Return-Path: Received: from rly-md01.mx.aol.com (rly-md01.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.139]) by air-md07.mail.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMD071-8e347e93c6125a; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:55:11 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-md01.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMD013-8e347e93c6125a; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:54:44 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1JeDL2-0001BZ-Ch for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:53:32 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1JeDL1-0001BQ-VT for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:53:31 +0000 Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.207]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JeDKz-00083S-50 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:53:31 +0000 Received: from G4gvw@aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id l.d55.283b5b1a (29679) for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:52:58 -0400 (EDT) From: G4gvw@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:52:58 EDT To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5035 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Karma: -992: No way to authenticate the domain. domain's resolved A record is blacklisted X-Spam-Score: 0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,NO_REAL_NAME=0.55 Subject: Re: LF: Linux (was Re: [500] GM4SLV Grabber) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1206467578" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE, NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : + -------------------------------1206467578 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Warren and group, I hear many tales about people having "bad" experiences with Vista. Another of my motivators which I did not stress is the growing awareness that not only the OS but also many apps running in the MS environment are often described as "bloatware" and quite correctly. It seems as if many of the designers of both the OS and applications are aided and abetted by hardware manufacturers who drive us continually in the direction of faster and faster processors and acres and hectares of memory to achieve often very little. Not everyone needs high-end graphics and game-playing capability! You have to ask yourself whose hand is in whose pocket in those strategies! And what about environmental concerns? The output of how many power stations is now needed to drive all those electricity-hungry machines playing games of "Dume" (not to mention Glume and Despond :). ) Hats off to those developing the concept of small OPC (One Per Child) laptops (not a coincidence that a flavour of Linux is favoured) particularly for the developing world. 73 de Pat G4GVW es gd dx Qth near Felixstowe, UK -------------------------------1206467578 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Warren and group,

I hear many tales about people having "bad" experiences with Vista.

Another of my motivators which I did not stress is the growing awarenes= s=20 that not only the OS but also many apps running in the MS environment are of= ten=20 described as "bloatware" and quite correctly.

It seems as if many of the designers of both the OS and applicatio= ns=20 are aided and abetted by hardware manufacturers who drive us continually in=20= the=20 direction of faster and faster processors and acres and hectares of memory t= o=20 achieve often very little. Not everyone needs high-end graphics and game-pla= ying=20 capability! You have to ask yourself whose hand is in whose pocket in those=20 strategies!

And what about environmental concerns? The output of how many power=20 stations is now needed to drive all those electricity-hungry machines playin= g=20 games of "Dume" (not to mention Glume and Despond :). )

Hats off to those developing the concept of small OPC (One Per Chi= ld)=20 laptops (not a coincidence that a flavour of Linux is favoured) particularly= for=20 the developing world.

73 de Pat=20 G4GVW es gd dx
Qth near Felixstowe, UK

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