Lest we forget, Mikey$oft is not a monolithic entity. There are good, mediocre, and bad apples in every bunch, and I have it on good authority that there are some really cool, intelligent, and clever people working there, doing some really fantastic things. It's just that they're not the ones in charge.
By the same token, you shouldn't assume that Windows programmers are just a bunch of no-talent hacks who couldn't write decent code to save their lives just because Windows the OS sucks eggs. It's not their fault--they do the best they can with the tools they are given. Now, imagine if these people were exposed to decent tools...
Exactly. this article talked about the divorce of the dependance of the CLI and conf files. well, leave my bash alone! I love my multiple consoles, highly customizable conf files, and everything else that has gone into making my box exactly how i want it. If microsoft wants to release their own version of linux, be my guest, but if its unstable, or has one hole, watch out, because people will be on that like ______ on _______ (insert your favorite one). The "improvement" on Linux is another word for the death of it.
Hey, maybe you should go back and read the original article. It's not talking about "Microsoft releasing their own version of Linux," it's talking about programmers for individual Windows-compatible product companies learning Linux in order that their companies might jump on the bandwagon in porting their own products over.
These programmers, the idea goes, will discover for themselves the allure of Open Source (remember how old V.V. called the feeling addictive in the Halloween docs?) and, coming from a different background than the current Linux hackers, set out to do different things in their spare time, to address useability issues Linux hackers don't notice or care about (let's face it, whether you like it or not, Windows is more user-friendly than Linux) , and end up adding things to Linux that aren't there yet.
Certainly nobody's going to force you to adopt anything they add, any more than the KDE Police are going to come to your house and make you put their desktop environment on your machine if you don't want to. But I think that whatever they add could help make Linux a more viable desktop alternative for Joe Average Windows User...which is all to the good, right?
Mr. Katz, I can sympathize with your plight. I, myself, have never had a computer upgrade or construction go right without considerable difficulties.
Even so, if you receive something broken, the most sensible thing to do is send it back to the vendor. Some vendors will ship you a replacement even before they get the defective machine back, if you're that impatient. They'll usually make it good for you free of charge. Take it from a guy who gets really impatient himself.
It's no wonder you have such vehement detractors...
(P.S.--find someone, anyone, to proof your columns for you before you post them. That's two in a row with rather serious editing glitches in them. I'd happily volunteer for the task if you like--email me at robotech@eyrie.org.)
...but not only have I never paid for a copy of Windows in my life, I actually need the damned thing to run Starcraft, at least until WINE becomes 100% Windows-compatible.
I do support the principle of the thing, though. Go, Windows Refunders! Rah rah rah!
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Lest we forget, Mikey$oft is not a monolithic entity. There are good, mediocre, and bad apples in every bunch, and I have it on good authority that there are some really cool, intelligent, and clever people working there, doing some really fantastic things. It's just that they're not the ones in charge.
By the same token, you shouldn't assume that Windows programmers are just a bunch of no-talent hacks who couldn't write decent code to save their lives just because Windows the OS sucks eggs. It's not their fault--they do the best they can with the tools they are given. Now, imagine if these people were exposed to decent tools...
Hey, maybe you should go back and read the original article. It's not talking about "Microsoft releasing their own version of Linux," it's talking about programmers for individual Windows-compatible product companies learning Linux in order that their companies might jump on the bandwagon in porting their own products over.
These programmers, the idea goes, will discover for themselves the allure of Open Source (remember how old V.V. called the feeling addictive in the Halloween docs?) and, coming from a different background than the current Linux hackers, set out to do different things in their spare time, to address useability issues Linux hackers don't notice or care about (let's face it, whether you like it or not, Windows is more user-friendly than Linux) , and end up adding things to Linux that aren't there yet.
Certainly nobody's going to force you to adopt anything they add, any more than the KDE Police are going to come to your house and make you put their desktop environment on your machine if you don't want to. But I think that whatever they add could help make Linux a more viable desktop alternative for Joe Average Windows User...which is all to the good, right?
Mr. Katz, I can sympathize with your plight. I, myself, have never had a computer upgrade or construction go right without considerable difficulties.
Even so, if you receive something broken, the most sensible thing to do is send it back to the vendor . Some vendors will ship you a replacement even before they get the defective machine back, if you're that impatient. They'll usually make it good for you free of charge. Take it from a guy who gets really impatient himself.
It's no wonder you have such vehement detractors...
(P.S.--find someone, anyone, to proof your columns for you before you post them. That's two in a row with rather serious editing glitches in them. I'd happily volunteer for the task if you like--email me at robotech@eyrie.org.)
...but not only have I never paid for a copy of Windows in my life, I actually need the damned thing to run Starcraft, at least until WINE becomes 100% Windows-compatible.
I do support the principle of the thing, though. Go, Windows Refunders! Rah rah rah!
Why would we need one, exactly? "cypherpunks" "cypherpunks" continues to work.
All this time, I've heard the industry lament that software piracy is the reason they have to raise their prices, and why we pay so much for software.
Now all of a sudden I hear software piracy being used by Mikey$oft as a factor in keeping software prices down?????
What's the deal here?