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Good old MS!
by Anthony_Sale＠proconassoc.co.uk 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

Working for company where I have to support W95, W98 and NT4 I would much rather every one had NT4. Yes it does not support the range of hardware, but then it also allows to me to say we will use this harwdware configuration and any thing else and your on your own. As an aside though I run NT on an IBM Thinkpad 770X and getting SuSE 6.2 running was a damn site easier than NT4. "John Woodard" <jwoodard(a)tesco.net> on 11/12/99 07:11:37 PM Please respond to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk cc: (bcc: Tony Sale/Technical Consultants/Procon) Subject: [alug] Good old MS! NT4 isn't much better IMHO. I'm sure that every time I walk past a machine running NT the screen goes blue. Last time I went into Suffolk College IT dept. I was asked politely to leave. <G> Cheers, BJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Laurie Brown <laurie(a)brownowl.com> To: <alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk> Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 12:12 PM Subject: [alug] Good old MS! > http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/columns/0,4351,2386174,00.html > > ArfArf! > > Cheers, Laurie. > > [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] > [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] > [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] > [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ] > > [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Lost parallel ports? and DOJ judgement
by John Woodard 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

I upgraded to RH 6.1 after the last ALUG meeting (pretty impressed so far) and my lp ports have disappeared. I have twp parallel ports lp0 and lp1 RH's print tool fails to find them. Dos however has no problems with either lpt1 or lpt2. I have tried spp, epp and ecp ports in the BIOS to no avail. RH 6.0 had an option to set up your printer during the install routine which is no more in 6.1. This shouldn't be a problem for me because RH supply a nice graphical tool for the purpose (printtool) but as I said before printtool can't find my ports. Any ideas folks, is there something I should have done on install (yes I know I could/should have used the RH cd as a coaster and installed Debian but IMHO Debian's installer is not for the faint hearted). Any help appreciated. Changing the subject what impact do you think the DOJ judgement against MS will have on the Open Source community? Cheers, BJ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Good old MS!
by Laurie Brown 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/columns/0,4351,2386174,00.html ArfArf! Cheers, Laurie. [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Good old MS!
by Green, James M K 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

These reports have been coming out for months now, but I am very worried that I haven't seen many 'good' reports of Win2k becoming reliable. The DoJ is reportedly pondering whether to make Windows open source. Quite what they call open source is open to debate, but if it means something like the GPL the title "The World Is Not Enough" springs to mind. Why? Because if programmers get their mits on the source code, it will branch off into hundreds of versions, none of which will work properly (I can do C, but I bet I could break the Linux source code by altering it - and Windows is far more complex) and the MS-official version will spread like wildfire. How many organisations/countries are deploying Linux because Windows is too expensive? Open Source Windows and all hell will break loose. Quite whether anyone would deploy any Windows version not officially MS-sanctioned is another matter... James Green > -----Original Message----- > From: Laurie Brown [mailto:laurie@brownowl.com] > Sent: 12 November 1999 12:12 > To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > Subject: [alug] Good old MS! > > > http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/columns/0,4351,2386174,00.html > > ArfArf! > > Cheers, Laurie. > > [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] > [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] > [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] > [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ] > [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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"70,000 Applications"
by MJ Ray 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

There's an excellent call to arms from the pragmatist point-of-view on osOpinion today. It alludes to religion, legal clauses, practical benefits, etc. I think everyone will learn something from reading it, although some of the phrases are tortured. http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/GaryMurphy/GaryMurphy2.html [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Unsubscribe help please
by Tony 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Hi people, I've tried 3 times a week to unsub for a while now. Is the unsub mechanism broken? I get a return reciept every time like this one: --------- User tony(a)consultant.idps.co.uk has successfully unsubscribed. Good bye! -- Sincerely, the Minimalist ---------- But I seem to continue recieving messages. Can someone do this manually Thanks Tony [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Lost parallel ports? and DOJ judgement
by Andrew.Chandler＠ft.com 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Nothing on this thread about the US DOJ judgement yet?!?!?!? Andi Paul Russell <Paul.Russell(a)uea.ac.uk> on 11/10/99 03:12:42 AM To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk cc: (bcc: Andrew Chandler/PSD/LONDON/FTI) Subject: [alug] Lost parallel ports? and DOJ judgement Hi John, > How do I find out if parellel port support has been compiled as a module? There should be a file called 'lp.o' in /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/misc. Try typing 'modprobe lp' as root, and with a bit of luck the kernel will load the module for you. If there is an lp.o, and the kernel refuses to load it, the there must be some parameters you're not giving it, although my kernel seems to be loading the module of it's own accord when required. If the kernel will load it but it still won't print, then triple check that pc style hardware is enabled. If there isn't an lp.o, then it's *definately* recompile time I'm afraid :-/ Anyway - sleep deprevation, HTH, Paul [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ] ********************************************************************* * Please visit the web site of the Financial Times at: * * http://www.ft.com * * * * This E-Mail is intended for the use of the addressee only and may * * contain confidential information. If you are not the intended * * recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or dissemination * * of this communication is strictly prohibited. * * * * If you receive this transmission in error, please notify us * * immediately then delete this E-Mail. * * * * * postmaster(a)ft.com * ********************************************************************* [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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ISA Modem
by Daniel Smith 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Hello All I've decided it's about time to use Linux to connect to the net rather than Windoze, but as always there's a problem. Instead of a nice pukka proper modem I've got a PCI winmodem which I understand won't work with Linux. I can't afford a new branded modem at the moment (I thought about a US Robotics 56k external) but I know where I pick up an internal ISA one very cheaply. Has I understand it I should be able to use this with 'generic' settings. Can anybody throw anymore light on this for me please, or at least point me in the right direction ;¬) Thanks. -- Daniel Smith [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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A bit of a whoppsie
by Green, James M K 08 Nov '99

08 Nov '99

http://www.theregister.co.uk/991108-000022.html Well, it could have been worse :-) These things take time... James Green [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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CNN on MS poll
by jg＠cyberstorm.demon.co.uk 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

Well, I'd love to see a breakdown of who's clicking those buttons, but CNN is reporting a massive proportion of people in favour of Judge Jackson's Finding of Fact in the MSvDoJ case. Quite whether the only people who can be bothered to vote on this one are in fact Open Source advocates is unclear. -- James Green jg(a)cyberstorm.demon.co.uk Site Manager jg(a)linuxnewbie.com LinuxNewbie.com LNC http://www.cyberstorm.demon.co.uk/ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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