I wouldn't doubt it. Mac OS X 10.2 rocks. It is extremely stable, and if it was fully accessible it would be my os alternative. Mac OS X for the record has a BSD kernel at the core, and Mac OS X is built over a Unix kernel and framework. want to make a guess why it blows Windows away in stability an speed? ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Snow <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 8:13 AM Subject: Re: mlb.com > I believe that if microshit has the power to remotely shut your system > down then you should have the ability to do the same to theirs. but of > course they probably wont use a version of winblows that supports that. > ever hear the rumor that gates uses a mac? it's probably true. > > -- > A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" > On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Lorenzo Prince wrote: > > > Well, then I guess Microsoft will become a terrible piece of computer > > history sooner than we think. I would give Windows a couple more years > > after Longhorn, because people will try to use XP as long as they can, but > > eventually, they will be forced either by microsoft to switch to longhorn > > and all its spyware and other invasions of privacy, or by their sence of > > privacy and security to switch to a real OS like Linux or Freebsd, which > > would actually work better for anyone who tried such systems. It's just > > that until now, no one has really been forced by Microsoft to seek out > > other alternatives, and people are afraid of switching to an OS that they > > don't know about. > > > > "Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?" > > Microsoft spel chekar vor sail, worgs grate !! > > -- Felix von Leitner, leitner at inf.fu-berlin.de > > > > Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled: > > > > > Actually, I think Windows Long Horn is going to be the os that kills > > > Microsoft. They are packing so much spy ware into it that if the average > > > user saw the invasion of privacy they would be shocked. > > > They also have a nice little feature in Long Horn where Microsoft if they > > > even think you remotely are illegally using their software they can remotely > > > shut your system down.. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 1:40 PM > > > Subject: Re: mlb.com > > > > > > > > > > Don't worry. One of these days they will be saying "Get Linux like > > > > everyone else has." I and others at my school are thinking Microsoft > > > > will eventually get so arrogant that they and their worthless OS will > > > > become a thing of the past. I am willing to go so far as to say Microsoft > > > > will fall within the next 10 to 20 years. Let our voices be heard > > > > throughout the open source community and throughout the world. DOWN WITH > > > > MICROSOFT! DOWN WITH WINDOWS! LONG LIVE LINUX! > > > > > > > > Lorenzo > > > > > > > > >Ever heard of .cshrc? > > > > That's a city in Bosnia. Right? > > > > -- Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of commands > > > > > > > > Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled: > > > > > > > > > Yeah, and it is the answer I hate most. I hate the "Get windows like > > > > > everyone else has," because they continue to force a propriatary, over > > > > > priced, worthless excuse of an os on the world. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: Paul Migliorelli (+1 3 0 3 5 4 3 2 3 1 1) > > > <paulmigs at migliorelli.org> > > > > > To: speakup <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 1:15 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: mlb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yep, looks like it's the same inaccessible audio, and I remember in > > > years > > > > > > past the only response from customer disservice over there was the > > > usual > > > > > > get windows like everybody else has. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
