RE: Microsoft XP

From: Sinha, Shashank (MED, TCS) <Shashank.Sinha_at_med.ge.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:29:24 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00376FFE.20010824083657@fatcity.com>

And I assure you, you are not alone. People who are likely to go for newer operating systems are the ones who would also keep upgrading their systems' hardware - so Microsoft's policy is going to raise more than eyebrows...
As for Windows XP, the look and feel is just awesome - the look has been definitely borrowed from Linux Desktops... the folder icons are exactly the same...

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Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:59 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Sell it on ebay or at a show, Just this year alone I had the following equipment changed

Dual 700 -> Dual 1000
Dual 1000 -> Amd 1.4
Amd 1.4 -> Dual Amd 1.5
512Mb ram -> 1Gb ram
Gforce 2 -> Gforce 3
18Gb Cheetah + 9gb cheetah -> 128Mb writeback cache 100MHz raid with 2x18
Cheetah raid 0 + 2 9gb cheetah
21" ViewSonic -> 20" Sun flat plasma
JBL Pro Logic 5 + 8" Sub -> Klipsch 4.1
SB Live -> Santa Cruiz
4x4x16 CD-R -> 12x CD
32x CD -> 5x DVD

U10 -> 2 x Blade 100

If I remember, that is all I changed this year on my main machine. I guess
I can be said to be obsessive.

"Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way
when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes."

Christopher R. Spence
Oracle DBA
Phone: (978) 322-5744
Fax: (707) 885-2275

Fuelspot
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North, Chelmsford 01863

-----Original Message-----

Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:15 AM
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Every two to three months, what do you do with all of the old hardware? I
thought I was bad because I bought a new machine after a year, sheesh:) kK

-----Original Message-----

Spence
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:40 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I will be using Win2000 for some time because of that crap. My computer gets upgraded every 2 -3 months.

"Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way
when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes."

Christopher R. Spence
Oracle DBA
Phone: (978) 322-5744
Fax: (707) 885-2275

Fuelspot
73 Princeton Street
North, Chelmsford 01863

-----Original Message-----

Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 6:06 PM
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If you buy the Server Version it does not have this limitation.

--Michael

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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:40 PM
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Has anyone heard of all the troubles that the new version of Microsoft is
having getting released ??

One of the ugliest things I see is their new licensing scheme. They make
sure you are using it only on a specific machine by having its functionality
based on hardware items on your system. This configuration has to be registered either by phone or by internet about a month after it is installed or everything stops working. If you change something big, like a
Network Card or cpu chip, your system will not boot because it thinks you
have installed it on a different machine.

Anyone have options on the new XP ?
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