Re: Bass digest, volume 2453298

bruce aka tholen@antispam.ham wrote in message news:<jWedd.14076$Kl3.10294@twister.socal.rr
.com>...
> Yes, this is the same person who claimed that he was going to leave the
> newsgroup because he found it so depressing.
>
> Curtis Bass writes:
>
> 323> That isn't the point -- you're just being petulant and childish.
>
> 323> Your "pricing" is exaggerated, to put it mildly.  Full-price Windows 
XP
> 323> Pro is 399.00 at Best Buy online, and Office 2003 Pro is 499.00, full
> 323> price.  And most AV I've seen is more like 49.00, not 100.
>
> 323> But then, you could get a brand-new computer for, what, 800 bucks and
> 323> get both the AV _and_ Windows XP thrown in.
>
> 323> -- [Petulant sarcasm snipped] --
>
> 323> Technical Consultant    Dave Tholen -- 09/18/2004
>
> 324> Oops.  Windows XP Pro is 299.00, not 399.00.  One hundred dollars les
s,
> 324> not just one dollar less.
>
> 324> Technical Consultant    Dave Tholen -- 09/18/2004
>
> 325> Does your P4 have hyperthreading capability, and can OS/2 make use of
> 325> it?  Can OS/2 fully exploit your printer's capabilities?
>
> 325> No, I am not trying to get you to switch.  I am, however, challenging
> 325> your assertion that you aren't stuck in the mid 90s.
>
> 325> That's a good question, one that I would like to see answered.  I wou
ld
> 325> wager that the only ones who do use OS/2 at work have their own
> 325> businesses.  And no, that isn't a slam of any kind, just an observati
on.
>
> 325> Technical Consultant    Dave Tholen -- 09/18/2004
>
> 326> But that's precisely the point, here.  The only way you can use OS/2 
at
> 326> work is if you own the business -- the vast majority of businesses th
at
> 326> anyone on this forum would be employed by has, in fact, abandoned OS/
2,
> 326> which indicates just how "relevant" OS/2 is in the IT world at large.
>
> 326> If you own your own business and OS/2 fulfills all of your business
> 326> needs, more power to you.  But, with all due respect, I suspect that
> 326> most decisions to use OS/2 in such a capacity are emotional rather th
an
> 326> rational.  After all, if for no other consideration, the issue of
> 326> support will become a point of contention at some time, in all
> 326> likelihood.  Sure, your needs are fulfilled _today_ but an astute
> 326> businessperson has their eye on _tomorrow_ -- where will OS/2 be
> 326> tomorrow?  Are all of those other businesses wrong, and only those fe
w
> 326> who use OS/2 right?
>
> 326> Technical Consultant    Dave Tholen -- 09/18/2004
>
> 327> Well, like the man said, you can always kill-file him if you don't li
ke
> 327> reading what he has to say.  He even promised not to cry.  Then you c
an
> 327> all just sit back and pat each other on the back over your "superior"
,
> 327> "more enlightened" choice to use OS/2
>
> 327> And, you can kill-file me, as well, and I also promise not to cry.
>
> 327> Frankly, I quite understand your position of not wanting to be
> 327> continually reminded of what you cannot do that the rest of the IT wo
rld
> 327> can do.  Like run ERP, CRM or CM software (Enterprise Resource
> 327> Management, Customer Service Management, Content Management,
> 327> repectively).  OS/2 probably makes a fine hobbyist OS, but that's pre
tty
> 327> much what it's been relegated to.  That's the point.
>
> 327> Technical Consultant    Dave Tholen -- 09/18/2004
>
> 328> How ironic -- first, you demand respect, and then you stoop to person
al
> 328> attacks.  You have just invalidated any potential point you were tryi
ng
> 328> to make.
>
> 328> Touché.
>
> 328> Technical Consultant    Dave Tholen -- 09/18/2004
>
> 329> In truth?  No, it didn't.  Nothing you said "hurt", at any level.  I
> 329> just though it was interesting that you would demand respect, and acc
use
> 329> me of essentially having the "wrong" viewpoint, only to end what coul
d
> 329> have been a fairly eloquent post with a personal attack.
>
> 329> You just couldn't resist, could ya? ;)
>
> 329> Technical Consultant    Dave Tholen -- 09/18/2004
>
> What does the price of Windows have to do with OS/2, Bass?
>
>    "I have a hard time justifying to myself spending any time
>    digging up evidence to support any statements I may make."
>       --Curtis Bass

when will you stop depressing the newsgroups, bruce?