as many of these talented programmers leave school and college and start their own software houses. They already have done, companies called SuSE, RedHat, etc. The developers of the large Linux projects such as KDE and GNOME already do work for the above companies. So Linux may fade into obscurity, but I doubt it. I think your intelligent toaster may one day be running it. After all, how many users would put up with the message, "Your bagel has performed an illegal function and will be burnt", or the black toast of death.
Microsoft seem to be behaving like the previous Evil Empire(TM) IBM. IBM nearly went bust in the early 90s, and we can hope that MS will go the same way in the early 00s.
Of course American corporations would never stoop to bribery, or buying politicians and of course due to their high code of ethics and morals, the government needs to help these good people out.
Well Europeans invented television for Americans to get fat in front of, computers to annoy European slashdotters and cars to pollute as much of the world as they can (not that Europe is any better in that respect). I dont know why I replied to this, as its obviously a joke, but Ive got nothing better to do.
CNN.com: Today the means to render the human race extinct became a reality with the release of Microsoft Human 2040. BillBorg One says This is a great step forward in biotechnology. Human 2040 represents a great step forward in evolution. With FailSafe(TM) and Active Thalamus(TM) technology, the Microsoft Human will be able to get home safely after a night of excess, and will be able to pick up the partner of their choice with none of the blushing and stammering associated with the antiquated cerebral technology. The MS Human will also be able to scale up to 1024 brains and 256 arms and legs, finally allowing those so equipped to count my money in 3 days instead of the millenia it would normally take. Critics however point to the fact that Human has been released with 63000 known bugs, and although Microsoft have dismissed these as trivial, early adopters of Human have been seen going round in circles with their eyes flashing a strange blue colour, and the Advanced Sexuality (TM) feature has caused random changes of sexuality, with the side effect of causing Christian users of Human to foam at the mouth and blame television and the internet. Steve of Nine, Microsoft CEO, stated all software has bugs in it, and we assure all our customers that they will be fixed in Service Pack 1, due out in three weeks. Microsoft stock shot up after the release, taking the Dow Jones so high that the Stock Market had to invent new numbers for the third time this year.
Well Microsoft have made billions doing a similar thing (a rehash of a 10 year old GUI concept, running on top of a 20 year old OS, with various ideas borrowed and made proprietary from a 30 year old OS), so it can't be that bad an idea.
Like the Boston Teaparty for example, or the riots against the WTO. Just because you break the law, doesn't mean you're wrong, the law is not the same as justice, especially when it is for the benefit of large, unelected corporate oligarchies. Yawn, another debacle from corporate America, some of whom have been claiming to support us (come on IBM, what are you doing?). Free standards will sell more products, but potentially less Microsoft (hence the MS conspiracy angle).
Fair point, I'm just annoyed by clueless statements like Britain did badly in WWII, when they were the only country in Europe to successfully hold off the Germans.
Vietnam, or have you forgotten. Hitler signed a treaty, because he didn't want to go up against the whole British Empire. It was Britain who declared war on Germany due to the invasion of Poland, that Hitler had promised not to do. I don't see what the USSR or China have to do with anything, as far as I know you haven't fought a war with either of them.
I thought Britain was on the winning side. Unlike the US in Vietnam, who were up against a small Asian country, not an extremely large military machine with most of the resources of mainland Europe available. Without America, I doubt that the UK would have won, but to suggest we did nothing the whole time while the Americans did all the work, is quite simply stupid. Even Hitler wanted a truce at first, rather than take us on. Now can we stop this stupid bickering and get back to the topic (yes I know a Brit started it all - thanks mate).
But there is only one country in the world that matters. Or at least that's the impression I get. They are the only superpower now you know. And their next president could be the guy that invented the internet.
Linux has a few Office systems already, all with MS compatibility. What is really wanted is stuff like Quicken which, AFAIK, don't have a direct equivalent. I'll reserve judgement however, until MS Office appears, and if they've done a good job. I'm not holding my breath. I saw some benchmarks between Office on Windows and on the Mac, and the Mac version was far slower. I doubt this was an accident.
No, there's no excuse for bugs in any release software. True, it's only games anyway. I'm not going to slag Win2000 off totally except on over-pricing in Europe, where the cost is about double what the Americans are paying. Does translation, import duties and a strong dollar really add an extra 100% to the price. I don't think so. Of course MS could save themselves a lot of money by adopting i18n and just being able to slot in new languages at will rather than whatever they do now. But expecting MS to adopt reasonable standards is a waste of time I suppose.
There may be other operating systems, but unless you build your own PC, the terms of the Windows license requires that the cost of Windows be factored into the price. So my only choice is to build my own PC. Sorry, I don't see why I should have to. As for other Office suites and other accountants, the ones that a contractor like me can afford exclusively use MS-Office, and although Corel and Star are mostly compatible, the standard spreadsheets that these accountants offer are in Excel + VBA which are not compatible. So I'm stuck with software I have to pay for. Or should I do my own accounts without the benefit of an accountant, perhaps, which opens me to the risk of errors and large fines. A whine is when you complain for the sake of it. I'm complaining because effectively a gun has been put to my head. I don't have to have a Ford engine in my Fiat Coupe, why should I have to pay for a Microsoft OS on my computer. Whining, I don't think so.
Real may not be the best company in the world, but it's the move that counts. Any release that allows folk to move away from FreelyBSoD has to be a good thing. Next, Xing team up with Corel to give Linux users a DVD player (hrrmmm. trying to decide if you can have too much of a 'good' thing).
How to clog Slashdot with all the members of the Anti-troll alliance. Who moderated this up, but I appreciate your sense of humour. This guy MUST be taking the piss, or else it's BG posting as an AC.
Errr.. and how much do you have to pay for kernel 2.4.0? Despite the fact that it will probably be of a higher quality than Win2000, and have any bugs fixed fast and won't require a more powerful PC, it will cost nothing. I am a Linux zealot because I've been required to pay $150 for Win95 (these are European prices), $300 for Office 97 and $150 for for Win98, all of which has been sub-standard due to the monopoly control that MS has. And before you tell me that I don't require these, my accountant uses Office and needs an Excel spreadsheet of my accounts, and when I'm looking for work, my CV (or resume if you prefer) has to be in Word format. So until I discovered Linux, I was stuck with a 1980s Skoda of an operating system instead of a 1990s BMW. MS only have themselves to blame when they get criticized; they've pissed a lot of people off.
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as many of these talented programmers leave school and college and start their own software houses. They already have done, companies called SuSE, RedHat, etc. The developers of the large Linux projects such as KDE and GNOME already do work for the above companies. So Linux may fade into obscurity, but I doubt it. I think your intelligent toaster may one day be running it. After all, how many users would put up with the message, "Your bagel has performed an illegal function and will be burnt", or the black toast of death.
So Open Source is connected with the repression of free speech and the mass murder of millions. Idiot.
Microsoft seem to be behaving like the previous Evil Empire(TM) IBM. IBM nearly went bust in the early 90s, and we can hope that MS will go the same way in the early 00s.
You could try mtv from Loki, but I dont know if it works, not being the proud owner of any VCDs.
Yes collaborate with the imperialistic, control-freak, human-rights abusing, gun-toting americans instead.
Of course American corporations would never stoop to bribery, or buying politicians and of course due to their high code of ethics and morals, the government needs to help these good people out.
Well Europeans invented television for Americans to get fat in front of, computers to annoy European slashdotters and cars to pollute as much of the world as they can (not that Europe is any better in that respect). I dont know why I replied to this, as its obviously a joke, but Ive got nothing better to do.
CNN.com: Today the means to render the human race extinct became a reality with the release of Microsoft Human 2040. BillBorg One says This is a great step forward in biotechnology. Human 2040 represents a great step forward in evolution. With FailSafe(TM) and Active Thalamus(TM) technology, the Microsoft Human will be able to get home safely after a night of excess, and will be able to pick up the partner of their choice with none of the blushing and stammering associated with the antiquated cerebral technology. The MS Human will also be able to scale up to 1024 brains and 256 arms and legs, finally allowing those so equipped to count my money in 3 days instead of the millenia it would normally take. Critics however point to the fact that Human has been released with 63000 known bugs, and although Microsoft have dismissed these as trivial, early adopters of Human have been seen going round in circles with their eyes flashing a strange blue colour, and the Advanced Sexuality (TM) feature has caused random changes of sexuality, with the side effect of causing Christian users of Human to foam at the mouth and blame television and the internet. Steve of Nine, Microsoft CEO, stated all software has bugs in it, and we assure all our customers that they will be fixed in Service Pack 1, due out in three weeks. Microsoft stock shot up after the release, taking the Dow Jones so high that the Stock Market had to invent new numbers for the third time this year.
Well Microsoft have made billions doing a similar thing (a rehash of a 10 year old GUI concept, running on top of a 20 year old OS, with various ideas borrowed and made proprietary from a 30 year old OS), so it can't be that bad an idea.
Like the Boston Teaparty for example, or the riots against the WTO. Just because you break the law, doesn't mean you're wrong, the law is not the same as justice, especially when it is for the benefit of large, unelected corporate oligarchies. Yawn, another debacle from corporate America, some of whom have been claiming to support us (come on IBM, what are you doing?). Free standards will sell more products, but potentially less Microsoft (hence the MS conspiracy angle).
You could try to become a prison guard :-)
Now you tell me. Bleuuuuurgh.....
Fair point, I'm just annoyed by clueless statements like Britain did badly in WWII, when they were the only country in Europe to successfully hold off the Germans.
Vietnam, or have you forgotten. Hitler signed a treaty, because he didn't want to go up against the whole British Empire. It was Britain who declared war on Germany due to the invasion of Poland, that Hitler had promised not to do. I don't see what the USSR or China have to do with anything, as far as I know you haven't fought a war with either of them.
Most of the USA by the looks of things.
You sick, sick man.........
I thought Britain was on the winning side. Unlike the US in Vietnam, who were up against a small Asian country, not an extremely large military machine with most of the resources of mainland Europe available. Without America, I doubt that the UK would have won, but to suggest we did nothing the whole time while the Americans did all the work, is quite simply stupid. Even Hitler wanted a truce at first, rather than take us on. Now can we stop this stupid bickering and get back to the topic (yes I know a Brit started it all - thanks mate).
But there is only one country in the world that matters. Or at least that's the impression I get. They are the only superpower now you know. And their next president could be the guy that invented the internet.
And they have a demo of that mission-critical app FreeCell for us Linux zealots to have a look at.
Linux has a few Office systems already, all with MS compatibility. What is really wanted is stuff like Quicken which, AFAIK, don't have a direct equivalent. I'll reserve judgement however, until MS Office appears, and if they've done a good job. I'm not holding my breath. I saw some benchmarks between Office on Windows and on the Mac, and the Mac version was far slower. I doubt this was an accident.
No, there's no excuse for bugs in any release software. True, it's only games anyway. I'm not going to slag Win2000 off totally except on over-pricing in Europe, where the cost is about double what the Americans are paying. Does translation, import duties and a strong dollar really add an extra 100% to the price. I don't think so. Of course MS could save themselves a lot of money by adopting i18n and just being able to slot in new languages at will rather than whatever they do now. But expecting MS to adopt reasonable standards is a waste of time I suppose.
There may be other operating systems, but unless you build your own PC, the terms of the Windows license requires that the cost of Windows be factored into the price. So my only choice is to build my own PC. Sorry, I don't see why I should have to. As for other Office suites and other accountants, the ones that a contractor like me can afford exclusively use MS-Office, and although Corel and Star are mostly compatible, the standard spreadsheets that these accountants offer are in Excel + VBA which are not compatible. So I'm stuck with software I have to pay for. Or should I do my own accounts without the benefit of an accountant, perhaps, which opens me to the risk of errors and large fines. A whine is when you complain for the sake of it. I'm complaining because effectively a gun has been put to my head. I don't have to have a Ford engine in my Fiat Coupe, why should I have to pay for a Microsoft OS on my computer. Whining, I don't think so.
Real may not be the best company in the world, but it's the move that counts. Any release that allows folk to move away from FreelyBSoD has to be a good thing. Next, Xing team up with Corel to give Linux users a DVD player (hrrmmm. trying to decide if you can have too much of a 'good' thing).
How to clog Slashdot with all the members of the Anti-troll alliance. Who moderated this up, but I appreciate your sense of humour. This guy MUST be taking the piss, or else it's BG posting as an AC.
Errr.. and how much do you have to pay for kernel 2.4.0? Despite the fact that it will probably be of a higher quality than Win2000, and have any bugs fixed fast and won't require a more powerful PC, it will cost nothing. I am a Linux zealot because I've been required to pay $150 for Win95 (these are European prices), $300 for Office 97 and $150 for for Win98, all of which has been sub-standard due to the monopoly control that MS has. And before you tell me that I don't require these, my accountant uses Office and needs an Excel spreadsheet of my accounts, and when I'm looking for work, my CV (or resume if you prefer) has to be in Word format. So until I discovered Linux, I was stuck with a 1980s Skoda of an operating system instead of a 1990s BMW. MS only have themselves to blame when they get criticized; they've pissed a lot of people off.