On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:03:26 -0400, "Billy Smith"
wrote:

Nah, hes just a self righteous butthole. Stupidity is his own hallmark.

Frank won't like you talking about him that way.

"dave" wrote in message
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Billy Smith wrote:

Thats a great assessment! I wonder how that fool Gates got those billions
of dollars?

By stifling competition (and thereby innovation) and either buying or
burying anyone who got in his stinky paranoid way?

The size of a bank account has nothing to do with whether a product works
well or not. In fact, more often than not, it may be a contra-indicator
of real intrinsic value.

You sound like a conspiracy theorist. Interesting, when you consider that
the computer industry and users at large could very well get rid of Gates
and his software. All someone would have to do is to make a compatible
software system that would be easy for the user to install and format the
old drive. Then provided you could surf the net, connect to the Net, word
process, Presentations, databases, games, multimedia, pictures, etc, it
might even be a blast.

Linux hasn't been able to do it. Mandrake was crap. Lindows couldn't do it.
Red Hat didnt. Apple hasn't accomplished crap, etc.
So when is this big change going to occur. After all, Gates can't make you
accept his system provided a reasonable alternative exists with the
supporting software, applications, and capabilities to do everything that
any Windows system does. All it would take is for someone to produce for 100
bucks a copy or so a decent operating system that actually can be placed on
any computer and work within the hardware system of that computer. Then have
the background applications.

Gates couldnt stop me from putting Linux on my machines when I did. It was
the fact that Linux was crappy and incapable of utilization in a way that
would benefit myself the user. And until they can put a copy of Linux out
that interfaces with a wide variety of programs, then they will continue to
honor Gates. Until they produce something certifably stable, decent, and
affordable that everyone can use with ease, Windows will still own you guys.

I use all of my computers in about a weeks time frame. One to keep them
updated and the other for business purposes.

"Charlie Tame" wrote in message
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Have you tried turning either machine on?



Billy Smith wrote:
You are talking to Adam Not So Bright. Its amusing these guys keep
complaining about crashes but Ive had XP for about 6 years and no
crashes, Vista about a year and no crashes. Nice.

"Unknown" wrote in message
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Very stupid comment. Ever stop to think what causes the crashes?
"Adam Albright" wrote in message
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On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:38:01 -0500, "Unknown"
wrote:

Your argument is totally ridiculous. The primary reason for
Microsoft's
popularity is simply because it is so flexible.
What do you want your computer to do? Microsoft's OS does it.

I had no idea people wanted their systems to crash so often.

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:14:20 -0400, "Billy Smith"
wrote:

I use all of my computers in about a weeks time frame. One to keep them
updated and the other for business purposes.

So many here have no idea what they're doing or why they do it. Based
on what you just said it suggests your turn on your computer merely to
see then install any new updates.

Oh wow, I'm impressed. That's like opening the refrigerator door
slowly to see if you can confirm the light really goes out.

Billy Smith wrote:
Gates couldnt stop me from putting Linux on my machines when I did. It was
the fact that Linux was crappy and incapable of utilization in a way that
would benefit myself the user. And until they can put a copy of Linux out
that interfaces with a wide variety of programs, then they will continue to
honor Gates. Until they produce something certifably stable, decent, and
affordable that everyone can use with ease, Windows will still own you guys.

Your ambiguous but correct grammar probably had you saying something very
different from what you meant to say. Let me swap an "antecedent" and
a pronoun in your quote:

Until Windows produce something certifably stable, decent, and
affordable that everyone can use with ease, they will still own you guys.

And it's true, they even BSOD battleships because they're more commercially
viable. Just drop it in and it plays solitaire.

P.S. I never said I was a linux aficionado in this thread, just hate Vista.

--
Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics
http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

"Adam Albright" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:48:53 -0700, Frank wrote:

wrote:
On Jun 2, 11:42 am, RHF wrote:

D'Oh ! - The Future of Windows XP -according-to- Microsoft
Corp.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...xp/future.mspx

Windows XP will be Gone in June 2008 ? - NOT !

MS Says - Windows XP Sales will Stop on 30 June 2008.

Note - Some Existing 'new' Old-Stock of Windows XP presently
in Retailers Inventory may be available until 2009 or longer.

MS Says - Technical Support [Service Pack Downloads] for
Window XP will be provided by Microsoft Corp until 2014.

OK - What is the Problem ?

Yeah -if- You buy a New Computer you will likely get stuck
with have Micorsoft's VISTA pre-installed -but- your Old PC
that is running Windows XP will have support for Five (5)
more years.

Hopefully within those Five (5) Years Microsoft will have
something better than VISTA as their latest super-dupper
OS : Plus you will have a lot of new Hardware to Want-to-Buy.

-ps- Five (5) Years is almost Two (2) Life Cycles in the ever
changing Softwave-and-Hardware Turn-Over-and-Upgrade
PC Users Dilemma.

and . . . that's the way i see it ~ RHF
.

On May 30, 5:07 am, David wrote:


On May 30, 6:20 am, "xfile" wrote:

My two cents,

I don't see the needs for customers to sign any petitions. It's the
product
provider's job to find out if their product is well accepted by the
market
or not. And it's their product so they have every right for making
the
decision. If they think Vista is so good, just terminate XP and make
Windows 7 even more like Vista. Of course, it's also them who have to
take
the consequences of that decision. Life finds a way, so no need to
beg
anyone for keeping a product or not.

"Clear Windows" wrote in message

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http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/0...ng-official-pe...

If you can remember back a few weeks, Steve Ballmer went on record
saying
that Microsoft would consider extending the life of Windows XP if
enough
people asked for it. Afterall, many people don't want to upgrade to
Windows Vista because they are perfectly content with XP. The problem
was
there was no way to ask for it. Sure, you could sign one of the many
online petitions, but Microsoft considers those "non-official
complaints"
and the rest of us simply consider them silly.

Well, word has been passed down to the tech support teams (and then
on to
Neowin) that they are to begin logging any calls that come in for the
sole
purpose of requesting an extension to the retail life of Windows XP.
The
calls will be logged and, if enough complaints are filed, Microsoft
will
consider giving XP some more time (no pinky promises, though).

If you wish to file an official petition yourself, you can simply
call the
Windows XP Home Edition support numbers for your country and let the
operator know that you wish to file an official complaint. Because
we're
so nice and want to save you the trouble, here are the numbers for a
majority of Neowin's visitors:

United States: (866) 234-6020
United Kingdom: 0870 60 10 100
Canada: (800) 936-8479

If your country isn't listed, you can visit the Microsoft Support
Site,
choose your country, choose Windows XP Home Edition as your product
and
then go to 'Contacts' for the appropriate support number.

I disagree with their methodology but will make the call.

Windows XP is fast, RELIABLE, and meets the needs of the vast majority
of PC users

United States: (866) 234-6020
United Kingdom: 0870 60 10 100
Canada: (800) 936-8479

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- But the problem is that whatever Microsoft comes up with to replace
Vista will be the same resource Hog Vista is now;
- with no substantial gain.

And you know this because...?

- Imagine how nice it would be to have a REALLY fast, reliable PC that
ran on Some Future Iteration of hardware

I've got multiple installs of that OS right now...it's called Vista!


- but had Reliable, Familiar Windows XP as its OS

Why? Once you become familiar with Vista, then XP seems old, slow and
clunky...just W2K did after we became familiar with XP.

- tapping into whatever faster Internet / server farm is standard
down teh road.

????????????????????????

Worth Saving Windows XP, in the opinion of over 200,000

Yeah right. You don't think for one second that 200,000 individuals
responded do you?
If so, lets talk about some very fine bridges I happens to know of that
are for sale...LOL!
Also blogs are now becoming click-and-I-get-cash cows. Any resemblance
to a real e-rag news outlet is delusional at best.
Frank

Frank knows all about delusional. It's his life.


Sure you do, Madeline

"Frank" wrote in message
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Billy Smith wrote:

Nah, hes just a self righteous butthole. Stupidity is his own hallmark.

"Unknown" wrote in message
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Holy Cow-----Do you ever read your posts and criticize them? You should
talk.
"Adam Albright" wrote in message
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:49:05 -0500, "Unknown"
wrote:

That's more stupid than the first.


This newsgroup is overflowing with stupid comments. Many of them seem
to be coming from guys like you that can't stand to see anyone being
critical of Vista. Sorry to inform you it sounds like you have been
inflicted with the same fatal disease the resident troll Frank has
where the person just rants and screams and keeps making excuses for
Microsoft releasing crap.

"dave" wrote in message
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Unknown wrote:

Very stupid comment. Ever stop to think what causes the crashes?


I shouldn't have to.






Yeah, adam albright is the real nut case of this ng.
Frank

Watch it now, you might upset him and he will throw a temper tantrum. He's
so tightly wound now that he can't use his computer correctly. He might
heaven forbid go postal on it.

"Adam Albright" wrote in message
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:14:20 -0400, "Billy Smith"
wrote:

I use all of my computers in about a weeks time frame. One to keep them
updated and the other for business purposes.

So many here have no idea what they're doing or why they do it. Based
on what you just said it suggests your turn on your computer merely to
see then install any new updates.

Oh wow, I'm impressed. That's like opening the refrigerator door
slowly to see if you can confirm the light really goes out.


Based on what your reading comprehension is of this thread, I would suspect
that you didn't bother to read any of my other comments. Considering that I
have 1 XP laptop, 3 XP desktops, 2 Vista Laptops, and 1 Vista Desktop says
to me that I spend quite a bit of time in the computer realm. In fact,
probably several hours of the day outside of work. Perhaps you're less than
capable using Vista or learning how not to crash a computer system would be
educational for you.

I don't sit around and install new updates every time. One because I use all
my computers more than that. I have computers for different purposes. One
primarily for amateur radio software and music not to mention media mixing.
Another is for website development and business. 2 are for personal pleasure
one desktop and the other laptop. The other couple get a lot of web usage.
One pretty much has thousands of songs on it. You might learn something from
some of the posters here. No small task to keep all those computers running
in top shape. Something else that eludes you.

In article ,
Frank wrote:

SNIP

Most people fine it rather strange that

SNIP

You keep on posting off topic crap.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Frank wrote:
Billy Smith wrote:

Nah, hes just a self righteous butthole. Stupidity is his own hallmark.

"Unknown" wrote in message
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Holy Cow-----Do you ever read your posts and criticize them? You
should talk.
"Adam Albright" wrote in message
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:49:05 -0500, "Unknown"
wrote:

That's more stupid than the first.


This newsgroup is overflowing with stupid comments. Many of them seem
to be coming from guys like you that can't stand to see anyone being
critical of Vista. Sorry to inform you it sounds like you have been
inflicted with the same fatal disease the resident troll Frank has
where the person just rants and screams and keeps making excuses for
Microsoft releasing crap.
So you discovered that LOL! aka the resident troll is a nut case. How
long did it take you to find that out?

"dave" wrote in message
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Unknown wrote:

Very stupid comment. Ever stop to think what causes the crashes?


I shouldn't have to.






Yeah, adam albright is the real nut case of this ng.
Frank
They are not takling about Adam so I think you should look in the
mirror. Now I know you are scared! Bah.....