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Vapourware or scareware? Can't check - my wvdial.dod has screwed up! Kev
---Microsoft Introduces Linux Distribution in Attempt to Fragment Community Microsoft Corporation today announced their latest product, Microsoft Linux, in an effort to "fend off the DOJ and at the same time fragment Linux the way of UNIX," said Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan. At the release celebration, Bill Gates gave his keynote address, in which he claimed Microsoft Linux to be technically superior to GNU/Linux in every way. http://www.weberdev.com/index.php3?GoTo=ShowItem.php3?ID=290
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It's a joke. Look at the quote attributed to Jim Cullinan. It's not wording that you'll hear from MS. Kevin Jackson wrote:
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Vapourware or scareware? Can't check - my wvdial.dod has screwed up!
Kev
---Microsoft Introduces Linux Distribution in Attempt to Fragment Community Microsoft Corporation today announced their latest product, Microsoft Linux, in an effort to "fend off the DOJ and at the same time fragment Linux the way of UNIX," said Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan. At the release celebration, Bill Gates gave his keynote address, in which he claimed Microsoft Linux to be technically superior to GNU/Linux in every way. http://www.weberdev.com/index.php3?GoTo=ShowItem.php3?ID=290
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On 19-Jun-00 Kevin Jackson wrote: # >From the WEBERDEV mailing list... # # Vapourware or scareware? # Can't check - my wvdial.dod has screwed up! Neither: it is humorware! # Kev Maarten Sneep
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Kevin Jackson wrote:
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Vapourware or scareware? Can't check - my wvdial.dod has screwed up!
Funny, but I'd think it would take much more than a .2 Blood alcohol level for Linus and the Gang to even play poker with Bill Gates, and never mind what they'd need to sign over the Linux trademark (coma, perhaps?) -- 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/
Kevin Jackson wrote:
---Microsoft Introduces Linux Distribution in Attempt to Fragment Community Microsoft Corporation today announced their latest product, Microsoft Linux, in an effort to "fend off the DOJ and at the same time fragment Linux the way of UNIX," said Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan. At the release celebration, Bill Gates gave his keynote address, in which he claimed Microsoft Linux to be technically superior to GNU/Linux in every way.
Check the Byline at the bottom ...... from Segfault..... "Nuff said! :-) -- Regards Don Hansford ECKYTECH COMPUTING Surfing the Net (without crashing) With SuSE 6.4 Linux (Thanx Linus!) "Microsoft democratised the computer market and served as a catalyst in making computers available to everybody. Later, however, they did as many revolutionaries do -- they became dictators. History has taught us the inevitable fate of dictators." -- 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/
Kevin Jackson wrote:
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Vapourware or scareware? Can't check - my wvdial.dod has screwed up!
Kev
My God....!!! YOU SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME! I really felt my heart pounding at the thought of M$ beein able to invest the Linux-community with their filth! World Domination! Man.. Please.. Give me a break, will ya?! ;) Rogier -- 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/
Might be a good thing, they couldn't ruin Linux, and MS Outlook would come to Linux!!!! That would finally provide me with a decent mail program that could import all of my e-mail from Windows. I know that press release is a fake, I saw it somewhere a year or two ago, but I can dream, can't I? 8-) -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ===================== "Solutions that Work" =====================
-----Original Message----- From: Rogier Maas [mailto:icarus@guldennet.nl] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 5:58 PM To: Kevin Jackson Cc: SuSE Linux List (E-mail) Subject: Re: [SLE] Enough to scare you!?
Kevin Jackson wrote:
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Vapourware or scareware? Can't check - my wvdial.dod has screwed up!
Kev
My God....!!!
YOU SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME! I really felt my heart pounding at the thought of M$ beein able to invest the Linux-community with their filth! World Domination!
Man.. Please.. Give me a break, will ya?! ;)
Rogier
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tbutler> Might be a good thing, they couldn't ruin Linux, and MS tbutler> Outlook would come to Linux!!!! That would finally tbutler> provide me with a decent mail program that could import tbutler> all of my e-mail from Windows. I know that press release tbutler> is a fake, I saw it somewhere a year or two ago, but I tbutler> can dream, can't I? 8-) have a look at TradeClient on SourceForge - looks pretty cool. I'm thinking very hard about buying TradeXCH from the same folks - it's an MS Exchange client for *NIX systems. $60 is worth it, if it works. Has anyone out there tried it yet? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Timothy A. Gregory tgregory@tarjema.com *NIX Systems Admin Arabic Translator finger tgregory@tarjema.com for my GnuPG Key -- 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/
"Timothy R. Butler" wrote:
Might be a good thing, they couldn't ruin Linux, and MS Outlook would come to Linux!!!! That would finally provide me with a decent mail program that could import all of my e-mail from Windows. I know that press release is a fake, I saw it somewhere a year or two ago, but I can dream, can't I? 8-)
-Tim
Yes, and you need to run that version of Outhouse with the SU bit set, to make sure the recent virus works as well... Juergen -- =========================================== __ _ Juergen Braukmann juergen.braukmann@gmx.de| -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb@db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu | /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ===========================================_\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- 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/
"Timothy R. Butler" <tbutler@uninetsolutions.com> wrote:
Might be a good thing, they couldn't ruin Linux, and MS Outlook would come to Linux!!!! That would finally provide me with a decent mail program that could import all of my e-mail from Windows. I know that press release is a fake, I saw it somewhere a year or two ago, but I can dream, can't I? 8-)
-Tim
Have you tried the latest from http://ishmail.sourceforge.net/ ? /Dee -- 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/
Nope just more FUD.............. At 11:50 AM 6/19/2000 +0100, Kevin Jackson wrote:
From the WEBERDEV mailing list...
Vapourware or scareware? Can't check - my wvdial.dod has screwed up!
Kev
---Microsoft Introduces Linux Distribution in Attempt to Fragment Community Microsoft Corporation today announced their latest product, Microsoft Linux, in an effort to "fend off the DOJ and at the same time fragment Linux the way of UNIX," said Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan. At the release celebration, Bill Gates gave his keynote address, in which he claimed Microsoft Linux to be technically superior to GNU/Linux in every way. http://www.weberdev.com/index.php3?GoTo=ShowItem.php3?ID=290
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