[olug] Microsoft is out of control!

[OBrien, Timothy (Omaha Linux Users Group - OLUG)]

<quote who="Dave Hull">
>> >>> phil at brutsche.us 5/6/2004 >>>
>> thehaas at binary.net wrote:
>>
>> How many people are going to sit around with their current machines for
>> 3 years?  I know I won't.
>> --
>>
>> Phil Brutsche
>> phil at brutsche.us
>
> Three years? Before I had two kids to support a three year replacement
> cycle was
> more than reasonable. Now, the fastest Linux server in my basement is six
> years
> old and still working fine. Even my laptop is closing in on 3.5 years and
> I
> won't be replacing it anytime soon.
>
> Within the next year, my work will be throwing machines away that a
> superior to
> the hardware I'm running at home. I feel a dumpster dive coming on.
>
> --
> Dave Hull
> http://insipid.com
> _______________________________________________


I second that - my P233 and P650 desktops and my P333 laptop are running
fine. But when that dumpster dive happens, let us know will ya Dave? =)


-- 
Timothy "Irish" O'Brien
Publicity & Social activities chairperson
Omaha Linux User's Group (OLUG)
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