On Thursday 08 November 2001 05:37, Jon Biddell wrote:
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 12:28, Jerry Kreps wrote:
On Wednesday 07 November 2001 17:39, Jon Biddell wrote:
Well, I'll make a bet that Gate's need to churn the Windows user base for more income to keep his kingdom afloat by constant upgrades that cost more and require more powerful hardware, combined with he paranoia about 'pirates' and his tendency to ignore basic freedoms, like speech and association, will eventually drive you back to Linux.
It's interesting how many "bugfixes" Microsoft have released over the years for their products (in all categories).
Bill even remarked, to a German journalist who was interviewing him and asked about "all the bugs in Windows", that there were NO bugs in Windows software. I keep that reminder of his total lack of credulity on my office wall.
Any chance you could scan that little piece of information and email me a copy - I'll pot it on my Microsoft web site for all to see and chortle at, as well as on MY office wall...:-)
Jon
P.S. Picked up 7.3 today - at 10:30pm I'm about to start an UPGRADE of my main workstation. If this doesn't go well, I intend to get VERY drunk, then do a fresh install tomorrow!!
Here is that "no bugs in windows" quote: http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/tgm/unglaublich.html Gates probably thinks that a little dog poop in chocolate chip cookies doesn't matter either.