Why Windows Lost The Battle for the Desktop

[John Bailo]

The war of the OSes was won a long time ago.

Unix has always been, and will continue to be, the Server OS in the form
of Linux.

Microsoft struggled mightily to win that battle -- creating a poor man's
DBMS, a broken email server and various other /application/ servers to
try and crack the Internet and IS markets.

In the case where they didn't spend their own money to get companies to
install servers, they failed miserably, and the 1 Billion per quarter
Linux market is testament to that.

But, what M$ didn't want you to know, is that the only reason they
wanted to dominate the server, is to protect their desktop and office
applications market.

Seal up the server, and the desktop is safe; cede the server, and the
desktop will fall.

And so it is...falling into the hands of Linux.

[Jeff_Relf]

Hi Phil, Re: Rinze's reading problems, You suggested to me: <<
You've completely misunderstood his post.
He says he finds it difficult to read English
* in the piss poor format you post it in * . >>

Did he really ? ! Oh, thanks for elucidating me like that, Phil.

My guess is that Rinze is a better reader than you are... what a pity.

[Rick]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:08:36 +0000, Jeff_Relf wrote:

Hi Rinze, You lied: <<
I have no problem whatsoever with reading English. >>

Yes you do, dude. My English is complex but still readable.
You'll never improve your reading abilities
if you keep blaming others like that.
Your quoting non-style is crap.

Repeating yourself, You told me: <<
I do have a problem with the weird way you're quoting !
That makes reading your replies hard to read.
Why do you find it nescesarry to invent another ( and horrible )
way of quoting when the rest of the world uses simple indentations.
Sometimes doing things differently can be an improvement.
In your case... it isn't. >>

Am I not indenting ? Why do you so absolutely Require chevrons ?
Because that is the way is done... by convention... by etiquette by RFC
2646

Is not second-level ( " > > " ) quoting spam ?
No.

My newsreader, X.CPP, kills such spam, along with HTML, PGP signatures, etc.
In other words .. you just do things the way you want to and custom,
ettiquette and rfc be damned.

Oh the things you are missing by being so illiterate.

ahah ahahahah HAH ahH AHah ahahahah...

--
Rick

[Yama]

Hi Linuxers and Unixers,

Reality is tough to admit isn't it? While Linux, and ones alike, OS is
loosing market Micrsoft is winning market... .NET has got a long way to go
before becoming the most powerful environment (for open source lovers try
ROTOR search on MSDN to download code for a typical C# compiler). While you
Linuxer talk about cheap labor I wonder how the hack you guys pay rent... I
work as a consultant and a developer I choose at my own discretion to share
code with the programming community and write code in Java's J2EE (written
the [among the] first CHAT room back in the days for JUNO) and in C# in the
..NET environment. I get paid for what I do.. I do not think a company would
like to redistribute their software for free in order to benefit from it and
to pay me or other developers... Code can be decompiled eith in PERL, JAVA,
or in managed .NET environment hence you got to Obfuscate it... I can only
imagine a think about guys like you guys loving so much Linux... You believe
it will one day help you achieve a great career getting everything for free
and redistributing everything you do for free... If you want to talk FREE you
might want to consider making rules for survival... If you like living like a
homeless junky and are happy with you *silly* lifestyle trying to act smarter
than a highly paid engineer like myself developing for high-tech companies in
C# then go be happy with your lifestyle...

Reality is you want to be like me a normal guy that can give a damn about OS
but rather care about how you can improve it by applying work and
contributing to its growth and of course getting paid for it while getting
recongnition... . I honestly respect success story of Bill Gates and others
like himself including Oracle's Larry Ellison for their achievements in
corporate America... THey have created our jobs and have helped millions....
Are you telling us that Linux is going to help millions as Micrsoft did?

Yama


"John Bailo" wrote:

Jeff_Relf wrote:

Sam Walton didn't create a bunch of spoiled brats ( billionaires )
by overpaying his employees... neither did Bill Gates.

People forget.

The reason these companies is successful are that they deliver low costs
to the consumer.

For every pissed off programmer, there are 1000 happy customers, making
$30,000 a year, who can afford cheap goods.

Now Linux/WalMart are taking on that role.

Linux does what Microsoft does -- but it doesn't have to pay a Bill
Gates.

That's why its better

[Jeff_Relf]

Hi Rick, You squeaked to me: << Your quoting non-style is crap. >>

I'm surprised you even know how to breathe, Rick, You're so mindless.

Re: Second-level quoting ( " > > " ) being spam,

You replied: <<
that is the way is done... by convention... by etiquette by RFC 2646 >>

If true, then RFC 2646, and you, are wrong.
You'll never drag me down to your level, Rick... so why don't you give it up ?

You concluded: << you just do things the way you want to and custom,
ettiquette and rfc be damned. >>

You're the damned one, Rick... not me, not ettiquette or RFCs.

[Kadaitcha Man]

"Jeff_Relf" <[e-mail] > wrote in message
news:Je******** *************** *@Cotse.NET

Urgh. Shithouse quoting.

<snipped unread>

[Jeff_Relf]

Hi Kadaitcha_Hag, You confessed to all here: <<
You really put me in my place, Jeff.
I can't take it any longer. I've lost my crown to you... sob. >>

That's ok, Kadaitcha_Hag,
....you're welcome back whenever you start feeling better.

[Kadaitcha Man]

"Jeff_Relf" <[e-mail] > wrote in message
news:Je******** *************** *@Cotse.NET

Urgh. Shithouse quoting.

<snipped unread>

[Rick]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:52:54 +0000, Jeff_Relf wrote:

Hi Rick, You squeaked to me: << Your quoting non-style is crap. >>

I'm surprised you even know how to breathe, Rick, You're so mindless.
AHah HAHA haha HAHahah HAHaha HAHahh...

Re: Second-level quoting ( " > > " ) being spam,

You replied: <<
that is the way is done... by convention... by etiquette by RFC 2646 >>

If true, then RFC 2646, and you, are wrong.
You'll never drag me down to your level, Rick... so why don't you give it up ?
That's right Relf... everyone is wrong but you.
Go take some more Thorazine.

You concluded: << you just do things the way you want to and custom,
ettiquette and rfc be damned. >>

You're the damned one, Rick... not me, not ettiquette or RFCs.

.... more of your psychoses.

--
Rick

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

Jeff_Relf uttered the following jibberish:

Hi Rinze, You lied: <<
I have no problem whatsoever with reading English. >>
I didn't lie. My reading capabilities are just fine. It's you who's
messing things up what that idiot quoting style.
My English is complex but still readable.
You'll never improve your reading abilities
if you keep blaming others like that.
Your English isn't complex, don't make me laugh. You just need to learn
to quote like the rest of the world does.
I told you :

I do have a problem with the weird way you're quoting ! Am I not indenting ? Why do you so absolutely Require chevrons ?

Indenting makes it clear who replied to what and when. I assume you also
don't indent your sourcecode? You're also using chevrons, you're just
putting them at the end of the line, where they are useless.
Is not second-level ( " > > " ) quoting spam ?
Not if it clarifies the conversation.
My newsreader, X.CPP, kills such spam, along with HTML, PGP signatures, etc.

Oh the things you are missing by being so illiterate.

It's obvious you're living in your own private little world where
everyone is crazy except you. I hope you're happy there. I'm done
throwing food down your pit.

--
Rinze van Huizen
C-Services Holland b.v.

[Phil Da Lick!]

C-Services Holland b.v. wrote:

Jeff_Relf uttered the following jibberish:

I told you :

I do have a problem with the weird way you're quoting !

Am I not indenting ? Why do you so absolutely Require chevrons ?

Indenting makes it clear who replied to what and when. I assume you also
don't indent your sourcecode?

Have you not seen his source code?

It's obvious you're living in your own private little world where
everyone is crazy except you. I hope you're happy there. I'm done
throwing food down your pit.

lol.