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Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Smithy, if the person who wrote the virus that attacked SCO is a Linux loon, then would it follow that the people who collaborated to attack the Debian server are all Microsoft goons?
[January 29, 2004, 7:36]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Jonsaw : " Smithy, if the person who wrote the virus that attacked SCO is a Linux loon, then would it follow that the people who collaborated to attack the Debian server are all Microsoft goons? Nope.
[January 29, 2004, 20:36]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Bascule whines: "Scalability - 2003 running on 32 processor 8Gb RAM machines is it? NASA run redhat on theirs, why? It does it better and it also exists in the current Mars rover.Now that's scalability "
[January 30, 2004, 7:04]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Smithy I think you are merely a troll. You are the one who sounds like the fanatic round here, stick with the facts not opinions. Benchmarks: http://www.open-mag.com/features/Vol_66/TuxNET/TuxNET.htm Pretty close to be fair, the other benchmark is...
[January 30, 2004, 4:52]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Bascule, the linux fundamentalist, screeches You are the one who sounds like the fanatic round here, stick with the facts not opinions" Then to show how he sticks to "facts" and not opinions, "Bascule" comes up with this gem
[January 30, 2004, 6:50]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Adebayo Omo-Dare : "One wonders how long you have been burrying your head in the sand" I think its you who has been drnking the Linux cool aid pal. And it shows. Did you read the US Ambassador's letter fully at all?
[January 30, 2004, 11:16]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Adebayo Omo-Dare : "Neither am I ignorant about the effects of the US' 20+ trillion deficit on the US economy -. Yeah? Listen. I have lived in Europe for over 10 years, before moving to the United States.
[January 30, 2004, 11:36]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback smithy ' they Linux ource code was easily hacked. And if Debian had not admitted it, those hackers would simply have released that info on the internet' The debian source code got stolen? It's OPEN SOURCE!
[January 30, 2004, 13:08]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback It's common knowledge that if you mention Hitler in a discussion that has nothing to do with WWII, then you've lost the arguement. See ya Smithy.
[March 8, 2005, 16:56]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Bascule :"The debian source code got stolen? It's OPEN SOURCE! duhhhh " Debian source code, open source code, schmopen source code, who cares? Bottom line : Despite constant boasts from the open source/linux crazies about how secure and bullet...
[January 30, 2004, 17:49]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Bascule : "Though I agree there are far to few benchmarks to really get a clear picture on the 2003/*nix debate. I disagree 2003 smoked, it was close, all who read will see that is so. Check these head to heads between Windows 2003 and Red Hatd...
[January 30, 2004, 18:08]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback I couldn't find those figures you mentioned, just these: http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/ All windows bar 2. The screaming, whimpering, maleducated, troll - serf "smithy" makes a total fool of himself, as he has throughout this thread IMO making...
[January 31, 2004, 17:52]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback aAebayo Omo-Dare screeches : "Each countries gov has standards set for procurement. If a company chooses not to accept those standards " Every country can do what they like, so far as its within the rules laid down by international trade...
[January 31, 2004, 15:48]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Bascule whines : "Microsoft VeriTest, a division of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.to conduct a series of tests enough said " Veristest is an independent, world class, world recognised IT testing company.
[January 31, 2004, 15:32]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Then, Smithy, there is the economy. One must say that Africa suffers from an absence of good economic strategies that are production related as there are many who see development from the consumption side of the equation and few that see it from...
[January 31, 2004, 10:22]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback David Hallowell, it doesn't matter what the attachment is , if the operating system is being used by ordinary people, kids, old people, etc etc, they can and they will click on the attachment and run an "exe" file by mistake and end up installing...
[January 28, 2004, 2:09]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback David Hallowell : " have to say anyone who believes SCO's case is very misinformed of the facts" I have folowed the case closely, and I think SCO will win because they have the law and right on their side.
[January 28, 2004, 0:21]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback "This is especially inpressive given that he is now left with only $55 Billion according to Forbes magazine. Only? I hope he travelled Economy class over to the UK with that little money! So what if he's giving away 99% of his money in the future...
[January 28, 2004, 0:07]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Foreign Office to honour Bill Gates (with a knighthood). Microsoft or Bill Gates. I think Smithy, NY is off the mark. I, and I expect many in UKUUG and others in the world who advocate open systems, have _no hate_ for either
[January 27, 2004, 22:33]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Bill Gates is every bit as deserving of knighthood as Tim Berners-Lee, Harold Evans, and other "noble" people who came before Bill. Thus Bill Gates is no less deserving of knighthood. Yes, Bill Gates is a thief.
[March 2, 2005, 19:08]
