================================================ Subject: Re: Doesn't know what...... From: "Debbi R" To: Date: Wed 8 Aug 2001 23:25:19 -0700 ================================================ I'd love to see one of the contracts that I'm supposed to sign when/if I upgrade my home machines to XP. Until I see one, I'm calling bullshit on your "source". DebbiR -----Original Message----- From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Creed - 7M3 - Live Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:21 PM To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM Subject: Re: Doesn't know what...... My public appologies. But the news about NT4 being stopped at service pack 6a was on one of those technology news ZDNET articles. About the stopping of development of ME. This was overheard by me listening in on one of the MS certified people. But the stopping cold on the development of ME sounded like a money grabbing tactic. The XP system is supposed to be a network oriented system that you are supposed to have to buy updates. I also heard these things on tech related news sites and discussion groups.So i imagine that XP is a rent and never buy OS. Where you have contractual obligations to upgrade. I believe that you answered the question on the lifecycles comment for the lack of continued development of the other Windows varieties. I wish that windows would of kept on with the numeric naming of thier operating system and would of used a more progressive, instead of splintered development of thier OSes. My desire for Linux is that it is progressional and each new development of the kernel has substantial benefits. I'm not really interested in windows. I admit that I was in a bitter words war with the two operating platforms. The reason that I am not interested in windows is that it seems like a suckers game to me. Buy, buy, buy. until microsoft is a true monopoly. Right now there is choices and they could either free up competition or hold us all in one big net. Linux is a free operating system. so the numbers of users is hard to determine. not everybody signs in. Plus you don't have to pay for each installation. I guess I would say that Linux is the Napster of the operating systems.Why buy it, when you can get it for free. Jim To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp