i'm guessing that money was begged for or borrowed. i'm not saying the managers should get paid, i'm just wondering where people think all this money will appear from to pay everyone. i've had jobs, i know that money has to come from somewhere, it doesn't get printed out on the inkjet. this isn't the first time i've seen people on here calling for pay for devs to work on software they don't pay for, which is somewhat amusing. if you really want to see your favorite software devs get paid, donate. send them 50 bucks and let the project distribute it as they can. buy something if they offer cds or tshirts or something. i know i'm being silly, but you can't really get something for nothing in the long run.
ah somehow i missed the part where companies pay their employees to develop debian. having held a few jobs, i can't see this happening, but who knows. companies generally like to get something out of what they pay for. if they wanted to pay for debian development...well they could simply buy retail software (red hat? i dunno) and get support from there, and keep their employees focused on their real work.
so, once again, where does the money come from? do they print it in the basement? money has to come in to go out. i know it's a hard concept for the internet elite, but it's still reality.
if it's free software, where does the money come from to pay all these devs that apparently should get paid according to the comments here? i'm asking seriously. i mean, microsoft sells things to pay it's devs. does debian sell anything that comes from this free labor?
...are spoiled idiots. brutality? please. try taking a nightstick to the head. maybe if more of you idiot kids and internet badasses got tased you'd be less likely to grow up to be worthless punks looking for a quick payday at the expense of someone else. i wouldn't be surprised if the student involved didn't set this all up so he could try and get some easy money.
perhaps they simply aren't as incompetent as the so called "IT managers" and therefore don't think at that level?
"this looks good, let's release it." "oh noez i can't keep my users from installing this and then forgetting their passwords! arrrrrrgh m$ is teh evils!" "damn, these idiots managed to mess up a good thing once again, pull it back until the clowns managing networks can catch up to the rest of us or get fired and replaced with people who didn't go to Burger King Tech Institute."
what really happened is not only did bush win, but he won by a huge margin. and i see a bunch of pansy ass internet geeks throwing out whatever conspiracy they can pull out of their squawk hole. YOU LOST. that's it. there's no puppet master, no gunman in the grassy knoll. the sooner you accept this and grow up a bit the better we'll all be. and move out of your parents basement, they want their own house now that you're 35.
so what if they were to put up a banner at their lan? i work for a paintball field, and often we'll do something where a company will donate prizes for a tournament and in exchange we'll put up banners at our field, put their name on our adverts, and other things. they get business from their name being put out and we get prizes or a place to put our flyers. i can understand tho why a local business wouldn't want your flyers taking up space at their store for nothing. and it really doesn't cost time or money to have some flyers placed on a counter, but i understand the hassle it can cause.
ah yes, but you don't come off as an ass right? i'm not sure everyone has the resources to plan for a/. assault and not everyone has their own machine to set up right. people do host websites on other folks machines y'know, i believe it's called web hosting.
he's also not hiding behind the anon coward nick, so who is the ass again?
that he was forced to shut his site down? gosh, i can't imagine why he might be a little upset. i wonder how many sites you've contributed to the net that would even be considered for/. destruction.
can he? yes. he obviously didn't put it up to be hammered by/., therefore isn't it/.'s fault for linking to sites they know they are going to destroy in a matter of minutes without asking? kinda lame to post on a site you can't even go visit because you took it down.
but hey, most of what michael posts is lame, so it's not really a surprise.
i got a spam message the other night, and at the end was a paragraph saying that my email (work email) had been obtained off our company website for the purpose of the message (getting me to buy whatever it was). so i'm not sure how valid this whole thing is.
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Should Microsoft be _forced_ to sell a product that doesn't benefit them?
as soon as i'm not forced to use office (well word) by my english prof, i could give a damn what microsoft does with office. it's garbage.
this will finally put to bed the idea that every jackass with a website is a journalist.
i'm guessing that money was begged for or borrowed. i'm not saying the managers should get paid, i'm just wondering where people think all this money will appear from to pay everyone. i've had jobs, i know that money has to come from somewhere, it doesn't get printed out on the inkjet. this isn't the first time i've seen people on here calling for pay for devs to work on software they don't pay for, which is somewhat amusing. if you really want to see your favorite software devs get paid, donate. send them 50 bucks and let the project distribute it as they can. buy something if they offer cds or tshirts or something. i know i'm being silly, but you can't really get something for nothing in the long run.
ah somehow i missed the part where companies pay their employees to develop debian. having held a few jobs, i can't see this happening, but who knows. companies generally like to get something out of what they pay for. if they wanted to pay for debian development...well they could simply buy retail software (red hat? i dunno) and get support from there, and keep their employees focused on their real work.
so, once again, where does the money come from? do they print it in the basement? money has to come in to go out. i know it's a hard concept for the internet elite, but it's still reality.
if it's free software, where does the money come from to pay all these devs that apparently should get paid according to the comments here? i'm asking seriously. i mean, microsoft sells things to pay it's devs. does debian sell anything that comes from this free labor?
how'd that turn out for you? oops.
...are spoiled idiots. brutality? please. try taking a nightstick to the head. maybe if more of you idiot kids and internet badasses got tased you'd be less likely to grow up to be worthless punks looking for a quick payday at the expense of someone else. i wouldn't be surprised if the student involved didn't set this all up so he could try and get some easy money.
>Yeah, I've been here quite some time. My UID is only slightly higher than yours.
can i get in the UID war? i haven't measured my e-peen in awhile.
the first person i see saying LOL is you. if this is a sanctuary i'd hate to see your toilet. i can't even imagine. as far as not capitalizing? deal.
perhaps they simply aren't as incompetent as the so called "IT managers" and therefore don't think at that level?
"this looks good, let's release it." "oh noez i can't keep my users from installing this and then forgetting their passwords! arrrrrrgh m$ is teh evils!" "damn, these idiots managed to mess up a good thing once again, pull it back until the clowns managing networks can catch up to the rest of us or get fired and replaced with people who didn't go to Burger King Tech Institute."
what really happened is not only did bush win, but he won by a huge margin. and i see a bunch of pansy ass internet geeks throwing out whatever conspiracy they can pull out of their squawk hole. YOU LOST. that's it. there's no puppet master, no gunman in the grassy knoll. the sooner you accept this and grow up a bit the better we'll all be. and move out of your parents basement, they want their own house now that you're 35.
i can't seem to remember bush torturing anyone. did you see any photos of him torturing people? i sure didn't. hmmm.
so what if they were to put up a banner at their lan? i work for a paintball field, and often we'll do something where a company will donate prizes for a tournament and in exchange we'll put up banners at our field, put their name on our adverts, and other things. they get business from their name being put out and we get prizes or a place to put our flyers. i can understand tho why a local business wouldn't want your flyers taking up space at their store for nothing. and it really doesn't cost time or money to have some flyers placed on a counter, but i understand the hassle it can cause.
ah yes, but you don't come off as an ass right? i'm not sure everyone has the resources to plan for a /. assault and not everyone has their own machine to set up right. people do host websites on other folks machines y'know, i believe it's called web hosting.
he's also not hiding behind the anon coward nick, so who is the ass again?
that he was forced to shut his site down? gosh, i can't imagine why he might be a little upset. i wonder how many sites you've contributed to the net that would even be considered for /. destruction.
can he? yes. he obviously didn't put it up to be hammered by /., therefore isn't it /.'s fault for linking to sites they know they are going to destroy in a matter of minutes without asking? kinda lame to post on a site you can't even go visit because you took it down.
but hey, most of what michael posts is lame, so it's not really a surprise.
i got a spam message the other night, and at the end was a paragraph saying that my email (work email) had been obtained off our company website for the purpose of the message (getting me to buy whatever it was). so i'm not sure how valid this whole thing is.