response 1 of 44:

Jul 21 08:22 UTC 2003

Lennon would be chuckling in his grave.

response 3 of 44:

Jul 21 14:23 UTC 2003

Hmmm...as song parodies go, that's kind of lame.

response 5 of 44:

Jul 21 14:46 UTC 2003

Waaaah! That was a bit whiney, wasn't it? I'll try to do better next time on
both counts

response 7 of 44:

Jul 21 15:13 UTC 2003

As i penance (and also because i want to), thankyou other, sj2, and novomit

response 9 of 44:

Jul 21 17:44 UTC 2003

There's a lamer who's sure, all that glitters is gold,
and he's buying a stairway to Redmond
When he gets there, he knows, if the comps are all hosed,
It's Ctrl-Alt-Del, Reboot, then Reinstall

Woe oh oh oh oh oh oh
And he's buying a stairway to Redmond

There's a sing on the wall, but he wants to be sure,
Can't be bothered with dealing with these things,
With Windows, there's no book, just a booklet with rings,
That you know all those users aren't reading

(Chorus)

There's a feeling I get when i look to the West,
And my spirit is crying for fleeing
In my thoughts i have seen, protection rings, direct'ry trees
but 64K's not enough, for segmenting

(Chorus)

And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune,
Microsoft Inc. will buy US Fed Gov,
But a new day will dawn, for those who stand long(),
And the Forces of Darkness will falter

And it makes me wonder,

If there's a flaw in your big lawsuit,
Don't be alarmed now,
It's just some small change for IBM,

Yes there are two paths - you can switch to C:,
but in the long run,
There's still time to move to SQL

Drive heads are humming and then won't go, because you don't know,
Bill Gates is forcing you to buy more
Steve Ballmer's just a front man, just a yes-man,
And he can go and piss in the wind

And as we wind on down the road,
Our drives much larger than before,
There walks a marketeer we all know
Who shines white light, whose system blows
And Windows still grows lots of mould,
ANd if you listen very hard,
The truth will come to you at last,
When all are one and one is all,
Why buy a crock? just buy a Rolls,
Woh oh oh, oh oh oh oh,
And he's buying a stairway to Redmond

response 11 of 44:

Jul 21 23:41 UTC 2003

Mandrake has such a thing.  You can actually install Windows inside Mandrake
and run all you Windows applications from inside, knowing that Windows can't
talk to the outside and the outside cannot talk to windows.  I may re-install
Mandrake rather than SuSe just for that reason.

response 13 of 44:

Jul 22 16:17 UTC 2003

No there aren't as many apps. Yet. And Linux is no harder to install unless
you buy Slackware or Debian (even then, it's probably not much harder unless
you "lose your mind" at a non-graphical menu). And no-one sells dual boot
Linux/Windows machines because if they do, M$ revokes their Windows licence.
And Microsoft isn't a monopolist? Yeah right. Maybe Charles Manson should get
in touch with their lawyers and marketing people. Maybe they can convince
everyone he's not a serial killer.

response 15 of 44:

Jul 22 19:40 UTC 2003

Slackware is actually pretty easy to install now, but doesnt give you a GUI
installer. You get full directions on screen though. havent used Debian in
a couple of years so not sure how far their installer has come. 

response 17 of 44:

Jul 22 20:36 UTC 2003

Linux is not easier to install than Windows, because Windows comes already
installed on your computer (for 99.99% of all buyers).  That whooping huge
factor aside, yes, Linux is easier.

response 19 of 44:

Jul 22 21:34 UTC 2003

Re 18 - this is my fault; since it's filk, i asked for the item to be linked.
after response 18. sorry.

response 21 of 44:

Jul 23 03:07 UTC 2003

Re #2:  I'm running a Windows-free household, and doing just fine.
RH 9.0 has a few glitches here and there in its implementation of
Open Office (if you save your setup and log out with an open
spreadsheet or PowerPoint-clone drawing, the window that restarts
is a word-processor instead), but on the whole it is very nice.
I'm playing with the formula editor just to try to capture some
equations that I'm doing on paper - it is fun!

Some things are not well-polished yet, but when millions of people
have the full source you know it's not going to be long.  Microsoft's
days are numbered.

response 23 of 44:

Jul 23 11:45 UTC 2003

Before Microsoft's days are numbered, the apps that most people want will have
to be made to run under Linux. I have some software that helps train you to
learn other languages. It runs natively under Windows. You can tell people
to use WINE or something similar but that takes a lot of know how, something
that most users arent interested in. So I'd say that until more practical
software is ported to Linux that the common user will really want, M$ is still
on firm ground. Since most Linuces seem to be concentrating on the server side
of business, it might be a while yet.