On Friday, January 13, 2012 02:57:32 PM Mark Wendt did opine: > On 01/13/2012 09:57 AM, gene heskett wrote: > > Good to hear. Actually, this is the sort of thing I've had happen 2 > > or 3 times in old winderz NT-3.51 and 4.0 systems. Suddenly a very > > important DLL with either be zero'ed out, or just plain nuked. Makes > > it very difficult to trouble shoot, a dos boot from floppies doesn't > > know about NTFS of course, and the missing file can only be obtained > > from M$ by buying another copy (their attitude is that if _that_ file > > is missing, you have an illegal copy of NT, even after I gave them > > the number from the license papers that came with the machine) of the > > OS& doing a fresh install. > > > > The fact that there was 2 or 3 million in billing data, the whole > > Accounts Receivables database, on that drive doesn't mean squat to > > them. Perhaps I wasn't supposed to, but when we had bought a new > > copy, I was able to find the file I needed and copy it in. System > > restored. > > > > Just one of the many reasons there will never be an M$ OS on any > > machine of mine for much longer than it takes to burn a dvd of > > whatever linux I'm fond of today& install it. And it pi$$e$ me off > > when they accuse me of being a pirate. I've never pirated anything > > of microshafts, never thought it was worth pirating, let alone > > buying. > > > > My dislike for M$ goes clear back to dos-3.1 days when because I > > needed a terminal program that supported ftp in order to download and > > install another vendors update kit, I called them for ideas& the > > bastards accused me of only wanting it for illegal purposes, "there > > is no legal use for ftp". At that point I was so frustrated I gave > > them about 50 cents worth of my opinion on their business model. > > > > They haven't done anything in the past 20 years that has changed my > > mind a bit. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Gene, > > So, other than that, how do you really feel about Microsoft? Don't > sugar-coat it or anything... ;-) > > Mark > > Chuckle. Now, why did I know somebody was gonna say that? ;p)
Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so. -- John Donne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
