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From: Leonidas Jones on 31 Mar 2007 23:22
businessman(a)nomail.com wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:23:52 GMT, Zaghadka <zaghadka(a)hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:05:29 GMT, in alt.fan.mozilla, Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>
>>> businessman(a)nomail.com wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:56:49 -0500, John Thompson
>>>> <john(a)vector.os2.dhs.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2007-03-30, businessman(a)nomail.com <businessman(a)nomail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
/snip/
>>>> I'd love to get rid of Windows, but these days one cant do much with
>>>> DOS, and OS2 is dead. Of course there's always the Macintosh if one
>>>> can afford them.
>>> You never heard of Linux? Free distro's, if you've never tried it
>>> Ubuntu is very user friendly:
>>>
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/
/snip/
>
> Yes, i have heard of Linux and yes, I even tried it once. That was
> about 10 years ago. I had run dos, win3.x, win95, and OS2. I was
> able to use all of them. Then I tried Linux. My instant reaction was
> "what a POS". I want to USE my computer. I want to use standard
> software that I can buy or download and is compatible with the rest of
> the world, and I DO NOT want to spend my whole life in front of my
> computer trying to tinker with the OS. I'll leave Linux for some kid
> who has no life outside of their computer. It reminds me of some kid
> who builds their own car in their garage, but has to spend more than
> half their life keeping it running. I buy commercial cars, and I will
> stick to commercial software (at least the operating system, since I
> do use some freeware and shareware). Windows has it's flaws, but it
> works and dont need constant attention. Dos also works, and I still
> use it too. OS2 was a challenge, but it worked quite well despite the
> lack of software for it. If anything should have been further
> developed, it should have been OS2, not Linux.
>
> Half of what you said in your post I did not even understand. I
> congratulate you for successfully using Linux, but it's not for me. I
> have a life outside of my computer. Linux might be great for the geek
> types whose entire lives are their computer, but it's not for me. If
> windows ever becomes too much trouble, I'd turn my pc into a dos only
> machine and get a Macintosh. However, I dont forsee that happening
> since even if MS is a company I dont care to like, I know they do at
> least attempt to keep up with things. At the same time, if they
> abandon all OSs except Vista, I may change my mind. I have no
> interest in Vista whatsoever. To be quite honest, I'm tired of having
> to change and relearn software every few years. To me, a computer is
> a tool. Yet it seems everytime I get real good at using a tool, I am
> supposed to get a new tool and start all over. I cont like that at
> all, and THAT is my biggest complaint about MS.


Man, you say you want to get rid of Windows. You say Mac is an option,
but you can't afford it. I suggest a Linux distro intended to work
easily for Linux newbies. You reply that you tried Linus ^TEN YEARS
AGO*, and couldn't get it to work.

Really, this is absurd!

Lee
From: Leonidas Jones on 31 Mar 2007 23:25
Tony Raven wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote on 31/03/2007 03:05 +0100:
>>
>> You never heard of Linux? Free distro's, if you've never tried it
>> Ubuntu is very user friendly:
>>
>
> In a relative sort of way. Still not good on many laptops.
>

Interesting to know, I had never tried to install it on a laptop. The
again, I'm real happy with OSX.

I do find Ubuntu a great distro for Linux newbies. Most likely, Linuux
newbies would not be installing it on a portable machine.

Lee
From: SteveG on 1 Apr 2007 07:09
john sumner wrote:
> SteveG <_@_._> wrote in
> news:IOcPh.2813$NK2.1637(a)text.news.blueyonder.co.uk:
>> John may (or may not) lack comprehension skills but I have to tell you
>> that "validify" is NOT an English word. I'm guessing your American and
>> exercising your "right" to make up words just because you don't know the
>> correct one to use. Try "validate" instead :-)
>>
>> <flame proof jacket now donned in anticipation of impending tirade> <BCG>
>
> I do have comprehension skills
>

John, I never doubted it for a moment :-)

--
Regards

Steve G
From: john sumner on 1 Apr 2007 17:10
SteveG <_@_._> wrote in news:zpMPh.3731$NK2.18(a)text.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

>
> John, I never doubted it for a moment :-)
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Steve G
>

Me neither and i do comprehend that businessman is nothing but a troll.
From: elaich on 2 Apr 2007 01:20
john sumner <josumner1965(a)cs.com> wrote in
news:Xns9905AE8767D36josumner1964NOSPAMcs(a)news.datemas.de:

> Me neither and i do comprehend that businessman is nothing but a troll.

So why did his thread get over 30 replies?

--
A: Because it disturbs the logical flow of the message.
Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
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