I was flat out lied to by Microsoft when I tried to cancel my Xbox Live account. They told me it would run out automatically, and yet, I just received an email telling me that it will renew itself at the end of September.
It saddens and angers me to know that they can get away with this on a regular basis with customers that know a lot less about computers and their services. The ignorance they have at their fingertips to manipulate is terrifying. I don't hate the company, but damn, I'm really starting to wonder.
That entire post could have been summed up by saying, "Release less often." Good advice, but dear lord, we get it already.
Also, few things annoy me more than a post that not only assumes the community won't like it, but points it out in the first sentence. "I'm gunna get moded tro11." Cool. Congratulations. Does that make what you're about to say any more valid? No? Then delete the line.
Hey, you want to know why linux doesn't have more desktop market penetration?
Because Windows has a monopoly on vendors, drivers and OEM's. There are no other reasons.
Hey, you want to know what really annoys me? People posting as if they have a god-given answer to Linux's possible success. Or how it's going to all be fixed if Linux changes this or that. I only have one thing to say: good luck with that.
You think that in the same situation Microsoft wouldn't have somone calling Adobe to get the full screen flash video working properly?
Of course they would, because they can. They're fucking Microsoft. They can do whatever the hell they want. Do think Adobe's going to pave the floor with gold for Red Hat's call waiting?
They understand that it is always the operating system's fault when something goes wrong, no matter what the truth is.
Which is why they owned up to all of those Vista drivers that didn't exist for two years, right?
In the end, the "Windows" brand hasn't been damaged, the "Vista" brand was. And Windows 7 will hit the market sounding like some sort of savior for computers.
"Windows" is not a brand that people love or hate. If people understand the difference between a computer and its OS, then they usually don't like Windows or know that it has some things wrong with it. There are very few Windows fanboys that know what they're talking about (or aren't being paid my Microsoft). Everybody else equates Windows to their computer. There's no distinction between hardware and software.
I'm not saying Linux is perfect. God no. But the things they really, truly have to fix are sometimes geeky. Package management should be confined to a common package format. The audio nonsense should be converted back to OSS. A regular user wouldn't understand these sentences, but they will benefit from them whether they know it not. After the base is complete, then it's just a constant movement to fix bugs, such as full screen Flash support. Not that Flash support has been a really huge issue for a while anyway.
Windows gets away with being the leader through consumer ignorance. Granted, that's not going to be the situation for long. Check back in ten years and you'll see a very different scenario as more and more users enter the marketplace with more of a computer knowledge and understanding. This will continue to grow until ignorance won't be the only thing Windows can hold onto. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Meanwhile, Linux advocates still want to know why the average person won't leave windows.
Because they can't. They don't know how. And if OS installs are ever mainstream in this current marketplace, you can go ahead and shoot me then.
You need a sense of humor. Besides, I have gotten Windows 7 to crash just by force installing XP drivers on it. Instant BSOD. It'd be a good party trick, no?
Yes, I know, settle down. I was just using it as an example because Lifehacker wrote a story or two on putting Ubuntu specifically on the machine, and lifehacker represents that "tabloid" computer-related press in my mind.
Besides, I installed linux and it wasn't a very good experience on the PS3, between horrible installs and slowness and general awkwardness like having to choose what to load on reboot/etc. I ended up just putting a PC in the room instead.
Exactly. I don't understand this whole "lets stuff Ubuntu on a computer designed for gaming" nonsense. I mean, it has 256 MB RAM, no graphics card for Linux to take advantage of...what's the point?
And it's idiotic to think that the users should be locked in to whatever crap you come up with. Solid defaults only bolster the elements of choice, but they don't replace it.
Bullshit. Look at any video game console - they can be cracked as easily as the Dreamcast ever was. These markets are slowing down gradually, yes, but so is everyone else right now. Piracy is far from the reason for anything's "death."
The Dreamcast died because developers stopped developing for it. Easy as pie.
The thing I love about Phoronix is that if you dig around the comment section nearly every article, there's a whole bunch of users that are much smarter than the author who detail why and how the differences between the OS occur. So while I haven't looked yet, I assume that there's someone who's already linked to the bugs in question and are discussing the patch for them.
What, so you expect Microsoft to have a sticker on the console that says "do not reorient console while in use" or something? He picked it up and changed the angle while the game was still running! I mean, DUH!
Apple took some of the open source Slackware smugness and fused it with their marketing. If you ask the Apple Store clerk for the source they have some in the back.
Arch and Gentoo also compiled and added smugness to their distro as well.
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Jo Internet is never going to install an operating system anyway, so why does it matter?
I was flat out lied to by Microsoft when I tried to cancel my Xbox Live account. They told me it would run out automatically, and yet, I just received an email telling me that it will renew itself at the end of September.
It saddens and angers me to know that they can get away with this on a regular basis with customers that know a lot less about computers and their services. The ignorance they have at their fingertips to manipulate is terrifying. I don't hate the company, but damn, I'm really starting to wonder.
That entire post could have been summed up by saying, "Release less often." Good advice, but dear lord, we get it already.
Also, few things annoy me more than a post that not only assumes the community won't like it, but points it out in the first sentence. "I'm gunna get moded tro11." Cool. Congratulations. Does that make what you're about to say any more valid? No? Then delete the line.
Hey, you want to know why linux doesn't have more desktop market penetration?
Because Windows has a monopoly on vendors, drivers and OEM's. There are no other reasons.
Hey, you want to know what really annoys me? People posting as if they have a god-given answer to Linux's possible success. Or how it's going to all be fixed if Linux changes this or that. I only have one thing to say: good luck with that.
You think that in the same situation Microsoft wouldn't have somone calling Adobe to get the full screen flash video working properly?
Of course they would, because they can. They're fucking Microsoft. They can do whatever the hell they want. Do think Adobe's going to pave the floor with gold for Red Hat's call waiting?
They understand that it is always the operating system's fault when something goes wrong, no matter what the truth is.
Which is why they owned up to all of those Vista drivers that didn't exist for two years, right?
In the end, the "Windows" brand hasn't been damaged, the "Vista" brand was. And Windows 7 will hit the market sounding like some sort of savior for computers.
"Windows" is not a brand that people love or hate. If people understand the difference between a computer and its OS, then they usually don't like Windows or know that it has some things wrong with it. There are very few Windows fanboys that know what they're talking about (or aren't being paid my Microsoft). Everybody else equates Windows to their computer. There's no distinction between hardware and software.
I'm not saying Linux is perfect. God no. But the things they really, truly have to fix are sometimes geeky. Package management should be confined to a common package format. The audio nonsense should be converted back to OSS. A regular user wouldn't understand these sentences, but they will benefit from them whether they know it not. After the base is complete, then it's just a constant movement to fix bugs, such as full screen Flash support. Not that Flash support has been a really huge issue for a while anyway.
Windows gets away with being the leader through consumer ignorance. Granted, that's not going to be the situation for long. Check back in ten years and you'll see a very different scenario as more and more users enter the marketplace with more of a computer knowledge and understanding. This will continue to grow until ignorance won't be the only thing Windows can hold onto. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Meanwhile, Linux advocates still want to know why the average person won't leave windows.
Because they can't. They don't know how. And if OS installs are ever mainstream in this current marketplace, you can go ahead and shoot me then.
You need a sense of humor. Besides, I have gotten Windows 7 to crash just by force installing XP drivers on it. Instant BSOD. It'd be a good party trick, no?
The real question is, can it run Lin...oh, never mind.
Yes, I know, settle down. I was just using it as an example because Lifehacker wrote a story or two on putting Ubuntu specifically on the machine, and lifehacker represents that "tabloid" computer-related press in my mind.
Oh, bah, exceptions. This is Slashdot, dammit. Hyperbole and yelling!
Okay, it's funny and true, yes, but do you guys have to post that comic on every goddamn Linux story?
Besides, I installed linux and it wasn't a very good experience on the PS3, between horrible installs and slowness and general awkwardness like having to choose what to load on reboot/etc. I ended up just putting a PC in the room instead.
Exactly. I don't understand this whole "lets stuff Ubuntu on a computer designed for gaming" nonsense. I mean, it has 256 MB RAM, no graphics card for Linux to take advantage of...what's the point?
And it's idiotic to think that the users should be locked in to whatever crap you come up with. Solid defaults only bolster the elements of choice, but they don't replace it.
It's a shitty computer for anything other than games, though.
Not that I have any basis for saying this, but some of those lower numbers seem absurdly low. Well, other than AOL.
No, sir, I was just downloading Slackware 13 for the tenth time. I really, really like that operating system.
Bullshit. Look at any video game console - they can be cracked as easily as the Dreamcast ever was. These markets are slowing down gradually, yes, but so is everyone else right now. Piracy is far from the reason for anything's "death."
The Dreamcast died because developers stopped developing for it. Easy as pie.
"But I don't have anything else to watch!"
*worried face off into the distance as the music swells, aaaaannd, commercial.*
For most people I know, the reason for upgrading is "the old one had viruses on it."
I'm starting to love your posts.
The thing I love about Phoronix is that if you dig around the comment section nearly every article, there's a whole bunch of users that are much smarter than the author who detail why and how the differences between the OS occur. So while I haven't looked yet, I assume that there's someone who's already linked to the bugs in question and are discussing the patch for them.
What do you need that extra speed for?
What, so you expect Microsoft to have a sticker on the console that says "do not reorient console while in use" or something? He picked it up and changed the angle while the game was still running! I mean, DUH!
"I like being evil. It makes me happy."
Absolute Linux.
Distros doesn't have to be successful in the Linux realm to stick around. While Slackware is fine, your argument is a bit off.
Apple took some of the open source Slackware smugness and fused it with their marketing. If you ask the Apple Store clerk for the source they have some in the back.
Arch and Gentoo also compiled and added smugness to their distro as well.