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Whats the best OS of microsuck?
Maniaman:
quote:Originally posted by ArmTheHomeless:
Windows 2000. Its the only Microsoft OS that is even worth looking at. Still, its not that great, but its a LOT better than the 95 series and XP. The older NTs are (from what I've heard) are ok, but still 2000 tops them.
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My thoughts exactly
skyman8081:
quote:Originally posted by usr/bin/maniaman:
My thoughts [that 2000 is the best M$ Operating System] exactly
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I am inclined to agree, although NT 4.0 is okay for a MSOS. although for M$, Xenix is pretty good
GNU/Linux still 0wnz it though
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LordWiccara:
no shit
bedouin:
I have to agree with some of the other posters, Windows 2000 probably was Microsoft's best creation. I'm an OS X and Linux guy, but sitting down at a Win2k workstation isn't a completely horrific experience -- well, unless the install is more than a year or two old, then it starts acting goofy, or not functioning at all.
The problem is, M$ will eventually quit supporting 2000, so people comfortable with it will be forced to upgrade to whatever the latest offering is -- which will probably be DRM hell.
Let us not forget though that Win2k's stability isn't necessarily attributed to M$, but to Digital's VMS, which contributes a great deal to the foundations of Win2k.
Oh, and to the poster that credits Bill Gates for widespread computer adaptation, I think that's totally off base. If anything at all prompted the average individual to buy a computer it was the Internet, something that Gates had nothing to do with. In fact, there's the infamous quote of Gates where he essentially brushed off the Internet as nothing major.
The Internet aside, I'd give Commodore, Apple, and to a certain extent Atari credit for the introduction of PCs in households. They were the first to present friendly machines at reasonable prices, that easily did tasks the average consumer needed. The c64, to this day sold more units than any other system in the world. In the 80's, Gates could give a shit about making computers friendly; his whole "computer in every home" campaign was PR and nothing else. Gates' nose follows the scent of money wherever it may lead, and providing services to businesses makes much less money than controlling every home in America.
avello500:
IMHO what put a computer in most homes where three things.
1: porn
2: aninimity (sp?)
3: internet commmerce
once businesses saw that there was a potential to earn money online, they began the media blitz. it didnt matter what os was being used, as long as the consumer was made to open their wallet.
actually come to think about it, porn is what made the in-home video industry explode.
mmmmmmmm porn. :D
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