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   From: SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid>   
   Subject: Re: OT : More on Vista and that guy from NZ   
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   Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:50:00 GMT   
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   * Hadron wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> writes:   
      
   [...]   
      
   >>> Linux. Most businesses dont care about the OS. They care about the   
   >>> apps. Apps with which they do their daily work.   
      
   >> Which will now cost them thousands of hours in lost  productivity with   
   >> this revelation MS is going to call Office 2007 that most companies will   
   >> not switch to for a Looooooonnnng Time anyway.   
      
   > I'm surprised you are so bitter on this subject. MS have typically   
   > delivered SW which meets business needs. hence their market share. I   
   > prefer Linux - its why I used it. Most desktop users dont care about up   
   > time. Yes, I do think Vista will drive some people to Linux, but I also   
   > think its no where near as bad as some Linux advocates would have one   
   > believe.   
      
   I am not bitter, I haven't even SEEN vista yet and based on what I am   
   seeing every day in the news, I wont be seeing it anytime soon. No rush   
   to switch at my place of business. The fact that MS has some good   
   software or as you put it, software that meets business needs doesn't   
   mean I should be nice when I talk about there attitude toward ME, the   
   OWNER of MY HARDWARE. If I am going to have to WORK at getting something   
   to work that I legally own, I might as well work a little harder and   
   get an OS that does what I WANT, not what the vendor thinks is best.   
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   David   
    netgod: er, are these 2.2.0 packages 2.0.0pre9 or do you have a   
           direct line with the gods?   
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