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Dvorak on How Microsoft Can Kill Linux
gewg_ writes "John C. Dvorak thinks he knows the way Redmond can kill Linux. Basing his premise on the relative dearth of device drivers available for Linux (compared to what is available for Windows), he sees an opportunity for the Borg to embrace and extinguish." From the article: "The immediate usefulness of Linux running under Windows is obvious. You can use all the Windows drivers for all the peripherals that don't run under Linux. Drivers have always been an issue with Linux as PC users have gotten spoiled with Windows driver support. Today's user wants to grab just about anything and not worry about installing it and making it work."
Post an article by John, "The clueless one", Dvorak.
When windows crashed would it save the data that was being used under linux to a tmp file, like linux does, would would a screen with bill gates dancing in a ton of cash and laughing pop up?
This guy needs to get out there, and play with linux a bit more, instead of just reading all the M$ fud
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In a post-Columbine world, it is critical that we at least one inflammatory troll to replace Jon Katz.
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"John A. Qwerty thinks he knows the way Linux can kill Redmond. Basing his premise on the relative dearth of device drivers available..."
Are you kidding? Dvorak is a prime mover behind SETI. He convinced us we weren't going to find any intelligent life here and that we'd better look for it in a Dvorak-free solar system.
Just because you sold your soul to the devil that needn't make you a teetotaler. --The Devil and Daniel Webster
What about requiring everyone who installs linux to call in and answer a bunch of stupid questions before they can use it?
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Dvorak's prophetic genius is awesome. Microsoft is working on Linux under Windows and it will run on the Intel-powered Mac that he predicted with 100% certainty a couple of years ago. No doubt the power source will be derived from the manure dropped by flying pigs.
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MS Call Center(MSCC): Good Morning, how may I help you,
User: I am installing MS-linux but getting a message after reboot- Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to find filesystem at 3:09. Booting stops, what do I do?
MSCC: Press Crtl+Alt+Delete and reboot
User: Duh, nothing is happening
MSCC: Oh... that's leeenux, ok press the reboot button on ur PC
User: Same error msg
MSCC: Reboot in safe mode
User: Same error msg
MSCC: Reboot and load last known good profile
User: hey, this is a fresh installation
MSCC: Format and reinstall
User: Same error msg
MSCC: &)%(&^%&#*)@!*!!!!
User: I will sue MS !!!!!!
Very unlikely scenario. MS would rather work thru third parties like SCO to push down linux
You know, that made no sense at all.
Not all of us want to pay in the high three figures USD for Adobe Photoshop.>
You say that as if people pay for Adobe Photoshop in the first place.
HAHAHAHA - that's hilarious. Micro$oft providing support for their products... *wipes*tears*from*eyes*
If you say "J*n K*tz" three times in front of a mirror, he will appear. And then, he'll try to understand your feelings and explain them to the uncaring wide world.
Trust me, you'd rather have the guy with the hook rip out your intestines. It would be comparitively merciful.
News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters? Like hell.
But the very idea of running Linux as a task on Windows is absurd. Sort of like building your house on a foundation of swamp-land.
It's an old one, but...
Microsoft Tech Support vs. Psychic Friends Network: Which Provides Better Support for Microsoft Products?
Don't take a knife to a gunfight, or even a knife to a knife fight. Take a gun to a knife fight.
So users can have the wide range of Linux applications while enjoying the rock-solid stability of Windows?
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it is critical that we at least one inflammatory troll
Were you going to use a verb in there? I can suggest a few that would work...
Given a choice between free speech and free beer, most people will take the beer.
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... all they have to do is give Windows away for free and include all its source code. Blammo! Linux would then die practically overnight. Simple as that :-)
But can they kill BSD?
If they did, would netcraft confirm it?
Dvorak is still talking through his hat.
And he wears an asshat.
Haha, it might be that "open source law" whatever is it is untested. But copyright law is old and stable. MS will never touch Linux, their programmers wouldn't even comprehend the code.
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