[PLUG-TALK] Bitching.

[Ross Brattain]

Paul Johnson <baloo at ursine.ca> writes:

> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 03:57:25PM -0800, Ross Brattain wrote:
> > A side note, has anyone tried Windows Update for 98SE recently, it
> > gave me an error yesterday, which makes me think they turned off the
> > 98SE update spigot.  I had to poke around and find the Windows Update
> > Catalog feature.  The bastards.
> 
> They did that a *long* time ago.  But that begs the question:  Knowing

When I last tried it in the first week of Jan it worked, which is why
I asked.

> that 99.999% of what Windows can do can be done natively with
> comparable software, or run most Windows programs faster than they run
> in Windows using transgaming.com's WineX, why do you insist on using
> the wrong operating system?

I really truly was going to give a smart-ass response, but then I got
to thinking.  Here's to hoping WP9, Quattro Pro and Quickbooks succumb
to the siren song of Debian.

-Ross