Buffalo Internet and Computer Magazine

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Fri May 17 08:32:00 EDT 2002


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What's wrong with windows xp?
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Number one on my list would have to be the fact that if you change motherboards or certain hard ware that the system will fail. Then on reinstalls, you&nbsp; need to call the mothership to get a new key number for your precious OS that is assigned through a very clever formula. Not my opinion of a good way to protect against piracy. I'm sure the people on the mothership think so though. After all you must want it that way right?
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That would be my biggest beef on xp, one of the other beefs would be the same as usual with ms os's, what amounts to very minor changes, mostly gui, then charging an average of $100.
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I'm sure the rest of this group could highlight a few beefs as well.
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On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 05:09, Ronald Maggio wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>----- Original Message -----</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>From: &quot;S. Lawton &quot; &lt;green_man at bluefrognet.net&gt;</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>To: &lt;nflug at nflug.org&gt;</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:36 PM</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Subject: Re: Buffalo Internet and Computer Magazine</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt;</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; On 10 May 2002, at 7:14, Justin Bennett wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; &gt; Ok I'm up for it, I'm thinking a &quot;What is Linux&quot; Article, maybe</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>explaining</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; &gt; what linux is, as well as opensource and it's advantages. Then throw a</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>NFLUG</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; &gt; plug at the bottom.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt;</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; [Large Edit]</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; I think that's a good idea.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; When I was considering a new computer, a friend asked me what</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; OS I was putting in. I had heard of Linux, but had no idea what it</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; really was. I took a virtual tour of Windows XP and knew I definitely</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; did NOT want that.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>And what's wrong with XP? I'm using it! Had no problems installing it on an</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>old lagacy box. The only problem I had was for it to see the modem and give</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>it drivers. I slipped in a PCI Motorola modem and used win 2000 drivers. Now</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I can connect up. I liked the looks of XP the first time I saw it at</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>CompUSA. XP is if one really looks at it is Win NT version 5. Take some of</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>98SE, ME, NT 4.0 Win 2000 and put them all together and you got XP. It's not</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>a bad OS. As stated I'm running it on a legacy box its perking along. After</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>all its the Win NT kernel not the Win 9x kernel. Just my two cents worth!</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Ron:)</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; I bounced around 4 or 5 websites investigating Linux, found a link</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; to NFLUG's site, and 2 days later I was at a meeting asking</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; questions.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt;</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; Scott</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>&gt; Registered Linux User 261118</FONT></FONT></I>
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