TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: nthelp
to: John Beckett
from: Geo.
date: 2003-12-14 17:12:24
subject: Re: Longhorn - what decade will it ship?

From: "Geo." 

When I upgrade my truck, I'm allowed to sell the old truck...

Geo.

"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:3fdc37b5.23982254{at}216.144.1.254...
> And what is your upgrade policy regarding trucks? Is your operating
> system older than your vehicle??
>
> John
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news::
> > > to be running under Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003
in
> > > nearly equal measure by late 2005, he said.
> >
> > so?
> >
> > Everyone seemed to loose all perspective of upgrade cycles because Y2K
> > forced a whole lot of upgrades but once that was over everyone went back
to
> > "why fix what ain't broke"..
> >
> > As but one example, what possible reason would I have to change either
the
> > OS or the NNTP server software for these groups? I certainly haven't
seen
> > anything to motivate me so about the only thing I can think of is the
need
> > to keep it secure, and a new version of windows is more likely to make
it
> > less not more secure imo.. (the more crap they add the easier it is to
> > hack).
> >
> > Geo.
>

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5
* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45)
SEEN-BY: 633/267 270
@PATH: 379/45 1 633/267

SOURCE: echomail via fidonet.ozzmosis.com

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.