OEM vs Retail XP Pro

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Ruel Smith writes:

> Because there are numerous sites that identify your browser and decide
> whether or not you view the page or get a "browser not supported" page
> instead.

Only a handful of sites still do that.

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Troll.

Matt <matt@themattfella.zzzz.com> wrote:

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> Mxsmanic wrote:
>> Matt writes:
>>
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>>>Linus is a millionaire.
>>
>>
>> He is now. But Bill Gates has more money. I'm not sure of your point,
>> though.

>... how goddam dense are you?
>
>

 

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John Doe, <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid>, the genitally challenged, repellent
hippo, and dealer in pickles and dried meats, bugged:


> Troll.

ARRRRRGGGHHHH! *PLONK*

 

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John Doe writes:

> Extremely active tough guy wanna-be and troll who runs a web site
> that is accessible to children.

Disney runs a Web site that is accessible to children, too.

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Kadaitcha Man writes:

> Report it:

It's not illegal to make Web sites accessible to children. In fact,
most Web sites are accessible to children.

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Mxsmanic wrote

> Open-source software is written as a function of what geeks are
> willing to work on for free. In general, they work only on what they
> find fun. Doing something weird or challenging is fun. Getting
> uninteresting details to work, or maintaining software, or fixing bugs,
> or providing comprehensive support for even unchallenging hardware or
> software, is not fun. So you can really profit from open source only if
> the software you need also happens to be software that is fun to write.

Not to rehash this argument, but I just stumbled upon this:

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=34392

This just backed up my claim that geeks in their parents' house aren't
writing this stuff for free.