Re: [LUG] Windows animosity.

["Paul Sutton" <psutton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep,  It has an article on USB cameras,  i.e digital cameras,   on page 51.
I need to boot back in to Linux and have a play to see If I can get my
fujifilm camera to connect.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Stone" <Neil_Stone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 20 September 2001 01:09
Subject: RE: [LUG] Windows animosity.


> >
> > I don't understand why people defend ms (m$?) their programmes are not
the
> > best and we should be free to use what we want,
> > for instance this wretched isp (BT) activly discourages use of anything
> > other than ms
>
> However, I have (many times) used Linux to access BTInternet !!!
>
> > I find the opinion in this email sad as it is in a uni based group
> > southampton is funded by ibm yet its graduates are also taught about ms
> >
> > you should know:-
> >
> > 400 of the top 600 companies run ibm (even if they have 98 on their
> > desktops) one of our main banks bought 1600 copies of os2 last easter
> >
> > all American munitions run ibm (cruise missiles run on embeded os2)
>
>
> Could you imagine if a nuke GPF'd on its way down ?? Would it stop in
fight
> and reboot ?? or just present the target with a blue screen full of
useless
> information ??
>
> > ms spent millions on spin to get into naval market and nt servers were
> > fitted to two cruisers
>
> And a whole load of naval bases too !!
>
> > on test the servers kept on crashing leaving the ships no offensive
> > capacity, no communications, no steering ---nothing.  the servers were
> > changed.
>
> And this is news because ?????????????????????????????
>
> > windows does not intergrate with other systems, their wish is the
reverse,
> > on eCom (new os2)
> > I can read win files, not vice versa.
>
> Again.. this is news because ?????????????????????????????????
>
> > well you asked for comments
> > regards peter bunce
>
> Hehehe don't blame ya mate, I am activley looking to move completly
ANTI-M$
> and go completly Linux or OS/2 Warp 4 (which I have on CD).
>
> That reminds me... Did anyone ger the October issue of Linux format !!
Paul
> Sutton assures me that it has an artical on USB webcams !!! :-D, one step
> closer to me leaving windoze !
>
> A) AOL !! <--- Linux port soon :-D
> B) Webcam <--- give me a while to read that linux format !
> C) Printer (USB OfficeJet G85) <--- not sure, anyone got anything here ??
>
> Neil
>
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