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On Saturday 09 September 2006 20:03, Jerry McBride wrote: |
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> My son, all of thirteen years old, the master of all he surveys, the |
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> supreme keeper of all knowledge of the known and unknown universes, the |
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> pinultimate ruler of mankind... Has "asked" me to put Linux on his desktop |
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> computer... |
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> It seems he has become weary of maintaining/re-installed his beloved XP... |
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> Life is good. |
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> Cheers, Jerry |
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> P.S. the next to be converted beneath my humble roof is my wife... Stay |
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> tuned. |
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From different statistics published in the web I have noticed a correlation |
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between an increase in the uptake of Linux and: |
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a) Major M$Windoze virus or trojan breakouts. |
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b) Launch of new M$Windoze OS variants (e.g. Win98 --> Win2k, or Win2k --> |
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WinXP). |
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where (b) above appears to be more significant in forcing people to reconsider |
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their options. Since I refuse point blank to pay for Vista, I'd like to see |
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that my wife is going to do within the next couple of years, he, he! ;-) |
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Although she promised that when the NTFS drivers for Linux are developed |
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adequately to allow her to work on her NTFS stored data from both OS, she |
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will make an effort to migrate. Let's see . . . |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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