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Virtues of Monoculture, Or Why Microsoft Wins

Posted by kdawson on from the nice-tools-in-the-cathedral dept.

blackbearnh writes to ask, "Why does Microsoft win the development environment war so often, when we all know it's a lifetime lock-in to Windows? Perhaps it's because the open source community offers too much choice." From the post: "Microsoft offers the certainty of no choices. Choice isn't always good, and the open source community sometimes offers far too many ways to skin the same cat, choices that are born more out of pride, ego, or stubbornness than a genuine need for two different paths. I won't point fingers, everyone knows examples... The reality is that there are good, practical reasons that drive people into the arms of the Redmond tool set, and we need to accept that as a fact and learn from it, rather than shake our fists and curse the darkness."

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  1. John McCain on the Daily Show: Bomb bomb bomb by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did anyone else see John McCain totally fucking tank tonight on the Daily Show? Not to overestimate the newsworthiness of the Daily Show—usually insignificant, yes—but I have a feeling McCain's miserable performance is going to be in the news for the rest of the week, if not longer. The death knell of an already faltering campaign.

    I've never, ever seen any sitting politician blow it so hard in an interview. And aside from any substantiative matters, the man simply sounded like he's on his fucking deathbed. Like he's days from the grave.

    Was anyone else watching tonight, and encouraged and inspired by this tragic foretelling of McCain's impending, certainly spectacular, oblivion?

    1. Re:John McCain on the Daily Show: Bomb bomb bomb by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Remember those old "Celebrity Deathmatch" shows? I'd pay to see a Stephen Colbert vs. John Stewart deathmatch.

    2. Re:John McCain on the Daily Show: Bomb bomb bomb by zippthorne · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Nobody cares about McCain anymore. Probably not even his constituents. My guess is they voted for "the guy that by now has enough seniority to maybe get us some pork."

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  2. Re:FAQ item by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anonymous Cowards start out as 0 as some sort of penalty. I could use my account's karma bonus and start off at 2. But I haven't logged-in in years. Not that I've got a 3 digit user id or anything. It just happens to be that I really like the aesthetic. A voice from the void with nothing to distinguish it from the others but it's content. Odd perhaps, but it's what I like.

  3. Re:As in by sugarmotor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually there are lots of different open-source web browsers, starting with emacs.

    But I don't even know anyone who doesn't "just use firefox".

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