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Linux Can't Kill Windows
nberardi writes "Infoworld is running an article in which the author claims 'Linux is established and has a niche that, as various pendulums swing, will grow and shrink. Show me charts and stats and benchmarks that prove Linux superior to Windows in every measure and I'll not argue with you. But no matter how much money and dedication is poured into Linux, it will never put a dent in Windows' mind share or market share because Linux is an operating system, a way -- and probably the best way -- to make system hardware do what it's told. But you can't turn Linux into a platform even if you brand it, box it, and put a pricey sticker on it.'"
FP!!!!
Third post!
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If someone posted anything like this as a reply, they'd get modded down. Why should we care what this guy thinks?
In 5 years time Linux will be so different that making statements like this now is completely stupid.
Linux can't kill Windows...Windows is already dead!!!
GggrrrrrrrararraaaaBRAINSrrrargggh!
It is a year ago that I lost you.
I hope you still watch over me from the heaven.
You were my first girlfriend in my life.
I was so glad to have such a wonderful girlfriend like you. I was really happy.
But everything changed when you were suddenly diagnosed with leukemia. It was so painful to watch you languishing day by day on the hospital bed.
You sometimes smiled and said, "I didn't know that hospital is such a boring place."
Did you know that I was crying behind your back every time after I saw your weak smile?
I gave you my old laptop so that you could spend your time on surfing the Internet. I vividly remember your happy face at that time.
That way, you started the Internet.
You especially liked the BBS called "2-channel." You accessed to the BBS all the day.
One day, you said with your accustomed smile,
"Look! I got a 2-GET again!"
"You shouldn't access to the Internet all the day. It is bad for your health," I said.
"I know, but look! This 3rd guy says, '2-GET!' But actually he didn't, you know? It's so funny, isn't it?"
I didn't say anything more. I couldn't, because you looked so happy.
"Look! This 3rd guy is now saying, 'Damn!' He is using funny ASCII art! He is a kind of cute, isn't it?"
I was just silent. Seeing your smile, I felt inexpressibly sad.
Then, she sighed, "I hope he will remember..."
"...I hope he will remember that he was snatched his '2' by someone he had never met. I hope he will remember it even after I've gone away...Well, I know it is not likely, but I hope..."
Several months later, you left the world, surrounded by your family and me.
You are not in the world any more.
And now I am clicking the F5 key again and again.
So that the 3rd guy will remember you.
So that he will remember you forever and ever.
Now, together with you in the heaven, I will here engrave:
2 G E T
Maybe it came from this article (random paper generator)
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-- myself
The one GUI that was able to keep me away from a command line the most was the OS/2 WPS. It *really* annoys me that it seems that Linux is involved in chasing Windows, when they could do better. There was one effort, DFM, that did some of the cosmetics of the WPS, but even that missed the real guts. As to how and why the WPS could keep me away from a command line, that's hard to answer. One aspect was that the functionality of the WPS was designed to be tweaked, both by the aftermarked and the end user. The "Settings" dialogs were able to do a whole lot more than just change the icon and background of a window, you could easily add function.
Oh well, command lines aren't bad, anyway.
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
Nope!
I have a small and a big penis. Can you prove me wrong?
We all dance, we all sing.
-The Streets
Remember that this is yet another troll article from the people who brought you open source combined with offshore outsourcing.
More and more of slashdot's articles are getting like this - deliberate flamebait.
Heh. I knew that post would got moderated into oblivion but it was definitely a serious comment. I'm not just some anti-java nut. There are applications I would love to use on a regular basis but because they are written in Java it's just too painful. This is a reality regardless of whether people who like Java want to admit it or not.
So that explains my one accepted submission!!! Now that you've revealed the secret, we can expect thousands of new articles.....
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
OMG, i think i just saw a realistic, informed and unbiased post on slashdot regarding a windows/linux comparison !
Probably the guy thinks he is trolling and doesn't realize that what he's saying is in fact very insightful...
Mabye this is why I can't seem to get a submission accepted...I'm just not being inflammatory enough.
/.ers that have the same problem. Nothing more frustrating than to submit an article, have it rejected, then see it posted after being submitted by someone else who puts an inflammatory spin on the topic.
/. was a "no-spin" zone; except for atomic/subatomic particles.
Perhaps we should form a group of
And I thought
If "disco" means "I learn" in Latin, does "discothèque" mean "I learn technology"?
And Slashdot is -1 Overrated.
Stop doing cocaine man, that shit will kill you.
haha this is the first time anyone has correctly predicted that they would be rated troll
usually when someone says they'll be rated troll or flamebait, it makes everyone think twice and then moderate them +5 insightful or interesting
my mistake, he was rated 1, troll on my screen because it hadn't updated in a while
guess the usual reverse psychology still stands
April 14, 8:49AM: Linux: Linux Can't Kill Windows
April 14, 8:00AM: Adobe Releases Acrobat Client for Linux
=>8-D
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If you don't like the way Slashdot has been going - and apart from the trolls, who does? - then never forget that there are alternatives.
I can understand your complaint, but it is more likely that you have not used quality Java apps
I'm afraid this is not the case at all. EVERY java app I've used runs painfully slow and uses a ridiculous amount of resources for what it does. I don't care how badly something was written it should not perform this badly. There's a lot of software out there that is poorly written and none of it comes anywhere near the shabby performance that I see with ALL java apps.
I have a masters in Dumbfuckingdialogology and I still can't get windows to work right, you insensitive clod!
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