Re: that other OS

2018-11-20 Thread deloptes
Ric Moore wrote: > I've held mine since 1996 with a Slackware install from floppy disks. I > worked for RedHat from 1999 to 2000 during the IPO era. Nothing but > Linux evere since. However I cannot bear the pain any longer. I just > want to watch a 3D movie on DVD. I sunk a small fortune into nVi

Re: that other OS

2018-11-20 Thread Ric Moore
On 11/16/18 6:31 PM, deloptes wrote: James H. H. Lampert wrote: Actually, I'd call WinDoze a DISservice. (I don't allow WinDoze in my house.) Be pragmatic. Even big crappy hammer can be useful someday, if you want to smash something OK, now it can be TOLD! Enough years have passed so it s

Re: that other OS

2018-11-20 Thread Ric Moore
On 11/16/18 12:34 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: I think it would be great if more people ditched Microsoft on the desktop and went to alternatives, as it would force more software vendors, service providers, etc., to at least acknowledge (if not fully support) Linux, &co. However, I am not goin

Re: that other OS

2018-11-17 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 05:19:52PM +0530, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > > Software as an extortionate alienating limited lease is what Microsoft and > others are trying to entrap the user with, no service rendered. > That sounds like a great bumper sticker in the making. Imagine, "Software

Re: that other OS

2018-11-17 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 17/11/2018 01:00, Brian wrote: On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 18:36:01 +, mick crane wrote: On 2018-11-16 17:29, Brian wrote: On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 12:01:39 -0500, Doug wrote: On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. I noticed tho that there is a

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread deloptes
James H. H. Lampert wrote: > Actually, I'd call WinDoze a DISservice. > > (I don't allow WinDoze in my house.) Be pragmatic. Even big crappy hammer can be useful someday, if you want to smash something and don't have other tool or your company policy is telling you "this is the tool". So let us

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread James H. H. Lampert
mick crane wrote: "Windows is a service..." Actually, I'd call WinDoze a DISservice. (I don't allow WinDoze in my house.) -- JHHL (Currently using PCDOS-2000, OS/400, MacOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Android, and occasionally, at work, CentOS and WinDoze XP.)

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 16 November 2018 15:02:53 deloptes wrote: > mick crane wrote: > > "Windows is a service..." > > Service or not it is still the same crap :) Great minds... -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in t

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread deloptes
mick crane wrote: > "Windows is a service..." Service or not it is still the same crap :)

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread Brian
On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 18:36:01 +, mick crane wrote: > On 2018-11-16 17:29, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 12:01:39 -0500, Doug wrote: > > > > > > > > On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: > > > > > > > > I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. > > > > I noticed tho that there

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread mick crane
On 2018-11-16 17:29, Brian wrote: On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 12:01:39 -0500, Doug wrote: On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: > > I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. > I noticed tho that there is a new message > "Windows is a service..." > This is that thing where they want people to pa

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread mick crane
On 2018-11-16 17:29, Brian wrote: On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 12:01:39 -0500, Doug wrote: On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: > > I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. > I noticed tho that there is a new message > "Windows is a service..." > This is that thing where they want people to pa

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 05:21:00PM +, mick crane wrote: > On 2018-11-16 17:01, Doug wrote: > > On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: > > > > > > I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. > > > I noticed tho that there is a new message > > > "Windows is a service..." > > > This is that thi

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 04:32:55PM +, mick crane wrote: > > I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. > I noticed tho that there is a new message > "Windows is a service..." > This is that thing where they want people to pay a monthly fee to use the > OS, like adobe apparently did with their

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread Brian
On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 12:01:39 -0500, Doug wrote: > > On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: > > > > I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. > > I noticed tho that there is a new message > > "Windows is a service..." > > This is that thing where they want people to pay a monthly fee to use

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread Joe
On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:01:39 -0500 Doug wrote: > On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: > > > > I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. > > I noticed tho that there is a new message > > "Windows is a service..." > > This is that thing where they want people to pay a monthly fee to > > use t

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread mick crane
On 2018-11-16 17:01, Doug wrote: On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. I noticed tho that there is a new message "Windows is a service..." This is that thing where they want people to pay a monthly fee to use the OS, like adobe apparently did with

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread Doug
On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. I noticed tho that there is a new message "Windows is a service..." This is that thing where they want people to pay a monthly fee to use the OS, like adobe apparently did with their photo suite. Just saying