On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:28:46 -0500, Murderous Speeding Drunken Distracted
Driver (Hector Goldstein) PCM code reading says:
> LSx-Australia wrote:
>>On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:52:11 -0500, Murderous Speeding Drunken
>>Distracted Driver (Hector Goldstein) PCM code reading says:
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>>> Heh heh. We used a linux box as our content server at a previous
>>> employer of mine. Once the box was up and running, which didn't take
>>> long, we never had to touch it again except for when the IT director
>>> screwed up by trying to email out 75mb attachments. She didn't
>>> understand linux, so she ordered us to put up a Windows 2000 server
>>> box. Internal bandwidth took a major hit, and the staff switched from
>>> full time development of new software to Windows 2000 server
>>> administrators. The boss finally got tired of his developers not
>>> producing anything, and asked the director what was up. By the end of
>>> the day, the Linux server was back on line, and the Windblows 2000 box
>>> was moth balled.
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>>I haven't used Windows 2000 ever I went from MS DOS, Win 3.11,95,98,XP.
>>Although I was rather brassed off that some of the games I have ran
>>perfectly on win 98 but not on XP. Although I am still a Linux newbie
>>but '
>
> I'm certain you know why those games ran under 98, and not XP, right? I
> faced the same with Doom/Descent and others, although I quit gaming
> about the time XP hit the shelves. I knew those "extended DOS" games
> wouldn't run under the NT kernal.
Pretty much it.
Although no big deal to me now I am well and truly over it. :-)
>
>>I have set up my system so the mrs (which she is use to windows) can
>>easily use it. She hasn't stuffed it up yet I have a few times. Good
>>thing to I can upgrade my Linux (ubuntu) via my ISP mirror and does not
>>effect my download limit. Another bonus of free software. :-)
>
> If you're occasionally stuffing up the OS, perhaps GHOST would be a
> decent acquisition? I found it to be rather handy after I transitioned
> from OS/2 to (ugh) Blows 95. I found that reimaging my 95 partition
> every three months or so made things work much smoother.
I'll check out ghost during the weekend.
Got a engagement party to go to and I am trying to get out of it. :-)
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Regards
Dan
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