Ok I am not usually the biggest MS basher, but....

[S. Lawton]

On 8 Jul 2002, at 12:25, Gregory J. Neumann wrote:

> Sorta right up there with the Win2k server being provided "AS IS AND 
> WITH ALL FAULTS" (caps, bold and italics all courtesy of Microsoft!) 
> and if the defect doesn't show up in 90 days, no recourse, and if it's 
> caused by a virus, even if the virus shipped w/ the product, no 
> recourse.  M$ has gotta have GM and Ford drooling at a warranty that 
> takes your money and guarantees next to nothing, especially if the 
> product manages to "perform substantially in accordance with 
> accompanying materials" for 90 days.  The recourse is either a "fixed" 
> product or a refund at Microsoft's option.  The "fixed" product being 
> then warranted under the same conditions for the remainder of the 90 
> days or 30 days, (and this surprised me!) whichever is longer!  Hmm... 
> I bet they fired that lawyer! ;-)  It probably reads "shorter" on the 
> amended agreement on the website.  And people want Microsoft 
> because it's supported???  I guess it's true that nobody reads those 
> EULA's!  And can you believe I agreed to that as an environment for 
> my company's critical business data?? <sigh!>  "... but I vas only 
> followink orders!"
> 
> -Greg
> 
> > This just isn't all good.................
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25956.html
> 
> 
> 
The best part is, people paid them for the privilege of corrupting 
and/or disabling their systems ! 

It's all part of the grand Master Plan to hopelessly commingle your 
web browser/emailer/news reader/instant messenger into the math 
co-processor/video controller/graphics accelerator/ sound 
controller/signal interpreter/webcam on your all in one, slot-less, 
port-less mother board. They want it to eventually be like MOTHER 
on the Sulako.

ISA- Industry Standard Architecture; DROPPED [the standard, that 
is] in favor of 

PCI- Peripheral Control Interface; DROPPED in favor of ONBOARD 
architecture, 

so that ultimately you can't use your mouse, keyboard, monitor, 
modem, speakers, camera, et cetera, unless you have their drivers 
for them, because no one else has access to the "secret code" in 
order to write one ! Soon system BIOS will be history. 

[Sorry, I had to vent, after reading that article] 

Anyway, that's why ...... 

I don't have Outlook, I have Pegasus Mail. 
I don't have Outlook, I have Opera. 
I don't have Outlook, I have Agent. 
I don't have Outlook, I have XNews. 
I don't have Outlook, I have ... er ... I don't have ANY instant 
messaging. 

And more and more, as I figure out how to do what I want and need 
to do, I can say, "I don't have Outlook, I have LINUX !" 

I actually told my brother on the phone the other day to "mount 
fd0." He said, "WHAT !!" I said, "I mean, put a disk in your A drive, 
then open it." :-) 


-- 
Scott 
Registered Linux User 261118