The only thing that worries me about M$ is control. It seems to me that they are way too powerful and are in desperate need of compitition. A friend of mine once asked me, "You mean it's ok for somebody to build a business...just as long as they don't get TOO big?" My reply was, "Yes." Mark On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Jerry and June Kreps wrote: | On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, you wrote: | > Jerry and June Kreps wrote: | > > It crashed 6 times on the first day it was installed, and never | > I guess I was more fortunate. I installed the W98-2 with no problems | > of any kind. The system runs flawlessly (at least as much as can | > be expected of MS) | | I guess if I weren't writing code using a *buggy* tool (VFP6 | SP3) my Win98SE might run more reliably, but it's all M$ stuff. | There's *no* reason why pressing F1 to get help should produce a | BSOD. But, in M$'s defense, it crashes no more than Win95, nor less, | either. Apps will crash. Even in Linux. But the crashes should | never bring down the OS. | | > | > > fails to crash on each and every day. The 'upgrade' was forced by | > > M$'s embrace and extend tactic... | | | | I needed to add a CD burner to my work station in order to make CDs of | the gaming system for the out state investigators. I asked the IT | folks to get me a philips because I new it was Win95 compatible. | They brought me an HP 8200 series, which required Win98. | HP doesn't need to add the logics, relying on the Win98 OS, just like a | winmodem, so they make a bundle selling brain dead equipment. | They don't need to lower the price, either. M$ keeps a PC from | being used by another OS. Monopoly and all of that. | | <snip> | | / / (_)__ __ ____ __ *Powerful * Flexible * Compatible * Reliable * | / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / *Well Supported * Thousands of New Users Every Day* | /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ *The Cost Effective Choice - Linux Means Business! | | | | -- | To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com | For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com | Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ | -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/