When it's about what YOU want and it's legal but not moral, you say it's legal. When it's about what YOU want and it's illegal but it's moral, you say it's moral. Fuck you.
yeah! look there is a photo on his home page in which he is standing inside a faraday cage and there are red sparks all over his head!! this is some cool shit!
Oooh, someone's getting sandy! On the way to the Apple Store for iAntiVirus, are we?:P
As for numbers at a conference, Apple users have already proved (in general, by their purchase) that they're willing to spend large amounts of cash to make themselves feel like they're different or special. I'd say that puts them high up the list of people who'd pay to go to a conference (rather than just staying at home, you know, actually coding).
And if it's not, then I suppose you'll claim it's evidence that this site is biased... as opposed to the site the article is on, which is completely fair and balanced?
I just wish the EU would take a harder line on Microsoft. Microsoft is not a European company,they are a monopoly extorting cash from EU citizens. Can you imagine if Ford was the only car maker in Europe. We would just not put up with it. I don't see why we should allow MS to import their products at all. At the very least we should impose very high import tariffs.
you talk senselessly. if ford was the only car maker in europe, instead of fining ford, europeans should make their own car company. because its not ford's fault is europe doesn't know how to make cars.
In fact, I'm not sure why someone hasn't put together a nice OpenOffice box to put in stores. Wouldn't it be funny to see Office 2007 Student edition for $140 next to OpenOffice 3 for, say, $20 (to cover packaging and media, plus a bit for store profit).
maybe because openoffice is crap?? about six months ago, career launcher, an mba entrance coaching institute with branches all over india, changed all their pcs from win xp to edubuntu. because many of them were running pirated versions. i and my friends were very excited because we always wanted ubuntu adoption to increase. but we didn't know how bad openoffice is. from the next day, we were unable to have a proper presentation in our class for the next 5-10 days. because openoffice on ubuntu fucks up when you click slide show. then they bought new computers for the classes with win vista and office07(leaving the other pcs used in admin with ubuntu).
you exhibit the arrogance that many of the people most vocal about linux exhibit. you must realize that users have different priorities. just because me and you can compile kernels doesn't mean that we are superior to some other guy who can't. it just means that we are better at compiling kernels. if a piece of software cannot be used by everyone, its not the user's fault. its the software's. anyone, even people who know linux inside out, should not need to compile kernels to do the tasks netbooks are intended for.
wifi is the most visible example. even when you get it working, just try switching off the physical wireless switch on your laptop. later when you switch it back on, you can click on a button in windows to rescan. in linux, (k)ubuntu atleast, you have to restart. you just can't tell it to look again. maybe there is some covulted cli way, but i dont want to mess around with terminal just to fucking rescan for network.
yes, but for things non-geeks usually do, gui is much better. for example, i needed to set up a streaming mp3 server. i searched and found gnump3. installed it and ran it. it has zero gui. to configure it, i had to edit some conf files. for windows, i found vibestreamer. installed it and ran it. a small window with tabs comes up. under the library tab i pointed out my music folder. and then under the server tab i clicked start. now both do the same thing, maybe gnump3 is a bit more powerful. but i liked vibestreamer much better. you know why? because i want to run a streaming server, i do not want to edit poorly documented conf files, even if i can easily edit these files.
listen, there must have been some people who got introduced to linux on their netbook and have left windows, but winning and losing is decided by the market share.
it was as level as it is ever going to be. netbooks were a new device. people regarded them as different from regular pcs. they were reeady to compromise on unused features just so they could browse for hours on a smallish device. this sort of a fresh opportunity is very rare to come by. and i'm sorry, i really can't understand how microsoft can sell people something they don't want? even ms is not that powerful/influential. look at vista. ms put in every ounce of marketing, still only 27% market share. if, in the context of a netbook, linux had been so absolutely better than xp as you suggest, would not have microsoft failed here too, like vista?
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When it's about what YOU want and it's legal but not moral, you say it's legal. When it's about what YOU want and it's illegal but it's moral, you say it's moral. Fuck you.
that's insanely insightful.
and also the guy they sent to deliver/setup your modem.
and don't forget green blinking cursors over black backgrounds!!
yeah! look there is a photo on his home page in which he is standing inside a faraday cage and there are red sparks all over his head!!
this is some cool shit!
man you got it all wrong. it is a feature and a very necessary one at that. mac users must be told that they are as fucked as any win user.
Oooh, someone's getting sandy! On the way to the Apple Store for iAntiVirus, are we? :P
As for numbers at a conference, Apple users have already proved (in general, by their purchase) that they're willing to spend large amounts of cash to make themselves feel like they're different or special. I'd say that puts them high up the list of people who'd pay to go to a conference (rather than just staying at home, you know, actually coding).
iVirii would be better!
Because it's land locked!
How could anyone possibly be happy more than an hour's drive away from the sea?
and i thought they would be happier due to kfc.
why is kentucky supposed to be more depressing than hawaii? please tell me because i do not live in the us and am curious.
that is the best article ever to differentiate between identity and authenticity. i thought i would post the link but you beat me to it.
Posted on my iPhone.
iphone rulz!! if u use android u're a luzr!
well the last pwn2own winner said that nobody knows how to execute arbitrary code on a vista sp1 system with ie8.
And if it's not, then I suppose you'll claim it's evidence that this site is biased... as opposed to the site the article is on, which is completely fair and balanced?
hmm, does that remind me of something??
Microsoft will say, "yeah, take my 10M bill and keep the change".....
that's better.
I just wish the EU would take a harder line on Microsoft. Microsoft is not a European company,they are a monopoly extorting cash from EU citizens. Can you imagine if Ford was the only car maker in Europe. We would just not put up with it. I don't see why we should allow MS to import their products at all. At the very least we should impose very high import tariffs.
you talk senselessly. if ford was the only car maker in europe, instead of fining ford, europeans should make their own car company. because its not ford's fault is europe doesn't know how to make cars.
yeah i'm also having problems sliding the comments slider. but it works in horizontal mode.
its not 1.2b its 12m.
Dude, this is Slashdot. Of course Microsoft is guilty.
Dude, this is Microsoft. Of course Slashdot finds them guilty.
we have a verdict me lord: GUILTY
In fact, I'm not sure why someone hasn't put together a nice OpenOffice box to put in stores. Wouldn't it be funny to see Office 2007 Student edition for $140 next to OpenOffice 3 for, say, $20 (to cover packaging and media, plus a bit for store profit).
maybe because openoffice is crap??
about six months ago, career launcher, an mba entrance coaching institute with branches all over india, changed all their pcs from win xp to edubuntu. because many of them were running pirated versions.
i and my friends were very excited because we always wanted ubuntu adoption to increase. but we didn't know how bad openoffice is.
from the next day, we were unable to have a proper presentation in our class for the next 5-10 days.
because openoffice on ubuntu fucks up when you click slide show. then they bought new computers for the classes with win vista and office07(leaving the other pcs used in admin with ubuntu).
and if you are in Scandinavia, i can go into any house and use the washroom.
hp m1005 all in one. printer works, scanner doesn't.
you exhibit the arrogance that many of the people most vocal about linux exhibit. you must realize that users have different priorities. just because me and you can compile kernels doesn't mean that we are superior to some other guy who can't. it just means that we are better at compiling kernels.
if a piece of software cannot be used by everyone, its not the user's fault. its the software's. anyone, even people who know linux inside out, should not need to compile kernels to do the tasks netbooks are intended for.
wifi is the most visible example.
even when you get it working, just try switching off the physical wireless switch on your laptop. later when you switch it back on, you can click on a button in windows to rescan. in linux, (k)ubuntu atleast, you have to restart. you just can't tell it to look again. maybe there is some covulted cli way, but i dont want to mess around with terminal just to fucking rescan for network.
yes, but for things non-geeks usually do, gui is much better.
for example, i needed to set up a streaming mp3 server. i searched and found gnump3. installed it and ran it. it has zero gui. to configure it, i had to edit some conf files.
for windows, i found vibestreamer. installed it and ran it. a small window with tabs comes up. under the library tab i pointed out my music folder. and then under the server tab i clicked start.
now both do the same thing, maybe gnump3 is a bit more powerful. but i liked vibestreamer much better. you know why? because i want to run a streaming server, i do not want to edit poorly documented conf files, even if i can easily edit these files.
listen, there must have been some people who got introduced to linux on their netbook and have left windows, but winning and losing is decided by the market share.
Level playing field my ass.
it was as level as it is ever going to be. netbooks were a new device. people regarded them as different from regular pcs. they were reeady to compromise on unused features just so they could browse for hours on a smallish device. this sort of a fresh opportunity is very rare to come by.
and i'm sorry, i really can't understand how microsoft can sell people something they don't want? even ms is not that powerful/influential. look at vista. ms put in every ounce of marketing, still only 27% market share. if, in the context of a netbook, linux had been so absolutely better than xp as you suggest, would not have microsoft failed here too, like vista?