Yeah, just like Microsoft profited from HTTP, HTML, and all
the other standards "without having to do the work" -- unless
you count their gratuitously incompatible implementations.
I mean, WTF? Is ACPI an open standard, or not? This attitude certainly casts doubt on their commitment to keeping their other "open standards" cross platform (not that there
was ever any doubt on my part, of course!).
I already figured Vista had a better chance than people
give it credit for, based on this conversation with a colleague...
Other Guy: Windows 98 was very reliable!
Me: WTF? Other Guy: Well, Windows 98 was Web based,
whereas Windows Professional was Internet based. Me: Um,
right, thanks for the clarification...
Ballmer (kneeling before Gates): What is thy bidding, my master?
Gates: There is a great disturbance in the Force.
Ballmer: I have felt it.
Gates: We have a new enemy: Linux.
Ballmer: Yes, my master.
Gates: It could destroy us. Or at least
bring our stock price down to a realistic value.
Ballmer: It's just a
toy. IBM can no longer help them.
For the life of me, I have no idea how to end this without getting even cornier. But wait, there's more...
Linus Torvalds is seated at a table with a bunch of lawyers. One of them
happens to be Darl McBride, who is nonchalantly thumbing through Linus' file.
McBride: As you can see, we've had our eye on you for... some time now, Mr. Torvalds. It seems you've been living TWO lives.
In one life,
you're Linus Benedict Torvalds, program writer for a respectable software
company... You have a social security number, you pay your taxes, and you
(*winces*) help your old lady carry out her garbage.
The other life is
lived in computers, where you go by the hacker alias "Benevolent Dictator"
and are guilty of misappropriating the intellectual property of SCO.
One of these lives has a future. The other does not.
Oh come on. WordPerfect is so deeply entrenched in their market with a bevy of world class apps, that even Microsoft won't be able to put a dent in it.
[...snip...]
They'll find the fastest and cheapest way to get into the market and they'll inundate the market with a load of crap software that will only make WordPerfect, Lotus 123, and Netscape look even better by comparison.
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Considering Vista is uglier than a rusted out '59 Edsel with a tie-dye paint job, I don't think Apple has to try too hard.
under penalty of pergy>
You get the-most-creative-spelling-of-perjury award.
Linux works great without having to do the work.
Yeah, just like Microsoft profited from HTTP, HTML, and all the other standards "without having to do the work" -- unless you count their gratuitously incompatible implementations.
I mean, WTF? Is ACPI an open standard, or not? This attitude certainly casts doubt on their commitment to keeping their other "open standards" cross platform (not that there was ever any doubt on my part, of course!).
You're so right! We should be more innovative like Microsoft and just dump everything under C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.
Why are you so worried about where everything's installed anyway? I don't see how you "GET STUFF DONE" if you're so caught up with that kind of thing.
I'd consider switching if their package management wasn't so immoderately deficient (IOW it sucks whale dick through a garden hose).
Let me see if I have this straight... you don't upgrade packages, you manually remove them, then manually install the newer version. Sheesh.
Spoiled, whiny APT user
Having to edit the registry like a complete nerd is why Windows will never be ready for the desktop.
I already figured Vista had a better chance than people give it credit for, based on this conversation with a colleague...
Other Guy: Windows 98 was very reliable!
Me: WTF?
Other Guy: Well, Windows 98 was Web based, whereas Windows Professional was Internet based.
Me: Um, right, thanks for the clarification...
Heaven is an exclusive country club for rich, ultra-right wing Republicans. Common scum such as I need not apply.
That depends on your definition of "rootkit".
My definition of "rootkit" is gradually being expanded to include anything Sony does these days.
Why do you think they call us "consumers"?
God, I hate that word. I've hated it my whole life.
Please explain how a lawn mower engine is going to produce less pollution than the engine it's replacing.
Ballmer (kneeling before Gates): What is thy bidding, my master?
Gates: There is a great disturbance in the Force.
Ballmer: I have felt it.
Gates: We have a new enemy: Linux.
Ballmer: Yes, my master.
Gates: It could destroy us. Or at least bring our stock price down to a realistic value.
Ballmer: It's just a toy. IBM can no longer help them.
For the life of me, I have no idea how to end this without getting even cornier. But wait, there's more...
Linus Torvalds is seated at a table with a bunch of lawyers. One of them happens to be Darl McBride, who is nonchalantly thumbing through Linus' file.
McBride: As you can see, we've had our eye on you for ... some time now, Mr. Torvalds. It seems you've been living TWO lives.
In one life, you're Linus Benedict Torvalds, program writer for a respectable software company... You have a social security number, you pay your taxes, and you (*winces*) help your old lady carry out her garbage.
The other life is lived in computers, where you go by the hacker alias "Benevolent Dictator" and are guilty of misappropriating the intellectual property of SCO.
One of these lives has a future. The other does not.
Linus: You're on crack.
Oh come on. WordPerfect is so deeply entrenched in their market with a bevy of world class apps, that even Microsoft won't be able to put a dent in it.
[...snip...]
They'll find the fastest and cheapest way to get into the market and they'll inundate the market with a load of crap software that will only make WordPerfect, Lotus 123, and Netscape look even better by comparison.
But in Soviet Russia, when you pay taxes the govt. works for you!