Buffalo Internet and Computer Magazine

Fri May 17 10:41:32 EDT 2002

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 style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From: 
 <A title=peter at thecybersource.com href="mailto:peter at thecybersource.com">Cyber 
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 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A title=nflug at nflug.org 
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 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 8:32 AM</DIV>
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 <DIV>What's wrong with windows xp? 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. </DIV>
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 <DIV>Time to start backing things &nbsp;up by now 
 wouldn't&nbsp;you say. Well since when can you always do things without any 
 chance of ending up doing&nbsp;a reinstall.</DIV>
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 <DIV>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? </DIV>
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 <DIV>Well one always has the option of doing a reinstall 
 from scratch, and not a write over.</DIV>
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 <DIV> 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. I'm sure the rest of this group 
 could highlight a few beefs as well. </DIV>
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 <DIV>Since when does anything come cheep or truely free. 
 There's always a cost or hidden cost in everything.</DIV>
 <DIV>Well true enough about the gui changes, but I see a 
 large change as compaired to NT 4.0, but the advantage is more profound if 
 you've never used Win NT and have been&nbsp;using only&nbsp;the&nbsp;Win 9x 
 kernel. I see it as a&nbsp;higher advancement&nbsp;of OS platforms available 
 on the market. As Rob says everything has its place, and for me XP has one 
 here! </DIV>
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 <DIV>And now for my comment: If we are to advance the 
 computer world forward, I think&nbsp;bashing everything that does not fit into 
 the linux point of view only sets a frame of opinion that if linux is so good 
 then why do poeple how use linux just talk about the benefits of linux through 
 example, and not through bashing of windows as a&nbsp;convincing 
 pitch!</DIV>
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 <DIV>Your truly </DIV>
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 <DIV>Ron Maggio</DIV>
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 <DIV> On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 05:09, 
 Ronald Maggio wrote: </DIV>
 <BLOCKQUOTE><PRE>----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Lawton " &lt;green_man at bluefrognet.net&gt;
To: &lt;nflug at nflug.org&gt;
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: Buffalo Internet and Computer Magazine


&gt;
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&gt; On 10 May 2002, at 7:14, Justin Bennett wrote:
&gt;
&gt; &gt; Ok I'm up for it, I'm thinking a "What is Linux" Article, maybe
explaining
&gt; &gt; what linux is, as well as opensource and it's advantages. Then throw a
NFLUG
&gt; &gt; plug at the bottom.
&gt;
&gt; [Large Edit]
&gt;
&gt; I think that's a good idea.
&gt; When I was considering a new computer, a friend asked me what
&gt; OS I was putting in. I had heard of Linux, but had no idea what it
&gt; really was. I took a virtual tour of Windows XP and knew I definitely
&gt; did NOT want that.

And what's wrong with XP? I'm using it! Had no problems installing it on an
old lagacy box. The only problem I had was for it to see the modem and give
it drivers. I slipped in a PCI Motorola modem and used win 2000 drivers. Now
I can connect up. I liked the looks of XP the first time I saw it at
CompUSA. XP is if one really looks at it is Win NT version 5. Take some of
98SE, ME, NT 4.0 Win 2000 and put them all together and you got XP. It's not
a bad OS. As stated I'm running it on a legacy box its perking along. After
all its the Win NT kernel not the Win 9x kernel. Just my two cents worth!
Ron:)


&gt; I bounced around 4 or 5 websites investigating Linux, found a link
&gt; to NFLUG's site, and 2 days later I was at a meeting asking
&gt; questions.
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; Scott
&gt;
&gt; Registered Linux User 261118
&gt;

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