Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:41:05 +0600 (LKT) From: Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel X-Sender: root AT darkstar DOT grendel DOT net To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS. In-Reply-To: <8dcmu6$aio$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Malke wrote: > Alternatively, don't use ME. I certainly have no intention of doing so. > >From all early reports, it is awful. > But the problem is that every new computer wil come setup with ME which just forces whoever buys the machine to use it. In your part of the world support for linux is great because of it's low price and because MS pricers are astrnomic. But in my part of the world where software piracy is rampant we can get windoze ME CD's for 2-3 US$ ...So people just take it and install it without thinking of other alternative software available Grendel Hi, I'm a signature virus. plz set me as your signature and help me spread :)