i'll pass the ones that start going on about how windows wont do "insert very amusing thing it wont ever do, but still... people being who they are want it to", and i keep the linux ones =)
we have a pair of those at work, and they are slick little systems. our main pages are on them right now, and the cool thing about them (imo) is all the comments from people we have coming into the shop when they find out that our webhosting servers are on my desk =)
of course, one of the major problems in the US, as far as i can tell, is that the telco's had very little incentive until recently to roll out any new technologies. the local baby bells were secure in that they owned the lines, and that the only large-scale networking stuff (all dedicated data and analog lines) were owned by them. DSL didn't take off until the cable companies came out with the cable modems here, and suddenly you see an industry that hasn't released much in the way of consumer inetnet conections suddenly decide that they need to hurry up, or they will lose a market.
i do have to agree on this point, it's ludcristly difficult to get DSL/cable or even ISDN here in the US. i live in dallas, texas (not a small city, and alledgedly a "high-tech center", whatever that means.) and only about 20% of the city can get cable/dsl, and even less can get ISDN.
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i'll pass the ones that start going on about how windows wont do "insert very amusing thing it wont ever do, but still... people being who they are want it to", and i keep the linux ones =)
dunno, i know a few very nice chicks that like the geek aspect =), or else they just like the fact that i'm free techsupport. whatever. =)
we have a pair of those at work, and they are slick little systems. our main pages are on them right now, and the cool thing about them (imo) is all the comments from people we have coming into the shop when they find out that our webhosting servers are on my desk =)
of course, one of the major problems in the US, as far as i can tell, is that the telco's had very little incentive until recently to roll out any new technologies. the local baby bells were secure in that they owned the lines, and that the only large-scale networking stuff (all dedicated data and analog lines) were owned by them. DSL didn't take off until the cable companies came out with the cable modems here, and suddenly you see an industry that hasn't released much in the way of consumer inetnet conections suddenly decide that they need to hurry up, or they will lose a market.
i do have to agree on this point, it's ludcristly difficult to get DSL/cable or even ISDN here in the US. i live in dallas, texas (not a small city, and alledgedly a "high-tech center", whatever that means.) and only about 20% of the city can get cable/dsl, and even less can get ISDN.