Re: Re: Why MS Won't Retire Browsers -- was: Interntet Explorer 8 beater 2

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Ashley Sheridan
<ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 15:04 -0400, Eric Butera wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Ashley Sheridan
> > <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:26 -0400, tedd wrote:
> > >> At 11:57 PM +0100 9/15/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> > >> >I agree on your point about trying before bashing. I've tried Vista.
> > >> >Hell, I had to use it for 2 months solid while I was working in
> India,
> > >> >so I really got to test it out. I had more crashes on that in the 2
> > >> >months I was using it than I had on Fedora in 2 years. Now,
> admittedly I
> > >> >was working on Vista during every working hour, and I only use my
> Fedora
> > >> >machine at weekends and evenings, but I think if you tally up the
> total
> > >> >time, it was really not in Windows' favour. As an OS, XP was not all
> > >> >that bad, but I've found I really do prefer the way Linux behaves,
> that
> > >> >and I can get pretty much whatever software I want for free, which
> just
> > >> >isn't always so easy with Windows.
> > >>
> > >> I spend at least 10 to 12 hours per day (including weekends) working
> > >> on my machine and I've been running my current Mac for over 6 years
> > >> with my Mac experience dating back to 1984 (the original 128k Mac,
> > >> which I still have).
> > >>
> > >> In the last 6 years, I remember my current Mac locking up only once
> > >> and that was on start-up after I had installed additional drive. I
> > >> had to hold the "on" button to get it to shut down. But, the next
> > >> boot was uneventful.
> > >>
> > >> Yet people think that the occasional crash is acceptable when working
> > >> with computers. I can only say, they must not be Mac people.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >>
> > >> tedd
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> -------
> > >> http://sperling.com  http://ancientstones.com  http://earthstones.com
> > >>
> > > I rarely get any crashes with Linux, probably about the same as my
> > > flatmate gets, on his Mac. Both are very stable and secure, which is
> > > what you want from an OS. The OS is there to make your life easier, not
> > > to get in the way with dozens of warning message, blockades and
> > > workarounds.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ash
> > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> > I regularly use Windows XP & Vista, OS X, and Ubuntu.  All three do
> > exactly what I ask of them without crashes or errors.  I use them on a
> > variety of different hardware too.  Unfortunately in the year 2008 no
> > operating system is the ultimate solution for my needs.  I do have
> > lots of opinions good and bad on each of them.  I would say that
> > Ubuntu is my favorite though.
>
>
> Would it be totally off topic if everyone were to say what their
> favourite OS was and why? I'm just a little curious as to what OS's
> people use in this field.
>
>
> Ash
> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>

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