Computer makers have been told
they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite strong ongoing demand for the OS. Analysts and computer makers are wondering if the move is premature given Vista's ongoing performance and compatibility issues. Dell recently said it would reintroduce XP on a range of machines due to customer demand but Microsoft will only allow this until the end of the year.
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Member since:2005-12-15
I've reviewed your comments and you were not in my opinion talking about the kernel level. You were quite clearly discussing the operating system as a whole. My comments were on-topic.
Nobody said you have to like Windows, but you do appear to have an agenda and are severely biased against Windows.
You try to give the impression of a singular bug. It's not singular. It happens all the time in Linux based operating systems. SUSE is up to v10.x now and it _still_ has completely unnecessary irritations. Ask around, there are plenty of complaints just for that distribution alone.
I cannot see where I spell something wrong. I did check it in Word, though I suppose I should have used OO instead - that would have been more accurate perhaps. I do use Mozilla with it's inbuilt spell checker too. You did however spell, "apppointment" incorrectly. Hmm..
I really don't have much to complain about Solaris. It's a very solid platform which is supported very very well by Sun and the community.
Maybe you just dislike the fact that I have valid, differing points of view. That doesn't make me wrong.
Member since:2006-04-21
Nobody said you have to like Windows, but you do appear to have an agenda and are severely biased against Windows.
Yes, it comes from having to put up with it on a weekly to daily basis.
You try to give the impression of a singular bug. It's not singular.
I did not. Since my opinions are a matter of record on this very site, I wonder that you have the audacity to attempt to misrepresent me on it. And you are still missing the point that if one distro has a bug, you have a choice of another distro that doesn't, which you do not have with Windows.
I cannot see where I spell something wrong. I did check it in Word, though I suppose I should have used OO instead - that would have been more accurate perhaps. I do use Mozilla with it's inbuilt spell checker too. You did however spell, "apppointment" incorrectly. Hmm..
The error in question was "bandwagon", which you spelt as "band wagon". Of course the spellchecker is not going to flag it as you spelt "band" and "wagon" correctly. On a completely different subject, that's why it's such a bad idea to rely on a computer spellchecker.
Maybe you just dislike the fact that I have valid, differing points of view. That doesn't make me wrong.
I don't object to "differing points of view". I DO object to misinformation, especially on subjects I care about.
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2006-04-21
You should re-read before you post. I didn't narrow it to comparing Linux and Windows kernels. I was talking about at the distro level.
Well, I wasn't, so you were going off the point. Another point is that if SuSE Linux sucks, you can go use some other Linux that doesn't.
People complain all the time about bad aspects of distros, just like they do about aspects of Windows. Only the very naive and ignorant use blanket statements like, "Windows sucks" and "Linux sucks". It's over generalised and demonstrates a true lack of objectiveness.
OK, then. Let me rephrase. I have used versions of Linux and BSD I like, and versions I haven't. I haven't yet used a version of Windows I haven't grown to hate, and I've used all of the consumer versions between 3.1 and Vista.
Bad installers.. happens all the time. You can check the Linux review archives for evidence. I don't need to prove this. It's very well known, even if you don't want to acknowledge it.
I asked you to give me examples, not yourself an escape clause.
As for small bugs.. it's not singular. It happens all the time. If you're going to deny this, you really are demonstrating that you are blinded by the band wagoning that is so apparent in the Linux community.
I didn't say there weren't small bugs. I said that you don't get a situation in Linuxland where you can't escape from a distro's bugs. As for "band wagoning", if you believe there is more of that in the Linux world than the Windows world, then not only can you not spell, but you are also a proud citizen of Cloud Cuckoo Land. As for the Solaris community, I haven't yet heard anyone from the Slowlaris community who doesn't slaver over it. Let's see if Ian Murdock's recent apppointment to Sun can change that and give them some perspective.