[LUNI] Re: luni Digest, Vol 59, Issue 6

[Eric Ellington]

Never meant to say the question was inappropriate, just the answer to
deal with windows. Silly me... back to lurking.

Sent from an XP machine,

Eric

On Jan 10, 2008 12:58 PM, Robert Smith <r_a_smith3530 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Note that Mr. Lockwod did not say "use," but rather stated "activate." My guess would be that account activation is accomplished through some sort of web form which does not recognize Open Source browsers.
>
> Again, as someone else so eloquently stated, zealotry is never he answer. Yes, this is a list for "Linux users," but that should not automatically exclude valid questions which involve Windows. Otherwise Samba becomes off topic.
>
> Robert Smith
> Dona Nobis Pacem
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Eric Ellington" <e.ellington at gmail.com>
> To: "Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion" <luni at luni.org>
> Sent: 1/10/2008 10:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [LUNI] Re: luni Digest, Vol 59, Issue 6
>
>
> How can it only be used on windows? Do you just need to run a program
> written for windows? Do you need to supply a valid windows serial
> number that you bought for the program to work?  Can you not make it
> work using wine, or some other windows API interface.
>
> My point is there is always another answer besides install windows
> even if it is reverse engineer and program it all yourself. If giving
> up and installing XP is the answer people are going to give on this
> forum I think I am in the wrong place.
>
> OP could have dropped in a live distro wiped the drives and installed
> whatever he wanted without waiting. If OP wanted to make sure he was
> following the warranty requirements then there is not really a
> question. You have to do what they tell you to, or when you take it
> back to microcenter they will tell you to take a hike.
>
> On Jan 10, 2008 10:12 AM, William Scott Lockwood III
> <scott at cashnetusa.com> wrote:
> > Zealotry is always, always bad.
> >
> > I have a new Express Card from Sprint. They can only be activated under
> > Windows or OS X. What's your solution to getting it working under
> > Linux?
> >
> > On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 09:53 -0600, Eric Ellington wrote:
> > > LUNI stands for Linux Users of Northern Illinois. Not XP installers of
> > > Northern Illinois. By reading the name alone it is obvious that
> > > installing windows is never an answer to any question on this list.
> >
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