Your thoughts on this have, as others have stated, have no ground.
"I realize Slashdot is mostly College kids (as am I) who come from preppy ass upper-middle class homes in the richest parts of U.S. cities and small cities."
Yes, I am a computer engineering major at the University of Kentucky, but, college isn't cheap, and fortunatley, im not a trust fund baby, so i have to work, and pay my way through school, which, guess what, puts me in the "real world"
First off, people choose MS out of ignorance. NT brings nothing to the table other then marketing.
"..you will realize that there is more to business than just _the most stable platform for running your servers_. Microsoft is all about MONEY. So are businesses [at least the last time I checked]."
Your right, buisness is about money. But, i don't think you understand how it works. The name of the game is to produce the best product or service at the lowest cost. And this, speaking only in terms of economics, is where linux beats NT hands down. Which is why linux is becoming increasingly popular in the buisness sector. It cuts cost in start-up, hardware, down time, software, etc.. NT is an expensive bloated beast of a system, that is proving itself as a horrible buisness solution.
"But I would like to say this: don't ANY of you give a fuck about MONEY?"
No. There is more to life then money sir, and the sooner you realize this, the better off you will be. I would prefer to make a far lower salary working on and coding for linux, then to be stuck fixing and coding for M$. There ARE people in this world, believe it or not, who do not agree with the Redmond philosophy that Money determines your self worth. What a wonderful world this would be if greed and money weren't used as the deciding factor on a person's character. Personally, I find Mr. Gates, and all the other country club, CEO, trust fund babies rather disgusting. Im not sure i could live with myself knowing my anual income was greater then the wealth of 3rd world countries. Im couldn't sleep at night, in a house, far beyond my needs, with 60+ bedrooms knowing that there were people in this world happy to find a dry alley to sleep for the night. So, no sir, i do not care about money, and no, i do not agree with the Redmond philosophy. And it is rather disturbing that so many people in this world do.
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Your thoughts on this have, as others have stated, have no ground.
..you will realize that there is more to business than just _the most stable platform for running your servers_. Microsoft is all about MONEY. So are businesses [at least the last time I checked]."
"I realize Slashdot is mostly College kids (as am I) who come from preppy ass upper-middle class homes in the richest parts of U.S. cities and small cities."
Yes, I am a computer engineering major at the University of Kentucky, but, college isn't cheap, and fortunatley, im not a trust fund baby, so i have to work, and pay my way through school, which, guess what, puts me in the "real world"
First off, people choose MS out of ignorance. NT brings nothing to the table other then marketing.
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Your right, buisness is about money. But, i don't think you understand how it works. The name of the game is to produce the best product or service at the lowest cost. And this, speaking only in terms of economics, is where linux beats NT hands down. Which is why linux is becoming increasingly popular in the buisness sector. It cuts cost in start-up, hardware, down time, software, etc.. NT is an expensive bloated beast of a system, that is proving itself as a horrible buisness solution.
"But I would like to say this: don't ANY of you give a fuck about MONEY?"
No. There is more to life then money sir, and the sooner you realize this, the better off you will be. I would prefer to make a far lower salary working on and coding for linux, then to be stuck fixing and coding for M$. There ARE people in this world, believe it or not, who do not agree with the Redmond philosophy that Money determines your self worth. What a wonderful world this would be if greed and money weren't used as the deciding factor on a person's character. Personally, I find Mr. Gates, and all the other country club, CEO, trust fund babies rather disgusting. Im not sure i could live with myself knowing my anual income was greater then the wealth of 3rd world countries. Im couldn't sleep at night, in a house, far beyond my needs, with 60+ bedrooms knowing that there were people in this world happy to find a dry alley to sleep for the night. So, no sir, i do not care about money, and no, i do not agree with the Redmond philosophy. And it is rather disturbing that so many people in this world do.