From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from orion.sas.upenn.edu(ORION.SAS.UPENN.EDU[165.123.26.31]) (2071 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:27:14 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from wang (DIALIN0392.UPENN.EDU [128.91.17.136]) by orion.sas.upenn.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1/SAS.05) with SMTP id e5TGRGs19774 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:27:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <006501bfe200$04024c00$88115b80@wang> From: "Victor Tsaran" To: References: <001f01bfe07c$96152d40$36910f8e@dpsd.gov.calgary.ab.ca> Subject: Re: FW: BRIAN LIVINGSTON: "Window Manager" from InfoWorld.com, Monday,June 26, 2000 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:26:59 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4029.2901 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4029.2901 List-Id: Kirk, by the way, this is true. I thought I was the only one who noticed this. For whatever reason, downloading on a Linux box is a bit faster. Why? And yet, how can we refuse use Windows? Most of the good software is written for Windows. Cakewalk, for instance, is one of them. Regards, Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 3:51 AM Subject: Re: FW: BRIAN LIVINGSTON: "Window Manager" from InfoWorld.com, Monday,June 26, 2000 > I don't think this is much of an issue. Linux networking is quite a bit > more efficient than any of the Microsoft products. Some time just for > grins check the differences between downloading and uploading on a > linux box and on a win-95/98 box. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup