re: Windows NT woes, switching to Linux

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	The 1st public release trashed my hard drive---you've heard that story 
often
	enough already.

You obviously didn't know what you were doing then.  I've been using NT on 
and off, and have developed one of the first apps for NT in Dec. 1991 shown 
at the SF MS Dev. Conf. (Winstock).  Did you seek help from knowledgable NT 
support resources, or did you bitch and moan on the Linux mailing lists?  
Boy, I'm sure you'd get a lot of good support for NT there! ;)

If you don't like or can't read what my mailer sends, then erase it.  No one 
is forcing you to try to comprehend what you cannot.

Ted

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>From owner-tlug@example.com, on 4/7/96 5:50 PM:
>>>>> Ted writes:

   Steve.
   Before you proceed to bash Windows NT, consider that you are using

I was done, actually.  No intention of "proceeding."  But how could I
possibly resist responding to the following quote from your post by
quoting you quoting me *in the very same post*!???!!?

   a version outdated by a year or two.  Try 3.51, or specifically
   mention you are using 3.50, which is like using Linux from a year
   or two ago.

Um, Ted?  It's not like I didn't mention that NT does do some things
better than most anybody else.  And you quoted the following from my post:

   I do plan to inform Microsoft; maybe they'll fix it, maybe they
   already have (I have v3.5, I think there's a v3.51 or so by now).  I
   don't think I'll bother to reinstall, though.

What more do you want?

Anyway, your comparison is not true.  Windows NT is advertised as a
*robust* solution to all common office automation problems.  The 1st
public release trashed my hard drive---you've heard that story often
enough already.  3.5 freezes up if an ethernet board or driver goes
south on you.  I'm sorry---every time I touch NT it screws me.  Maybe
I'm the only person ever to have problems with Windows NT, and MS
released 3.51 or whatever is current solely to improve performance.
Not.

Linux advertises that it's permanently in beta.  (Check the COPYLEFT
if you don't believe me.)  Big difference.

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Are you ever gonna do something about that mailer?  I mean, next time
it could be your OS kernel!!  <g>

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