Yes, windows may be a major part of the real world, but teach kids how to use Linux and the spirit of open source and the "real world" will eventually change
We had SGI workstations at my high school. I've never seen an SGI since.
It's not like out on your farm where it's just you walking on that patch of grass.
But we rural folk also drive (cars, tractors, atvs, snowmobiles, etc.) on the grass, which has got to be equivalent to many people walking. The beauty of grass is that it always grows back, no matter how hard you are on it.
Don't forget about the new Longhorn betas that came out. With everyone (who were likely Firefox users) trying out IE7, the stats will be skewed for a while until the Longhorn dust settles.
I think Apple wants people to pirate it. And the reason is this:
Only the people with technical know-how will pirate it. They will start to use it and love it. They will tell all their friends to get it, and that means buying Apple hardware.
Every Macintosh comes with the current version of Mac OS as of the date of its manufacture. Are you trying to install it on some machine that didn't come from Apple?
Which is why $129 is the upgrade price. They don't need to offer the full version because it comes with your hardware.
From now on, instead of purchasing a license to your software, you'll be purchasing a license to use the software, run though a net, accessed from a vendor's server.
That's exactly where it's heading. The only thing holding it back presently is that only a limited set of applications can run well under those circumstances.
That's because we have rules of how many minutes of commercials you can have. If you watch an American show on a Canadian station you'll notice they have to fill the gap with non-commercial advertisements once the time limit is met.
I always figured the Linux TCO is lower because it's easy to move away from Linux. Want to switch to Windows in the future? No problem, 90%+ of your applications also run on Windows.
The same can't be said for moving from Windows to something else.
For the most part, such laws aren't even given any attention.
What about when they decide to start enforcing the silly laws?
Case in point: Here in Ontario you are issued a license plate sticker for snowmobiles. But they aren't very attractive, so for years pretty much everyone was putting custom designed numbers on their snowmobiles instead. While it was technically not legal to do so, it was never enforced. Then all of a sudden a few years back they decided to crack down on it. About a year thereafter they got around to changing the law, but people were charged during that period. So, in conclusion, the same could happen with any law, no matter how silly it is.
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Well, are SGI workstations available for low cost and have OS's geared toward the average user?
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No. But the real world is what businesses use, not what someone uses at home.
You can't really compare modern Linux distributions running on cheap commodity x86 hardware to SGI workstations.
Oh?
Yes, windows may be a major part of the real world, but teach kids how to use Linux and the spirit of open source and the "real world" will eventually change
We had SGI workstations at my high school. I've never seen an SGI since.
I still can not understand why the average pay of a well-seasoned applications designer is still no match to that of a recently-graduated MBA.
Because, programmers as a whole are willing to work for less.
It's not like out on your farm where it's just you walking on that patch of grass.
But we rural folk also drive (cars, tractors, atvs, snowmobiles, etc.) on the grass, which has got to be equivalent to many people walking. The beauty of grass is that it always grows back, no matter how hard you are on it.
Radio stations are controlled by the record companies, they try to force-feed you with all the crap they're trying to sell.
Ironically, they play the songs so often that there is no need to buy the music, even if you do like it.
What if BPL isn't up? You've lost your entire communications system when the power goes out.
If there is no power, then there is no interference. Which means you can resort to your old radio means of communication.
Don't forget about the new Longhorn betas that came out. With everyone (who were likely Firefox users) trying out IE7, the stats will be skewed for a while until the Longhorn dust settles.
Wrong market. Pirates don't use Linux because it's already free.
And Linux is pretty big on the desktop, it's right up there with MacOS. Both nothing compared to Windows, but it's still pretty significant.
I think Apple wants people to pirate it. And the reason is this:
Only the people with technical know-how will pirate it. They will start to use it and love it. They will tell all their friends to get it, and that means buying Apple hardware.
Every Macintosh comes with the current version of Mac OS as of the date of its manufacture. Are you trying to install it on some machine that didn't come from Apple?
Which is why $129 is the upgrade price. They don't need to offer the full version because it comes with your hardware.
Instead of searching google for a bloody online calculator
It's funny because Google [i]is[/i] an online calculator.
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He said it had to be financially lucrative, so that one is out.
I also have been using it from the early days and found it quite fast back then.
Now it is really slow if you use it in CGI mode (because it has to load the entire framework every time), but it's fine as long as you use FastCGI.
MPs will only very rarely will vote against their party. And when they do, they are severely repremanded.
Debian backports security fixes. So that isn't necessarily true.
The problem is, when do we un-tilt it?
That one is easy. When everyone starts using Firefox and we start liking something else.
From now on, instead of purchasing a license to your software, you'll be purchasing a license to use the software, run though a net, accessed from a vendor's server.
That's exactly where it's heading. The only thing holding it back presently is that only a limited set of applications can run well under those circumstances.
Something similar in our society would devastate world markets.
Yes, but it wouldn't matter. There would be no need for markets anymore.
I mean, there's not even a Quickbooks alternative
sql-ledger? The interface could use some work, but Quickbooks' interface doesn't look all that great either.
Microsoft is looking for true stories about people using Windows computers to pursue a passion or hobby.
I used Windows to download Linux once. Does that count?
AJAX has been around since IE5. It just wasn't called AJAX.
That's because we have rules of how many minutes of commercials you can have. If you watch an American show on a Canadian station you'll notice they have to fill the gap with non-commercial advertisements once the time limit is met.
I always figured the Linux TCO is lower because it's easy to move away from Linux. Want to switch to Windows in the future? No problem, 90%+ of your applications also run on Windows.
The same can't be said for moving from Windows to something else.
For the most part, such laws aren't even given any attention.
What about when they decide to start enforcing the silly laws?
Case in point: Here in Ontario you are issued a license plate sticker for snowmobiles. But they aren't very attractive, so for years pretty much everyone was putting custom designed numbers on their snowmobiles instead. While it was technically not legal to do so, it was never enforced. Then all of a sudden a few years back they decided to crack down on it. About a year thereafter they got around to changing the law, but people were charged during that period. So, in conclusion, the same could happen with any law, no matter how silly it is.
On the con side, 5 months winter or worse
As a fan of winter, I wish that was true. We're lucky to get one month of winter here in southern Ontario.
It's a good 8+ hour drive north before you start to see any signs of real winter.