What is the modern "Floppy-Based" router based on?

[Leo Mauler]

Ahhh, this kind of response is why I keep coming back
here.  

I recently got into a similar argument (taking your
side, Brian) on another tech message forum.  The
pro-MS/anti-Linux crowd hijacked a thread discussing
how to create a Linux Media Center PC and started
shouting that Windows was a much better solution. 
When the pro-Linux crowd responded, they were met with
statements like "well, it doesn't take long for the
pro-Linux/anti-MS crowd to come out of the woodwork
when anyone mentions Windows", forgetting that they
were the ones who had "come out of the woodwork" at
the mention of Linux.

When the thread became the pro-MS crowd engaging in
crude swearing to "justify" their position (and
someone even confessed to pirating Windows to make
their Media Center PC), I left the discussion.

--- "Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO"
<brian.kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:

> <rant>
> Yes, they would.  They would use cans and 
> string as a communications device, if they 
> thought they could get away with it.
> They'd use the original DivX disks that 
> self-destruct after so many plays or 
> time-limit reached.  If they could remotely 
> destroy PCs with pirated software, they 
> would. If they can steal an idea or a piece 
> of software from a small company, they will.
> They would and have knowingly sent out code 
> that has not been stress-tested or checked 
> for security flaws only to come back later 
> and service pack it when they had time, 
> after there was a major vulnerability found.
> Anyone that has actually read the EULA knows
> that their software is not necessarily fit 
> for the task that they sell it for and that 
> you may not be able to sue them if it breaks 
> and you lose business.
> </rant>
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: On Behalf Of Leo Mauler
> >Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:32 AM
> >
> >"<snip> After all, would Microsoft use 
> >these disks to distribute its own software 
> >if they were unreliable?"


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