It was (and I thought it was obvious that it was) a joke, I am aware that there won't be an alternative for a long time.
However I was making the point that Microsoft shouldn't try and be competitive on all fronts, as they simply aren't that good.
At least if they make a good operating system the users who will never switch to Linux will still have access to a good operating system.
Most people I know wouldn't consider switching to Linux (I do know a guy who downloaded a liveCD, but overall he didn't feel he could easily make the switch) but most people I know have no problem using open-source programs such as Firefox, Thunderbird and GIMP for everyday stuff...
It would appear that Microsoft could make a great operating system without having to develop IE and a bunch of other needless tools, and not only would they have a better OS and therefore be more loved, they'd save money developing IE and stuff.
By my calculations it'll be a month before there's an open-source alternative of better quality, but then in 6 years we'll have the DRM version which takes 1GB of RAM.
Why don't Microsoft just try and focus on Windows, which is steadily losing popularity, instead of trying to make random programs 99% of people will never bother to even consider.
They have a perfectly good monopoly and they appear to just be waiting for someone to take it over, until they can buy Linux they should really get to work
I've installed Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 6.10, Kubuntu 7.10 and Mandriva 2007.1 all without ever using the command line... I could also install most things without ever using command line, though i found it quicker to just set up Yakuake on kubuntu and Mandriva and F12 then CL install anything I need
"Two years ago, a quadriplegic man started playing video games using his brain as a controller."
Where's my brain-controller... If that's not reverse-discrimination I don't know what is...
On topic, how exactly could this possibly work... You can think about doing something without actually doing it
What if the string "rm -rf/" popped into my head for some reason?
// Once that's implemented, the whole vi vs. Emacs thing is over.
Yeah... It's a tie, nerds with no social life will use emacs...
Everyone else uses vi.
If "IP bridges" is anything like M$ Minesweeper I'm getting Vista...
But in seriousness I think you have a point... Even if this stops a great number of attacks by Microsoft they'll just either figure out a loophole, or just try screw us over another way
At the same, Chinese armed forces are developing ways to protect its own systems from an enemy attack, it said, echoing similar warnings made in previous years.
China are trying to secure their computers?
Do they not realise this is a declaration of war on the US?
Yeah but the problem is that Amarok2 isn't out yet, either is KDE4...
And there's no point just sitting around waiting for something like that to be ported to windows when you could use it a lot sooner by running it under LINA.
What about a program that will be made for KDE 4.5 that you can't use on Windows until KDE5 is out?
I think a main point of this is that most regular PC users don't even know what the word "compile" means...
And it is true that QT and GTK can compile on windows, however it's also true that many programs using them use only directories such as "/opt" or "/usr/share" which cannot compile on windows without modifying code, which even someone with a good Linux background and a knowledge of C/C++ will not bother to do...
Currently I use Konversation, Kopete, Amarok and K3B and I like them all... None of which you can get for Windows, however after Lina is released all (except possible K3B) should work fine on Windows...
Well since Dell have had to continue selling XP after they stopped... Due to public pressure, I can safely assume it wasn't a good product. I haven't used it, but only one person I know who has used it actually likes it, and he moved straight from a Windows 2000 to Vista, everyone I know who had an XP prefers it to Vista.
While most of you seem to be insulting this way of writing I personally find it much quicker to read and much easier to understand text written like this.
If it's relevant I'm shortsighted (I think, I can't read things far away, not sure if that' long or short-sighted)
The question isn't whether global warming will make life better or worse, for how much people, or for how long. I just personally don't think of it as "a chance we have to take".
In my opinion (despite famine, poverty and war today), the world is already a very well-functioning organism (OH NOES it's the gaia theory, or someone can't think of a better word) and I personally don't think we need to take a chance, it works fine now and there's a good chance it won't work as well if we just sit back and let global warming take place.
While we obviously can't stop it now, if we can delay it we may eventually be able to start reversing damage, or at least figure out whether it's going to be good or bad
I think one of the main problems would be filtering out games created by experienced flash developers and new, young developers just looking for a quick way to get noticed.
Especially since the sites mentioned seem to be very well known
I'd pick Fallout, brilliant storyline and kickass gameplay.
Graphics are also good (considering it's from 1997, obviously crap compared to what you're used to) and it works well, can install onto any of main 3 OSes (released for Windows and Mac, and works on Linux with WINE) and only requires 90Mhz minimum processor and 16MB RAM
I don't really see this as a surprise, in fact I'm surprised it's still free...
If anyone's surprised by this why aren't they surprised that it costs 158 a year just for your right to watch TV in Ireland, 12.70 for each dog you own and 128 to catch fish...
Eventually this will just be another needless licence(50 a year to own a compiler and 100 for a debugger, with a 50% communist tax if you use linux)
Well first of all as you say you have no experience with BASH so can't compare... And while I can't disagree because I haven't used the powershell (and don't intend to)...
If a shell needs 1GB of RAM with "semi-heavy" usage it can't really be compared to BASH, especially since I can have 5-6 full-screen shells and a lot of windows open on my 512MB Kubuntu, and still not have to touch the swap
Well yeah I know that you can't actually close the source of Linux, but you don't need to if it's full of closed-source applications, especially the 'great applications' from Microsoft
"mass consumer sales of Linux on the desktop" "'great applications' from microsoft"...
I don't want to see Linux gradually sell out, I like it the way it is... FREE and OPEN SOURCE...
If it's available for sale then eventually someone will realise that it'd be much more profitable to close the source, implement DRM on everything and sue everything that moves.
And personally wheter or not you think I'm over-reacting...
The point is that once it becomes profitable enough to sell Linux then what's to stop all major distributions selling it?
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It was (and I thought it was obvious that it was) a joke, I am aware that there won't be an alternative for a long time.
However I was making the point that Microsoft shouldn't try and be competitive on all fronts, as they simply aren't that good.
At least if they make a good operating system the users who will never switch to Linux will still have access to a good operating system.
Most people I know wouldn't consider switching to Linux (I do know a guy who downloaded a liveCD, but overall he didn't feel he could easily make the switch) but most people I know have no problem using open-source programs such as Firefox, Thunderbird and GIMP for everyday stuff...
It would appear that Microsoft could make a great operating system without having to develop IE and a bunch of other needless tools, and not only would they have a better OS and therefore be more loved, they'd save money developing IE and stuff.
By my calculations it'll be a month before there's an open-source alternative of better quality, but then in 6 years we'll have the DRM version which takes 1GB of RAM.
Why don't Microsoft just try and focus on Windows, which is steadily losing popularity, instead of trying to make random programs 99% of people will never bother to even consider.
They have a perfectly good monopoly and they appear to just be waiting for someone to take it over, until they can buy Linux they should really get to work
I've installed Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 6.10, Kubuntu 7.10 and Mandriva 2007.1 all without ever using the command line... I could also install most things without ever using command line, though i found it quicker to just set up Yakuake on kubuntu and Mandriva and F12 then CL install anything I need
I think the fact that the page is covered with "The Highly Reliable Times" is much worse than any popup.
It doesn't depend on IE, it can use the IE rendering engine if it's incapable of rendering a page by itself...
Also how could something which is available for linux depend on IE?
Where's my brain-controller... If that's not reverse-discrimination I don't know what is...
On topic, how exactly could this possibly work... You can think about doing something without actually doing it
What if the string "rm -rf
// Once that's implemented, the whole vi vs. Emacs thing is over. Yeah... It's a tie, nerds with no social life will use emacs... Everyone else uses vi.
If "IP bridges" is anything like M$ Minesweeper I'm getting Vista...
But in seriousness I think you have a point...
Even if this stops a great number of attacks by Microsoft they'll just either figure out a loophole, or just try screw us over another way
Threatening us with lawsuits is part of their plan to HELP us... How did I not figure that one out... It's so obvious
Ok by "pretty much the only difference" I meant "the most relevant difference to this topic", Slashdot needs and "Edit" button
"Open Source" is about securing people's freedom...
And pretty much the only difference between GPL and proprietary licenses is that it's open source...
You can still charge for the use or purchase of a program made with it, however the source must be available at the same price as the binary.
Is it just me or is "Anonymous Coward" a very hateful person?
He/she seems to be the only user here to ever go on a freedom-bashing/flaming/hate-filled rant.
I should hope not... I expected it to be about open-source software and Linux...
It was also being drafted long before the MS/Novell agreement IIRC
Yeah but the problem is that Amarok2 isn't out yet, either is KDE4...
And there's no point just sitting around waiting for something like that to be ported to windows when you could use it a lot sooner by running it under LINA.
What about a program that will be made for KDE 4.5 that you can't use on Windows until KDE5 is out?
I think a main point of this is that most regular PC users don't even know what the word "compile" means... And it is true that QT and GTK can compile on windows, however it's also true that many programs using them use only directories such as "/opt" or "/usr/share" which cannot compile on windows without modifying code, which even someone with a good Linux background and a knowledge of C/C++ will not bother to do... Currently I use Konversation, Kopete, Amarok and K3B and I like them all... None of which you can get for Windows, however after Lina is released all (except possible K3B) should work fine on Windows...
Well since Dell have had to continue selling XP after they stopped... Due to public pressure, I can safely assume it wasn't a good product. I haven't used it, but only one person I know who has used it actually likes it, and he moved straight from a Windows 2000 to Vista, everyone I know who had an XP prefers it to Vista.
While most of you seem to be insulting this way of writing I personally find it much quicker to read and much easier to understand text written like this.
If it's relevant I'm shortsighted (I think, I can't read things far away, not sure if that' long or short-sighted)
The question isn't whether global warming will make life better or worse, for how much people, or for how long. I just personally don't think of it as "a chance we have to take".
In my opinion (despite famine, poverty and war today), the world is already a very well-functioning organism (OH NOES it's the gaia theory, or someone can't think of a better word) and I personally don't think we need to take a chance, it works fine now and there's a good chance it won't work as well if we just sit back and let global warming take place.
While we obviously can't stop it now, if we can delay it we may eventually be able to start reversing damage, or at least figure out whether it's going to be good or bad
I think one of the main problems would be filtering out games created by experienced flash developers and new, young developers just looking for a quick way to get noticed.
Especially since the sites mentioned seem to be very well known
I'd pick Fallout, brilliant storyline and kickass gameplay.
Graphics are also good (considering it's from 1997, obviously crap compared to what you're used to) and it works well, can install onto any of main 3 OSes (released for Windows and Mac, and works on Linux with WINE) and only requires 90Mhz minimum processor and 16MB RAM
I don't really see this as a surprise, in fact I'm surprised it's still free... If anyone's surprised by this why aren't they surprised that it costs 158 a year just for your right to watch TV in Ireland, 12.70 for each dog you own and 128 to catch fish... Eventually this will just be another needless licence(50 a year to own a compiler and 100 for a debugger, with a 50% communist tax if you use linux)
Well first of all as you say you have no experience with BASH so can't compare... And while I can't disagree because I haven't used the powershell (and don't intend to)...
If a shell needs 1GB of RAM with "semi-heavy" usage it can't really be compared to BASH, especially since I can have 5-6 full-screen shells and a lot of windows open on my 512MB Kubuntu, and still not have to touch the swap
Well yeah I know that you can't actually close the source of Linux, but you don't need to if it's full of closed-source applications, especially the 'great applications' from Microsoft
"mass consumer sales of Linux on the desktop" "'great applications' from microsoft"... I don't want to see Linux gradually sell out, I like it the way it is... FREE and OPEN SOURCE... If it's available for sale then eventually someone will realise that it'd be much more profitable to close the source, implement DRM on everything and sue everything that moves. And personally wheter or not you think I'm over-reacting... The point is that once it becomes profitable enough to sell Linux then what's to stop all major distributions selling it?