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2001/2/23 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:20653 Activity:insanely high
2/22    Let's do a political-OS correlation poll. I am a:
        Democrat and Linux user: .
        Democrat and Un*x user: ...
        Democrat and Mac* user: .
        Democrat and Windows* user: .
        Republican and Linux user:
        Republican and Un*x user: ...
        Republican and Mac* user: .
        Republican and Windows* user: ..
        Kook-third-party and Linux user: .
        Kook-third-party and Un*x user: .
        Kook-third-party and Winderz user: ..
        If you're neither Democrat or Republican or don't use the above
        listed OS we don't care about you. (Un*x includes Linux, any BSD
        but OS X, Solarix, IRIX, HPUX, etc... Mac* includes any OS made
        by Apple and Windows* includes any OS made by M$).
        \_ can we vote multiple times?
           \_ sure why not. but most of all, which OS do you prefer.
        \_ Technically MacOSX counts for both Un*x and Mac*.
           Shouldn't you also have a column for LinSUX since
           its not really Un*x? (BSD, IRIX, HPUX, Solaris were all
           derived from System 7 UNIX from AT&T or SVR4, but LinSUX
           is not (minix)).
           \_ Fine. But all Mac users tend to be an island of their own
              so  I'm going to consolidate them on one line.
           \_ No!  If you allow that argument, then you could say that
              NT should count as Windows and Unix, since it's Windows on
              top, Unix (*cough*  supposedly) underneath, and nothing but
              bugs and instability in between.  -bcm
                 \_ You are a twink. Windows NT (WNT) was built on top of
                    VMS technology. M$ hired the core VMS team from DEC
                    and then renamed thier work WNT. WNT is like UNIX in
                    that it runs (just barely) on a computer. In all other
                    aspects it is the resurection of the worst bloated blithe
                    DEC ever produced.
                    \_ the story i heard from a severe VMS nut was that
                    there were two main peole responseible for VMS originally,
                    and MS hired one of them, but not the other.  supposedly
                    WNT was VMS like, but there were alot of missing aspects
                    because of the missing half of the team.  just a story.
                    the guy who told me the story was as much a VMS nut
                    as people here are BSD nuts, and he never used NT.
              \_ I hear it is windoze on top of VMS -ausman
        \_ but what criterion do we use for "prefer"?  If I had to use one
           OS I would use Windows, simply for the software and hardware support.
           There are many things you just can't run without Windows, from games
           to certain CD-writing software.  I'd "prefer" something like MacOSX,
           minus the goofy GUI, and minus the reliance on Apple hardware.
           \_ You don't have to run the "goofy GUI" if you don't want to.
              Personally, I find the ability to watch a quicktime movie play
              underneath a transparent terminal *really* cool.
              And Apple Hardware is quite nice. None of that config/jumpers
              and memory address shit like on PCs. Also G3/G4 is *much* faster
              than x86 (the ability to retire 3 instructions/cycle rather
              than 1). I prefer my *supercomputer* to your x86 toy.
              \_ no config? no memory addresses? gee, i guess programs run on
                 telepathy? and 3 instructions/cycle is relevant why??
        \_ Windoze includes MS-DOS!?
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