Author: Derek Neighbors Date: Subject: YMMV, but MY Linux desktop stinks
Craig White said: > Just reading through the EULA itself makes it clear that simply to
> install and use a computer with this operating system is a challenge.
> With respect to Derek's claim about preference for using Windows 2000
> Professional, I am assuming that he refers to using it with patches /
> service packs up to but not including SP3 which seemed to require a
> users/owners approval of a new EULA, which is similar, if not identical
> to the EULA bundled with Windows XP. I think though that Windows 2000
> license is transferable.
That is correct. Thank you for reminding me. I forget all of the crap
they pull too much to keep up with. The big difference is that Windows
2000 w/o SP3 is quite usable still and only moderately vulnerable.
Windows XP w/o SP1 is extremely buggy and widely exposed to harm.