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Re: Why Pirates Should Welcome GNU/Linux

  • Subject: Re: Why Pirates Should Welcome GNU/Linux
  • From: "Michael Scofield" <linux-sux@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: 17 Nov 2006 17:42:43 -0800
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Mark Kent wrote:
> begin  oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> > The Skinny on Windows SPP and Reduced Functionality in Vista
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> >| Microsoft began its aggressive campaign against software piracy in Office
> >| XP and Windows XP with functionality called Office product activation
> >| (OPA) and Windows product activation (WPA).
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004970
> >
> > Just Say No to Windows Vista
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> >| And finally, get ready for linux. OS X (the operating system of Macintosh)
> >| is widely held as the easiest-to-use operating system. Guess what - it's
> >| built on Unix. That's the same OS that linux derives from. I've tried to
> >| use Linux. It's not ready for the primetime yet. But it has come a long,
> >| long way towards being as friendly - if not friendlier - than Windows.
> >| Many linux advocates are already sensing that the coming of Windows
> >| Vista will bring a sea-change in operating system use as users
> >| disgusted with the crippled and expensive MS offering look for
> >| cheaper and freer (as in liberty) alternatives. Give Linux another
> >| 2 years of development (and Windows XP should be fine for the nextt
> >| wo years) and Linux just may be a step up in convenience from Windows XP.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.errorforum.com/microsoft-operating-systems-error/420-just-say-no-windows-vista.html#post1850
>
> "... Linux.  It's not ready for the primetime yet.  But it has come a
> long, long way towards being as friendly - if not friendlier - than
> Windows. "
>
> What on earth can be the definition of "ready for [the] prime time"?
>
> Only an Apple?  A phone?  An HP RPN Calculator?
>
> --
> | Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
> Be sure to evaluate the bird-hand/bush ratio.


Mark Kunt is a lienux fag whos shilling for his boyfriend Roy
Schestowitz. He makes a me too reply to every one of Roys posts so that
Roy-boi collects an extra nickel by the FUD compay that pays him to
post his crap here.


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