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   From: "Stephen J. Rush"    
   Subject: Re: A good example why linux will eventually win over M$   
   Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:56:54 -0500   
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   On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:16:52 +0000, elaich wrote:   
      
   > Frank  wrote in    
   > news:gjqvr2tj8bbunmf2hupdba6vid3vn1vkso@4ax.com:   
   >    
   >> Microsoft   
   >> had a good OS which runs well on e.g. a 300 MHz Celeron with 192-256   
   >> Mb RAM and a 6.8 Gb HD, which leaves enough room for standard   
   >> applications, and that OS is W2K. M$ should never have dropped that.   
   >    
   > M$ never made an OS better than 2000, but there is no money to be made    
   > keeping user's W2K systems patched, unless they charge for the patches.    
   > Hey, I better not put any ideas in their heads! LOL.   
      
   I have no real evidence, but I suspect that Microsoft designed Win2K to   
   placate some of their big corporate customers, who were about to jump ship.   
    In those days, PC hardware was just getting powerful enough to run Unix   
   (and derivatives) well, and some IT managers were starting to think that   
   it would be worth the effort to switch to a system that was designed from   
   the beginning to be secure and reliable. M$ later regretted building a   
   system that would Just Work for years.   
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