seeing how Windows breaks 10 times on a given day
Considering that I've seen similar with some *nix installations, and also that most likely the version that you saw do this is ancient and not advised for the use of a serious computer user I see no reason why you need to harp on about it. (My W2k box has only crashed twice in a year, and that was due to me installing an old device driver)This site is about Perl. And Perl runs on just about every OS, from Amiga to VMS. So try and respect that there will be users here (like myself) who find your (and others) overzealous attacks on Microsoft as distasteful and innappropriate.
BTW Im afraid to say that while you may have an interesting point your total lack of respect has made me completely ignore whatever message you may have intended to transmit. And I suspect that I will not be alone.
As a last thought yes I do believe that Microsoft has been responsible for a number of negative things and that they are a threat to some of my beliefs and to our community to a certain degree, and that they most likely deserve to be punished. I also think that if *nix actually did what the common business user wanted it to do, as well as Microsoft does then Microsoft would be in a whole lot more trouble in the markets than it is in the courts.
But I do think that this is not the forum for such debates, especially if the participants (like yourself) cannot be mature enough to be respectful of other users and opinions and to refrain from being offensive.
Update 2
Originally this node contained a paragraph that was not in the spirit of the Monastery or indeed in the spirit of this very post. This paragraph was as unnaceptable and innapropriate as your use of M$ everywhere. I have not removed this paragraph entirely but rather banished it to the pages sources code, primarily as I dont believe in rewriting history. Please accept my apology for going too far.
Thank you to mirod for pointing this out.
End Update
Update 3
I wanted to state that I am completely happy with vladbs apology regarding this matter. We are all perlmonks here, irrespective of OS and we should all be able to overlook our particular beefs with each others OS's. Im glad that in this case we have.
Peace vladb :-)
Oh and for any of you who are disappointed about the US DoJ's pursuit of Microsoft you may find that the EU ends up doing the job properly instead. ;-)
End Update
Oh and I'm willing to accept the the -- that this node will get if its going to bring an end to this needless MS bashing at every opportunity.
Yves / DeMerphq
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Windows isn't the only OS that crashes...
In reply to (OT) I find your use of 'M$' to be offensive and provocative. Please stop.
by demerphq
in thread using Perl to look for GPL code in M$ OS binary/source?
by vladb
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