[olug] Microsoft is out of control!

Fri May 7 20:27:48 UTC 2004

How many boxes are you talking about??

Craig Wolf
Linux Web Server Support
Desktop/Network Specialist
402-894-6283

>>> tmelcher at trilogytel.com 05/07/04 15:26 PM >>>
My company is still using Win98, on 450 - 900Mhz boxes.  Havent seen anys
need whatsoever to upgrade to XP....all our servers and systems we support
are Linux/Unix/SCO, Hopefully by the end of this year we will replace every
desktop we have with laptops(running Linux)....then we will be Microsoft
free.

Trent

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Dave
Hull
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:02 AM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Microsoft is out of control!

> >>> phil at brutsche.us 5/6/2004 >>>
> thehaas at binary.net wrote:
>
> How many people are going to sit around with their current machines 
> for
> 3 years?  I know I won't.
> --
>
> Phil Brutsche
> phil at brutsche.us

Three years? Before I had two kids to support a three year replacement cycle
was more than reasonable. Now, the fastest Linux server in my basement is
six years old and still working fine. Even my laptop is closing in on 3.5
years and I won't be replacing it anytime soon.

Within the next year, my work will be throwing machines away that a superior
to the hardware I'm running at home. I feel a dumpster dive coming on.

--
Dave Hull
http://insipid.com
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