OT - RAM utilities -> XP sucks? -> ME is worse?

[Thermodyne]

A lot of the MS vs. open source argument would disappear if MS suddenly said that their software was free. The MS operating systems actually work well when properly administered, they just cost to damn much. A lot of people like me picked up licenses during the demise of the Dot Coms. Now MS is trying to find a way to expire these licenses. They feel that they were some how cut out of the loop. I say they could have been there bidding with the rest of us. Another big problem with MS is the need to install multiple layers of software. I would like to deploy an ISA server, but that would require an additional per/CPU license for ISA server on top of the base server license. It has been in the news that MS will begin charging for security. It seems to me that they have been doing it all along. $1100 to $6000+ for ISA server is paying dearly for security in my book.

[mlmbd]

DOZEing is left for the cockpit/bushbox crew, i.e the pilots. Either male or female!!

[tesco samoa]

No but your navy uses Win NT... and 2000....
Me thinks this conversation will occur some time.

"Sir. Double Boggie on 6"
"Tracking...Tracking... "

GPF error at 324932648926145.dsaofdlj3.3349d... has caused the ........

"Sir, the screen is blue....

"Sir , my machine is asking for us to reboot..."

"Sir, my machine has locked up...."

Damn we should have stayed with Unix.......

I use 2000 and NT at work.
I use XP and SUSE at home.

[rdouglass]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
And since you mentioned ASP, we might have some work for you over on the SELadder, so long as you are willing to take your pay in ladder credits

What do you need done? PM me and we'll talk.

As to the other comments, I'm definitely not saying MS has the BEST product around, its just that however it happened MS has 'taken over the world' (at least as far as OS's are concerned - Evil Empire or not) and we were discussing Xp vs. ME (at least that was the topic title).

And when it comes to MS's software - YES, running for 2 weeks IS a significant timeframe for an MS desktop OS. Just check around and look at the multitude of forums out there based around this subject. Check out reliability for all the flavors and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Just remember to leave Linux/Unix and MacOS out of the picture. Yes, I DO agree that they are better and more stable OS's; its just that the majority, repeat majority, of the business world still runs on MS.

[KirbyEF]

I run windows because there are applications that have been written for windows that I want to use.

When a flavor of Linux gets a really good program that runs win32 applications well and I would consider switching to it! Less money in "Uncle Bill's" pocket the better!

I'm sorry, I didn't understand about the homeuser not required to renew their license.... The issues with MS requiring updates/upgrades and privacy control seems worse than having to pay them again for their license....

billg the visionary? He has been quoted in saying, "640KB is all the memory you will ever need" and him revising his "visionary" book "The Road Ahead" to include the internet.... come on.... He's just a bully and wants to win "AT ANY COST"... people dying and companies going out of business, no bother..... I've been messing about with computers since '81 and I don't liked MS, because what I have seen happen... Watch the movie "Antitrust" (the names have been changed to protect the guilty), it's based on real life practices of that "friendly" (fiendly) company in Redmond, WA (vs. the one in the movie Portland,OR).

[dumbluck]

Man you've got a lot of N.E.R.V. bringing up that movie. (Or was it spelled N.U.R.V.? I can't remember)

[Crazy_Dog]

Is N.U.R.V. and is a great film