[ale] Stupid M$ windows crappy software %#$^*(

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net (tfreeman at intel.digichem.net)]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Jim wrote:

> On Tuesday 13 August 2002 09:46 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > Scenario: 2 year old Dell, win98, antivirus software installed but not
<<snip>> 
> I came across this article yesterday:
> 
> http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0812.install.html
> 
> The author installed both Windows 2000 Pro and RedHat Linux 7.3 on a Sony 
> Vaio. He made sure to enable the same services on each and kept record of the 
> time spent on both installs. The results were this:
> 
> Windows 2000 Pro		2:05
> RedHat Linux 7.3		1:35
> 
<<snip>> 

Thanks for the link. I find the two install times most interesting, 
although wouldn't most Windows installs be ghosted or the like?

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