I didn't mean to piss you piss you off, so let's call it quits.
By the way, I'm not from Mexico. If you think Mexicans are the only people that don't like you (as a country, individually we find you to be rather OK guys), you're sorely misguided.
Do you central North Americans ever wonder why everybody else hates you so much?
Best wishes (no I'm not being sarcasic, really mean it)
You can give a rat's ass to the opinion if the rest of the world, but you're going to find it's very lonely out there. We (the rest of the world) are always amazed by the insularity of you Usians, and have a laugh at your expense ( a good natured one, because we find you, individually, rather good guys ). You are just 5% of the world's population, and take my word for it, you're missing a lot. Even more, most of us speak English as a second or third language, so you don't even have to learn something ( God forbids! ).
By now is obvious that if you want to be somebody in the IT industry, you have to kill MS first. It's really that simple. They want your market. They're after you. They are goig to kill you, if not now, later. One has to be really in absolute denial to dispute this. Some companies (Adobe, Autodesk)are so paralized by fear that they don't dare to make a noise. They don't want to be noticed by MS. They're wondering who's next, and praying it's the other guy. They're in a cage with a tiger.
IBM has the size and the motivation to fight (revenge, anyone). Linux is the perfect weapon: detracts nothing for them, and devastates the enemy's bussines model. So, they're using Linux. What's so strange about it? I wish them luck.
Don't be an ass. Obviously, I'm not a detective, so I don't have any hard evidence, and neither do you. I have a pretty decent logic, and a truly great memory, thank you.
The point is, the DRDOS lawsuit was what I had in mind. I think that then was when MS thought: "We can use these bastards. Let's settle with them and make a little bussines proposal. They sure have chutzpah!". They let the dust settle, and waited for their moment. Then, SCOum pounced. That's where we are now.
There will be a lot of these little surprises down the road.
This is not capitalism. This is corporate war, using an outdated legal system as a weapon. This is MS trying to use the courts (hiding behind its lapdog SCOum) in order to stop OSS. Linux is killing them in the server market, so they'll try the law (and their bought lawmakers). This is just the beginning.
Steve, I envy your screens, but in my three 15 inch CRTs getting rid of the ad is a blessing. The other blessing is that works exactly the same way in Linux or Windows.
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Well, Orwellian New Speak is finally here (War is Peace, anyone).
Or maybe it's just that you're semantically impaired.
Webster is you friend.
Cheers,
Just right.
By now it's obvious they've abandoned the offensive, and are building walls in order to keep thei pris^h^h^h^h customers inside.
To your questions:
Yes.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
Both.
Cheers,
My thoughts exactly.
Somehow, "Microsoft" and "security" don't sound right in the same sentence, unless connected by "sucks at".
Cheers,
No, thanks for participating.
Dear GenSolo:
I didn't mean to piss you piss you off, so let's call it quits.
By the way, I'm not from Mexico. If you think Mexicans are the only people that don't like you (as a country, individually we find you to be rather OK guys), you're sorely misguided.
Do you central North Americans ever wonder why everybody else hates you so much?
Best wishes (no I'm not being sarcasic, really mean it)
Dear GenSolo:
You can give a rat's ass to the opinion if the rest of the world, but you're going to find it's very lonely out there.
We (the rest of the world) are always amazed by the insularity of you Usians, and have a laugh at your expense ( a good natured one, because we find you, individually, rather good guys ).
You are just 5% of the world's population, and take my word for it, you're missing a lot. Even more, most of us speak English as a second or third language, so you don't even have to learn something ( God forbids! ).
Best wishes,
You may think so, the rest of the world differs.
Cheers,
Precisely because you were speaking of counties, you should've used the correct name.
If you don't know the name of your own country, you've a lot of catching up to do.
HINT: the name of your country is not "America".
Does the fact that is also referred to as "U.S.A." ring a bell?
Cheers,
Didn't you?
Really?
Cheers,
Aren't we all just timed daemons?
Best Sig. in a long while.
Take my word for it, you don't.
Cheers,
Not to nitpick, Ace, but this America you are referring to may perhaps be the country also known as the United States of America, or USA for short?
I happen to live in one of the other countries in your list, and we thought we were in America too.
Cheers,
And a low interest mortgage, too!
Cheers,
1. I, for one, welcome our new moderation guidelines
2. In Soviet Russia, YOU moderate the moderators!
3. ???
4. Profit !!!
Sorry, I couldn't resist!
Cheers
Andy, we know it's you.
Please, stop posting here. Thanks.
Cheers,
And what's different from mainstream media, except maybe the goatse.cx guy?
Repetition, bias and errors (grammatical or every other kind) seem to be a REQUERIMENT to be a journalist.
Cheers,
Hats off to you, Sir.
Cheers,
It's not so complicated.
By now is obvious that if you want to be somebody in the IT industry, you have to kill MS first.
It's really that simple.
They want your market.
They're after you.
They are goig to kill you, if not now, later.
One has to be really in absolute denial to dispute this.
Some companies (Adobe, Autodesk)are so paralized by fear that they don't dare to make a noise. They don't want to be noticed by MS. They're wondering who's next, and praying it's the other guy.
They're in a cage with a tiger.
IBM has the size and the motivation to fight (revenge, anyone).
Linux is the perfect weapon: detracts nothing for them, and devastates the enemy's bussines model. So, they're using Linux. What's so strange about it? I wish them luck.
Cheers,
Dear Thornkin:
Don't be an ass. Obviously, I'm not a detective, so I don't have any hard evidence, and neither do you.
I have a pretty decent logic, and a truly great memory, thank you.
The point is, the DRDOS lawsuit was what I had in mind. I think that then was when MS thought: "We can use these bastards. Let's settle with them and make a little bussines proposal. They sure have chutzpah!".
They let the dust settle, and waited for their moment. Then, SCOum pounced. That's where we are now.
There will be a lot of these little surprises down the road.
Cheers,
Well, this move was announced in the first Halloween Document, so I'm not giving them the benefit of doubt.
I think OSS people, being mostly good guys, don't even realize how dirty MS will fight.
Cheers,
I know, you're trolling, but anyway:
This is not capitalism. This is corporate war, using an outdated legal system as a weapon.
This is MS trying to use the courts (hiding behind its lapdog SCOum) in order to stop OSS.
Linux is killing them in the server market, so they'll try the law (and their bought lawmakers).
This is just the beginning.
This is the OPPOSITE of capitalism.
1. Ximian finally finds a suck^H^H^H^H investor to bail them out.
2. Novell mismanages Ximian to oblivion like it did to everything else they bought to date.
3. ???
4. Profit!
The only thing i'm sure of, is that there's champagne being uncorked at Trolltech and KDE. Cheers!
Steve, I envy your screens, but in my three 15 inch CRTs getting rid of the ad is a blessing.
The other blessing is that works exactly the same way in Linux or Windows.
Cheers,