It's too bad that software patents can't be abolished. They cause so much harm and discourage innovation and freedom. Thankfully open source and Linux is very adaptive, so hopefully it can be changed to avoid these silly patent suits.
I dumped Microsoft software 3 years ago because I became fed up with having to go home fixing Windows, when that's all I did at work. And boy am I glad I did. Microsoft software is garbage, and the way that they keep customers dependent on them is just appalling. Unfortunately, vendors are so locked in to Windows, that a majority of your top quality software is in Windows. But, software in Linux is also very very good, and is slowly but surely replacing proprietary software. Everybody just needs to bit the bullet and make the switch to Linux and open source. It is good stuff, and very very reliable as well as free as in freedom, not to mention the price is always right at $0.
Microsoft has been at this game for years, to try and spread FUD about all open source software, including Linux. Unfortunately, they have gotten away with collecting lots of royalties from big companies because of it. I hope others won't let them continue to get away with this. Microsoft: You need to simply come out with a better product to compete, you don't need to resort to using the legal system to try and win back market share.
Hopefully users have the ability to enable the buttons again. I know we want to innovate and come up with new features, but PLEASE please please don't take away something permanently. Give users the choice! Let's not make the same mistakes of Microsoft!!!!!!!
The binaries can be written for Linux. Or at least, to run in Wine. Google does it, so Netflix can too. Yeah so Linux is 1% of the desktop market, but this 1% is comprised of millions of users. Esentially Netflix is turning away customers by not having a true cross platform streaming player.
Silverlight is closed source for the most part. Novell attempted to extend it with Moonlight, however Moonlight is not 100% compatible. Some things just don't work. Microsoft will surely keep Silverlight closed source, so in my opinion it would be wise for Netflix to choose another technology that is truly cross platform. They don't seem to care much, as this has been brought to their attention time after time over the past few years, yet they continue to ignore the fact that they are shutting out customers. The problem is, there is no alternative really to Netflix with streaming for Linux and cross platform.
Microsoft can't come up with a better product, so they have to resort to using legal tactics to try and undermine the competition indirectly. Pretty sad. This tells me that they know that their own product stinks, so they have to resort to these tactics to try and force customers to use their products.
Great to see others finally dump Microsoft's over-bloated OS and software, and use something more scalable and efficient, not to mention more AFFORDABLE. Now it's time for Dell to dump ASP.NET on their own website, it's horribly SLOOOOOOW.
I would love for Linux to start making a dent in Microsoft's server market. Who knows, maybe that will even help with Linux in the desktop market too. Personally, Linux has a ton of advantages over Windows. I say this while running both operating systems, and seeing Linux excel over Windows daily.
Thankfully, Linux is not nearly as complicated as Windows. Every time I've messed with Volume Shadow Copy it's turned into a huge headache. Doing similar functions on Linux just work right out of the box. I'd suggest anything that uses rsync, or you could use rsync directly. I use rsync which can synchronize gigs of data over the network, and is smart enough to parse partial sections of files. It's amazing and very efficient. Windows has nothing that even touches this, that I know of.
Yawn... every 2 week the same ol same ol.... Adobe releases security bulletins describing critical security holes. Nothing new here!! I'm surprised that the updates actually affect the Linux versions. Usually, the security holes are only affected for Windows, not Linux.
Windows users are forced to buy and re-buy software. No wonder they don't have anything left! Thankfully us Linux users can keep our wallets tucked away, far from Steve Ballmer.
Oracle has reflected recently that they are looking more at Linux than OpenSolaris. And, they've been pushing MySQL as a direct competitor to Microsoft SQL, so there's clearly a future for MySQL. Hopefully in the end, the Sun acquisition will benefit and create quality open source software backed by a big company. So, they are getting in the game, but which product(s) they choose to use is interesting.
For years I've purchased nVidia cards because of their support for Unix/Linux. Yes there is Noveau (the full open source and integrated driver), however the full nVidia proprietary driver gives excellent performance and it's rock solid. I didn't even know that nVidia had an open source driver of their own. As others stated, there is no need to worry since nVidia will continue to support their proprietary driver. Yes, it's proprietary, but unfortunately we have no other choice when it comes to solid performance. Hopefully someday they might release the code for their proprietary driver and convert it to open source, but I'm guessing that's unlikely.
Software patents have been promoting this type of activity, and it's doing way more harm than good. It's undermining fair competition. It's time we get rid of software patents once and for all. I'm rooting for the Supreme Court to do just this.
http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
As Linux has been fixed to not offend Microsoft's FAT32/VFAT patent. If these companies think that they are voilating this patent, they should do their own research or fix it so that they don't have to pay royalties to Microsoft.
This statement is scary: "this agreement demonstrates our mutual respect for intellectual property as well as our ability to reach pragmatic solutions to IP issues regardless of whether proprietary or open source software is involved." The fact that they brought in open source is scary. And the fact that Amazon is paying Microsoft, only adds to the fire that Microsoft started with their software patent rage. Hopefully, software patents will eventually go away, as it is now being revisited in court. Software patents are giving Microsoft uncompetitive advantages in many areas. It's essentially giving Microsoft monopolistic advantages all over again, after the anti-trust cases of the 1990's.
http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
The thing to remember is no matter what path you take sometimes, there is a learning curve. For instance, using Windows XP and needing to migrate to Windows 7. Or using Office 2003 and upgrading to Office 2007. In both of those cases, there's a learning curve. So, migrating from Windows to Linux, there will be a learning curve. The size of the curve depends on the amount of software they need. But, for operating system only, learning Linux is fairly straightforward. I've deployed Fedora to users that were on Windows XP, and they were instantly at home because they were familiar with Firefox and Thunderbird. They navigated the Gnome menu easily, everything is laid out logically. Next thing I knew they were totally comforable with Linux. Other programs like OpenOffice they had to learn where things are, but it's straightforward. In the end, it should make things easier because you can practically eliminate viruses, spyware, and the everyday nuisances of Windows.
http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
It would be nice if nVidia would just release the driver under the GNU General Public License. That way it could be integrated directly into Linux distributions. In my opinion this would give nVidia a huge advantage. They already have an advantage with excellent support in Unix/Linux, but doing this would take it one step farther. Reverse engineering the Nouveau 3D driver is duplicating the effort, especially when the official driver is already out there and is solid.
Unfortunately, this happens all of the time. Organizations get locked in and they cannot afford to switch to something else. However I find it interesting they concluded that there was no cost savings by switching to open source over the long term. Yes, there are resources put in and costs at first to switch, but in the long run you should be in better shape as you will not ever have to switch again. There are a whole list of hidden savings with open source that many times are not taken into account. Not only cost savings of the software itself, but cost savings from being on an open platform that allows customization and compatibility.
http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
I've used Red Hat Linux since 1997. It's never let me down. Today, I continue using Fedora which is still very well done. It is however cutting edge so it is released every 6 months, so it does have quirks. However that's where Red Hat Enterprise steps in. It's rock solid and has been for years. Red Hat is leading the way with enterprise Linux. It's no wonder that many are making the move from Windows. There are a huge list of reasons why, but I think the bad economy has really pushed companies and individuals to start looking at less expensive alternatives like Linux. How can we forget that just a few years ago, Microsoft actively published reports stating the cost benefit of using Windows. Now that people have a reason to cut costs, the real everyday truth comes out. Microsoft will say anything to make the sale, just like a salesman at your front door. I think more and more are waking up and realizing this.
http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
Linux should (hopefully) dominate on more lightweight hardware, like netbooks. The reason is plain and simple: Windows is too bloated to run on these devices. Microsoft has scammed its customers by stripping away features in Windows 7 Starter Edition to make it less bloated, but is allowing the purchase of another Windows Edition for a price. Shameful. You can count on any Linux distribution installed on a netbook to run efficiently, and be full featured.
http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
I really hope these are true. It's time that people realize that Linux runs FAR more efficiently on hardware than Windows does. Windows is bloated, and as a result cannot run on netbooks nearly as well as Linux. Microsoft has tried to scale down Windows 7 Starter Edition for netbooks, probably to try and trim some of the fat, and also to make more money by making the users pay for more features. It's time that users stop using this plagued Windows software, and use Linux which can do it all. Linux is efficient, free, and does not have any restrictions... it comes with all of the features you want.
http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
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That's great news. Just a clear demonstration of how open source and Firefox make IE look even worse these days.
It's too bad that software patents can't be abolished. They cause so much harm and discourage innovation and freedom. Thankfully open source and Linux is very adaptive, so hopefully it can be changed to avoid these silly patent suits.
I dumped Microsoft software 3 years ago because I became fed up with having to go home fixing Windows, when that's all I did at work. And boy am I glad I did. Microsoft software is garbage, and the way that they keep customers dependent on them is just appalling. Unfortunately, vendors are so locked in to Windows, that a majority of your top quality software is in Windows. But, software in Linux is also very very good, and is slowly but surely replacing proprietary software. Everybody just needs to bit the bullet and make the switch to Linux and open source. It is good stuff, and very very reliable as well as free as in freedom, not to mention the price is always right at $0.
Microsoft has been at this game for years, to try and spread FUD about all open source software, including Linux. Unfortunately, they have gotten away with collecting lots of royalties from big companies because of it. I hope others won't let them continue to get away with this. Microsoft: You need to simply come out with a better product to compete, you don't need to resort to using the legal system to try and win back market share.
Hopefully users have the ability to enable the buttons again. I know we want to innovate and come up with new features, but PLEASE please please don't take away something permanently. Give users the choice! Let's not make the same mistakes of Microsoft!!!!!!!
The binaries can be written for Linux. Or at least, to run in Wine. Google does it, so Netflix can too. Yeah so Linux is 1% of the desktop market, but this 1% is comprised of millions of users. Esentially Netflix is turning away customers by not having a true cross platform streaming player.
Silverlight is closed source for the most part. Novell attempted to extend it with Moonlight, however Moonlight is not 100% compatible. Some things just don't work. Microsoft will surely keep Silverlight closed source, so in my opinion it would be wise for Netflix to choose another technology that is truly cross platform. They don't seem to care much, as this has been brought to their attention time after time over the past few years, yet they continue to ignore the fact that they are shutting out customers. The problem is, there is no alternative really to Netflix with streaming for Linux and cross platform.
Microsoft can't come up with a better product, so they have to resort to using legal tactics to try and undermine the competition indirectly. Pretty sad. This tells me that they know that their own product stinks, so they have to resort to these tactics to try and force customers to use their products.
Great to see others finally dump Microsoft's over-bloated OS and software, and use something more scalable and efficient, not to mention more AFFORDABLE. Now it's time for Dell to dump ASP.NET on their own website, it's horribly SLOOOOOOW.
I would love for Linux to start making a dent in Microsoft's server market. Who knows, maybe that will even help with Linux in the desktop market too. Personally, Linux has a ton of advantages over Windows. I say this while running both operating systems, and seeing Linux excel over Windows daily.
Thankfully, Linux is not nearly as complicated as Windows. Every time I've messed with Volume Shadow Copy it's turned into a huge headache. Doing similar functions on Linux just work right out of the box. I'd suggest anything that uses rsync, or you could use rsync directly. I use rsync which can synchronize gigs of data over the network, and is smart enough to parse partial sections of files. It's amazing and very efficient. Windows has nothing that even touches this, that I know of.
I can't wait until HTML5 so we can get rid of Flash once and for all.
Yawn... every 2 week the same ol same ol.... Adobe releases security bulletins describing critical security holes. Nothing new here!! I'm surprised that the updates actually affect the Linux versions. Usually, the security holes are only affected for Windows, not Linux.
Windows users are forced to buy and re-buy software. No wonder they don't have anything left! Thankfully us Linux users can keep our wallets tucked away, far from Steve Ballmer.
Oracle has reflected recently that they are looking more at Linux than OpenSolaris. And, they've been pushing MySQL as a direct competitor to Microsoft SQL, so there's clearly a future for MySQL. Hopefully in the end, the Sun acquisition will benefit and create quality open source software backed by a big company. So, they are getting in the game, but which product(s) they choose to use is interesting.
For years I've purchased nVidia cards because of their support for Unix/Linux. Yes there is Noveau (the full open source and integrated driver), however the full nVidia proprietary driver gives excellent performance and it's rock solid. I didn't even know that nVidia had an open source driver of their own. As others stated, there is no need to worry since nVidia will continue to support their proprietary driver. Yes, it's proprietary, but unfortunately we have no other choice when it comes to solid performance. Hopefully someday they might release the code for their proprietary driver and convert it to open source, but I'm guessing that's unlikely.
Software patents have been promoting this type of activity, and it's doing way more harm than good. It's undermining fair competition. It's time we get rid of software patents once and for all. I'm rooting for the Supreme Court to do just this. http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
As Linux has been fixed to not offend Microsoft's FAT32/VFAT patent. If these companies think that they are voilating this patent, they should do their own research or fix it so that they don't have to pay royalties to Microsoft.
This statement is scary: "this agreement demonstrates our mutual respect for intellectual property as well as our ability to reach pragmatic solutions to IP issues regardless of whether proprietary or open source software is involved." The fact that they brought in open source is scary. And the fact that Amazon is paying Microsoft, only adds to the fire that Microsoft started with their software patent rage. Hopefully, software patents will eventually go away, as it is now being revisited in court. Software patents are giving Microsoft uncompetitive advantages in many areas. It's essentially giving Microsoft monopolistic advantages all over again, after the anti-trust cases of the 1990's. http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
The thing to remember is no matter what path you take sometimes, there is a learning curve. For instance, using Windows XP and needing to migrate to Windows 7. Or using Office 2003 and upgrading to Office 2007. In both of those cases, there's a learning curve. So, migrating from Windows to Linux, there will be a learning curve. The size of the curve depends on the amount of software they need. But, for operating system only, learning Linux is fairly straightforward. I've deployed Fedora to users that were on Windows XP, and they were instantly at home because they were familiar with Firefox and Thunderbird. They navigated the Gnome menu easily, everything is laid out logically. Next thing I knew they were totally comforable with Linux. Other programs like OpenOffice they had to learn where things are, but it's straightforward. In the end, it should make things easier because you can practically eliminate viruses, spyware, and the everyday nuisances of Windows. http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
It would be nice if nVidia would just release the driver under the GNU General Public License. That way it could be integrated directly into Linux distributions. In my opinion this would give nVidia a huge advantage. They already have an advantage with excellent support in Unix/Linux, but doing this would take it one step farther. Reverse engineering the Nouveau 3D driver is duplicating the effort, especially when the official driver is already out there and is solid.
Unfortunately, this happens all of the time. Organizations get locked in and they cannot afford to switch to something else. However I find it interesting they concluded that there was no cost savings by switching to open source over the long term. Yes, there are resources put in and costs at first to switch, but in the long run you should be in better shape as you will not ever have to switch again. There are a whole list of hidden savings with open source that many times are not taken into account. Not only cost savings of the software itself, but cost savings from being on an open platform that allows customization and compatibility. http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
I've used Red Hat Linux since 1997. It's never let me down. Today, I continue using Fedora which is still very well done. It is however cutting edge so it is released every 6 months, so it does have quirks. However that's where Red Hat Enterprise steps in. It's rock solid and has been for years. Red Hat is leading the way with enterprise Linux. It's no wonder that many are making the move from Windows. There are a huge list of reasons why, but I think the bad economy has really pushed companies and individuals to start looking at less expensive alternatives like Linux. How can we forget that just a few years ago, Microsoft actively published reports stating the cost benefit of using Windows. Now that people have a reason to cut costs, the real everyday truth comes out. Microsoft will say anything to make the sale, just like a salesman at your front door. I think more and more are waking up and realizing this. http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
Linux should (hopefully) dominate on more lightweight hardware, like netbooks. The reason is plain and simple: Windows is too bloated to run on these devices. Microsoft has scammed its customers by stripping away features in Windows 7 Starter Edition to make it less bloated, but is allowing the purchase of another Windows Edition for a price. Shameful. You can count on any Linux distribution installed on a netbook to run efficiently, and be full featured. http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux
I really hope these are true. It's time that people realize that Linux runs FAR more efficiently on hardware than Windows does. Windows is bloated, and as a result cannot run on netbooks nearly as well as Linux. Microsoft has tried to scale down Windows 7 Starter Edition for netbooks, probably to try and trim some of the fat, and also to make more money by making the users pay for more features. It's time that users stop using this plagued Windows software, and use Linux which can do it all. Linux is efficient, free, and does not have any restrictions... it comes with all of the features you want. http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinux