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Date:      Sat, 22 Sep 2001 21:26:26 -0400
From:      "jason" <kib@mediaone.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD crashed
Message-ID:  <01ea01c143ce$c5e92740$89941bd8@speakeasy.net>
References:  <Springmail.105.1001207439.0.56283100@www.springmail.com>

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I may be wrong but I believe Windows came out sometime around or after 1986.
Very shortly before MAC released their windows whatever they call it...and
Amiga released their first Workbench in 1985.  I was an Amiga convert from
that day forward until they became way too expensive to buy.

----- Original Message -----
From: <corigan@mindspring.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD crashed


> Usually I wouldn't respond to such an assanine thread, but I do have to
point out one thing. I love how he has been using windows in general for 20
yrs.  Now I'm not a real rocket scientist here, but was windows around in
1981? And if it was, why wasn't I using it and running dos systems.  Maybe
if you:
>
> A) Backed up your data and
> B) Read instructions before letting your roomate dictate how to
accomplish certain tasks.
>
> you wouldn't have such problems. FreeBSD, Stable as can be.
>
> Matt
>
> >...and, I'll bet that roommate told you to be sure and back up your >
>Windoze
> >stuff. right...?
> >before you tried to "mount" that one & only hard drive with all that
> >important stuff. M$ will wnat to know about that too.... and they'll >get
> >right back to you.... sure.
>
> At 02:54 AM 9.22.2001 -0500, Alan wrote:
> >>I have been using Win98 SE for over a year now and Windows in >>general
for
> >>over 20 years, and lunix for over five years. I tried your FreeBSD
>>system
> >>since my roommate has been using it and other *inx type systems for
>>over ten
> >>years now.  I have installed your system with his help and then >>tried
to
> >>reboot and go back into Windows.  I did NOT have my Win harddrive
>>pluged in,
> >>so windows should not have been touch.  I got back into BSD and then
>>he
> >>showed me how to mount my windows harddrive and cp files from >>Windows
to
> >>BSD.
> >> I then shutdown and unpluged BSD and pluged in Windows and had
>>nothing.  I
> >>could not get Windows to boot.  I have had to re-due my harddrive >>and
have
> >>lost all of my information on my harddrive because of this.  Some of
>>these
> >>files are of legell use and can not afford to be lost.  YOUR so >>called
> >>FreeBSD system is crap.  I am very upset at this and intend to >>notify
> >>Microsoft of this just on the offset that you or someone in your
>>company has
> >>put some kind of code or virus on your system to attack a Windows
>>system.
> >>This seems to be the only reason to the problem that your system >>has
caused
> >>me.  I will also be mailing them the same CD iso image that I used >>for
them
> >>to install and then invetagate.  YOUR system destroyed my Windows!! >>I
will
> >>no
> >>longer be using ANY BSD product.  Now I understand why so many >>people
are
> >>not
> >>using anything but Windows, they do not destroy your system if you
>>connect
> >>the two together.
> >>
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> >>
> >>
>
> Best regards,
> Jack L. Stone,
> Server Admin
>
> Sage-American
> http://www.sage-american.com
> jacks@sage-american.com
>
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