CHARLES ANGELICH -> DAVID DRUMMOND wrote:

 DD>>>> Modern software requires modern resources.

 CA>>> 'Modern' software is often just a rewrite of earlier
 CA>>> software.

 DD>> Indeed, with a heap more features, bells and whistles that
 DD>> people just cannot do without. That is why they have to buy
 DD>> newer, more powerful machines, the old stuff just doesn't
 DD>> cut it.

 CA> You express the views of a child.

I express the views of someone in touch with the real computer users of today.

[...]

 DD>> I wasn't speaking of things like Knoppix, I was speaking of
 DD>> software that has market penetration, not some sluggard
 DD>> that runs from CD.

 CA> A 'sluggard' that you are incapable of duplicating.

My capabilities at producing a Linux distribution have no relevance to the
slowness of a CD based OS.

 DD>> Have you tried installing Knoppix on the hard drive? It
 DD>> gains a shipload of speed, but loses that one thing it has
 DD>> in its favour, the ability to auto login

 CA> No, I've not installed KNOPPIX on my hard drive - yet.

Why not? If you think it's such a great thing?

[...]

 DD>> Take a stroll out in the real world sometime, where
 DD>> computers are used in real day to day work, not just some
 DD>> old nerd at home experimenting with operating systems.

 CA> This 'old nerd' thinks you are a bit of a pompous ass right
 CA> now. I suspect you are on ADD meds and forget to take them from
 CA> time to time.

You may well think that, but you'd be wrong.

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regards

David

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