Re: turned it off the wrong way and now its broke

Stan Starinski wrote:
> The posters here are correct.
> Sorry Microsoft but even I have to confirm this:
> a Linux CD e.g. my favorite flavor - SUSE by Novell Networks, can do
> wonders in terms of handling a damaged harddisk.
> Its bootmanager pulled off incredible situations in my past exceeding
> WinXP recovery abilities - bootmanager in SUSE was called "GRUB" and I
> made a dual-boot system.
> But as you get older you lose interest in hobbying around, as Linux did
> nothing for my business or profession, I went back to single-Windows
> configuration.
> So I haven't played w/Linux in several years, and Windows improved its
> boot-management functions anyway.
>
> Also I am not in the mood to bash yet another premier American co.
> (Microsoft) - w/o such America would slide really into economic hell,
> and drag Europe along with it.
> You have to understand that free ware amounts to Socialism and frankly I
> know how bad it is better than someone who knows it from BOOKS and FAIRY
> TALES - I've lived thru it for 20 years. When people aren't motivated
> by money (capitalism), they run on Enthusiasm or Fear for X-number of
> years and then start producing inferior rubbish.
> Come visit Russia and see how that Saudi Arabia w/Trees still can't get
> upto Western technology standards DESPITE BILLIONS in revenues from oil.
> Now imagine it had no oil or any resources like Japan? It'd be worse
> than Zimbabwe.
>
> Free software makes as much sense as taxrate of 100% - it removes
> motivation to work & produce quality product, it becomes a HOBBY.
> You can take a nap. Who cares, can you complain on Linux distributors
> like you can request customer support form Microsoft? No, because it's
> free, overall it's rubbish.
> It has strong points, but these are points - not a complete product.

You wouldn't even know what to do with Free software. You can't even
figure out how to configure your system.


>
> Frankly Linux smells like communism - a systrem where nobody cares for
> their products. Check out Cuban or Russian cars - only suicidals would
> drive them.

And you smell like donkey ****.