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Howdy y'all!
Yesterday evening I had the opportunity to go to the Microsoft website and
view a video of Bill Gates and his cronies introduction this new-fangled
Windows XP. Quite frankly, ladies and gentlemen, that scared the hell out of
me, so badly that Windows ME will more than likely be the **last** version of
Windows that I ever own.
Before, I had thought of Kat being just a tad paranoid. I was wrong. She is
right on the money where M$ is concerned. From what I gathered, Windows Spy
(uh, I mean XP) gives the user the wonderful, unheard of feature of letting
the technocrats at Microsoft look into your computer in order to determine
what was wrong. And while they are there, I suppose they can also, as a
favor to you, look at all your programs and files in order to make sure you
haven't burdened yourself with a competitor's "lesser quality" software,
while at the same time making sure you haven't miscalculated some crucial
figure the last time you updated personal finance records in Microsoft Money.
Of course, as much as Microsoft would like to think that such a system is
their idea, it's not, really. I believe that George Orwell developed such a
feature, and outlined it in a book entitled "1984."
Now then, this leaves me with the alternative of switching over to Linux once
Windows ME takes on the rusty air of Win95. So, I am now *very seriously*
considering installing a version of Linux on my system. But, in Travis'
eternal battle to have his cake and eat it too, I do not want to get rid of
Windows ME for fear that most of what I have in the way of code, (other than
Euphoria of course) cannot be ported over. So, I suppose this means a "dual
partition." That is something that I've never done before, and it naturally
makes me quite nervous.
If anyone out there has done this, and can let me know what kind of
difficulties I'll encounter ... heck, if anybody out there could give me a
clue as to how to go about doing it ... please give me a holler privately.
It'll be a nice day, so I'll probably be hard at work and unable to respond
until tonight, but any pointers would be appreciated.
And, Kat, I apologize for doubting your wisdom in these matters.
Happy Hunting,
Travis Beaty
Claude, Texas.
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<FONT SIZE=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Verdana" LANG="0">Howdy y'all!
<BR>
<BR>Yesterday evening I had the opportunity to go to the Microsoft website and
<BR>view a video of Bill Gates and his cronies introduction this new-fangled
<BR>Windows XP. Quite frankly, ladies and gentlemen, that scared the hell
out of
<BR>me, so badly that Windows ME will more than likely be the **last** version
of
<BR>Windows that I ever own.
<BR>
<BR>Before, I had thought of Kat being just a tad paranoid. I was wrong.
She is
<BR>right on the money where M$ is concerned. From what I gathered,
Windows Spy
<BR>(uh, I mean XP) gives the user the wonderful, unheard of feature of letting
<BR>the technocrats at Microsoft look into your computer in order to determine
<BR>what was wrong. And while they are there, I suppose they can also, as
a
<BR>favor to you, look at all your programs and files in order to make sure you
<BR>haven't burdened yourself with a competitor's "lesser quality" software,
<BR>while at the same time making sure you haven't miscalculated some crucial
<BR>figure the last time you updated personal finance records in Microsoft
Money.
<BR>
<BR>Of course, as much as Microsoft would like to think that such a system is
<BR>their idea, it's not, really. I believe that George Orwell developed
such a
<BR>feature, and outlined it in a book entitled "1984."
<BR>
<BR>Now then, this leaves me with the alternative of switching over to Linux
once
<BR>Windows ME takes on the rusty air of Win95. So, I am now *very
seriously*
<BR>considering installing a version of Linux on my system. But, in
Travis'
<BR>eternal battle to have his cake and eat it too, I do not want to get rid of
<BR>Windows ME for fear that most of what I have in the way of code, (other than
<BR>Euphoria of course) cannot be ported over. So, I suppose this means a
"dual
<BR>partition." That is something that I've never done before, and it
naturally
<BR>makes me quite nervous.
<BR>
<BR>If anyone out there has done this, and can let me know what kind of
<BR>difficulties I'll encounter ... heck, if anybody out there could give me a
<BR>clue as to how to go about doing it ... please give me a holler privately.
<BR>It'll be a nice day, so I'll probably be hard at work and unable to respond
<BR>until tonight, but any pointers would be appreciated.
<BR>
<BR>And, Kat, I apologize for doubting your wisdom in these matters.
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Happy Hunting,
<BR>
<BR>Travis Beaty
<BR>Claude, Texas.</FONT>
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