Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!hammer.uoregon.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!aanews.merit.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!shelby.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: mtfester@netscape.net Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Bill Gates Sux Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:48:58 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Subtlties R'nt Us Lines: 25 Sender: Mike Fester Message-ID: References: <7cgoev09sgr8h6693j8t4470t1inhtn0o0@4ax.com> <1eef43e2aa43e4ffc43f8383dce68f0c@free.teranews.com> <8b3654845f453e76968b5485ef45fe13@free.teranews.com> Reply-To: mtfester@netscape.net NNTP-Posting-Host: haven.stanford.edu X-Trace: news.Stanford.EDU 1055803738 21513 171.64.19.149 (16 Jun 2003 22:48:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.stanford.edu User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-981225 ("Volcane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.35 (i586)) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:1116 Jason Cormier wrote: > On 6/16/03 18:06, in article > 8b3654845f453e76968b5485ef45fe13@free.teranews.com, "Cory Nelson" > wrote: >>>> Drop M$. Use Linux. >>> >>> If you're going to tell jokes, you should end them by saying "Thank you >>> thank you, ladies and germs" or "wakka wakka wakka!" >> I'm dead serious. And, I don't have some sick agenda that I'm trying to >> satisfy either. >> The only real challenge we've had at home (my better half is from Shizuoka) >> is finding a good Japanese IME comparable to what Microsoft puts out. >> Other than that, there'a absolutely nothing that we can't do with Linux. >> >> And yeah, I did indeed expect to get slammed by that opening remark. > Mike's just looking for more practical and immediate solutions while Kevin > has a bug up his butt about other operating systems. You should see him go > into fits when the issue of Mac comes up. It's really quite hilarious. Actually, MacOS X is great. Mike