XPost: alt.flame, alt.os.linux   
   From: wookie@deathstar.net   
      
   NunYa Bidness wrote:   
   > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:14:16 -0500, GANEFS!  Gave   
   > us:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Stephen Edwards wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>The U.S. Constitution wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>Stephen Edwards  wrote in news:43a5ecb0$1_5   
   >>>>@newsfeed.slurp.net:   
   >>>   
   >>>8< SNIP >8   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>>>Say something else stupid now!   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>Jim is smart?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>Brilliant!! Don't let anybody tell you that you don't still have "it".   
   >>>>>>You get a gold star for today.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Gee, I wonder why BeOS advocacy never convinces anyone to use BeOS.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Perhaps because so many of its users act like little children?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I'm sure that's the reason.   
   >>>   
   >>>Possibly one of many. I probably should have phrased it "try BeOS".   
   >>>   
   >>>Granted, BeOS certainly isn't suitable for the vast majority of users,   
   >>>however, I was mainly referring to open source programmers who might be   
   >>>interested in porting their opensource apps to the BeOS, if for no other   
   >>>reason, to use it as a hobby OS, or another platform on which to test   
   >>>their code for portability.   
   >>>   
   >>>I'd do it, except I simply don't have time, or enough experience with   
   >>>C/C++ programming to undertake such projects.   
   >>>   
   >>>It'll be interesting to see how much life, if any, could get put back   
   >>>into the "BeOS way", if you will, when HaikuOS and/or OpenBeOS get a   
   >>>bit more of a foothold.   
   >>   
   >>VMS pwns you all, bit-chess.  :P   
   >   
   >   
   >  Hey, dorkoflex... does VMS run on a PC?  That would be the baseline   
   > criteria here.   
      
   AFAIK, no, it doesn't. However, VMS does what it is designed for very   
   well, though not quite noticeably any better than any BSD that I've ever   
   administered.   
      
   >   BTW, there are plenty of OSes that beat the pants off of VMS.  Since   
   > you have spanned hardware platforms, I could also easily and correctly   
   > contend that there are plenty of hardware platforms that beat the   
   > pants off it as well.  Whom is owned?  In this thread, that'd be you.   
      
   Judging by your posts, I'd rather doubt that a person like yourself   
   has any experience outside of Wintel PeeCees. Have you ever actually   
   "touched" a computer that was bigger than a VCR?   
      
   >  Sheesh.  Troll boy acts all intelligent, then utilizes lame, gang boy   
   > net lingo.  How mature... NOT!   
      
   Yes. And you are the very definition of mature. Please, give us all   
   a break. In fact, do us all a favor, and stop using the BeOS. You   
   are obviously too dense and immature to truly appreciate the power   
   of a decent operating system, be it VMS or BeOS.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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