[Newchix] Microsoft Pushing products? maybe more towards Linux? (fwd)

[Ameer Armaly]

They took that message out.  no blue screens either.  Also, not everyone has
the time to read compulation manuals, in my case because of about two or
three projects that are going on (I'm not exactly thrilled), but I think
linux has it's pro's and con's, just like windows.  No os is perfect, and I
rarely get any errors on my laptop which runs windows xp. But I do like
complicated installs and command lines, so this summer I'm going to compile
colonels just for the fun of experiencing an installation that is actually
more than "just hit enter to install the entire program and we won't ask you
questions...".  I know that that is sometimes cool, but I'm just of the kind
that likes complicated installs.  Did any of you install JFW 1.x and 2.x
from dos?  I loved it when we had to do that.  AZmem, synthesizer drivers,
authorization keys, etc.  Anyway, the point is that windows does have some
Con's in that you have to buy a lot.  My parents were so shocked that a
computer could talk, so they baught jaws right off.  But now, it's normal.
Since I have my dectalk express, I'm going to put linux on my laptop, and
I'll have a duel-boot system.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Newchix] Microsoft Pushing products? maybe more towards Linux?
(fwd)


> This is very interesting.  I think that If a GUI That is as easy, if not
> easier, to use than windows, This would be very atractive to Schools.
Also
> the adaptive technology for linux is mostly free.  This is good because
lets
> say I was taking a highschool class in HTML.  On a windows box, A screen
> reader is $500+.  The school would have to buy it and pay for it and any
> upgrades.  On linux, a simple kernel recompilation and bingo! Talking
> computer usable by a blind student.  And lets face it, there's no "This
> Program Has performed an elegal operation and will shut down" message in
> linux. Oh, I wonder If microsoft has copyrighted that message.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deedra Waters" <curi0315 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 7:47 PM
> Subject: [Newchix] Microsoft Pushing products? maybe more towards Linux?
> (fwd)
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> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:44:48 -1000
> > From: Ralph Miranda <dragonhawk007 at hotmail.com>
> > To: newchix at linuxchix.org
> > Subject: [Newchix] Microsoft Pushing products?  maybe more towards
Linux?
> >
> > Get a load of this info... Microsoft in Oregon?  talk about heavy
handed.
> >
> >
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http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf
> /html_standard.xsl?/base/all_wire_stories/101386428029222529.xml
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