[olug] Microsoft is out of control!

[Mike Peterson]

We run DOS thru XP Pro.
Some apps we use daily run only on DOS.
Some apps we use daily run only on Win95/NT.
Some apps we use run only on Win98/NT/2000.
Some apps run on Win XP Pro which comes with new desktops.
We also run Linux and SCO.
Hope to abandon SCO soon.
We run systems that are much over 3 years old because we need ISA slots.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trent Melcher" <tmelcher at trilogytel.com>
To: "'Omaha Linux User Group'" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 3:25 PM
Subject: RE: [olug] Microsoft is out of control!


> 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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