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Hadron wrote:
> CBFalconer writes:
>> jellybean stonerfish wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:09:58 +0000, SINNER wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, more like netstat or the dozens of other commands that have
>>>> no GUI but are necessary to administrate a networked machine in
>>>> many, many environments. If you have a job and they have an IT
>>>> department, you can bet they spend more time at the windows CLI
>>>> than in a GUI app.
>>>
>>> I have a friend, that is head of IT for a mid sized company...
>>> maybe 20 locations. He does everything with m$ and "point and
>>> click" level technology.
>>>
>>> It pays him well, and all the stores are connected. The
>>> management get their data, and email. The stores get registers,
>>> and the customers all get their coffee.
>>>
>>> And it works....
>>
>> I have a doctor who knows SFA about computers, and who runs a
>> bought system to handle all his paper and records, under XP. He
>> spends a considerable amount of his time swearing at it, as it
>> crashes. I have especially warned him about any future Vista
>> upgrades, since he is highly dependant on images from various
>> tests. See the URL below, scan for the word 'medical'. I have
>> suggested he harass them for a Linux based system.
>
> It would seem you know sweet fa too. How would Vista alter his
> ability to view his images?
>
> The link below is nothing more than blatant scare mongering.
Fine. Entrust your future health to Vista and its failings.
Nothing like missing an early cancer because MS thinks you
shouldn't view the details. You obviously didn't read the link,
and simply made some sort of reflex answer. This is very similar
to the Bush gang ignoring global warming and enmiring the country
in Iraq for no good reason.
--
"A man who is right every time is not likely to do very much."
-- Francis Crick, co-discover of DNA
"There is nothing more amazing than stupidity in action."
-- Thomas Matthews
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