GM & MS

[Les Mikesell]

Craig White wrote:

> I have a WinXP system available with two taps of the scroll-lock key and
> a press of the number 1 key. It runs very well but I hardly use it.

I run XP most of the time on a laptop because I can shut the lid to 
suspend it, undock from the wired network at work, then open it to wake 
up and automatically associate with any of several known wireless 
points. Maybe some version of Linux will do that gracefully now, but the 
versions I've had on the dual-boot partitions so far haven't.

 > It's
> not self-destructive and the workmanship is certainly on a par with any
> Linux desktop OS that I have used and better than any Macintosh OSX
> desktop I have used.

How long has it been since you used a mac?  A several-year old G4 
powerbook also deals with wired/wireless transitions and suspend/wakeup 
nicely.

 > My issues with Microsoft primarily
> revolve around licensing issues that most users try not to understand.

Too bad the licensing issues are an either/or proposition. When you find 
something that you consider worthwhile and you are willing to pay for a 
legal copy, you can't get it included as a part of Linux.

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   Les Mikesell
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