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Colin Davies wrote: The main reason I won't use XP is the activation non But isn't there version without activation. Or are they costly ? But other than the activation trouble, do you think XP is better than 2K ? Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
Smitha Vijayan wrote: But isn't there version without activation. I think there is a version from China flaoting around. And there is another Multiuser license version about. Definitly outside of my budget. Smitha Vijayan wrote: But other than the activation trouble, do you think XP is better than 2K ? Logic says that it is. Remember though 2000 is version 5.0 and XP is 5.1 so there is not really an awesome difference being described by the people who create the version numbers. One thing I think all Windows dev companies should be considering though is whether MS will really go all 64 bit and multi processor in the future. As to the obsolescence issue, I can see another few yrs for 2000 and a at least that plus two more for XP. Regardz Colin J Davies
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I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:
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None of them know anything...especially when they say I'm a braindead monkey. I am most certainly not braindead. ;)
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David Stone wrote: I am most certainly not braindead. In my case it's the reverse. I am not a monkey, but I might be brain dead - in your case you admit to monkiness, but you say you are not braindead. Nish :~
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I would vote for Win2K at work. Personally I prefer XP at home. BTW, How's Tweety? ;P Follow live World Cup Cricket scores here[^]
Kant wrote: How's Tweety? I put her in an asylum as part of my snatching nish from her :-D Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
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Colin Davies wrote: The main reason I won't use XP is the activation non But isn't there version without activation. Or are they costly ? But other than the activation trouble, do you think XP is better than 2K ? Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
There is a volume license edition, but I don't know how much it costs. Jon Sagara Hi! I'm Melanoma, Moley Russell's wart. -- Uncle Buck
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Christian Graus wrote: XP is crap and is written for braindead monkeys Actually it is not. I been using it for quite a long while now and I find 2K very dull and slow in comparison. Nish p.s. I was responding to you sayin it is crap. AS for the suggestion that it's intended for braindead monkeys, I dunno. Looking back at my life so far, I sometimes feel a braindead monkey would have done much better! :-)
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I used it for months, until I just could not stand it anymore. Perhaps there is a hidden 'be an OS, not a tinkertoy' option I never saw. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
It'd probably be fairly easy to make a bot that'd post random stupid VB questions, and nobody would probably ever notice - benjymous - 21-Jan-2003 -
XP is crap and is written for braindead monkeys. W2000 rules. I believe W2000 costs the same as XP Home, which is even more useless. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
It'd probably be fairly easy to make a bot that'd post random stupid VB questions, and nobody would probably ever notice - benjymous - 21-Jan-2003Christian Graus wrote: XP is crap and is written for braindead monkeys. W2000 rules. hear hear! (or is it here here?). BTW ignore that 1 vote your post just got, that was me. I meant to vote 5 but I'm sleepy and I mixed up the meaning of 1 and 5 ;) --Mike-- The Internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens. -- Strong Bad 1ClickPicGrabber - Grab & organize pictures from your favorite web pages, with 1 click! My really out-of-date homepage Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm
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Smitha Vijayan wrote: But why ??? Smitha LOL. CG is always biased abt some things, that's all. An year back he said worse things about C#, now that's what he does for a living :-) Nish
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C# does some nice things, and ASP.NET is a killer app. Without ASP.NET, C# would be doomed, a solution looking for a problem that isn't there. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
It'd probably be fairly easy to make a bot that'd post random stupid VB questions, and nobody would probably ever notice - benjymous - 21-Jan-2003 -
Christian Graus wrote: XP is crap and is written for braindead monkeys. W2000 rules. But why ??? :( Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
Because it tries to make things easy and as a result makes them hard. Plus the new start menu is the ugliest UI I have ever seen. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
It'd probably be fairly easy to make a bot that'd post random stupid VB questions, and nobody would probably ever notice - benjymous - 21-Jan-2003 -
Christian Graus wrote: XP is crap and is written for braindead monkeys. W2000 rules. hear hear! (or is it here here?). BTW ignore that 1 vote your post just got, that was me. I meant to vote 5 but I'm sleepy and I mixed up the meaning of 1 and 5 ;) --Mike-- The Internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens. -- Strong Bad 1ClickPicGrabber - Grab & organize pictures from your favorite web pages, with 1 click! My really out-of-date homepage Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm
*grin* I've been ignoring post votes for a while now :-) Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
It'd probably be fairly easy to make a bot that'd post random stupid VB questions, and nobody would probably ever notice - benjymous - 21-Jan-2003 -
Christian Graus wrote: XP is crap and is written for braindead monkeys. W2000 rules. hear hear! (or is it here here?). BTW ignore that 1 vote your post just got, that was me. I meant to vote 5 but I'm sleepy and I mixed up the meaning of 1 and 5 ;) --Mike-- The Internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens. -- Strong Bad 1ClickPicGrabber - Grab & organize pictures from your favorite web pages, with 1 click! My really out-of-date homepage Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm
Michael Dunn wrote: BTW ignore that 1 vote your post just got, that was me. I meant to vote 5 but I'm sleepy and I mixed up the meaning of 1 and 5 :-) This one's good :-) Nish
Author of the romantic comedy Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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Smitha Vijayan wrote: But isn't there version without activation. I think there is a version from China flaoting around. And there is another Multiuser license version about. Definitly outside of my budget. Smitha Vijayan wrote: But other than the activation trouble, do you think XP is better than 2K ? Logic says that it is. Remember though 2000 is version 5.0 and XP is 5.1 so there is not really an awesome difference being described by the people who create the version numbers. One thing I think all Windows dev companies should be considering though is whether MS will really go all 64 bit and multi processor in the future. As to the obsolescence issue, I can see another few yrs for 2000 and a at least that plus two more for XP. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:
Colin Davies wrote: I think there is a version from China flaoting around That's the only one we had back in Trivandrum :-) Nish
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You seem to dislike XP too. But for development we already have some XP's. The new ones are for some other users. I thought I'd recommend XP. Now that you say this...:(( Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
I'm sorry, Smitha. I really hate XP - can't help that. I set up a network using it, hosted on three identical Dell PCs, all brand new, and it's been nothing but a nightmare since. I've got Win2K Server for a home PC and love it. That doesn't mean it has no problems - it has crashed every two days since the last time I let MS update it, and the update itself destroyed my Internet connection. I'm used to that from Microsoft - all their products are garbage. But XP was just a slap in the face, it is so bad. Still, I think that for software development purposes your company would be smarter to invest in XP and learn to work around its defects. It will serve you longer without becoming more obsolete than it already is, and help to ensure that your products remain compatible with the OS that most customers will be buying. Stick with your recommendation... It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
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Because it tries to make things easy and as a result makes them hard. Plus the new start menu is the ugliest UI I have ever seen. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
It'd probably be fairly easy to make a bot that'd post random stupid VB questions, and nobody would probably ever notice - benjymous - 21-Jan-2003Yes the start menu sucks. And it takes a lot of time to get used to it. I am so used to the old start menu layout. But they say this is the most intelligent layout, with the more frequently accessed programs at easy reach. Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
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No...just a big book about a big white whale. :-D
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LOL Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
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Yes the start menu sucks. And it takes a lot of time to get used to it. I am so used to the old start menu layout. But they say this is the most intelligent layout, with the more frequently accessed programs at easy reach. Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
well, 'they' CAN'T say 'we need another gimmic to sell you an OS you don't need', now can they ? If it's so intelligent, why do we both not like it ? If it's so easy to use, why didn't we just love it at first use ? Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
It'd probably be fairly easy to make a bot that'd post random stupid VB questions, and nobody would probably ever notice - benjymous - 21-Jan-2003 -
LOL Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
I'm glad somebody got that. I was hoping I wasn't the only programmer versed in literature that ends sentences with punctuation other than the semicolon. :)
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XP: + groups in Explorer (don't diss this - it rocks) + handy image preview utility / digital camera support + it's newer, so more likely to be supported for longer - higher system requirements - that pesky activation thing - passport integration if u can get over the -'s, XP is great.
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Shog9 wrote: groups in Explorer (don't diss this - it rocks) Yup. It rocks. Thanks for pointing out.:rose: And about the image viewer, I also think its great. :) Smitha Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
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I'm glad somebody got that. I was hoping I wasn't the only programmer versed in literature that ends sentences with punctuation other than the semicolon. :)
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I'm not unfamiliar with Melville... He wrote "Shamu does San Diego" didn't he? Or was that the video I rented last weekend? It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
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well, 'they' CAN'T say 'we need another gimmic to sell you an OS you don't need', now can they ? If it's so intelligent, why do we both not like it ? If it's so easy to use, why didn't we just love it at first use ? Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
It'd probably be fairly easy to make a bot that'd post random stupid VB questions, and nobody would probably ever notice - benjymous - 21-Jan-2003Christian Graus wrote: If it's so intelligent, why do we both not like it ? If it's so easy to use, why didn't we just love it at first use ? I do and I did. Thus proving that it is the layout of the gods. ;P
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David Stone wrote: a braindead monkey. I am most certainly not braindead. LOL!!! I wondered why your email came from a server at the San Diego Zoo... Have you and your friends typed any Shakespeare lately? It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003Roger Wright wrote: Have you and your friends typed any Shakespeare lately? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Brilliant!
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