Being a partner in a company that recruits Linux and networking techs, for all sorts of companies, I have seen this happen all too often in the internet/.com's. I now follow a different tack. I research any company that wants candidates from my company and try to get an idea of just how solvent and stable they are before sending people to them. I have saved myself and a number of good people alot of heartache this way! When you are dealing with people's ability to their bills, feed their kid's and survive it hits home.
I suspect your brand new Windows box will come with a collection of "lite-ware" or "barely there ware" if you prefer.It will do very basic stuff but to get the real function's you will have to rent. An example would be an office suite that prints but does not allow you to fax.Perhaps a spread-sheet that allows limited calculations or cells.Or maybe the whole lot will be on a free trial basis and just time-out on you.
I personally believe.Net will be Ballmer's Waterloo.He & Microsoft have *grossly* over estimated the average users bandwith (no we don't all have cable,dsl or T-1's!).The downloads will be horrible in respect to time & disconnects.Hell it will make the average AOL connection look downright speedy..;)
On the flip side...a great day for GNU/Linux and Open Source as people flock to distro's that offer ease of install & FULL applications.
If you were to reveal insider information about your former (or current) employer,slander someone or threaten someone you could very well be in deep water.Hey..common sense applies.
At the time I worked for a major reseller of hardware & software and man it was unreal! Phones ringing off the hooks. We are not just talking some back up zip stuff and tapes but whole back up servers and systems. I saw companies spend millions in plain fear. I say fear because frankly the newer stuff could "fail" just as fast as the old when it came right down to it.
Who gained? Media for a story they could hype for a full year prior to the mostly non-event. Resellers who had a field day. IT people who saw this as a great opportunity to get new hardware on the pretense of "safety".The whole American economy from the surge of tech buying. I wonder if the current down swing in tech stocks were, in part, due to a far more cynical viewpoint after Y2K that just kept on rolling.
I have used Linux for 3 years (along with Windows and Mac's for much longer).They all can suck at times.There is NO perfect O/S.
However-that being said-Linux sucks far less. I get alot of info and questions answered with dejanews and just plain bedtime reading!Que publishes a book called Using Linux that is my bible.If you want to really learn you have to be prepared to study and read.There are no shortcuts worth taking.If that slows Linux down on the average users desktop-so be it.
Frankly I believe Linux is ready right now for the average desktop.The problem is it has to come *pre-loaded* and ready to go like Windows and Mac's.That's the kicker.Until the average user can walk into their local computer super-store and see all the dual-boot machines loaded up and ready to go it's not going to happen!Plain and simple people will use whatever O/S is on the machine.
I have been with a company for 3 years.the way they work (at least here) is you have the "option" to buy x number of shares each six months at whatever the current price is.The company buys the shares and holds them.When you sell (in part or whole)the company then *deducts* the price they paid from the current market price.I get the difference.If the stock price zooms (mine did once) you can make out pretty nice.If it just limps along (our current state)you got zip.There have been times,had I sold,I would have *owed* money.Of course I don't work for a hot Linux company (alas).You have to look at the track record (if the company has one)and figure where this stock/company is heading.Today's latest and greatest can be tomorrow's Betamax:p
Them and the freaks trying to patent the name "Linux". A bunch of maggots come to feed. They offer no value, no give back to the community, no nothing.The Linux community has chance to actually affect the quality and tone of Linux.The windoze world has swimming in crapware,buggy software & the like. Here is Linux new and shiny and under the loving influence of the community that built it.We should not let the vermin in to pillage and plunder !
Firt off I live in what is considered a rural area of Arizona.We have your basic local ISP and one or two major pop's (MSN & AOL).The next big thing here will be "wireless" which will be signals bounced off satellite to local towers then to a small disk that will signal to a special modem much like wireless cable for TV.So far we have two companies that will duke it out on this front.All well and good.
Now for true public wireless someone has to have that satellite (or permission to use it),the towers and the hardware to get all this going.Right off the bat my cynical mind tells me this is going to cost some major investment.Of course I am only looking at the one facet of wireless that I am aware of.
We have seen that there is almost nothing truly free when it comes to the nuts and bolts of the Internet.Most free ISP's have gone down or you must pay some price (scrolling advertisements,limited access,etc).I would welcome a truly free,uncensored,open way to access the Internet and be in a really open enviroment but I simply do not see who will foot the bill.
Alright I love any news that the Big Boys are getting behind Linux but let's deal with everyday life here. I work for a major catalog reseller of computers -Compaq,IBM,Toshiba,HP,etc.Many of which have pledged their support,in one fashion or another,for Linux.We sell many major servers and configurations.I have *yet* to see Linux offered on a single one as an option.It's NT or Netware.I have yet to see any vendor (we get all of them peddling the latest and greatest..)even mention Linux in their pitch.I am one of the few who jump on them about it and it's the same response "oh yeah you can get that too" or "uh? Linux?". Lip service is all well and good but I want to see real live flip the switch hardware! Hell I want to see Linux running on PC's in CompUSA!
Well...Doom never went away & there are about a million wads to prove it.This will be really interesting if a bunch of Doom fanatics plunge in and create a far better GPL version than ever was.I am not sure how far an older engine can be pushed but it would be very cool to see an old classic reborn in new clothes!
Yeah..I use it to.I enjoy using Linux in the "belly of the beast" so to speak.When I first called their tech support I spoke to 3 people in a row that swore you could not connect to MSN with a Linux box.Yeah right. I really enjoy calling them when their service glitches and reading them the output from "tail -f/var/log/ messages";)
They both show so much promise! KFM is all you say but I have never been able to get it to accept a cookie-that blows email on the Web.Mozilla has great potential but alas lags sooo far behind the Winbloat/Netscape pair.Looks like I'll bite the bullet and shell out $35.00 for Opera...if that ever comes to pass.
Let's get email address & voicemails & start the 'Ol/. effect !
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"Further, easyLinux is strongly restricted to specific tools and programs, to protect the beginner from the killing diversity of applications, that nearly all do the same thing."
I must be getting paranoid.I keep thinking..just replace the name "easyLinux" with "Windows". Yes diversity kills! My God you may be put in a situation where you might *learn* something.Have to ask questions,read a man page or hack it your self . All joking aside I suppose, if Linux is to migrate to the desktops of the world, install's must become more user friendly.I just have a concern that, if you hide the dirty details of what goes on under the hood from the average user, you are becoming like the other big O/S's that keep the user deaf,dumb & blind. Ah well..maybe it's time for Prozac in my diet.
Unix begat Linux but the child is growing and it's time to cut the cord.Linux is destined for the desktops and laptops of the world..Unix is not. Unix has been and will always be geared for the enterprise.Linux can do both.I also detect a touch of envy in his comments...when did Unix get so much good press..or any press for that matter.
Hey - he invented all this Internet stuff right? Well he should damn well be held accountable. The media-ever the arm chair philosophers-are just using the new whipping boy on the block. Wonder how they explain the inner city violence at schools where the kids are too poor to have the Internet? I am learning to dispise the media.
Great move! I work for a major catalog computer reseller and will do my tiny part to support them by pushing their products above all others.I not only vote with my wallet...I vote with other peoples wallets !!
But the sad fact is that there are all too many "tech snobs" among us. This-ready to flame at the drop of a hat-does as much to add to the general FUD of Linux as anything Mr. Bill spouts. Ever try to ask a question about KDE, for example, in IRC? You get roasted by the anti-gui crowd.Ask about Redhat and the Slackware crowd jumps on you..and on and on.Windows is seen as "everyones o/s" and that is one of the things that keeps it on 85% of the desktops for better or worse. The Linux community, to a degree, does not welcome newbies.
Of course..it's so freaking plain! Uncle Willy has taken a chapter(pun intended) from the Open Source movement and is releasing the code in *printed* form! What the Hell else could be in those 24 volumes? Seriously...maybe this is why 2000 is overdue,overhyped and bloated like Willy's bank account..he's locked himself up in his lakeside mansion and gone serious "artist" on the world.
Don't forget the "Win" in Wintel.Mr.Bill wants to charge a yearly license fee for his new 'doze 2000 and what better way to keep tabs on his investment.Can't have folks passing around the cd now can we? Let's see..to push it past the public we will need to utter the magic mantra.."it fights kiddie porn" and let's throw in.."it will help update your software so you won't have to think about it"..for good measure.
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Being a partner in a company that recruits Linux and networking techs, for all sorts of companies, I have seen this happen all too often in the internet/.com's. I now follow a different tack. I research any company that wants candidates from my company and try to get an idea of just how solvent and stable they are before sending people to them. I have saved myself and a number of good people alot of heartache this way! When you are dealing with people's ability to their bills, feed their kid's and survive it hits home.
I suspect your brand new Windows box will come with a collection of "lite-ware" or "barely there ware" if you prefer.It will do very basic stuff but to get the real function's you will have to rent. An example would be an office suite that prints but does not allow you to fax.Perhaps a spread-sheet that allows limited calculations or cells.Or maybe the whole lot will be on a free trial basis and just time-out on you.
.Net will be Ballmer's Waterloo.He & Microsoft have *grossly* over estimated the average users bandwith (no we don't all have cable,dsl or T-1's!).The downloads will be horrible in respect to time & disconnects.Hell it will make the average AOL connection look downright speedy.. ;)
I personally believe
On the flip side...a great day for GNU/Linux and Open Source as people flock to distro's that offer ease of install & FULL applications.
If you were to reveal insider information about your former (or current) employer,slander someone or threaten someone you could very well be in deep water.Hey..common sense applies.
Get a life and stay on topic.
At the time I worked for a major reseller of hardware & software and man it was unreal! Phones ringing off the hooks. We are not just talking some back up zip stuff and tapes but whole back up servers and systems. I saw companies spend millions in plain fear. I say fear because frankly the newer stuff could "fail" just as fast as the old when it came right down to it.
Who gained? Media for a story they could hype for a full year prior to the mostly non-event. Resellers who had a field day. IT people who saw this as a great opportunity to get new hardware on the pretense of "safety".The whole American economy from the surge of tech buying. I wonder if the current down swing in tech stocks were, in part, due to a far more cynical viewpoint after Y2K that just kept on rolling.
I have used Linux for 3 years (along with Windows and Mac's for much longer).They all can suck at times.There is NO perfect O/S.
However-that being said-Linux sucks far less. I get alot of info and questions answered with dejanews and just plain bedtime reading!Que publishes a book called Using Linux that is my bible.If you want to really learn you have to be prepared to study and read.There are no shortcuts worth taking.If that slows Linux down on the average users desktop-so be it.
Frankly I believe Linux is ready right now for the average desktop.The problem is it has to come *pre-loaded* and ready to go like Windows and Mac's.That's the kicker.Until the average user can walk into their local computer super-store and see all the dual-boot machines loaded up and ready to go it's not going to happen!Plain and simple people will use whatever O/S is on the machine.
I have been with a company for 3 years.the way they work (at least here) is you have the "option" to buy x number of shares each six months at whatever the current price is.The company buys the shares and holds them.When you sell (in part or whole)the company then *deducts* the price they paid from the current market price.I get the difference.If the stock price zooms (mine did once) you can make out pretty nice.If it just limps along (our current state)you got zip.There have been times,had I sold,I would have *owed* money.Of course I don't work for a hot Linux company (alas).You have to look at the track record (if the company has one)and figure where this stock/company is heading.Today's latest and greatest can be tomorrow's Betamax :p
Them and the freaks trying to patent the name "Linux". A bunch of maggots come to feed. They offer no value, no give back to the community, no nothing.The Linux community has chance to actually affect the quality and tone of Linux.The windoze world has swimming in crapware,buggy software & the like. Here is Linux new and shiny and under the loving influence of the community that built it.We should not let the vermin in to pillage and plunder !
Firt off I live in what is considered a rural area of Arizona.We have your basic local ISP and one or two major pop's (MSN & AOL).The next big thing here will be "wireless" which will be signals bounced off satellite to local towers then to a small disk that will signal to a special modem much like wireless cable for TV.So far we have two companies that will duke it out on this front.All well and good.
Now for true public wireless someone has to have that satellite (or permission to use it),the towers and the hardware to get all this going.Right off the bat my cynical mind tells me this is going to cost some major investment.Of course I am only looking at the one facet of wireless that I am aware of.
We have seen that there is almost nothing truly free when it comes to the nuts and bolts of the Internet.Most free ISP's have gone down or you must pay some price (scrolling advertisements,limited access,etc).I would welcome a truly free,uncensored,open way to access the Internet and be in a really open enviroment but I simply do not see who will foot the bill.
and why does he keep saying it?
Alright I love any news that the Big Boys are getting behind Linux but let's deal with everyday life here. I work for a major catalog reseller of computers -Compaq,IBM,Toshiba,HP,etc.Many of which have pledged their support,in one fashion or another,for Linux.We sell many major servers and configurations.I have *yet* to see Linux offered on a single one as an option.It's NT or Netware.I have yet to see any vendor (we get all of them peddling the latest and greatest..)even mention Linux in their pitch.I am one of the few who jump on them about it and it's the same response "oh yeah you can get that too" or "uh? Linux?". Lip service is all well and good but I want to see real live flip the switch hardware! Hell I want to see Linux running on PC's in CompUSA!
Well...Doom never went away & there are about a million wads to prove it.This will be really interesting if a bunch of Doom fanatics plunge in and create a far better GPL version than ever was.I am not sure how far an older engine can be pushed but it would be very cool to see an old classic reborn in new clothes!
Yeah..I use it to.I enjoy using Linux in the "belly of the beast" so to speak.When I first called their tech support I spoke to 3 people in a row that swore you could not connect to MSN with a Linux box.Yeah right. I really enjoy calling them when their service glitches and reading them the output from "tail -f /var/log/ ;)
messages"
They both show so much promise! KFM is all you say
but I have never been able to get it to accept a
cookie-that blows email on the Web.Mozilla has great potential but alas lags sooo far behind the Winbloat/Netscape pair.Looks like I'll bite the bullet and shell out $35.00 for Opera...if that ever comes to pass.
Let's get email address & voicemails & start the 'Ol /. effect !
"Further, easyLinux is strongly restricted to specific tools and programs, to protect the beginner from the killing diversity of applications, that nearly all do the same thing."
I must be getting paranoid.I keep thinking..just replace the name "easyLinux" with "Windows". Yes diversity kills! My God you may be put in a situation where you might *learn* something.Have to ask questions,read a man page or hack it your self . All joking aside I suppose, if Linux is to migrate to the desktops of the world, install's must become more user friendly.I just have a concern that, if you hide the dirty details of what goes on under the hood from the average user, you are becoming like the other big O/S's that keep the user deaf,dumb & blind. Ah well..maybe it's time for Prozac in my diet.
Unix begat Linux but the child is growing and it's time to cut the cord.Linux is destined for the desktops and laptops of the world..Unix is not. Unix has been and will always be geared for the enterprise.Linux can do both.I also detect a touch of envy in his comments...when did Unix get so much good press ..or any press for that matter.
Well...without cookie support that *works* kfm will still be useless at most of my favorite url's. Shame...it's a decent browser other than that.
Hey - he invented all this Internet stuff right? Well he should damn well be held accountable.
The media-ever the arm chair philosophers-are just using the new whipping boy on the block. Wonder how they explain the inner city violence at schools where the kids are too poor to have the Internet? I am learning to dispise the media.
They didn't do a damn thing original.I hate to say it....but the lawyers scored one this time.
This rocks!! Nothing gets marketing peoples attention faster than people saying they are going to buy the product.Money talks.
Great move! I work for a major catalog computer reseller and will do my tiny part to support them by pushing their products above all others.I not only vote with my wallet...I vote with other peoples wallets !!
But the sad fact is that there are all too many "tech snobs" among us. This-ready to flame at the drop of a hat-does as much to add to the general FUD of Linux as anything Mr. Bill spouts. Ever try to ask a question about KDE, for example, in IRC? You get roasted by the anti-gui crowd.Ask about Redhat and the Slackware crowd jumps on you..and on and on.Windows is seen as "everyones o/s" and that is one of the things that keeps it on 85% of the desktops for better or worse. The Linux community, to a degree, does not welcome newbies.
Of course..it's so freaking plain! Uncle Willy has taken a chapter(pun intended) from the Open Source movement and is releasing the code in *printed* form! What the Hell else could be in those 24 volumes? Seriously...maybe this is why 2000 is overdue,overhyped and bloated like Willy's bank account..he's locked himself up in his lakeside mansion and gone serious "artist" on the world.
Don't forget the "Win" in Wintel.Mr.Bill wants to charge a yearly license fee for his new 'doze 2000 and what better way to keep tabs on his investment.Can't have folks passing around the cd now can we? Let's see..to push it past the public we will need to utter the magic mantra.."it fights kiddie porn" and let's throw in .."it will help update your software so you won't have to think about it"..for good measure.