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> > I don't understand why people defend ms (m$?) their programmes are not the > best and we should be free to use what we want, > for instance this wretched isp (BT) activly discourages use of anything > other than ms However, I have (many times) used Linux to access BTInternet !!! > I find the opinion in this email sad as it is in a uni based group > southampton is funded by ibm yet its graduates are also taught about ms > > you should know:- > > 400 of the top 600 companies run ibm (even if they have 98 on their > desktops) one of our main banks bought 1600 copies of os2 last easter > > all American munitions run ibm (cruise missiles run on embeded os2) Could you imagine if a nuke GPF'd on its way down ?? Would it stop in fight and reboot ?? or just present the target with a blue screen full of useless information ?? > ms spent millions on spin to get into naval market and nt servers were > fitted to two cruisers And a whole load of naval bases too !! > on test the servers kept on crashing leaving the ships no offensive > capacity, no communications, no steering ---nothing. the servers were > changed. And this is news because ????????????????????????????? > windows does not intergrate with other systems, their wish is the reverse, > on eCom (new os2) > I can read win files, not vice versa. Again.. this is news because ????????????????????????????????? > well you asked for comments > regards peter bunce Hehehe don't blame ya mate, I am activley looking to move completly ANTI-M$ and go completly Linux or OS/2 Warp 4 (which I have on CD). That reminds me... Did anyone ger the October issue of Linux format !! Paul Sutton assures me that it has an artical on USB webcams !!! :-D, one step closer to me leaving windoze ! A) AOL !! <--- Linux port soon :-D B) Webcam <--- give me a while to read that linux format ! C) Printer (USB OfficeJet G85) <--- not sure, anyone got anything here ?? Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.