Hey, geekoid, I know that stuff gets done in government. My uncle lives in Delhi, India and works for the US Embassy...he gets a lot done. But I also know that this is not always the case. The more power you have, the more that money from friends plays a big role (with this administration it seems, at least)
It's nice to see someone who works for the government who also has passion in what he does. Props, and I mean that. : )
Exactly, one must look at it from the government's perspective, patent offices make money.
And remember that almost everything in government is influenced substantially by money that came from somewhere, be it taxes, political contributions, or even patent fees.
I'm not saying that the way patents are registered shouldn't be changed--it should--but this money factor makes it difficult to change, at least from the perspective of the government officials in charge.
I think you're missing his point. All he's saying is that it shouldn't be so hard to do basic functions on Ubuntu. And since it is, few people have made the switch from Windows or Mac to Linux. He's not saying it's the fault of Ubuntu, or Linux in general. And he's certainly not saying that the problems can't be fixed. It just takes far too much initial setup for some of the most seemingly basic things. And I agree with him on most of his points, too, as I'm running Ubuntu right now on this notebook, as well as my desktop, and have come across the same sort of annoyances over the past few months.
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Hey, geekoid, I know that stuff gets done in government. My uncle lives in Delhi, India and works for the US Embassy...he gets a lot done. But I also know that this is not always the case. The more power you have, the more that money from friends plays a big role (with this administration it seems, at least)
It's nice to see someone who works for the government who also has passion in what he does. Props, and I mean that. : )
Exactly, one must look at it from the government's perspective, patent offices make money.
And remember that almost everything in government is influenced substantially by money that came from somewhere, be it taxes, political contributions, or even patent fees.
I'm not saying that the way patents are registered shouldn't be changed--it should--but this money factor makes it difficult to change, at least from the perspective of the government officials in charge.
I think you're missing his point. All he's saying is that it shouldn't be so hard to do basic functions on Ubuntu. And since it is, few people have made the switch from Windows or Mac to Linux. He's not saying it's the fault of Ubuntu, or Linux in general. And he's certainly not saying that the problems can't be fixed. It just takes far too much initial setup for some of the most seemingly basic things. And I agree with him on most of his points, too, as I'm running Ubuntu right now on this notebook, as well as my desktop, and have come across the same sort of annoyances over the past few months.