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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (51625)	9/6/2001 5:25:18 PM
From: w0z	Respond to of 70976

I dunno about the rest of the world, but I'm getting awfully sick of MSFT's bloatware. I won't be upgrading.(FWIW, I'm already running Win2K. It's very robust and I'd recommend it to anyone still on W95 or W98.) Sounds like a non sequitur to me Katherine! :-)

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (51625)	9/6/2001 8:31:49 PM
From: Cary Salsberg	Respond to of 70976

RE: "I dunno about the rest of the world, but I'm getting awfully sick of MSFT's bloatware." Wasn't Galileo excommunicated for a similar kind of statement? Are you not saying that the sun doesn't revolve around MSFT?

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (51625)	9/8/2001 12:43:26 AM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

I dunno about the rest of the world, but I'm getting awfully sick of MSFT's bloatware. I won't be upgrading.(FWIW, I'm already running Win2K. It's very robust and I'd recommend it to anyone still on W95 or W98.) I find it curious that you or your IT people chose to pay for a Microsoft OS as opposed to getting a free OS. For the sake of consistency, it would be be wise to just use free software. I expect you would gain a fondness for Microsoft's "bloatware" quickly. "Free" has hidden costs which become very clear upon installation.