XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general   
   From: aka@maskedandanymous.org.invalido   
      
   Marti van Lin wrote:   
   > Op 16-06-10 16:56, Frank wrote:   
   >> On 6/16/2010 4:27 AM, Marti van Lin wrote:   
   >>> Op 15-06-10 06:10, Frank wrote:   
   >>>> On 6/14/2010 7:37 PM, JC wrote:   
   >>>>> First allow me to apologize as I am no USENET guru. Typically when I   
   >>>>> decide   
   >>>>> to make a post in hopes some kind soul(s) will give some input/feedback   
   >>>>> towards my interests/concerns I am clueless which group to post to.   
   >>>>> But I   
   >>>>> will say I generally get a positive reponse where ever I post.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> For the past five or so years I have used 2000 on my home machines.   
   >>>>> They   
   >>>>> actually still use 98 on the clients where I work (which is  medical   
   >>>>> laboratory) with an antiquated Novell network o/s and Oracle DBMS on   
   >>>>> the   
   >>>>> server. This is primarily due to the fact that I have very antiquated   
   >>>>> tools   
   >>>>> (Visual Cafe for my IDE with SDK 1.1); my app will only run on 98   
   >>>>> machines.   
   >>>>> Anyway, that is neither here nor there.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> My question is about Windows XP vs 7. I am at a point where I would   
   >>>>> like to   
   >>>>> upgrade my home machines to XP. Even though I've been using 2000 for   
   >>>>> so long   
   >>>>> (and very satisfied with it) I do have some XP experience/knowledge.   
   >>>>> Problem   
   >>>>> is that one of the used machines I just purchased has XP on it because   
   >>>>> that   
   >>>>> is what was on it when I got it. Seems like it is not possible to   
   >>>>> purchase   
   >>>>> XP nowadays. It is all Windows 7.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> A few friends here and there have had me come and look at their   
   >>>>> Windows 7   
   >>>>> machines. They think because I have a degree in CompSci/Math that I   
   >>>>> know   
   >>>>> everything there is to know about computers. I cannot make them   
   >>>>> understand I   
   >>>>> am a GUI programmer, database programmer, amateur DBA, and data   
   >>>>> analyst. I   
   >>>>> keep telling them I am not a technician but they will not believe   
   >>>>> me. The   
   >>>>> handful of times I've played around with a Windows 7 machine so far   
   >>>>> I've   
   >>>>> found it very counterintuitive and confusing. I do not like it at all!   
   >>>>> Not   
   >>>>> knowing much about XP anytime I've worked on an XP machine I've   
   >>>>> typically   
   >>>>> had little if any problems.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So the question I guess: Is XP a thing of the past? Can I no longer   
   >>>>> get XP   
   >>>>> (it definitely is not in stores)? If I wanted to migrate the clients   
   >>>>> to XP   
   >>>>> at work would that not be possible?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Many Thanks,   
   >>>>> -JC   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Take the plunge and go with 7, otherwise you'll be left far behind very   
   >>>> quickly. 7 is the very best OS available today.   
   >>>   
   >>> Or why not take the plunge and go with GNU/Linux? which is - in contrast   
   >>> to any Microsoft Windows version - supported for all eternity.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you migrate to ether Windows XP or 7, in time you will have the same   
   >>> problem. Microsoft will quit supporting Windows 7 (XP will be killed in   
   >>> 2014) and forces you to buy a new version.   
   >>>   
   >>> Beside that, migrating from Windows 98/2000 to ether Windows XP or 7 is   
   >>> quite a culture shock. The GUI is totally different.   
   >>>   
   >>> So if you're at it, why not take the plunge and move to Ubuntu for   
   >>> example?   
   >>>   
   >>> It saves you and your organization lots of licensing money (because it's   
   >>> gratis and fully legal) and the amount of development tools (IDE's etc.)   
   >>> available for GNU/Linux, will knock you off your socks ;-)   
   >>>   
   >>> You are still able to use Windows 98 if that is important. Simply   
   >>> install Oracle VirtualBox (Desktop virtualisator) and install Windows 98   
   >>> in a virtual machine.   
   >>>   
   >>> I've done it before and it worked flawlessly. And just to think I am   
   >>> only a hobbyist home user ;-)   
   >>>   
   >>> You can have gratis support right here:   
   >>>   
   >>> http://ubuntuusers.de/   
   >>>   
   >>> or (if you are not German) here:   
   >>>   
   >>> http://www.ubuntu.com/   
   >>>   
   >>> With kind regards,   
   >>>   
   >> Nobody is looking to downgrade, which is what you're recommending.   
   >   
   > You are a Liar and a fraud!   
      
   He's actually much worse.   
      
   >   
   > I'm not interested in arguing with a religious "what ever company,   
   > Operating System, distro" zealot :-p   
   >   
   > *plonk*   
   >   
      
   And yet another person plonks Frank the Wank.   
      
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