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Skriven 2006-12-03 08:39:00 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ROSS CASSELL
Ärende: Re: Software glitch
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-=> ROSS CASSELL wrote to MAURICE KINAL <=-

 RC> Hello Maurice!

 RC> 02 Dec 06 17:10, you wrote to me:

 RC>> Now he wants to blame the BBS software the sysop of the BBS uses
 RC>> employs.

 MK> Sounded to me like he was blaming his own Windows based software but I
 MK> can understand if it was both.  Any version of Windows is really lame
 MK> at running multiuser type applications such as a BBS, nevermind single
 MK> user apps.  It was a silly idea to put a BBS on Windows right out of
 MK> the Gates.  ;-)

 RC> I dont think Wayne has run anything Windows based in many many moons.

 RC> But he did get a Bios Virus!

That is what all the returned links from a google search of
appropriate keywords indicated.

I discovered the machine behaved precisely as information gleaned
from those sites maintained including seeking out a specific
anti-virus and anti-trojan software providers web site that at
the time was under indictment by the U.S. States Department of Justice. 

As you pursue a career as a mentalist performing a mind reading
act may I be so bold as to suggest not giving
up your day job quite yet?

 RC> Actually PX/WINS, the software run by his sysop, runs quite well, all
 RC> things considered.

Absolutely does.
I find myself constantly amazed it runs at all ever since
first thinking about it.

 RC> It could do a better job creating msgids for Fidonet mail, but I have
 RC> seen Linux and OS2 software equally as brain dead in that dept.

 RC> Something Wayne doesnt know but you should, regardless of what platform
 RC> a program is written for, it is only as good as the skills of its
 RC> author.

 MK> Got my first glimpse of Vista yesterday.  <EG>  Looks really great!  I
 MK> can hardly wait as I see much hardware headed my way in the forseeable
 MK> future.  The real bonus is that they only plan to release it for the
 MK> business market at the moment which potentially means some half decent
 MK> hardware will get liberated.  We'll see.

Hee.

 RC> As I have 3 boxes here, 2 Windows and one Xandros Linux (a deb), I plan

Xandros!!!
All gussied up with splashy graphics and ready for the big night on 
the town eh?

 RC> on putting Vista on the least used windows box. Got a fairly neat

Any box Windows it might be on here would most certainly be the least used.

 RC> setup, both Windows boxes, I have setup with dual lcd monitors, I have
 RC> them stacked atop another, the top 2 for that other box and the bottom
 RC> 2 for this one, I use a program called multiplicity that runs on both
 RC> boxes and it allows me to move my mouse and keyboard control over to
 RC> the other box my simply pressing shift and running the mouse upwards..

 RC> One of the things I found cool with Xandros is it came with Crossover,
 RC> for kicks I got it to install MSIE v5 and it runs!!<G>

How long does it run before BSOD, freezeing, rebooting or crashing?
 
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