Rarely does anyone
>>>>>> completely reinvent the wheel. E.g. Microsoft Office had to be
>>>>>> written in a computer language - one Microsoft didn't necessarily
>>>>>> invent i.e. Microsoft probably did not invent the computer
>>>>>> languages C or C++. Microsoft however may have contributed to its
>>>>>> development. Microsoft has hundreds maybe thousands of
>>>>>> programmers. To say none of them ever innovate is ridiculous.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And, yes, Microsoft did create a computer language in recent
>>>>>> history, namely C#. It also extended languages such as C++ so that
>>>>>> they could be written in managed code etc. etc. etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> MS created C# if you call creation deriving it from other languages:
>>>>> "C# is an object-oriented language derived from C, with some
>>>>> features from C++, Java, and Visual Basic."
>>>>> [url]http://cgibin.erols.com/ziring/cgi-bin/cep/cep.pl?_key=C%23[/url]
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess MS "innovated" C# from other languages just like they
>>>>> "innovated" Win7 from linux and other sources!
>>>>
>>>> You mean like LT "invented" linux...from Unix?
>>>
>>> That's just off-topic for this thread. We were talking about MS, not
>>> other OSes, lol. Maybe instead of spending so much time complaining
>>> about others posting off-topic about other OSes in this group, you
>>> should instead focus on following your own advice? :)
>>>[/color]
>> Nice try at backpedaling...hahahah!!!...LOL! Now you try talking about
>> MS without mentioning linux ok?...Hahahah!!!
>> Oops!!![/color]
>
> Yes, I think you made an oops too. Saucy ran away from the subject tail
> between legs as though kicked, and now you are going in hypocritical
> circles chasing your tail and offering off-topic blather having nothing
> to do with the actual topic of the thread.
>
> Too bad, I thought this could be an interesting discussion.[/color]

Yeah you went into hyperbole at the mere mention of LT!...hahaha!
Oops![color=blue]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But as I've already killfiled Alias, I really have no intention of
>>>>>> carrying on with this sort of vacuous drivel.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Saucy
>>>>>
>>>>> I would indeed agree your contribution to this thread is "vacuous
>>>>> drivel".
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>>>> DiBoy'" <me123@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:hca2jj$f99$1@aioe.org...
>>>>>>> I guess you have no reply to this Saucy. Big surprise there. Oh
>>>>>>> well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>>>>> DiBoy' wrote:
>>>>>>>> Saucy the top poster wrote:
>>>>>>>>> One you can't give away even at zero cents, the other commands
>>>>>>>>> a price.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One is free if your time is worthless, the other costs but
>>>>>>>>> frees up your time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One is so "open" and "flexible" they leave it to you to
>>>>>>>>> recompile the kernel if you get a new printer need to get it to
>>>>>>>>> work, the other has a flexible API enabling developers to write
>>>>>>>>> drivers so that when you get a new printer, it works.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One has a small bunch of followers who all think this is is the
>>>>>>>>> year their OS takes the desktop - and they've been thinking
>>>>>>>>> this every year since 1996 - the other can be found working
>>>>>>>>> away -guess where - on the desktop.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One is called Linux and it sucks, the other is called Windows 7
>>>>>>>>> and it blows.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Saucy
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If Windows is really so good and linux sucks, I wonder why
>>>>>>>> instead of innovating, MS is claiming creation of a bunch of
>>>>>>>> "new" features in Win7 are in reality features copied from linux
>>>>>>>> that have been in linux for years!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009&tag=nl.e011[/url]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is not to say that everything about one OS or the other
>>>>>>>> sucks but maybe they both have a purpose for many people, even
>>>>>>>> if not for you personally. You just seem to sound so closed
>>>>>>>> minded Saucy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:hc531b$3f6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
>>>>>>> - Linus Torvalds
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> DRM and unintended consequences:
>>>>>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url]
>>>>>>[/color][/color][/color]