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Microsoft & Linux Should Co-Exist In China
alabamarasta writes "In a recent report from China titled "Embattled
Linux fights back", it appears that Microsoft is just as embattled." From the article: "Citing an executive at Microsoft headquarters, Lu said Linux and Windows should co-exist. Microsoft in recent years has been struggling with an increasing number of security flaws on its Windows platforms while Linux is generally regarded as more secure. 'For users, openness increases the trustworthiness,' said Lu."
truly suck.
And this is coming from a communist country, where by nature the government owns everything because of the belief that competition is bad.
I'm stumped.
"while Linux is generally regarded as more secure". Ya, just like Firefox is more secure then IE. http://www.symantec.com/press/2005/n050919a.html
/. flaming.
While the author is smart enough not to make the statement definitive ("regarded as"), the implication is clear. Just remember, Firefox was "regarded as" bullet proof until it started gaining market share, and as soon as it did, there came the holes.
The Linux market is so incredibly tiny that no hacker looking to make money takes the time to hack Linux. The fact of the matter is Linux, by all market saturation to security flaw/bug ratios (e.g. bugtraq), is just as vulnerable as Windows and OSX.
Two exceptions for Windows that don't apply to OSX/Linux is that the Media reports MS holes, and "techies" try to come of age by bashing MS.
Look at many of the people on Slashdot, some are talented and have some good personal reasons for hating MS, first hand, but most don't. Read the posts and most of it is a bunch entry level guys just out of school trying to sound like they know what they are talking about... they just blanket bash MS with a vengeance. Others spread FUD about MS just as much as MS spreads FUD about Linux. Again, intellectually dishonest.
Media? Look at Google News, they headline MS holes for weeks, and rarely a mention of Apple's never ending software updates. Linux, well, anyone who uses it knows the answer to that, no press though.
I'm so tired of people bashing MS just for the sake of it. Admittedly MS isn't perfect, and puts out some crappy products, but not all, and the alternatives aren't all rosy like the Linux/OSX group like to pretend. The reality is MS makes a flawed product, just like OSX, and just like ALL the Linux distros. Get over it.
Alright, I'm off my soap box. Begin the
We need a plan. First, we need a free workforce. Our workers need to be free to work anywhere in the world, whereever there are job, and this means China needs to open its borders and we need to open up the immigration process.
The problem with things as they are now, China is going to kick all ass and look, if you hate America just come out and admit it, because China kicking ass is BAD for America and American workers UNLESS we allow our workers to globalize along with the economy.
Finally we need a goal, if we are going to boost up China's economy so we can profit, fine, lets do it but lets also profit from it because right now China is keeping all the profits in China and making us buy stuff from them. It looks like we are being suckered into just giving them all our wealth.
Finally, if we are going to build up China, what about the rest of the third world? Shouldnt we learn from our mistakes with China? What is the plan to globalize the world and what are the goals? This has to be more than just about profit.
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I'm posting this so that you (the moderator) have some context to consider twitter and not mod him up whenever he posts his filler preformatted rants about installing Knoppix or Mepis or whatever that unfortunately get him karma every single time and allow him to continue posting his trademark toxic crap (read on) day in and day out. You may consider this a troll - I consider it community service. And I ain't kidding.
If you're a /. subscriber, I invite you to look through some of his posting history. I guarantee that you'll be hard pressed to find someone that is more "out there" than twitter. You'll also probably notice he's got quite an AC following. Don't just read his posts, make sure you go through the replies.
To get an idea of what I'm talking about, check this post out. This is an article about email disclaimers. The parent of the post is complaining about the ads in the linked page and so on, and twitter actually goes off on a rant to blame it on Microsoft and recommend Lynx, because "is teh free".
Here's another. In this post twitter not only calls the OP a troll but attempts to "tell it like it is" while making some vague argument about "GNU". Yes, if you're confused, you're not alone. The reply (modded +4) proceeds to simply destroy his bogus argument. You will notice he did not reply. This is what some people call "drive-by advocacy". A sort of I'll just leave you with my thoughts here and move on to the next flamebait kind of deal. In fact, he almost never replies because he knows that his fanatical arguments simply do not hold up to any sort of discussion. It's not that he's chosen the wrong cause - he's just going at it in a completely wrong way.
Here's that drive-by advocacy and FUD in motion: twitter goes on about some topic and then drops the usual "oh and M$ is teh evil" because "WMP phones home" or some such. Called on his FUD, he then claims that WMP stores every song and movie you've ever played in a file, somewhere. Pressed further, he just sort of slithers out of sight, his FUD-spreading complete. This is not about some Microsoft technology that nobody likes anyway; it's about lying for the sake of lying. Way too many of his posts are exactly like this one.
More? Just read though this post and the subsequent replies. I guess this stands on its own. Or these two. Or this one. Or this one.
Still not convinced? This is what twitter considers "humour" while going about his daily "M$" routine.
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