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Will Unix-based operating systems overtake the M$ Windows monopoly someday?
This includes operating systems such as Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, BSD and BeOS.
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"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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July 19, 2003, 15:10
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Asher / Monolith et al. in 5...4...3...
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July 19, 2003, 15:11
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MS will dominate forever and ever and ever...
And you forgot "Banana," you dirty heathen 
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The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.
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July 19, 2003, 15:13
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MS will dominate forever and ever and ever...
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O, sorry. I haven't posted a poll here in quite awhile, so, I forgot. Oops. 
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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July 19, 2003, 15:24
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The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.
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July 19, 2003, 16:21
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No they won't. Regular computer users like easy graphical user interfaces too much.
Also, MS pushes it's product so hard, they will dominate for a long time to come.
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July 19, 2003, 16:38
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Besides, most people think that the Windows IS the computer and all there is to it. It's a horrible misconception, but that's how it is.
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July 19, 2003, 16:45
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Besides, most people think that the Windows IS the computer and all there is to it. It's a horrible misconception, but that's how it is.
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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July 19, 2003, 19:01
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How can you expect an OS that was built by geeks and geared towards geeks to ever catch on mainstream?
Answer: it won't
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All new operating systems are for geeks. When MS-DOS first came out, it was definitely for geeks. It'll catch on. You just watch! 
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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Well, it won't EXACTLY die... considering NT and XP and all of the future releases of Windows are based on it 
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All new operating systems are for geeks. When MS-DOS first came out, it was definitely for geeks. It'll catch on. You just watch!
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"Please enter primary kernel here. If you have not compiled a kernel, please contact your manufacturer" versus "Click here for Yahoo! Mail! Click here for Morrowind! Click here for...."
I wonder which of those two most people will go for
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no it wasn't
it was built for IBM which was selling a line of CONSUMER computers called the IBM PC and the IBM PC jr.
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Unix-based OSes are becoming more and more mainstream and more and more easier to use everyday (just like Windows, only at a faster rate).
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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no it wasn't
it was built for IBM which was selling a line of CONSUMER computers called the IBM PC and the IBM PC jr.
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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no they're not
I have yet to see any improvements since Gnome and KDE were released
The only one that actually counts is MacOSX
(which was built by a for-profit company for consumers by the way)
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no they're not
I have yet to see any improvements since Gnome and KDE were released
The only one that actually counts is MacOSX
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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Tried 'em both
Different flavors of mediocrity 
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How come the Lindows site tries to install Gator on my computer? Are they that desparate?!
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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Excuses. Excuses.
Don't give me that. Lots of websites do that.
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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If I'm comparing Windows 98 to Windows XP the difference is huge, and a vast improvement.
The X Server is a joke and compared to XP is unstable and very slow. I don't ever use the GUI on Linux because it's a complete waste of time.
Someone needs to rewrite X from scratch.
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If I'm comparing Windows 98 to Windows XP the difference is huge, and a vast improvement.
The X Server is a joke and compared to XP is unstable and very slow. I don't ever use the GUI on Linux because it's a complete waste of time.
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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"Lots of websites do that."
Only the BAD sites do that. How can I expect to take something seriously when they are trying to install spyware on my pc?
Tell me, do any of these do it?
1) www.ibm.com
2) www.microsoft.com
3) www.oracle.com
4) www.freebsd.org
5) www.cnn.com
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I see Windows and Unix as aimed at different markets - the Microsoft vision is every desktop/personal PC running Windows, and the Unix vision is portable code.
Neither of these visions bears too much resemblence to reality, although the Windows one is much closer to it. And I'm no great fan of MS.
I doubt any version of Unix in their present forms will top MS - but I've been very wrong about how computers will evolve, so I'm not going to go further than the last point;
OS's in 20 years or so will bear little if any resemblence to what is currently commercially available.
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Microsoft does. It's called Windows
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