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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:46 PM Original message |
Consumerism and the OS wars |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. There was a pancake war? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Pancake house vs IHOP |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree, but |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I can't eat at either, at least the pancakes |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It's all about the hash browns, nadin |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I make some mean ones here at home |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. gotta have cheese |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Ok, will make a note of it |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. People who argue about what OS you use need to get a life. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Exactly... but it goes beyond just the OS |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Vista was shit, I think both PC and Mac users can agree on that one. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I see 7 as SP 2 for Vista, but that is a whole different story |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Vista sucked the ass of a dead horse |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've used both OSs in question for years - sorry folks but Mac & PC |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. And they run 90% of the same damn software |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Same here, the hype coming from both camps is at times outrageous. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. You can see it in almost anything. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Oh absolutely |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. I use Unix... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I know I used the OS wars to exemplify a point |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Yep, me too. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. But, but but! Steve Jobs is evil and a poopyhead! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. I Love OS X |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. But will you be willing to go to "war" over OS X? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. war.... it's tool for me |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. 'xactly, and that is what I have been pointing to some of |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. How quaint, arguing about those two. Use over 20 different OS families |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Now you are going into WAY, WAAAAYYYYYY too much inside baseball |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. But my whole identity is based on |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Exactly and if we are to change our economic system |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. What are the origins of such thinking? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. It goes back, hard core to the 1950s |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. I have and like both. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I kow bilingual OS household here too |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. According to the recs, you are engaging in a false equivalency |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. makes me miss my first OS |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I just go back to DOS 3.1 |
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