Re: One of the things I missed!

[Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>]

frankc wrote:
> 
>     [sinp...]     [snip...]     [snip...]
> 
> Okay, enough griping about companies that are going down the tubes.  I have
> to say I do not trust the Microsoft machines that I use.  No matter what
> version I use (NT, 95, 2000) they all end up dissapointing and down right
> screwing up to the point that I reinstall rather than try to fix anything.
>
This is like Sysiphus pushing the large rock up the hill...he *almost* gets
to the top, then the stone rolls back to the bottom.  And he has to
start over...
The Micro$uck Redmond Bloatware is designed to use up all your time re-booting
and re-installing... You *never* get any real work done...
>
> Now, there is light at the end of the tunnel.  I have used Linux for over a
> year exclusively.  I trust it, and feel like I have complete control over
> it no matter which distribution I have used.  Also, if I do not understand
> something I know that there are a zillion websites  that I can turn to for
> answers.  No other OS nor company supporting that OS can say that without
> lying.  One last thing about drive noise.  I have noticed that Maxtors are
> more noisy than other drives I have used when they are doing something.
> They are not annoyingly whiny.  Both my 420MB and 4GB drives make this
> noise.  I wonder if they designed the noise in on newer drives for the
> classic effect for customers.
>
Right!!!  As someone's sig said:  "The software package said 'Windows 95 or
better', so I installed Linux..."

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