February 2001 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Free Kylix Seminar

by Doug Chamberlin

At 2/13/2001 11:41 AM (Tuesday), Keith Wright wrote: >Is this pure Spam, or did some Wlug member express support >and enthusiasm for this fool? I checked the web site, >and it does mention Linux, but it wastes a a few thousand >bytes on marketroid idiocy without ever saying what Kylix(TFM) >is. There used to be a pretty good software company named >Borland, is the job market so tight they had to hire >chain-letter authors for salesmen? Boy, are you showing your ignorance! And calling names, to boot! I hope you are suitably humble when you actually find out what is going on. Unfortunately, your tone makes me not want to enlighten you at this time.

Feb. 13, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Free Kylix Seminar

by Keith Wright

> From: "Al Reinhart" <reinhart(a)discom.com> > > FYI: Free Borland Kylix Seminar > > In appreciation of your support and enthusiasm for Kylix(TM) we > are now pleased to offer our Kylix seminars completely free! Is this pure Spam, or did some Wlug member express support and enthusiasm for this fool? I checked the web site, and it does mention Linux, but it wastes a a few thousand bytes on marketroid idiocy without ever saying what Kylix(TFM) is. There used to be a pretty good software company named Borland, is the job market so tight they had to hire chain-letter authors for salesmen? -- -- Keith Wright <kwright(a)free-comp-shop.com> Programmer in Chief, Free Computer Shop <http://www.free-comp-shop.com> --- Food, Shelter, Source code. ---

Feb. 13, 2001

Re: [Wlug] old PCs

by Jeffry Smith

Bill Mills-Curran said: > On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Leon Do wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:04:16 -0500 > > From: Leon Do <leondo(a)lucent.com> > > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Subject: [Wlug] old PCs > > > > I need some suggestion of what I can do with my 5 old PCs(133MH,16MB or > > 32M RAM , 859MB Disk). > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > Leon Do > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > Leon, > > I'm glad you asked... > > <start charity opportunity message> :-) > > You may have read in a recent Boston Globe about Sudanese teenagers > who are being hosted by an organization in the US. (Forgive this and > future vagueness -- my wife has more accurate info.) These are kids > who have grown up without home or family, roaming in groups of kids > around Africa. > > To make a long story short, some of these kids are here in MA and are > in homes, some of which do not have computers. These kids need some > computers to do their homework. > > Clearly, these kids are NOT techno-geeks, so Linux is probably not a > good thing for them to start with. (I hate windows too, but these > kids need something that is "standard" for school work.) Actually, I suspect setting up the system with SO5.2, with everything preloaded, would work as well as anything else, and would not be subject to corruption that Win95/98 has (i.e. user can't kill critical files, without root access). Also not subject to Windows Registry bit-rot. And not require licensing fees (remember, that Windows / Office is NOT free, and I always encourage paying of licensing fees, following of copyright, etc). Another item is that NH currently has a program that takes old computers, has the prisoners at Concord rebuild them into Linux servers, and donates them to charities for servers / workstations. Contact is bobnhlinux(a)aol.com (Bob Sparks). jeff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux smith(a)missioncriticallinux.com phone:603.930.9739 fax:978.446.9470 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thought for today: YA- abbrev. [Yet Another] In hackish acronyms this almost invariably expands to Yet Another, following the precedent set by Unix yacc(1) (Yet Another Compiler-Compiler). See YABA.

Feb. 13, 2001

Re: [Wlug] old PCs

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Leon Do wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:04:16 -0500 > From: Leon Do <leondo(a)lucent.com> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: [Wlug] old PCs > > I need some suggestion of what I can do with my 5 old PCs(133MH,16MB or > 32M RAM , 859MB Disk). > > Thanks a lot > > Leon Do > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > Leon, I'm glad you asked... <start charity opportunity message> :-) You may have read in a recent Boston Globe about Sudanese teenagers who are being hosted by an organization in the US. (Forgive this and future vagueness -- my wife has more accurate info.) These are kids who have grown up without home or family, roaming in groups of kids around Africa. To make a long story short, some of these kids are here in MA and are in homes, some of which do not have computers. These kids need some computers to do their homework. Clearly, these kids are NOT techno-geeks, so Linux is probably not a good thing for them to start with. (I hate windows too, but these kids need something that is "standard" for school work.) If anyone in WLUG can cook up a Win95 or Win98 machine, I'll work to get it to the right place. Thanks, Bill Mills-Curran 508 836-3160 (home)

Feb. 13, 2001

Re: [Wlug] old PCs

by Doug Chamberlin

At 2/13/2001 09:04 AM (Tuesday), Leon Do wrote: >I need some suggestion of what I can do with my 5 old PCs(133MH,16MB or >32M RAM , 859MB Disk). Donate them to the National Cristina Foundation at http://www.cristina.org

Feb. 13, 2001

old PCs

by Leon Do

I need some suggestion of what I can do with my 5 old PCs(133MH,16MB or 32M RAM , 859MB Disk). Thanks a lot Leon Do

Feb. 13, 2001

Re: [Wlug] old PCs

by Michelle Vadeboncoeur

Leon Do <leondo(a)lucent.com> said: > I need some suggestion of what I can do with my 5 old PCs(133MH,16MB or > 32M RAM , 859MB Disk). One thing that's out: throwing them out. circuit boards, hard drives, and monitors all are considered Hazardous Waste in MA, and you have to pay a disposal fee for them. (Something about mercury and other heavy metals...) (Besides, your boxes are more equipped than my home firewall/proxy/print server... AMD K5 75MHz on a 486ish motherboard) Which leaves me in a tougher predictament: I have two old, working, 286s (with keyboards/monochrome monitors,5.25" floppy drives,etc.). they're far too big and heavy to act as doorstops, so any ideas of who I can give them to, donate them to, or otherwise find a proper disposal site for them? -- -mrv(a)kluge.net

Feb. 13, 2001

Free Kylix Seminar

by Al Reinhart

FYI: Free Borland Kylix Seminar In appreciation of your support and enthusiasm for Kylix(TM) we are now pleased to offer our Kylix seminars completely free! Register Now by calling 1-800-255-4388 or visit our web site: http://www.borland.com/events/seminars/kylix Pre-registration is required as seating is limited. Each seminar attendee will receive a $50 coupon good towards the purchase of any Kylix product. For the seminar agenda and schedule, or to register to attend, go to: http://www.borland.com/events/seminars/kylix ------------------------------------------ Al Reinhart Delphi Developers Group of Greater Boston Web Site: www.DisCom.com/Delphi Phone: (508)869-6417

Feb. 12, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Installees for installfest...

by Andy Stewart

Yup....count me in! Andy "Keller, Tim" wrote: > > Hey Everybody, > > If your planning on being an "Installer" could you send me an email letting > me know so I can have an accurate count (and so I can print you a nifty name > tag) > > Thanks, > Tim. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Andy Stewart, Founder -o) | To err is human, to forgive is Not Worcester Linux Users' Group /\ | Company Policy. Worcester, MA, USA _\_v | http://www.wlug.org |

Feb. 8, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Installees for installfest...

by Aljerin L. Butler, Jr.

"Keller, Tim" wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > If your planning on being an "Installer" could you send me an email letting > me know so I can have an accurate count (and so I can print you a nifty name > tag) > > Thanks, > Tim. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug Tim, Count me in. By the way, what are the hours and where is Stratus located at in Maynard? Al Butler

Feb. 7, 2001