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[News] Why You Should Care About GNU/Linux
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:20:55 +0000, Roy Schestowitz <...@schestowitz.com
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Should You Care About Linux?
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| Once you have loaded Linux onto your machine, what then? You need software
| and games. Corel reports more than a million downloads of its Word Perfect 8
| for Linux. Loki Software has ported the game Civilization to Linux.
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http://netguido.com/should-you-care-about-linux/
David Versus Two Goliaths
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| I have chosen Ubuntu almost 3 years ago and I will keep on using it. I use
| Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Ubuntu netbook remix. I use Ubuntu more often but I seem
| to prefer the feel and look of Kubuntu. I prefer the professional look of KDE
| 4.2.4 over gnome 2.26, that is my opinion and we are all allowed to have
| opinions.
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http://adventuresincomputing.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/david-versus-two-goliaths /
Recent:
My Free Choice to Move to Linux
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| Until about 5 weeks ago.
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| I had suddenly felt the urge to drop Vista and stop using OS X. And I did.
| Here were my reasons why:
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| 1. Macs are more expensive in the long-run. Sticking with OS X means
| sticking with premium-priced Apple hardware. I know there
| are “hackintoshes” (e.g. ways to run OS X on non-Apple hardware), but I
| would not rely on those hackintoshes as my main machine. I also
| understand the argument that one “saves on time”. Conceptually, that
| makes sense.
| 2. Vista is just slow. Resource-hog. Annoying pop-ups. I used Vista
| Business on my Lenovo Thinkpad X200 and while it was an decent experience,
| it was still too slow. Especially compared to XP. And that’s already
| using ReadyBoost.
| 3. Linux was interesting to try. Free software. Community-driven and
| supported. Great performance (at least that’s what I had read). Stable
| software.
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http://opendaily.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/my-free-choice-to-move-to-linux/
Run your Linux like a Mac
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| LINUX users who want to run their computers so that they look like Macs can
| pick up this Mac4Lin distribution here.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1271790/run-linux-mac
Mac4Lin 1.0 is out!
http://nancib.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/mac4lin-1-0-is-out/
Mac4Lin Gives Linux Desktops the Complete Mac Look
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| Linux: Mac4Lin, a package of skins, wallpapers, icons, and interface
| refinements that brings a completist Mac look to Linux with an automated
| installation, has reached the 1.0 stage with an impressive array of features.
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http://lifehacker.com/5290955/mac4lin-gives-linux-desktops-the-complete-mac-loo k
10 things Linux does better than OS X
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| #1: Flexibility
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| #2: Open source
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| #3: Command line
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| #4: Hardware requirements
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| #5: Security
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| 6. Portability
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| #7: Cost
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| #8: More available software
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| #9: Not so dumbed-down
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| #10: Keyboard efficiency
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=461
Moving from Mac to Ubuntu: Why I’m switching
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| Why I’m leaving Mac
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| 1. Crap file management.The Finder doesn’t work for me. No location bar
| and no tree strucure side panel makes it difficult to navigate folders and
| move files around the way I want to.
| 2. Insufficient panels & customization. In Ubuntu I can have as many
| panels I want, can put all kinds of stuff on them, and can arrange them
| however I want. In OSX You just have the dock, and you can really only put
| applications or files on them, and you can’t even put in a separator to
| keep them organized.
| 3. Various other annoyances. Such as:
| * program menus are glued to the top of the screen on one monitor
| only, which detaches them from the window. This is especailly
| annoying when the program you’re using is on the second monitor.
| * the date/time doesn’t open to a navigable calendar. I often use
| this to check dates in the past or future.
| * you can’t see hidden files unless you run a command from the
| terminal to turn them on. Thus, hidden files are either always on
| or always off.
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http://meganmcdermott.com/2008/08/29/moving-mac-ubuntu-switching/
A Mac Devotee Looks at Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex"
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| If Apple came out with a netbook, I'd be tempted to choose it over a
| Linux-based netbook for a variety of reasons. One of them is that it would
| slot into our Mac-centric home network (mostly in terms of syncing and
| existing software) more easily. Another is that I've been more blown away by
| the iPod Touch than I ever thought I could be, and an Apple netbook might
| have the same effect. Today, however, that choice doesn't exist and won't for
| the forseeable future, and as my shoulders and back start to ache and cramp
| from the time spent in front of a desktop writing overlong blog posts, an
| Ubuntu netbook continues to be an increasingly attractive option.
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http://diderotsdiary.iannelli.us/2008/12/mac-devotee-looks-at-ubuntu-810.html
Ubuntu on an iBook
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| I started by backing up my information. Everything, everything - including
| the System Folder. I used Disk Copy to image everything in around 600 MB
| chunks so that I could burn them to a CD.
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http://linuxtidbits.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/ubuntu-on-an-ibook/
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:11:55 -0400, Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
What's wrong with this picture??????????????
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:44:04 -0400, "DFS" <...@dfs_.com
Linux is perpetually years behind in having decent apps and games?
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:51:03 -0400, Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
Loki is out of business and Corel no longer offers Wordperfect
8.
Unless I am wrong....
IOW Schestowitz's automated scripts have taken us back about 15
years.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:31:16 +0200, Hadron <...@gmail.com
Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
Corel? Loki? Word Perfect?
Did time go back?????????
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:40:43 -0400, Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
Yea.....
All via Schestowitz's automated posting scripts which seem to
have suffered a date problem.
No surprise seeing as he can't even keep the clock correct on
his manual posts here.
Come on people, this is a prime piece of evidence that
Schestowitz is using web crawling and database software which is
automated, to post this drivel.
Get ready for MiniWitz to shill for Roy Schestowitz.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:06:46 -0700, Tim Smith <...@mouse-potato.com
In article <...@40tude.net Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
Maybe he figures if he starts posting old irrelevant links that have
nothing to do with Microsoft, his old Microsoft information will seem
fresh.
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--Tim Smith
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:52:05 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch <...@despam-funkenbusch.com
Loki? Didn't they go out of business like 7 years ago?
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:09:14 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
Don't blame Roy, Tim. The article is dated June 25th, 2009.
Roy didn't follow up any more than you did!
--
This life is yours. Some of it was given to you; the rest, you made yourself.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:33:44 -0400, Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
Still sucking up I see MiniWitz !!
Actually, we did follow up more than Roy Schestowitz did.
We at least realized that something is wrong with that post.
Schestowitz just lets his SPAMBOT crawl the web and SPAM and
this post is proof that he doesn't even check what the bot picks
up.
How could he?
There aren't enough hours in the day to read the massive amount
of SPAM he spews.
And there certainly aren't enough hours in the day to manually
write it all out.
You guys just don't get it.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:36:44 +0200, Hadron <...@gmail.com
Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
"Dont blame Roy, Tim"
LOL! *SLURP*
How do you live with yourself?
Your Master Dr Roy is supposed to be a "journalist". Journalists check
stuff usually if they want to be considered credible. Holy suck ups
Miniwitz, aren't you ashamed of your character?
--
In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading
lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: when you link up to
another computer, you’re linking up to every computer that that
computer has ever linked up to. — Dennis Miller
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:16:58 -0700, Tim Smith <...@mouse-potato.com
In article <...@bignews6.bellsouth.net Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
The article was posted to netguido June 25th, 2009. It was written years
ago.
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--Tim Smith
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:36:43 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
You know, you're a real quick study Tim!
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Troubled day for virgins over 16 who are beautiful and wealthy and live
in eucalyptus trees.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:14:21 -0700 (PDT), nessuno <...@gmail.com
Congratulations, Roy! One post and seven trolls crawl out! Good
work!
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:31:30 +0000, Roy Schestowitz <...@schestowitz.com
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____/ nessuno on Friday 26 June 2009 08:14 : \____
They usually do this to distract. Say you present some evidence of criminal
evidence... well, the best the trolls can then do is divert attention to
something else.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
I must admit that Micro$oft does seem to bear an awful resemblence to the
Sirius Cybernetic Corporation. Considering that my attempts at using Word
always resulted in something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike
a document. -- Rich Kaszeta
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:06:33 -0400, Ezekiel <...@not-such-email.com
Congratulations moron, you completely avoided the fact that Schestowitz is
posting 7 year old crap as current 'News.' These Linux supporting companies
and products have been extinct for several computing generations.
But since you can't argue based on facts which make you 'advocates' look
like the idiots that you are you play the 'troll card.'
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:50:47 -0400, Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
You know what they say:
"Those that can't, teach"
And that certainly seems to describe Prof LittleJohn.....
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:00:57 +0200, "Ad Hominem \(HPT's coach\)" <...@apen_staartje.net
"Hans Lister" <...@40tude.net...
Did you notice he's posting from Google, these days?
nessuno <...@gmail.comI bet someone notified Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor of Berkeley, about
his illegal usage of university computers, to post his trash.
Robert must have kicked him hard ;-)
http://greatmyspacelayouts.com/Images/Funny_Pics/images/KickButt.gif
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:02:29 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
After takin' a swig o' grog, nessuno belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
Where? Rick hasn't fed them yet, so I don't see 'em.
--
It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man
who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that
there were too many prehistoric toads in it.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:51:38 -0400, Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
MiniWitz to the rescue!!!
Clue: Schestowitz's automated SPAM-O-Matic script screwed up
again.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:18:44 -0500, Rick <...@nomail.com
Maybe you can give me an approved list of people that I can reply to...
you know, non-trolls ... so my posts won't bother you so much.
Oops... am I troll feeding again? I am so sorry.
--
Rick
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:53:43 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
After takin' a swig o' grog, Rick belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
Hey, Rick, you're welcome to do what you want. In fact, sometimes you get
off a good response.
And I'm pretty guilty as well.
So carry on.
Still, I'd prefer not to see any sign of those lying c#nts.
--
For the fashion of Minas Tirith was such that it was built on seven levels,
each delved into a hill, and about each was set a wall, and in each wall
was a gate.
-- J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Return of the King"
[Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when
referring to system overview.]
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:12:31 -0500, Rick <...@nomail.com
Yeah.. sometimes... still, better than noon :-)
Fair enough.
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Rick
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:07:01 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
Geez, I thought WP was /dead/!
http://www.control-escape.com/wp8.html
But:
http://tldp.org/FAQ/WordPerfect-Linux-FAQ/downloadwp8.html
Most locations that formerly offered the download (for example, CNET's
download.com, ftp.calderasystems.com, and linux.tucows.com) ceased
doing so about the time Corel itself did. It's possible (but pure
speculation) that Corel asked or required that the files be pulled.
However, the download is still available at: . . .
"I'm not dead yet."
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I think we are in Rats' Alley where the dead men lost their bones.
-- T.S. Eliot
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:26:16 +0100, Andrew Halliwell <...@ponder.sky.com
Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.comWhether it'll still WORK however, is another matter entirely.
I know for a fact it stopped working sometime in the SuSE 8 or 9 stage.
ABI and API changes, new library versions and older linker no longer
supported...
Though I suppose you could install suse 6 (or Redhat 6) on a virtual machine
to run it in.
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| spik...@freenet.co,uk | "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" |
| Andrew Halliwell BSc | |
| in | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
| Computer Science | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:24:21 -0700, Tim Smith <...@mouse-potato.com
In article <...@ponder.sky.com Andrew Halliwell <...@ponder.sky.com
Compare to Mac: my copies of Word, Excel, and WordPerfect, from the
1985-90 range, continued to work on my Powerbook until OS X 10.5,
released late 2007.
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--Tim Smith
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:00:01 -0500, Rick <...@nomail.com
I haven't followed Mac usage like that very much since I stopped using
them a few years ago. Did they drop PPC support in 2007? If not, what was
the reason for those older versions Word, Excel, and WordPerfect not
working?
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Rick
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:38:09 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
After takin' a swig o' grog, Rick belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
What, in some legacy Mac OS sandbox? If that's the case, so what?
It's like bragging about a DOS emulator!
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AWAKE! FEAR! FIRE! FOES! AWAKE!
FEAR! FIRE! FOES!
AWAKE! AWAKE!
-- J. R. R. Tolkien
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:03:28 +0100, Andrew Halliwell <...@ponder.sky.com
Tim Smith <...@mouse-potato.com
Because the mac has an emulation layer for the old CPU architecture perhaps?
That's the correct way to go about it.
It's better to lose backwards compatibility once in a while than try to
cling to the past and bloat out your OS with legacy crap to the point of
implosion.
You can always virtual machine/emulate your way around the problem if you
need something that old...
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| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack|
| spik...@freenet.co.uk |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you|
| |can't move, with no hope of rescue. |
| Andrew Halliwell BSc |Consider how lucky you are that life has been |
| in |good to you so far... |
| Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.|
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:28:44 +0200, Peter Köhlmann <...@t-online.de
Most of the times you can get an old program to work under linux by
supplying some symlinks for library versions which no longer exist.
ABI/API changes which brakes a program completely are rare.
And then, for 99.9% of linux applications that problem is non-existant,
since you can always compile the source anyway.
So linux has much more freedom in not providing backwards compatibility
than the closed systems like windows and OSX could ever have
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We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:48:35 -0700, Snit <...@gallopinginsanity.com
Peter Köhlmann stated in post h237...@news.t-online.com on 6/26/09
12:28 PM:
You can compile open source programs, from source, on OS X and Windows, too.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:04:56 +0000, Roy Schestowitz <...@schestowitz.com
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____/ Andrew Halliwell on Friday 26 June 2009 12:26 : \____
Microsoft paid Corel a lot of money to end Linux development. Where were
antitrust regulators?
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~~ Best of wishes
RedHat Adventure: "You're in a maze of twisted little packages, all dependent.
There's a threatening little Gnome in the room with you."
- -- Peter Dalgaard
http://Schestowitz.com | Mandriva Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
16:00:01 up 10 days, 6:28, 2 users, load average: 0.92, 1.12, 1.02
http://iuron.com - help build a non-profit search engine
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:30:36 -0400, Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
So if you know that Roy Schestowitz, then obviously you know
your posting about Wordperfect along with Loki is totally and
completely outdated.
This just proves that you have this SPAM process automated and
you don't even read the crap you post.
That is the sign of a true SPAMMER, Roy Schestowitz.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:52:26 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
Links? Evidence? Roy?
(Not that it would surprise me.)
--
Good news. Ten weeks from Friday will be a pretty good day.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:08:32 -0400, Ezekiel <...@not-such-email-addr.com
It would surprise everyone if Schestowitz could back up a single one of his
paranoid lies.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:35:34 -0400, Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
Without the evidence ultimately leading right back to one of his
own posts or bloggings.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:26:53 -0500, Sinister Midget III <...@myeeemobile.com
On 2009-06-26, Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
Here's something sorta hinting at it.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25661/1231/
Xandros began life as Corel Linux, a Debian-based distribution which
was acquired along with the development team behind the product from
Corel Corporation in August 2001.
This came nine months or so after Corel’s announcement to sell off
completely (or, at the time, gain additional investments in) its
Linux business. Just the previous month – October 2000 – Corel
obtained a $US 135m investment from Microsoft.
Microsoft said it planned to use the Microsoft cash infusion to make
its applications compliant with the still new Microsoft .Net
framework technologies. Yet, as part of the terms of the deal, Corel
were also to port this framework to Linux. I am not aware Corel
fulfilled this, given the rise of the Mono project, but Microsoft
clearly placed their money and their fingers into Corel’s product –
a legacy that Xandros inherited by acquisition.
--
Oxymoron: Senatorial Courtesy.
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Eee PC900 16G SSD 2G RAM Ubuntu 9.04
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:04:51 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <...@launchmodem.com
After takin' a swig o' grog, Sinister Midget III belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
Thanks. Enough for the evidentiary standards of COLA :-)
--
While you recently had your problems on the run, they've regrouped and
are making another attack.
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:17:26 -0400, Hans Lister <...@yahoo.com
More tongue MiniWitz.
More tongue.
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