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On 10/6/07, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> posted |
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> > and 2) if I do add some form of RAID that it will cause problems for |
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> > the cloned Win XP installation being it isn't there now. |
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> Well, if you use Linux-kernel RAID, of course you do lose the ability to |
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> read it from MS, and even using hardware RAID, there's the eXPrivacy anti- |
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> privacy activation hoops you have to go thru... You certainly do have a |
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> point there! |
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> Of course, that's one of the big reasons I left MS and switched to |
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> Linux... that was a line I simply could not and would not cross. I simply |
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> refused, and when MS insisted, as with any relationship where one partner |
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> makes demands for something the other simply cannot and will not do, it |
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> ends the relationship. Needless to say given no other choice, we parted |
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> ways. So I have MS to thank for finally pushing me to Linux. Oh well, |
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> their loss as I spent a decent amount of money on them, my ever so great |
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> gain! =8^) |
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I did too Duncan. I ran only Linux for about 5 years. About 3 years |
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ago I left my Silicon Valley career behind and about a year ago I |
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started trading stocks full time. Unfortunately (until very recently) |
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there hasn't a viable stock trading platform for Linux. Now, since |
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thinkorswim's platform is written in Java, there is at least the |
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possibility of trading from a Gentoo machine. I cannot get it to run |
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on Gentoo 64-bit but when I do Windows will be gone again. |
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- Mark |
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