Employment linux admin/programmer wanted

[Dave Germiquet]

When I was 16 I worked on OS/2 for a friend, i loved it cuz i could
multi-task far better then windows 3.1 and (DesqView) if anyone ever
remembers that.. I was trying to run 2 bbs's at the same time I think during
that time and do some other cool nifty mail stuff.

I REALLY dont get how microsoft BEAT out OS/2.... considering it was so much
better than windows 3.1.... IBM had far more advance yet windows won.

On 12/8/06, Alex Beamish <talexb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> On 12/7/06, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > ted leslie wrote:
> > [..]
> > > If you knew/hated MS as much in 89-95 as you do now, what OS would you
> > > have used back then on your desk top? Well actually from 81-93 i used
> > > apple prodcuts but most people did the dos windows shit.
> > >
> > From the mid-80s to the mid-90s my home desktop was a variety of
> > Intel-based Unix systems. The first computer program my four-year-old
> > son learned was 'vi', and now he's in his 20s.
>
>
> I used the DOS/Windows s**t and hated it -- so I moved to the far superior
> OS/2, although there were certainly a few bumps along the way.
>
> It was coming along nicely (notwithstanding IBM Marketing's fumbling
> approach to promoting this technically superior product) while Microsoft was
> going through the same exercise with Windows 95 that it's since done with
> Windows NT, Windows XP and now Windows Vista. We had monthly meetings of
> user groups, a nice magazine, running battles with Microsoft lovers
> (particularly on the Canopus form on Compuserve) .. it was all the same
> thing as we have now between GNU/Linux and Windows XP and Windows Vista.
>
> Microsoft's approach to launch their new OS seems to be
>
> 1. Announce a killer new version, with killer new features;
> 2. Announce a delay;
> 3. Announce features that won't be included after all;
> 4. Trash anyone who says you'll need to double your processor speed, hard
> drive space, RAM and display resolution;
> 5. Announce further delays;
> 6. Announce that because of the new features, the OS will require more
> resources, like a faster processor, a larger hard drive, more RAM and, hey,
> you may as well get a better video card while you're at it. Oh, and some
> applications may no longer work -- you'll have to upgrade those as well.
> Sorry!
> 7. Demo an early alpha release -- odds are one in three that it will
> crash;
> 8. Corral a couple of corporate early adopters and trot them out at every
> opportunity;
> 9. Announce a first beta that works for some and not for others;
> 10. Announce a second beta that turns out much better;
> 11. Announce an end to support for the n-2th version of Windows;
> 12. Announce further delays;
> 13. Finally commit to a release date;
> 14. Cue the wanna-be geeks to line up at midnight for their new copy of
> Windows; and ..
> 15. Profit?? Of course. Who do you think we're talking about?
>
> I swear, you could almost make a board game out of this performance that
> Microsoft goes through every five years. Do I sound old and cranky yet? ;)
>
> --
> Alex Beamish
> Toronto, Ontario
>
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