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!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-pas-nf2!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed2.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!easynews-local!news.easynews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Darrien" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <7cgoev09sgr8h6693j8t4470t1inhtn0o0@4ax.com> <1eef43e2aa43e4ffc43f8383dce68f0c@free.teranews.com> Subject: Re: Bill Gates Sux Lines: 28 Organization: N/A X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:25:25 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:1136 > > For the first time, I have gotten pissed off enough to actually throw > > computer parts about and smash them. My keyboard is missing the little > > legs that prop it up at a comfortable angle now. > > > > After installing the wonderful XP operating system and enjoying its > > wonderful stability for several days....I now find that it has decided > > it no longer knows where either of my CD drives are, and the stability > > issue extends to its steadfastness in refusing to recognize them. > > > > Any advice? > > > > Drop M$. Use Linux. > Assuming that he would ever go though all the hassles of switching OSs, especially one as immature as Linux, Mike is smart enough to use *BSD and not some toy, hippie OS. A detailed, point-by-point comparison of *BSD and Linux is available here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~marcone/bsdversuslinux.html 5 netbucks says Mike will choose *BSD. P.S. Cory, are you like the Linux lusers in the foreground or the background?