cold water on linux

[Collins]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:12:14 -0500
Michael Hipp <Michael at Hipp.com> wrote:

> Shawn L Johnston wrote:
>   > Is she talking about the service pack for Win2k also known as Windows
> > XP? I guess I can't say I've been watching them very closely, but I
> > haven't really seen anything new from them since Windows 2000 - XP,
> > Office, Server, etc has been mostly marketing improvements.
> 
> Your assessment is correct. W2k was their best effort. And it has gone 
> downhill since then.

At the risk of triggering flames (shields are up), I must say I disagree. W2K always took forever to boot. WinXP boots a lot quicker and has some nice usabiity enhancements like the ability to send files to a queue for the CD writer. Inexcusable, though, is the fact that IEP still lets all the popups come through. I've been trying to encourage my wife to use Mozilla instead.

> 
> That article, IMHO, was the brainless "repeat what I've heard" article 
> typical of journalists that have neither the smarts nor willingness to 
> do any serious investigation of a subject. Expect lots of these.
> 

True, too true.

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