Got Vista or Win7? Worry.

The one time I saw Linux on the laptop, the guy plugged in his USB mouse and
it didn't work. He comes to me hoping that I could help and all I could
think was "Get an OS that works." A few minutes later I was laughing to
myself about Linux. It was mixed with a bit of sadness though, as this guy
was depending on a free (or should I say worthless) OS to get his work done,
instead of just using the obvious - Windows - which hardly met a USB mouse
it didn't love. Linux isn't just funny, it's a joke.

Saucy



"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:#qzYj9vMKHA.4124@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
> "G.R. Barker" <grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O#X0W2vMKHA.3284@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>>
>>
>> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:eoMq6qvMKHA.4124@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>>
>>> "G.R. Barker" <grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:#ylpqnvMKHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:#x4OmWvMKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>> "G.R. Barker" <grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:e1CN$SvMKHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAKETHIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:h8doo2$cc1$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>> G.R. Barker wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Come on, you must admit that was funny. You must have a sense of
>>>>>>>> humour, you use Ubuntu.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I meant was, you need a sense of humour to have Ubuntu on your
>>>>>> computer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It may be funny to some third graders.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree. Ubuntu is funny and your a third grader.
>>>>>
>>>>> So please share with us what is "funny" about Ubuntu?
>>>>
>>>> It's funny how it didn't catch on for a start but who was talking to
>>>> you anyway?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Just interested in why you should think Ubuntu is funny. Do you think
>>> perhaps that OpenSuse is also funny? What about Fedora or Mandriva, are
>>> they also funny?
>>> Just interested in why you should think that.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>>
>> Look above o wise one. I think it's extremely funny it hasn't caught on
>> and will never compare to Windows as long as you have got a hole in your
>> anus.
>>
>> Does that satisfy your interest?
>>
>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> yes. Enough to plonk you.
> I hate people like you (on both sides) who rubbish an OS for no reason
> other than you think it's "funny".
> Grow up, and realise that there are people in this world who don't WANT to
> use MS software (for whatever reason).
> If you can't be bothered to post a reasoned argument as to why you think
> Linux is so "funny" then just shut up. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

"Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:uKuu4gwMKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> The one time I saw Linux on the laptop, the guy plugged in his USB mouse
> and it didn't work. He comes to me hoping that I could help and all I
> could think was "Get an OS that works." A few minutes later I was laughing
> to myself about Linux. It was mixed with a bit of sadness though, as this
> guy was depending on a free (or should I say worthless) OS to get his work
> done, instead of just using the obvious - Windows - which hardly met a USB
> mouse it didn't love. Linux isn't just funny, it's a joke.
><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Hmm. I plug in a USB mouse - it works. I attach a printer, Ubuntu already
has the drivers in it.
I plug in anything USB - Ubuntu just sees it, unlike windows which "installs
device drivers" - even for a USB memory stick! How STUPID is that?

How long ago was this? Ten years?

 

Ubuntu sales 'n downloads don't even compare to Windows 7's pre-order. On
the desktop, Linux doesn't exist - to all intents and purposes it simply is
not there. In a defacto sense, no one uses it. No one. Sure there's the odd
guy in Spain, or cop station in Belgium where Ubuntu or some other Linux
distro is found on desktops, but in the scheme of things it registers zero
on the Richter scale i.e. it counts for naught, nada, nothing. No one uses
it. The granola crunching, the politically correct and rainbow coalition
types, once so interested in it back in the 90s , who went on and on and on
about open sores, soon found out that they had no idea how to use Linux,
that it was difficult and unusable on the desktop as a general purpose
operating and it made them look like useless t^its when they went to use a
computer .. have long moved on to being ripped off by Apples Corp. Alias,
long out of the loop, hating the U.S. and living on a beach of Spain,
reminds me of .. of OS/2 Warp .. or of Be OS .. you know, still living in
the 90s and dreaming of some 60s commie paradise. For all I know he's on
drugs, if his posts are any indication.

Saucy



"G.R. Barker" <grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uPCb7PwMKHA.5460@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
>
> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uL4F6wvMKHA.4124@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>>
>> "G.R. Barker" <grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OYyGNuvMKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>>
>>>
>>> "Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>>> news:#nL#6IuMKHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Great your lonely install has been up so long. Have you play Command &
>>>> Conquer Red Alert 3 on it? It's fun.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Let me elaborate: to be honest with you, I have installed several
>>>> copies of Linux and attempt to get FreeBSD running as well - all out of
>>>> curiosity - and each time disappointed with the unworkability. FreeBSD
>>>> just did its version of the BSOD. "Out there" though, I've not seen
>>>> nary on the desktop / laptop save the two I mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> The guy who had it on the laptop came over to me and asked me if I
>>>> could help him. When he plugged in his USB mouse, nothing happened. I
>>>> just said sorry, 'could be anything. I felt like saying: Why don't you
>>>> get an OS that works?
>>>>
>>>> Saucy
>>>
>>> One prime example why Linux is funny. It's just a plaything.
>>>
>>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>>
>> Again I ask you - please elaborate as to why Linux (now it's Linux not
>> just Ubuntu) is "funny"?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> I have answered that question three times, are you illiterate? Can you
> not read?
><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> Do you use Google? Google runs on err let me see....LINUX!<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> BIG DEAL! That doesn't distract from the fact that UBUNTU sales do not
> compare to WINDOWS or VISTA sales, nor will it to WINDOWS 7 sales when it
> comes out in October. What does that tell you?
>
> Now let me put you on the spot and ask a question. Do you think or Ubuntu
> will ever seriously compete with Windows 7
> When it comes out? It's a yes or no answer. A no brainer if you ask me.
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

No, the one and only time I've seen Linux on a laptop was two summers ago
while out doing a bit of research at a specialized library. It was about ten
years before that since I've last seen a desktop with Linux on it other than
the experimental / curiosity installs I've done on my own. I know it (Linux)
is still used as a web and file server, but apparently even in that field
better operating systems are gaining market share, replacing UNIX and UNIX
clone servers.

Saucy


"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eKuLgqwMKHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> < clip >
>
> How long ago was this? Ten years? <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

> yes. Enough to plonk you.

I answered your question (3) times. I'm sorry you couldn't understand it.
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> I hate people like you<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Oh well, that's just a cross I will have to bear!
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>(on both sides) who rubbish an OS for no reason other than you think it's
>"funny".<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Did I actually rubbish it? I merely pointed out that compared to the MS
market, it will only be a minuscule competitor. Fact. Now I find that
funny, hilarious in fact. Is that so difficult to understand?

I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings you should not get emotionally attached to
an inferior OS.
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Grow up, and realise that there are people in this world who don't WANT to
> use MS software (for whatever reason).<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

True, and good luck to them I say, although a rare breed.
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> If you can't be bothered to post a reasoned argument as to why you think
> Linux is so "funny" then just shut up.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Don't need to shut up, not a requirement.

I think it's very reasonable to find Linux, Oops sorry, Ubuntu, funny,
hilarious, amusing, ironic, strange because of its rarity.

Just because you do not like the answer, does not make it any less truer

As for growing up, Ditto. Stop throwing your toys out of your pram just
because you do not like a straightforward answer.

 

"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eKuLgqwMKHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
> "Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:uKuu4gwMKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> The one time I saw Linux on the laptop, the guy plugged in his USB mouse
>> and it didn't work. He comes to me hoping that I could help and all I
>> could think was "Get an OS that works." A few minutes later I was
>> laughing to myself about Linux. It was mixed with a bit of sadness
>> though, as this guy was depending on a free (or should I say worthless)
>> OS to get his work done, instead of just using the obvious - Windows -
>> which hardly met a USB mouse it didn't love. Linux isn't just funny, it's
>> a joke.
>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> Hmm. I plug in a USB mouse - it works. I attach a printer, Ubuntu already
> has the drivers in it.
> I plug in anything USB - Ubuntu just sees it, unlike windows which
> "installs device drivers" - even for a USB memory stick! How STUPID is
> that?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Then you must ask yourself the question. If it's that great, why does it
not sell better than MS software?

 

+Bob+ wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:20:46 -0700, Gordon's Psychiatrist
> <gordon@psyc.gov> wrote:
> <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> Err. <sigh>, Ubuntu is a TOY for
>> geeks who can't get laid. Err. Maybe, Err, you are in that group. Err.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> You keep posting that nonsense Bill. Here's the facts though:
>
> a. Windows never got anyone laid either;
> b. You're never going to get laid no matter what OS you use
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Sorry there BOB the Knob. I get laid whenever I want. I have a wife who is great. On the
other hand, you have to troll farms for your conquests.

 

Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Ubuntu sales 'n downloads don't even compare to Windows 7's pre-order.
> On the desktop, Linux doesn't exist - to all intents and purposes it
> simply is not there. In a defacto sense, no one uses it. No one. Sure
> there's the odd guy in Spain, or cop station in Belgium where Ubuntu or
> some other Linux distro is found on desktops, but in the scheme of
> things it registers zero on the Richter scale i.e. it counts for naught,
> nada, nothing. No one uses it. The granola crunching, the politically
> correct and rainbow coalition types, once so interested in it back in
> the 90s , who went on and on and on about open sores, soon found out
> that they had no idea how to use Linux, that it was difficult and
> unusable on the desktop as a general purpose operating and it made them
> look like useless t^its when they went to use a computer .. have long
> moved on to being ripped off by Apples Corp. Alias, long out of the
> loop, hating the U.S. and living on a beach of Spain, reminds me of ..
> of OS/2 Warp .. or of Be OS .. you know, still living in the 90s and
> dreaming of some 60s commie paradise. For all I know he's on drugs, if
> his posts are any indication.
>
> Saucy
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

You might be forgetting that little town in Spain where Alias claims that everyone who needs
computer work comes to Alias asking that Windows be wiped clean and Ubuntu installed. Must be
the only town on the planet where every citizen knows about Ubuntu and Alias is the Ubuntu GOD
who answers everyones prayers.

Alias must smoke so much Hash that he actually believes all the lies he tells.

Alias must spend some of that imaginary $14k a week he claims to get from the tooth fairy on drugs.

 

"Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:e#AEPxwMKHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> No, the one and only time I've seen Linux on a laptop was two summers ago
> while out doing a bit of research at a specialized library. It was about
> ten years before that since I've last seen a desktop with Linux on it
> other than the experimental / curiosity installs I've done on my own. I
> know it (Linux) is still used as a web and file server, but apparently
> even in that field better operating systems are gaining market share,
> replacing UNIX and UNIX clone servers.
><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Even in two years, the current distributions are LIGHT years ahead of
that....

 

>> It's funny how it didn't catch on for a start<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
> It was featured in the most read local newspaper recently. It is catching
> on, along with Mint and PCLinuxOS.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

And I'm sure they will have their fair share of the playground, but they
will never have a share of the country estate. MS software, have got it all
sewn up where it matters.
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> New to Usenet?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

I'll answer that the way you answer a question. It depends what you mean by
new. Does this mean relatively speaking? Does this mean metaphorically
speaking? Does this mean compared to you, relatively? Does this mean what
you to imagine to be new? You need to be more specific.

You see, it can be quite frustrating when a simple question is dodged, which
may I remind you, you still have not answered.

 

Yeah, must be lost in translation, though. That little Spanish town is where
the townspeople think "Ubuntu" is the the Yankee term for crack-coc^ain.

So that $14k might not be so imaginary - there's a lot of money in drugs.
You know the drill he probably's got going there: young Americans visiting
Europa need a connection - Alias to the rescue - cover story: "computer
work". Sets 'em up with everything they need for their trip to Spain .. or
should I say Spain trip? Every deal comes with a free Ubuntu CD. Stick it to
the man he says. He keeps the woman's so stoned she thinks he's real smart -
a regular computer genius - and on Mescaline Day she's sure he's computing's
God - "Did I do good, baby?" she asks him. She's never figured out Ubuntu
herself, so Alias *must* be a genius. The townspeople tell each other that
he sells "Ubuntu", the town's part-time cop is paid off - everyone is either
stoned or happy. And Alias trolls the Windows newsgroup during off hours ..
that is: when he's not dealing or when he's not twinkle-toeing his end of
the sandy beach blasted on crystal meth.

BTW, Alias is convinced U b u n t u must have a secret mystical meaning.
On Mescaline Day, his wife knows it does.

Saucy


"Gordon's Psychiatrist" <gordon@psyc.gov> wrote in message
news:h8e6eq$uqd$1@news.eternal-september.org...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> Ubuntu sales 'n downloads don't even compare to Windows 7's pre-order. On
>> the desktop, Linux doesn't exist - to all intents and purposes it simply
>> is not there. In a defacto sense, no one uses it. No one. Sure there's
>> the odd guy in Spain, or cop station in Belgium where Ubuntu or some
>> other Linux distro is found on desktops, but in the scheme of things it
>> registers zero on the Richter scale i.e. it counts for naught, nada,
>> nothing. No one uses it. The granola crunching, the politically correct
>> and rainbow coalition types, once so interested in it back in the 90s ,
>> who went on and on and on about open sores, soon found out that they had
>> no idea how to use Linux, that it was difficult and unusable on the
>> desktop as a general purpose operating and it made them look like useless
>> t^its when they went to use a computer .. have long moved on to being
>> ripped off by Apples Corp. Alias, long out of the loop, hating the U.S.
>> and living on a beach of Spain, reminds me of .. of OS/2 Warp .. or of Be
>> OS .. you know, still living in the 90s and dreaming of some 60s commie
>> paradise. For all I know he's on drugs, if his posts are any indication.
>>
>> Saucy
>>
>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> You might be forgetting that little town in Spain where Alias claims that
> everyone who needs computer work comes to Alias asking that Windows be
> wiped clean and Ubuntu installed. Must be the only town on the planet
> where every citizen knows about Ubuntu and Alias is the Ubuntu GOD who
> answers everyones prayers.
>
> Alias must smoke so much Hash that he actually believes all the lies he
> tells.
>
> Alias must spend some of that imaginary $14k a week he claims to get from
> the tooth fairy on drugs.
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

"Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:##2mntwMKHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Ubuntu sales 'n downloads don't even compare to Windows 7's pre-order.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

And how can you tell? There's no activation, one disk can install on as many
computers as anyone likes. It's free. You can copy the CD as much as you
like and give it to as many people as you like.
THERE ARE NO RECORDS!!!!

So how can you make such an ignorant assumption?

 

Small clarification edit in double [[ ]]:

"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uP9bj4xMKHA.4580@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
> one disk [[Windows 7 Enterprise]] can install on as many computers as
> anyone likes. It's free. You can copy the CD as much as you like and give
> it to as many people as you like.
><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Then it's already *way* out done Ubuntu - probably for all time.

Saucy

 

Light years - that's an astronomical measurement - puts Ubuntu just the
other side of the Crack Co^cain Nebula somewhere near Planet La La.

Saucy


"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eGsfxHxMKHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
> "Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:e#AEPxwMKHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> No, the one and only time I've seen Linux on a laptop was two summers ago
>> while out doing a bit of research at a specialized library. It was about
>> ten years before that since I've last seen a desktop with Linux on it
>> other than the experimental / curiosity installs I've done on my own. I
>> know it (Linux) is still used as a web and file server, but apparently
>> even in that field better operating systems are gaining market share,
>> replacing UNIX and UNIX clone servers.
>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> Even in two years, the current distributions are LIGHT years ahead of
> that.... <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:11:35 +0100, "G.R. Barker"
<grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>And I'm sure they will have their fair share of the playground, but they
>will never have a share of the country estate. MS software, have got it all
>sewn up where it matters.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

One has to wonder why MS is training their own and Best Buy employees
to trash Linux as part of their sales presentations then. Seems like
MS gives the Linux threat a lot more weight than you do.

 

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:49:02 -0700, Gordon's Psychiatrist
<gordon@psyc.gov> wrote:
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>+Bob+ wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:20:46 -0700, Gordon's Psychiatrist
>> <gordon@psyc.gov> wrote:
>> <!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>> Err. <sigh>, Ubuntu is a TOY for
>>> geeks who can't get laid. Err. Maybe, Err, you are in that group. Err.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>>
>> You keep posting that nonsense Bill. Here's the facts though:
>>
>> a. Windows never got anyone laid either;
>> b. You're never going to get laid no matter what OS you use
>>
>> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
>Sorry there BOB the Knob. I get laid whenever I want. I have a wife who is great. On the
>other hand, you have to troll farms for your conquests.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

That's not your wife, sparky, it's your Mom. Just because she lets you
live in the house as an adult and still does your laundry, cooks your
meals, and shops for your clothes, doesn't change the fact that she's
still your Mom.

As for getting laid - you're a weasely little wimp who acts like he's
still in Jr High. You wouldn't have the nerve to start a conversation
with a woman, let alone ask one out. You'll be lucky to get a hand job
before you die.

 

G.R. Barker wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro--><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro--><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>> It's funny how it didn't catch on for a start<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>>
>> It was featured in the most read local newspaper recently. It is
>> catching on, along with Mint and PCLinuxOS.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> And I'm sure they will have their fair share of the playground, but they
> will never have a share of the country estate. MS software, have got it
> all sewn up where it matters.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Governments are adopting Linux. Large corporations are adopting Linux.
Where have you been, stuck in a Windows BSOD?
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> New to Usenet?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> I'll answer that the way you answer a question. It depends what you
> mean by new. Does this mean relatively speaking? Does this mean
> metaphorically speaking? Does this mean compared to you, relatively?
> Does this mean what you to imagine to be new? You need to be more
> specific.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Try not snipping what "New to Usenet" was replying to, moron.
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
> You see, it can be quite frustrating when a simple question is dodged,
> which may I remind you, you still have not answered.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Well, it was a simple question. Got Vista or Win7? Answer: if so, worry.

Alias

 

+Bob+ wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:11:35 +0100, "G.R. Barker"
> <grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:
> <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> And I'm sure they will have their fair share of the playground, but they
>> will never have a share of the country estate. MS software, have got it all
>> sewn up where it matters.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> One has to wonder why MS is training their own and Best Buy employees
> to trash Linux as part of their sales presentations then. Seems like
> MS gives the Linux threat a lot more weight than you do. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

MS is very worried about Linux and with good reason.

Alias

 

G.R. Barker wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
>
>
> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uL4F6wvMKHA.4124@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>>
>> "G.R. Barker" <grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OYyGNuvMKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>>
>>>
>>> "Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>>> news:#nL#6IuMKHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Great your lonely install has been up so long. Have you play Command
>>>> & Conquer Red Alert 3 on it? It's fun.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Let me elaborate: to be honest with you, I have installed several
>>>> copies of Linux and attempt to get FreeBSD running as well - all out
>>>> of curiosity - and each time disappointed with the unworkability.
>>>> FreeBSD just did its version of the BSOD. "Out there" though, I've
>>>> not seen nary on the desktop / laptop save the two I mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> The guy who had it on the laptop came over to me and asked me if I
>>>> could help him. When he plugged in his USB mouse, nothing happened.
>>>> I just said sorry, 'could be anything. I felt like saying: Why don't
>>>> you get an OS that works?
>>>>
>>>> Saucy
>>>
>>> One prime example why Linux is funny. It's just a plaything.
>>>
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>>
>> Again I ask you - please elaborate as to why Linux (now it's Linux not
>> just Ubuntu) is "funny"?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> I have answered that question three times, are you illiterate? Can you
> not read?
> <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> Do you use Google? Google runs on err let me see....LINUX!<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> BIG DEAL! That doesn't distract from the fact that UBUNTU sales do not
> compare to WINDOWS or VISTA sales, nor will it to WINDOWS 7 sales when
> it comes out in October. What does that tell you?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

It tells me you are clueless because Ubuntu isn't for sale.
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>
> Now let me put you on the spot and ask a question. Do you think or
> Ubuntu will ever seriously compete with Windows 7
> When it comes out? It's a yes or no answer. A no brainer if you ask me.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Yes, it will but not as quickly in the USA as Europe.

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Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Ubuntu sales 'n downloads don't even compare to Windows 7's pre-order.
> On the desktop, Linux doesn't exist - to all intents and purposes it
> simply is not there. In a defacto sense, no one uses it. No one. Sure
> there's the odd guy in Spain, or cop station in Belgium where Ubuntu or
> some other Linux distro is found on desktops, but in the scheme of
> things it registers zero on the Richter scale i.e. it counts for naught,
> nada, nothing. No one uses it. The granola crunching, the politically
> correct and rainbow coalition types, once so interested in it back in
> the 90s , who went on and on and on about open sores, soon found out
> that they had no idea how to use Linux, that it was difficult and
> unusable on the desktop as a general purpose operating and it made them
> look like useless t^its when they went to use a computer .. have long
> moved on to being ripped off by Apples Corp. Alias, long out of the
> loop, hating the U.S. and living on a beach of Spain, reminds me of ..
> of OS/2 Warp .. or of Be OS .. you know, still living in the 90s and
> dreaming of some 60s commie paradise. For all I know he's on drugs, if
> his posts are any indication.
>
> Saucy<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Everything above is a lie.

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> "G.R. Barker" <grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uPCb7PwMKHA.5460@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>>
>>
>> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:uL4F6wvMKHA.4124@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>>
>>> "G.R. Barker" <grbarker@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OYyGNuvMKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Saucy" <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>>>> news:#nL#6IuMKHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Great your lonely install has been up so long. Have you play
>>>>> Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 on it? It's fun.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me elaborate: to be honest with you, I have installed several
>>>>> copies of Linux and attempt to get FreeBSD running as well - all
>>>>> out of curiosity - and each time disappointed with the
>>>>> unworkability. FreeBSD just did its version of the BSOD. "Out
>>>>> there" though, I've not seen nary on the desktop / laptop save the
>>>>> two I mentioned.
>>>>>
>>>>> The guy who had it on the laptop came over to me and asked me if I
>>>>> could help him. When he plugged in his USB mouse, nothing happened.
>>>>> I just said sorry, 'could be anything. I felt like saying: Why
>>>>> don't you get an OS that works?
>>>>>
>>>>> Saucy
>>>>
>>>> One prime example why Linux is funny. It's just a plaything.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Again I ask you - please elaborate as to why Linux (now it's Linux
>>> not just Ubuntu) is "funny"?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>>
>> I have answered that question three times, are you illiterate? Can
>> you not read?
>><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>> Do you use Google? Google runs on err let me see....LINUX!<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>>
>> BIG DEAL! That doesn't distract from the fact that UBUNTU sales do
>> not compare to WINDOWS or VISTA sales, nor will it to WINDOWS 7 sales
>> when it comes out in October. What does that tell you?
>>
>> Now let me put you on the spot and ask a question. Do you think or
>> Ubuntu will ever seriously compete with Windows 7
>> When it comes out? It's a yes or no answer. A no brainer if you ask me.
>>
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