Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quote of the day....

2007-08-10 Thread Eddie Armstrong
From http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1279&tag=nl.e539 re desktop linuxes (Redhat a sideline Ubuntu a dedicated effort) "Were this a breakfast plate, Red Hat would represent the eggs and Ubuntu the bacon. The chicken’s involved but the pig is committed. " Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quote of the day....

2007-07-25 Thread Eddie Armstrong
From 'comments' to an interview, (edited for readability), someone asked : > 'Why don't any of the OSes sandbox everything by now better protecting users from themselves?' To which someone else replied: 'So in short nobody's sandboxing a PC any time soon except for running Windows in a VM, w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quote of the day....

2007-07-25 Thread Jim Kissel
Q: Had you considered the possibility that we might actually prefer Windows, or even think it's better? A: No, but in all fairness, neither had I considered the possibility that you might be afflicted with rabies or suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome. Just Some Guy on /. (with minor edits

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quote of the day....

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Harrison
Ah - the joys of contextual advertising - sorry about that. OK, how about this one: "It said 'requires Windows 2000 or better' on the box, so I installed Ubuntu" Mark Josh Blacker wrote: > Great - now I have a bunch of adverts about powerpoint in my gmail! > > My personal favourite, on a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quote of the day....

2007-07-25 Thread Matthew East
* Josh Blacker: > My personal favourite, on a bookmark trying to be witty: > "Never try to replace windows on your computer" Not specifically Windows related, and only vaguely on topic, but by one of the photocopiers at work we have a sign like this: http://www.hilarious-pictures.com/content/30

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quote of the day....

2007-07-24 Thread Josh Blacker
Great - now I have a bunch of adverts about powerpoint in my gmail! My personal favourite, on a bookmark trying to be witty: "Never try to replace windows on your computer" I bought it for a laugh; picture here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=502966 On 7/25/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PRO

[ubuntu-uk] Quote of the day....

2007-07-24 Thread Mark Harrison
"Power corrupts. Powerpoint corrupts absolutely" Well, I liked it :-) M. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/