[lug] W2k scuttle-but

[jkarns]

Apologies to anyone on the SuSE mail list for duplicating, but I thought
this might be of interest, especially considering the current discussion
about LUG presence at the upcoming MS W2k intro movie in Denver.

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John Karns                                       jkarns at atlas.csd.net

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 12:43:29 -0600
From: Benjamin A. Rosenberg <dragula at primary.net>
To: SLE Mailing List <suse-linux-e at suse.com>
Subject: [SLE] [Fwd: Hey What's Up,]

I hate to waste everyones bandwidth, but a friend of mine had to reload
W2k to do some dev. work for part of his job..I just rolled at his
response to the ribbing I gave him....


> Yeah, I know what you mean. I had to load Windows on the laptop to use
> VB, C, etc..    To much work to do it all at work this week. I have to
> take some of it home. Anyway, I found out some interesting things about
> Win2K after loading and using it for a couple of days. This will flip
> you out.
> 
> Reasons not to use Windows 2000,
> 
> I loaded an optimal system on my notebook, not a whole lot of TSR's,
> normal shit. This is what I have discovered.
> 
> My current Kernel size is 20.9MB. I think this Kernel is still
> Monolithic... of that 20.9MB, 12.5MB is in the page file at any given
> time.
> At idle upon boot up with (Macfee 4.X) the amount of RAM used is: 64MB
> 
> I loaded Symantec Norton Antivirus 2000 (6.0) for shits and grins, and
> the program used over 20MB of Ram just at boot.
> That brings me up to a little over 80MB, and that is with no Apps open.
> This program is bloated.
> 
> Basically, this OS is a major memory hog.
> 
> Microsoft recommends at least 64MB just to run it decent. I say you
> need to have 128MB just to have it run smooth. So it runs ok on my
> laptop, but think of all those systems out there that don't have even
> 64MB, your fucked.
> 
> I agree the best thing Microsoft can do right now for Linux is to
> release this bloated piece of shit.
> 
> Microsoft is screwing themself and everyone now knows it... Just look
> at Windows 2000 and the rest will happen.
 

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Ben Rosenberg
mailto:dragula at primary.net
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Blackholes happen when
God divides by zero.

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