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Red Hat CTO Testifies at MS trial
An anonymous reader writes "Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann testified on behalf of the 9 states in MS's trial. From the article on SF Gate: "Red Hat Chief Technology Officer Michael Tiemann said Microsoft adds 'extensions' to critical communications methods that computers use to transmit security information, print, and perform other tasks. Those extensions are proprietary to Microsoft, he said, and despite recent actions Microsoft has not been forthcoming in releasing details of those changes.""
I'm sorry, but Redhat wasn't even a company, AFAIK, when Micro$oft did most of the things that they are on trial for (OEM stuff that killed OS/2, Be, etc. for example).
wow, that never occured to me, thanks for stating the completely obvious.
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I know that you linux zealots will flame this post but I don't care, you will prove me right as usual.
1. Linux installation sucks when you don't have the latest hardware.
I had to recompile the kernel for that stupid ISA Ethernet card to be seen by Redhad.
2. Startup trouble shooting sucks it is cryptic compared to windows and others.
3. Applications are rare, I cannot find lots of things that I enjoy on Windows.
I don't want to play games on Linux.
4. Sendmail sucks.
Any mail server on Windows even the freeware ones are as easy as 123 to configure without the scripting bullshit of send mail and compiling it again to support new modules.
5. Applications and user interface are so amatuerish that it is not funny at all.
6. No proper support for USB, it is still a hack and cannot have support to most of the USB hardware that I have.
7. Smaba sucks, installing it and configuring it takes hours.
8. The Whole attitude of the linux users proves that it is a plague, no help, no asistance, everyone is using it just to show off, just bunch of high school zealots with computers.
9. Javas support sucks.
10. No decent browser.
No I'm not willing to pay $49.99 for Opera, I have Internet Explorer on my Windows box and it is fantastic.
11. No decent account and home fininance package.
I could go on forever on this.
For servers it may be OK, but who cares, us home users don't need it, never will.
Flame on, linux zealots.
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Imagine this.
... [burst into tears] he hit me, pulled my hair, took my pizza and [more cries]
The bully M$ is standing at a corner, wearing a tight T-shirt with pizza
stains, and equally dirty shorts. His hands red with pizza sauce and ketchup.
The poor boy RH gets called in by the Law. He is bitting his nails, shivering
under his wet shirt.
The_Law: "Come here RH, don't be afraid, tell us what did he do to you?"
RH: [looks suspicously at the bully, afraid to utter a word he might regret]
M$: [smiles with evil, knowing nothing more than a wrist slap will happen to him.]
RH: He
The_Law: [ANGERED] M$$$
M$: [shocked]
The_Law: Don't EVER do that again to RH, now go and play together.
M$: [takes RH by the collar, and to the play ground]
RH was last seen going down the slide, face first. M$ pushed him, rumor has it.
As far as "not buying the products", you tell me where to buy a Windows-free PC and I'll run there; oh wait, you guys are harassing white-box shops that do that, and you certainly won't be able to get one from the major companies like Compaq, HP, Dell, etc.
I agree that I would have liked to see documentation of file formats as part of the settlement in addition to the APIs.
But doing that would require Microsoft's competitors to have to do work, so you can see why they didn't propose this to the dissenting states.
You said we don't need competition, yet Apple and Linux are in competition with UNIX.
Ideas come out, it doesn't matter which environment they came out from. What matters is that they evolved thanks to capitalism. Ideas who don't have enough money thrown at them will eventually fade away and die. Look at OS/2.
Hey, you don't like capitalism go to Cuba. Fidel Kastro will welcome you personally.