On Sunday 15 January 2006 16:51, Paul F. Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > > Do you even use XP? Runs well for me, like any tool a lot of it comes > > down to the user who has control of it. > > My job is to support XP - I look after over 500 boxes and 60 odd members > of staff plus almost 2000 students. It gives me no end of headaches, so > I retreat to my lovely warm desk where FC5t1 is running without a hitch. > It says something that my x86 box which has gone from RH6 to FC4 before > it bit the dust is still the same spec as it always was whereas the > Win32 boxes keep having to go up and up and up while security and > reliability drop faster than SCO's stock price. > > It's not a case of choice any more - there is none. If I want it to > work, I don't go near a Windows box. > > TTFN > > Paul > -- > "wir kamen, wir sahen, wir traten ihren Esel" - Dr Venkman, Ghostbusters What I find interesting is that so many organizations still prefer Win 2000 over WinXP for stability/security reasons. Many Win2K systems (when PROPERLY administered - difficult) are at least relative stable and secure. Not up to linux standards of course. -- Tom Taylor Linux user #263467 Federal Way, WA
