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Old 07-13-2007   #18 (permalink)
Bill Yanaire


 
 

Re: Bad Ubuntu

No it didn't go over my head at all. I have updated Ubuntu with those 81
updates and they did install without a problem. I choose not to use Ubuntu
for reasons we have already discussed. I read what you wrote but chose to
say what I said. I guess you don't like the idea. You want to peddle
Ubuntu to the people so maybe you should get out there.


"Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
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> Great idea. Go to South Central and peddle Ubuntu at 3 AM, but you should
> include Monday thru Friday!
>
>
> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
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>> Mike wrote:
>>> In article <lZmdncHHjvqqAQrbnZ2dnUVZ8vidnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>>> Stephan Rose <nospam@spammer.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Here is the release policy:
>>>>
>>>> LTS Releases are supported for 3 years (5 years server). All other
>>>> releases
>>>> have 1 year support. When the current LTS expires, a new release is
>>>> made
>>>> available with LTS support.
>>>>
>>>> What's so terribly difficult to understand about this?
>>>
>>> Nothing actually. What it means is Ubuntu is not something to run a
>>> business on. 3 years?!?! 1 year?!?! Wow, and people complain
>>> about the "MS upgrade treadmill"! MS is still supporting Windows 2000
>>> after 8 years and XP after 6 years.
>>>
>>> No business wants OS upgrades forced on them every 3 years in order to
>>> stay supported. If MS did that you would be screaming "monopoly"! Mike

>>
>> Ubuntu upgrades are totally painless. If you're a business, you back up
>> your data. Installing a new version of Ubuntu is a nice walk in the park
>> compared to Windows which could be likened to taking a walk in South
>> Central LA at 3AM on a Sunday morning.
>>
>> Alias

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