Re: Are Linux users all childish fools? What better reason to use Windows.
From: The Ghost In The Machine (ewill_at_aurigae.athghost7038suus.net)
Date: 08/05/04
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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 20:01:07 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Preston Crawford
<me@prestoncrawford.com>
wrote
on Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:07:34 -0500
<slrnch2gfm.apb.me@serpentor.cobrala>:
> On 2004-08-04, Aftab Singh <singha1222@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I have posted an honest message documenting my trials with Suse 9.1.
>> So what do I see as replies?
>> Looks like a collection of replies from 8 year old weirdos.
>
> Yes. Let's talk facts. While we're on the subject of hardware
> incompatibilities my little brother faced a doozie. He had a network card
> and a WinTV Go card that worked GREAT under Linux. Out of the box, no
> problems. Under Windows XP that network card requires a special driver
> downloaded from some random Taiwanese website. The TV Card doesn't work.
> Not supported by the manufacturer. When are you childish XP users goign to
> get your act together and put together software to support my brother's
> hardware?
>
> Preston
Windows XP SP2 is coming out real soon now. It should fix everything.
(Except maybe confidence in Microsoft. :-) )
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