Re: A85: stupid remarks
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Re: A85: stupid remarks
At 08:44 PM 1/6/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Were you regarding that question to me? Oh, I use Windows 98, but not
>on my free will. My parents are not comuter literate and don't know
>jack squat 'bout any computers.
>I'm planning to use a Linux in the near future. Of course, I'm only 14
>and don't really have funding yet for my "Linux Dream Machine" that is
>planning to build a low-end computer of maybe 3-year behind technology.
>
>P.S. Have you heard of BeOS? In PC Computing, it is said that is loads
>in less than 10 Seconds...
dont even bother with beos.... goto ticalc.org and read the ti-h archives
of the end of dec, beginning of jan. we had a long, discussion on the
faults of beos..
hehe
>
>
>---PXGray@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 1/6/99 1:50:13 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
>> japiitul@freenet.hut.fi writes:
>>
>> > Winblows is really good word... how could you otherwise put this
>in single
>> > word
>> > - it's price has blowed way too high (about 10-20 times the real
>value)
>> it's
>> > codebase
>> > is really huge - for ex. graphics APIs... we have GDI,
>DirectDraw, MCI and
>> > plus the
>> > APIs to APIs... Windows' codebase is about 5 larger than it would
>need to
>> be
>> > for
>> > that functionality... comparing to real operating systems, in
>which you
>> have
>> > initially
>> > only the core, kernel, and can freely decide what additional
>components you
>> > want to
>> > include or leave out.
>> >
>> > The price for this bloat is slowness and eror proneness!
>> >
>> > Bottom line: Winblows is justified.
>>
>> Do you use a Mac or a Linux system? Or are you just justifying the
>word?
>>
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