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Stephan wrote:
>so i turned my back on bill (really on the macs coz
>that is what i was using, but same story, just a tad
>more reliable)) and never looked back. how anyone can
>like the cumbersome, ugly and featureless windows
>desktop is beyond me, not to speak of powerless dos
>command line. and why would i want to pay money or be
>accused for copyright violations to use sth like that?
>if it's windows, i don't need it.

Unfortunately, a lot of the business & programming software we
use is only available for Windows. I've not looked at Wine to see
if I can run those applications under Linux. At the moment it's still
one of  those "get to it" type of situations. One day, there will be
one too many BSOD in Windows and I get the sh*ts with it and
jump into Linux full time. Maybe once I get Kylix.  :-)
Regards...

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David Duffy        Audio Visual Devices P/L
U8, 9-11 Trade St, Cleveland 4163 Australia
Ph: +61 7 38210362   Fax: +61 7 38210281
New Web: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au
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