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    Duane Wills

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  1. Comment - Yahoo to tell shareholders it doubts Microsoft intended a real merger

    (Jun 30, 2008 - 9:28 PM)

    How could ANYONE think that a merger with MICROSOFT could be underhanded? How could anyone on that board of directors think Microsoft couldn't be the best thing that's happened to web search? I mean, COME ON!

    I don't see any problem with a company that is firmly founded on search rejecting a bid from a company that is (poorly) founded on a desktop operating system and office software and has shown poor judgment (at best) with their attempts to run a search engine. Seems whoever made that presentation is protecting the shareholders' butts to me.

    And, why doesn't BetaNews recognize the sarcasm tag? Perhaps, that'll be fixed in FinalNews.

  2. Comment - Microsoft: Vista Most Secure OS Ever

    (Jun 19, 2006 - 2:27 PM)

    First of all, that should be LAmp, not just Apache. There's only so much you can do without OS level security.

    Where do you get your numbers? I can't find anyone that isn't obviously biased.

  3. Comment - Microsoft: Vista Most Secure OS Ever

    (Jun 19, 2006 - 2:22 PM)

    LOL! Actually, one of them is an old HP Pavilion with all that. But, a Toshiba laptop, and a Sony VAIO, and a nicer tower next to it.

    And, the personal comment was unnecessary. I have experience on all of the list. Not much Novell, I'll admit. I just got my A+ cert via Cisco Academy. I know it isn't a lot, but I'm not a nitwit.

  4. Comment - Microsoft: Vista Most Secure OS Ever

    (Jun 19, 2006 - 2:19 PM)

    I do buy hardware. Generally, however, I convert old Windows boxes (long useless) to fully-functional Linux ones. And, I didn't say setup. I said load drivers. I suppose I did once for a new tower w/ NVIDIA. Wireless is easy w/ the right distro.

  5. Comment - Microsoft: Vista Most Secure OS Ever

    (Jun 19, 2006 - 2:17 PM)

    I should have been more clear. To the best of my knowledge, Mac usage is around 3% and *NIX is 3.5%. I know the distro game. It's NOT a fair way to compare, but still... Where are the viruses? Where are the crashes? I'll ignore classic Mac because it doesn't have the features I want, though.