I'll bet Bill Gates uses Linux or Lindows or ANYTHING except MS Windows. Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Allen" <dave@cdcatalogues.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 12:46 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Screen Switchers Etc. > While Brian's waiting ........ > > You can connect 1 PC to a switcher which will allow you to use more than one > monitor / keyboard combination . There is also a version to connect several > PCs to one monitor / keyboard. I can't think that they're any use for the > average home. > > On the subject of sharing 1 PC - not really , unless of course you use Linux > and text mode programs. Then you could have 3 users without much difficulty > ( 1 on each serial port using terminals like Wyse etc , and one on the > normal PC screen ). > > Regards > > Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/2002

I bet he uses MS Windows... Last I saw, he was using Win2k on most of his home machines. Probably has WinXP on them now... Remember, he has all the tech support he'll ever need... He knows the programmers! :) BTW, there are very stable versions of Windows. But the Win9x/SE/ME batch aren't them... Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Brian [mailto:brian@lordbramhall.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 4:44 AM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Screen Switchers Etc. I'll bet Bill Gates uses Linux or Lindows or ANYTHING except MS Windows. Brian List Admin

> I'll bet Bill Gates uses Linux or Lindows or ANYTHING except MS Windows. > > Brian > List Admin Nah - he's got the only bug free copies of Windows XX in existence. Requires a 4 x Pentium 4GHz machine with 4TB of RAM 20TB of disk space and liquid nitrogen cooling. Apparently they're going to try opening Bill's inbox on it next week, once they've figured out how to run OE99 without the virus checker taking 2 weeks to initialise. It's thought that by modifying the daily appointments system they can tell the system the required 7 days in advance <which> programs they would like to run the following week. But apparently even Bill needs the 23 digit id number to make it all work. :-) Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11-Jan-02