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Europe's Microsoft Alternative
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| 11/03/2002
| Ariana Eunjung Cha
Posted on 11/02/2002 8:46:10 PM PST by Pokey78
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To: TechJunkYard
If you have to keep a Microsoft partition around just to deal with the other people caught in the single-source trap, then you too are still trapped.
Huh? What about the OpenOffice/StarOffice panacea? More BS?
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posted on
11/03/2002 8:59:01 PM PST
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
Uhhh... last time I looked, WMP formats still weren't supported... (although I hear someone's working on a plug-in for XMMS or something like that).
To: Pokey78
WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER
Vote on Tuesday.Do the right thing.
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posted on
11/03/2002 9:09:32 PM PST
by
ChadGore
you can't play the new Unreal Tournament on Linux though.
check this out. some dude made replica of the weird computers in the movie Brazil, with Mac SE guts.
Electri Clerk
To: TechJunkYard
Uhhh... last time I looked, WMP formats still weren't supported... (although I hear someone's working on a plug-in for XMMS or something like that).
Who gives a flying crap. Real Networks formats are just as ubiquitous and a player is available for Linux.
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posted on
11/04/2002 9:32:29 AM PST
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
Who gives a flying crap. How nice. As I remember, the kids at school used to regress into vulgarity when they couldn't come up with a valid argument.
Real Networks formats are just as ubiquitous and a player is available for Linux.
Yup, because Real knows that some users of their protocol don't care for Windows. Microsoft, on the other hand, wants everybody to become a Windows user, and will do everything they can to hurt non-Windows users.
We know this. That's why we're not holding our breath waiting for a Media Player for Linux, and are rolling our own.
To: The Great Satan
Actually if you follow up on this, you will find that this guy is saving the taxpayers of his district tons of money, an novel concept from Europe.
To: TechJunkYard
How nice. As I remember, the kids at school used to regress into vulgarity when they couldn't come up with a valid argument.
Hand over your lunch money, punk.
Yup, because Real knows that some users of their protocol don't care for Windows. Microsoft, on the other hand, wants everybody to become a Windows user, and will do everything they can to hurt non-Windows users.
Since Real is offering their software, it's obvious that Microsoft's actions are irrelevant.
We know this. That's why we're not holding our breath waiting for a Media Player for Linux, and are rolling our own.
Again, more proof that Microsoft's actions are irrelevant.
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posted on
11/04/2002 2:16:50 PM PST
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
Since Real is offering their software...And Microsoft isn't...
.. it's obvious that Microsoft's actions are irrelevant.
That's true in any case. Microsoft really doesn't matter anymore.
To: TechJunkYard
That's true in any case. Microsoft really doesn't matter anymore.
Then WTF are you whining about?
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posted on
11/04/2002 2:38:04 PM PST
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
Whining? No, not on this thread. I'm actually gloating.
To: Pokey78
Vazquez de Miguel is the minister of education, science and technology in a western region of Spain called Extremadura, a mostly rural expanse of olive trees and tiny towns with 1.1 million inhabitants. Washington ComPost 1; English Language 0.
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11/05/2002 11:42:14 AM PST
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steve-b
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