Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

BRUCE STANLEY bruce.stanley at prodigy.net
Wed Apr 25 21:08:33 UTC 2007


--- Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25 Apr 2007 19:51:58 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson <init at pdc.kth.se> wrote:
> > "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > That's exactly what it does. The MS versioning system is, er, lacking.
> > > Repairing XP brings it back to the install state.
> >
> > What about additional binaries and changed configuration files (and the
> > registry) that point to these (possibly incompatible) binaries? I only
> > trust the installer to bring Windows back to the install state, and only
> > after formatting the system partition.
> >
> 
> I don't know. I don't want to know. I no longer use those systems, and
> try my best not to repair other people's broken winboxen. For my low
> competency level, fixing a winbox today simply mean reinstalling the
> OS and then installing my box 'o tricks: AVG antivirus, AVG
> antispyware, Zonealarm free, OOo, Firefox, and VLC.
> 
> Maybe someone should port yum to windows :)
> 
> Dotan Cohen
> 
>

I can see it now... with the 1st yum update WinX gets converted to Linux!     :-)





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