From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:444fc1b0$1{at}w3....
> yep it appears they did correct that in the review update.
>
> I just wonder how many times MS has to upload this silly software to check
> on valid users. I've downloaded versions of it numerous times in the past
> and the only thing it has done of late is make me highly irritable. It
> also appears to have accomplished that with quite a few on the
> windowsupdate forum.  If Microsoft wishes to send the message to
> legitimate users that they will continue to nag you to death on valid
> software so you may as well stay away from their products they have
> succeeded with this user. Pity - I actually liked some of their products
>
>


Agree. So far the only thing I've found I can't do in the Free version of
SUSE Linux is multimedia video. Openoffice works for my current purposes.

Of course I think Linux has it's own quirks. I dumped Mandrake when there
name change caused some problems with my install. Then when I went with a
fresh, clean install of a current version I found it no longer supported my
video hardware ( Purchased version may but free ..........) Most amusing
part about it was it worked under an earlier release and worked DURING the
install. First boot after well........... The solutions I found all
required much more in depth knowledge of Linux than I have .

MS seems to have a different view of how computers should work than I do.
If I want to be irritated I can find my own ways. No reason to pay MS to do
it
. Of course to be fair so far XP has caused few irritations, other than
wanting updates to be automatic, wanting me to use their firewall etc.

Bob Lewis

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