From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 4 9:11:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from threespace.com (server44.aitcom.net [208.234.0.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4594937B41C for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:11:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from vwinxp.threespace.com (ip68-11-176-217.br.no.cox.net [68.11.176.217]) by threespace.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA04988 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 12:12:10 -0500 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20020404110321.019e61c0@threespace.com> X-Sender: tech@threespace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 11:11:40 -0600 To: FreeBSD Chat From: Chip Morton Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:08 PM 4/3/2002, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >There isn't any alternative right now. That's why I bought another PC >running Windows XP, even though I hate the idea of "activating" an operating >system. But at 10:16 PM 4/3/2002, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >I don't care if I'm using Microsoft or not. It >doesn't bother me to use Microsoft software. Hmmm...sounds like a little self-contradiction there. Frankly, I don't know why you would put up with the whole activation thing if it bothers you that much. With just a little more effort, you probably could have gotten a blank system and slapped Windows 2000 on it. That would give you comparable stability and compatibility while lacking just a few minor niceties. << Chip Morton >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message