Its the GPL, which says that it needs to be freely distributable... ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^ ~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
What is getting me is that for the longest time I've been trying to get things off the mirrors, but guess what? There is nothing in the (yada)Redhat/RPMS directory, anywhere!
Whats up with that? How am I supposed to install via FTP? Is this just some way of making me buy the CD?
*grumble* ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~ ~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
I was just there half an hour ago
on
Linux 2.2.1
·
· Score: 1
And I thought, gee what if I kicked over the rock here and discovered 2.2.1.
Well there is already a cd in the oven with 2.2.0, so it will have to do.
Its a happy upgrade cycle, because its free.
no worries...
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
The new Civ2, gold edition doesn't use WinG. However I'm having diffuculty getting it to see whatever it is looking for on the CD to start playing. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~ ~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
All I have to say is after many warm, friendly, and even romantic emails and mail, I still have and treasure the regular mail. There is just something more permenant and timeless, and human about it.
Luckily the Post Office will never stop delivering letters, becuase there will never be a lack of demand. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~ ^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
The subject is a line from Bugs Bunny (now, there's someone not quoted enough on Slashdot.)
It causes the hairy orange beast to run off scared.
The hairy orange beast reminds me of the Slashdot posters (in general). ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^ ~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
I wish you used your name to post this, but this is the wisest thing I've read in slashdots posts in a long time.
Given the variety of articles mass media news gets, a writer gets probably no more than 3.5-4 hours of time for background research on any given story (especially of this caliber). Thats definately something to consider when reading the newspaper or especially when watching the 6oclock news.
"News is the first draft of History..." --Walter Cronkite ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~ ~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
Samba 2.0, Kernel 2.2.0, and various other goodies like Gnome 1.0 and KDE 1.1 (maybe Wine will even hit beta stage!)
It would be great to have a sneak peak at what my Linux box will be running come Jan 1, 2000 (in my cabin in the mountains sleeping on a matress stuffed with small denomonation bills, with a well and solar electricity....) ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^ ~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
My 8th grade science project incorperated red/blue 3d stereo effects. I remember wishing (and I still wish) I could see an animation of a hypersphere rotation. The Scientific American I got it from had some stills.
My hypersphere project was mothballed when I couldn't figure out a good way to simplify a hypershpere into a frame.
(not bragging, just showing how its been a long standing interest of mine) ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
I liked the movies. My Xanim was *really* choppy though.
I wonder if there is a way to simulate the effects on the actual waves of light, shifting them to higher frequencies and such. That would be spooky, we would start seeing Radio and TV stations as points of light, I wonder what we'd see looking backward.
freaky... ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~ ~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
Documentation can be in many formats, but must include the following:
Non-Proprietary Security Policy Finite State Machine Master Components List Software/Firmware Module Descriptions Source code listing for all software & firmware within cryptographic boundary Description of module roles and services Description of lifecycle key management Algorithm Conformance Certificates FCC certificates for EMI/EMC compliance
___________________________________________
This alone puts Linux in a good head start to FIPS compliance. I liked the words "Non-Proprietary" and "Source Code listing" best.
They look to be more general specifications for good security. The NSA did a lot of work in coming up with them and they really would be a good idea for just about everyone who is doing anything half way sensitive. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~ ^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
1) Terminal serving. Like Citrix only much better/cheaper 2) Memory management (if a program crashes the Kernel goes on) 3) Multiple users (at the same time) a) Remote administration 4) Everything that Linux does.
And there could be more, I'm just doing this off the top of my head. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
It isn't so much the suns energy that is stored in the ground as Nitrogen (a key ingredient to the base energy compounds used in plants) and other nutrients. Plants use sunlight directly.
I don't think it was that quickly that the Indians were proven right. If they looked at White Man in derision I would guess it was more out of lack of variety, and how ugly it was.
It wasn't until the south found such cash crops as cotton and tobacco (both of which thouraghly deplete the soil of Nitrogen and other neccisary nutrients) that this became a known problem. George Washington Carver was one of the people that discovered that Peanuts especially did well in restoring the nutrients removed by cotton and tobacco. He also did a lot of work in making peanuts into a cash crop (Peanut Butter, etc.)
Also after the mighty dust bowl of the depression they learned more methods of rejuvinating the soil, and controling erosion of top soil by planting rows across, not up and down grades.
But early farmers of central america used rows and such. They had cities big enough to warrant that kind of production. The Indians as the white men discovered them on the east coast didn't have that centralized a population base. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
And the cool thing about plants is that they make seeds that grow more plants that make more seeds... Without engineers, networks, design tools, or even electric power!
I don't think we'll see any human power putting a stop to that process any time soon. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
Unfortunately it was in a magazine that I picked up while waiting in the lobby of Rockwell a number of months ago. It mentioned that Gtk had poor documentation and its feature set/functionality was more or less untested. But it gave it speed marks, as well as easy to use.
I know there have been two other `On Paper' articles dealing or mentioning Gtk in non Linux publications. One explanation of the mindset might be a misinterpretation of the name. Some have called it the *Gnu* Tool kit, owing to the trememdous success of the libraries and development tools like gcc and glibc.
I have nothing against QT.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
I actually like it. It is still one of the slickest, elegant looking and functioning window managers around. It could use a bit of an update though, but I think its toolkit is pretty much dead. I can assure you if I ran KDE, I'd use the Open Look theme. (Or maybe the Mac one.) ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
Nor do I want it to. I'm a GNUStep person myself but I have one thing to point out, RHAD. People are paid there to work on Gnome. Now having said that there is a distinct style difference...
1) The C/C++ thing. This is a style difference of people who are action oriented and object oriented. People who like to optimize speed and people who optimize code.
2) Flamboyance/Unobtrusive. People will always want to shock others with how in depth there screen looks. And some don't want to be annoyed by it.
3) Even though some see more mainstream support for KDE, there is much more mainstream support for the GTK than QT. Some main applications (Mozilla for instance) have already switched or are making plans to switch from Motif. I saw an article last year comparing all the major graphical tool kits (TCL/TK, Motif, Open Look) and suprise GTK was even there before it reached 1.0. I can't remember if QT was in it too, but if it was it didn't get near as much attention. I've seen plenty of articles since.
To sum up, there are inherent style differences that I think will keep both alive. And if there is going to be a clear winner it is way to early to tell. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
Hmmm, the only parts of the Return of the Jedi I didn't like was a few "stars need more roles" kind of contravnces. Lando and Han are all of a sudden Generals and leading the main missions. I felt that cheapens the Rebellion and makes it seem as though only five people have all the talent.
The plot as you describe it is (BiON) pretty much what I'm suspecting. It just seems to me that the downfall of the Jedi's should really be themselves. They are getting lazy, proud, and lonely at the top so they start fighting amongst themselves. The forget the ways that lead them to the status they were. (Anger moves people to the Dark Side references and all.) Darth is just the single embodiment of the fall.
But as it is I foresee a "Young Indiana Jones" style of storylines that wind up with an old man sitting in a rocking chair saying "And/that/ was how the light bulb was invented." Too much charectar contravance. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~ ~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
One of the best parts of the series was the story behind the story. That is an essential element to writing.
I'm going to not be negative, I'll look forward and stand in line with anticipation with everyone else. But I really fear he will not (and from the trailer it looks this way) figure a good enough reason for Anakin to go bad. At best I anticipate the old plot of a good kid who is confused and impresionable, and the bad people seem to be the only ones who understand him. (i.e. Hook)
Seems better to have it insinuated(sp?), huh. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
Your military against the US. Okay just against California. Its the only way to prove yourself.
But seriously, transporting it makes it a target. Storing makes it a target. Me thinks that people simply want to get there hands on it no matter what. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
Boy, if you like Anonymous Coward posting try using a name. Its a much better adrenaline rush. And if you can pick a fight with Ivan your really in fat city, that man wears out the best of us ten or twenty at a time.
and... Oh, now I get it. You are one of those small minded people whose world view is shaken if someone actually disagrees with you. Then they must be part of some big conspiracy. Well, that probably is a comforting way to look at things if you can't face reality.
Sticks and stones. I never said anything about a conspiracy.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
BTW, in a success story, mentioning Linux twice in two nights has gotten me two job opportunities. Woohoo! ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~ ^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
>Engaged OEMs in closed contracts that >expressidly forbit installation of non-MS OS's. >Hell, IBM can't even preinstall THEIR OWN >OS (OS2/Warp).
There are plenty of places where you can buy a system without Windows installed, just not from the big VARs. So what? No one forced these vendors to sign these contracts,
Vroommmmm, did you miss that one. You suffer from the 747 effect. The point is not that Dell or anyone accepted these contracts, its that Microsoft felt the obligation to make those contracts exclusive. This is enforcing a/vertical/ monopoly. Now for instance Taco Bell does not sell Coke, that is a verticle monopoly, but wait lookee here, Taco Bell is owned by Pepsi. Hmmmmm......
>Consumed smaller startup companies simply to >squash NON-MS technologies.
I don't belive that is even being addressed in the DOJ lawsuit. Besides I can't think of any companies that have been purchased and their technology abandoned by MS. Put into products, yes, but not abandoned. Got any examples?
Um, vroom again. If they're purchased they are not `Non-MS' technologies anymore are they.
Oh yeah, that's just horrible for the consumer. Here is a free browser.
A low flying plane that one was. Wasn't it free even before it was made a part of the OS? Maybe free wasn't enough. Maybe that is the case. And you can't argue that incorporating that buggy mess into the OS (the UI actually) was good for the comsumer. It creates more overhead, and crashes a lot more.
and to close... No one is forcing you to use any of MS's products or standards.
I don't. Not even at work. Does Microsoft let you use another OS at work? ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
Now how do you see Microsoft as less of a monopoly now than before?
I agree Linux is making inroads (to a whopping 2.5%) but Microsoft is still a monopoly. Remember, a monopoly isn't defined as 100% market share. ^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^ ~ ABORTED effort: Close all that you have.
Slashdot Mirror
Its not the money, Superman.
^ ~~^~~~^~~^~
Its the GPL, which says that it needs to be freely distributable...
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
What is getting me is that for the longest time I've been trying to get things off the mirrors, but guess what? There is nothing in the (yada)Redhat/RPMS directory, anywhere!
~ ~^~~^~
Whats up with that? How am I supposed to install via FTP? Is this just some way of making me buy the CD?
*grumble*
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
And I thought, gee what if I kicked over the rock here and discovered 2.2.1.
Well there is already a cd in the oven with 2.2.0, so it will have to do.
Its a happy upgrade cycle, because its free.
no worries...
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
The new Civ2, gold edition doesn't use WinG. However I'm having diffuculty getting it to see whatever it is looking for on the CD to start playing.~ ~^~
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
All I have to say is after many warm, friendly, and even romantic emails and mail, I still have and treasure the regular mail. There is just something more permenant and timeless, and human about it.
~ ^~
Luckily the Post Office will never stop delivering letters, becuase there will never be a lack of demand.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
The subject is a line from Bugs Bunny (now, there's someone not quoted enough on Slashdot.)
^ ~~^~
It causes the hairy orange beast to run off scared.
The hairy orange beast reminds me of the Slashdot posters (in general).
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
Do not use a bank account (just for this reason). Trust me I know some of the best.
Me? I actually like supporting my government with money I'd do it voluntarily if I weren't forced too, (c=
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
I wish you used your name to post this, but this is the wisest thing I've read in slashdots posts in a long time.
~ ~^~
Given the variety of articles mass media news gets, a writer gets probably no more than 3.5-4 hours of time for background research on any given story (especially of this caliber). Thats definately something to consider when reading the newspaper or especially when watching the 6oclock news.
"News is the first draft of History..." --Walter Cronkite
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
Samba 2.0, Kernel 2.2.0, and various other goodies like Gnome 1.0 and KDE 1.1 (maybe Wine will even hit beta stage!)
^ ~~^~~~^~~^~
It would be great to have a sneak peak at what my Linux box will be running come Jan 1, 2000 (in my cabin in the mountains sleeping on a matress stuffed with small denomonation bills, with a well and solar electricity....)
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
My 8th grade science project incorperated red/blue 3d stereo effects. I remember wishing (and I still wish) I could see an animation of a hypersphere rotation. The Scientific American I got it from had some stills.
~
My hypersphere project was mothballed when I couldn't figure out a good way to simplify a hypershpere into a frame.
(not bragging, just showing how its been a long standing interest of mine)
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
I liked the movies. My Xanim was *really* choppy though.
~ ~^~~^~
I wonder if there is a way to simulate the effects on the actual waves of light, shifting them to higher frequencies and such. That would be spooky, we would start seeing Radio and TV stations as points of light, I wonder what we'd see looking backward.
freaky...
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
from http://www.corsec.com/FIPS140-1FAQ.html:
~ ^~~^~
What documentation is required for certification?
Documentation can be in many formats, but must include the following:
Non-Proprietary Security Policy
Finite State Machine
Master Components List
Software/Firmware Module Descriptions
Source code listing for all software & firmware within cryptographic boundary
Description of module roles and services
Description of lifecycle key management
Algorithm Conformance Certificates
FCC certificates for EMI/EMC compliance
___________________________________________
This alone puts Linux in a good head start to FIPS compliance. I liked the words "Non-Proprietary" and "Source Code listing" best.
They look to be more general specifications for good security. The NSA did a lot of work in coming up with them and they really would be a good idea for just about everyone who is doing anything half way sensitive.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
1) Terminal serving. Like Citrix only much better/cheaper
2) Memory management (if a program crashes the Kernel goes on)
3) Multiple users (at the same time)
a) Remote administration
4) Everything that Linux does.
And there could be more, I'm just doing this off the top of my head.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
It isn't so much the suns energy that is stored in the ground as Nitrogen (a key ingredient to the base energy compounds used in plants) and other nutrients. Plants use sunlight directly.
~
I don't think it was that quickly that the Indians were proven right. If they looked at White Man in derision I would guess it was more out of lack of variety, and how ugly it was.
It wasn't until the south found such cash crops as cotton and tobacco (both of which thouraghly deplete the soil of Nitrogen and other neccisary nutrients) that this became a known problem. George Washington Carver was one of the people that discovered that Peanuts especially did well in restoring the nutrients removed by cotton and tobacco. He also did a lot of work in making peanuts into a cash crop (Peanut Butter, etc.)
Also after the mighty dust bowl of the depression they learned more methods of rejuvinating the soil, and controling erosion of top soil by planting rows across, not up and down grades.
But early farmers of central america used rows and such. They had cities big enough to warrant that kind of production. The Indians as the white men discovered them on the east coast didn't have that centralized a population base.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
And the cool thing about plants is that they make seeds that grow more plants that make more seeds... Without engineers, networks, design tools, or even electric power!
~
I don't think we'll see any human power putting a stop to that process any time soon.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
Unfortunately it was in a magazine that I picked up while waiting in the lobby of Rockwell a number of months ago. It mentioned that Gtk had poor documentation and its feature set/functionality was more or less untested. But it gave it speed marks, as well as easy to use.
I know there have been two other `On Paper' articles dealing or mentioning Gtk in non Linux publications. One explanation of the mindset might be a misinterpretation of the name. Some have called it the *Gnu* Tool kit, owing to the trememdous success of the libraries and development tools like gcc and glibc.
I have nothing against QT.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
I actually like it. It is still one of the slickest, elegant looking and functioning window managers around. It could use a bit of an update though, but I think its toolkit is pretty much dead. I can assure you if I ran KDE, I'd use the Open Look theme. (Or maybe the Mac one.)~
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
Nor do I want it to. I'm a GNUStep person myself but I have one thing to point out, RHAD. People are paid there to work on Gnome. Now having said that there is a distinct style difference...
~
1) The C/C++ thing. This is a style difference of people who are action oriented and object oriented. People who like to optimize speed and people who optimize code.
2) Flamboyance/Unobtrusive. People will always want to shock others with how in depth there screen looks. And some don't want to be annoyed by it.
3) Even though some see more mainstream support for KDE, there is much more mainstream support for the GTK than QT. Some main applications (Mozilla for instance) have already switched or are making plans to switch from Motif. I saw an article last year comparing all the major graphical tool kits (TCL/TK, Motif, Open Look) and suprise GTK was even there before it reached 1.0. I can't remember if QT was in it too, but if it was it didn't get near as much attention. I've seen plenty of articles since.
To sum up, there are inherent style differences that I think will keep both alive. And if there is going to be a clear winner it is way to early to tell.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
Hmmm, the only parts of the Return of the Jedi I didn't like was a few "stars need more roles" kind of contravnces. Lando and Han are all of a sudden Generals and leading the main missions. I felt that cheapens the Rebellion and makes it seem as though only five people have all the talent.
/that/ was how the light bulb was invented." Too much charectar contravance.~ ~~^~~^~
The plot as you describe it is (BiON) pretty much what I'm suspecting. It just seems to me that the downfall of the Jedi's should really be themselves. They are getting lazy, proud, and lonely at the top so they start fighting amongst themselves. The forget the ways that lead them to the status they were. (Anger moves people to the Dark Side references and all.) Darth is just the single embodiment of the fall.
But as it is I foresee a "Young Indiana Jones" style of storylines that wind up with an old man sitting in a rocking chair saying "And
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
One of the best parts of the series was the story behind the story. That is an essential element to writing.
I'm going to not be negative, I'll look forward and stand in line with anticipation with everyone else. But I really fear he will not (and from the trailer it looks this way) figure a good enough reason for Anakin to go bad. At best I anticipate the old plot of a good kid who is confused and impresionable, and the bad people seem to be the only ones who understand him. (i.e. Hook)
Seems better to have it insinuated(sp?), huh.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
Your military against the US. Okay just against California. Its the only way to prove yourself.
~
But seriously, transporting it makes it a target. Storing makes it a target. Me thinks that people simply want to get there hands on it no matter what.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
Boy, if you like Anonymous Coward posting try using a name. Its a much better adrenaline rush. And if you can pick a fight with Ivan your really in fat city, that man wears out the best of us ten or twenty at a time.
and...
Oh, now I get it. You are one of those small minded people whose world view is shaken if someone actually disagrees with you.
Then they must be part of some big conspiracy. Well, that probably is a comforting way to look at things if you can't face reality.
Sticks and stones. I never said anything about a conspiracy.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
I'm a lucky one.
~ ^~
BTW, in a success story, mentioning Linux twice in two nights has gotten me two job opportunities. Woohoo!
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~
ABORTED effort:
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>Engaged OEMs in closed contracts that
/vertical/ monopoly. Now for instance Taco Bell does not sell Coke, that is a verticle monopoly, but wait lookee here, Taco Bell is owned by Pepsi. Hmmmmm......
~
>expressidly forbit installation of non-MS OS's.
>Hell, IBM can't even preinstall THEIR OWN
>OS (OS2/Warp).
There are plenty of places where you can buy a system without Windows installed, just not from the big VARs. So what? No one forced these vendors to sign these contracts,
Vroommmmm, did you miss that one. You suffer from the 747 effect. The point is not that Dell or anyone accepted these contracts, its that Microsoft felt the obligation to make those contracts exclusive. This is enforcing a
>Consumed smaller startup companies simply to
>squash NON-MS technologies.
I don't belive that is even being addressed in the DOJ lawsuit. Besides I can't think of any companies that have been purchased and their technology abandoned by MS. Put into products, yes, but not abandoned. Got any examples?
Um, vroom again. If they're purchased they are not `Non-MS' technologies anymore are they.
Oh yeah, that's just horrible for the consumer. Here is a free browser.
A low flying plane that one was. Wasn't it free even before it was made a part of the OS? Maybe free wasn't enough. Maybe that is the case. And you can't argue that incorporating that buggy mess into the OS (the UI actually) was good for the comsumer. It creates more overhead, and crashes a lot more.
and to close...
No one is forcing you to use any of MS's products or standards.
I don't. Not even at work. Does Microsoft let you use another OS at work?
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~^
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
Now how do you see Microsoft as less of a monopoly now than before?
^ ~
I agree Linux is making inroads (to a whopping 2.5%) but Microsoft is still a monopoly. Remember, a monopoly isn't defined as 100% market share.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~^~~
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.