Hello Dan!

21 Aug 09 16:36, you wrote to me:

 RC>> consequence require more than what you find sufficient. As I
 RC>> said, you are a DOS weanie.

 DC> The fact is, Ross, you have drunk the kool aide.

Hardly, I knew of Vista's problems and I am aware of its maturation process
and you are aware that I also have 2 machines dedicated to Linux.

I do not have a machine that cannot run your 16 bit DOS apps. DOSBOX both
Win and Linux, runs fine.

In fact when Windows 7 comes out, I already have pre-ordered a copy of
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, I will be able to run a free copy of XP
inside of it.

and of course Windows 7 will be based off of the Vista kernel and its api's.

 DC> All the peripherals I have work just fine under XP.  Many of them work
 DC>  in Win 95  Some even work with my 386 machine.

and of course your experiences are universal for all citizens?

All you want to do is say Vista is broke, you refuse to acknowledge why the
changes between Vista and XP were more intensive than the changes between
2000 and XP.

Alot of what changed in Vista had to do with protecting the OS from the
stupidity of the users, and while you might get all fluffed up by saying I
am being condescending, more of it has to do with the quality of the users
getting into computing. As I said before, it aint just geeks anymore. Six
lonely years of being the only OS, made it a prime target for security
related issues and you know that.

 DC> The only real reason I have Vista is that it came with the system.

and if it came with 4gb of ram and you still rolled it back to 32bit, you
short changed yourself, you might as well bought a house and said fsck the
roof, doors and walls.

 DC> You keep insisting that the wheel be re-invented every time Billy
 DC> decides to release a new OS.

But arent you deciding that 640k is enough for anyone?

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Ross
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