If the point of the computer is to run a few applications then that is a needlessly expensive way of doing it. Buy a $300 Toshiba and put the wife on a limited account. Done and done.
If is Microsoft were to somehow die in 5 years (Alien invasion?) some company would build a new c# platform because companies would pay for one. All the existing c# code would not be discarded for another language.
He claimed Visual Studio automates everything, which is uninformed bullshit. You might as well claim that power drills will build houses once you plug them in.
Write all your programs in ASM then. It would only take you 100x longer and for your typical Windows application no one will be able to tell the difference.
Visual Studio does not write code for you anymore than Eclipse. Yes it lets you design the interface with drag n drop components but you still have to write the code. You can create.NET applications with a text editor but that would be a complete waste of time. But you could probably impress a clueless PHB.
Just poor analogies and baseless statements. Another idiot that thinks.NET magically does everything for you. If it could it would be even more popular that it is today. C# is more or less an improved Java. Does he have a hamburger analogy for Java as well? PHBs should never, ever write about programming languages or platforms.
Do people take janitorial jobs because they love them? Your outlook is naive. There are millions of IT jobs that no one likes but people do them because they pay the bills.
As for the desktop I've been reading claims here about how Linux is growing for years. Every year there is a story about a government or business switching but Linux just sits at 1%. The current strategy isn't working.
Some day, MacOS might be like Linux is today. Although Steve probably won't let it.
You whine about "unfriendly package management" but that's the part of Linux that has always been light years ahead of MacOS....of all the things to try and elevate MacOS over, that's the dumbest. Ease up on the cool-aid.
I have no problem with package management but then I have experience tracking dependency breaks. New users shouldn't have to resolve dependencies but it happens with all distros. Distros also have a history of breaking hardware with updates.
You claim Linux is light years ahead but didn't provide any specifics. OSX is Unix underneath but with a proper interface. As for kool-aid I don't use OSX on the desktop, I use Windows. Linux is useful on servers but sucks as a desktop OS.
But who can argue with 12 years at 1%. What a tremendous success, now Slashdot please mod me down and anyone who criticizes it. Let's just keep doing that for another 12 years and hope something changes.
Citation needed? It's obviously a subjective opinion and one that I base on seeing how many times package management systems have left users with broken software. Go visit Ubuntu forums for some good examples. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1486437
I don't consider it anymore rude than a neighbor not wanting me to inspect their their backyard. It's not my business. Stallman can declare a right to inspect code or backyards but I don't have to recognize it.
As for copyright it allows software to be written with a business model that is far more successful than anything the open source world has to offer. Preventing duplication allows the software company to recoup R&D. The GPL itself makes use of copyright
Linux has only given competition to desktop Windows on netbooks. Linux has been a paper tiger on the desktop and I'm sick of all the defenses and excuses for it. Maybe it needs to die and then be reborn as Android.
That is the bitter truth that needs to be swallowed. Apple has had greater success with OS X even though Linux is free.
I realize this is Slashdot but I think it is time that the Linux defenders gave it a break for a while. Let the Linux critics have their say. When it comes to the desktop Linux is stuck on stupid.
OS X is what Linux should have been in 2003. The endless desktop/distro wars, user unfriendly package management system and GPL purists have all helped keep Linux at 1%. Good job guys.
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If the point of the computer is to run a few applications then that is a needlessly expensive way of doing it. Buy a $300 Toshiba and put the wife on a limited account. Done and done.
No one is motivated to work on converting poorly written cobol. Some jobs require cash to get done, that's just reality.
If is Microsoft were to somehow die in 5 years (Alien invasion?) some company would build a new c# platform because companies would pay for one. All the existing c# code would not be discarded for another language.
He claimed Visual Studio automates everything, which is uninformed bullshit. You might as well claim that power drills will build houses once you plug them in.
How do you write code by just pointing and clicking? I keep clicking on Visual Studio buttons and it hasn't written the program for me.
Write all your programs in ASM then. It would only take you 100x longer and for your typical Windows application no one will be able to tell the difference.
I make my own nails and pound them in with my fists. I also knife fight and hunt squirrels. You may beat me in productivity but not in awesomeness.
Visual Studio does not write code for you anymore than Eclipse. Yes it lets you design the interface with drag n drop components but you still have to write the code. You can create .NET applications with a text editor but that would be a complete waste of time. But you could probably impress a clueless PHB.
So is the CLR.
Now stick your head back in your ass.
Just poor analogies and baseless statements. Another idiot that thinks .NET magically does everything for you. If it could it would be even more popular that it is today. C# is more or less an improved Java. Does he have a hamburger analogy for Java as well? PHBs should never, ever write about programming languages or platforms.
Yea I like how he didn't cite any code examples and just talked about hamburgers.
They could exist another 20 years solely on their savings. Same for Apple. I read somewhere that MS makes the same as Red Hat in a week.
Do people take janitorial jobs because they love them? Your outlook is naive. There are millions of IT jobs that no one likes but people do them because they pay the bills.
The 1% comes from web stats.
http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-na-monthly-201002-201102
Why was this modded down? Screw reality?
shhhhhhh you'll mess with slashdot group think
Well the server competition goes without saying.
As for the desktop I've been reading claims here about how Linux is growing for years. Every year there is a story about a government or business switching but Linux just sits at 1%. The current strategy isn't working.
Some day, MacOS might be like Linux is today. Although Steve probably won't let it.
You whine about "unfriendly package management" but that's the part of Linux that has always been light years ahead of MacOS. ...of all the things to try and elevate MacOS over, that's the dumbest. Ease up on the cool-aid.
I have no problem with package management but then I have experience tracking dependency breaks. New users shouldn't have to resolve dependencies but it happens with all distros. Distros also have a history of breaking hardware with updates.
You claim Linux is light years ahead but didn't provide any specifics. OSX is Unix underneath but with a proper interface. As for kool-aid I don't use OSX on the desktop, I use Windows. Linux is useful on servers but sucks as a desktop OS.
But who can argue with 12 years at 1%. What a tremendous success, now Slashdot please mod me down and anyone who criticizes it. Let's just keep doing that for another 12 years and hope something changes.
Citation needed? It's obviously a subjective opinion and one that I base on seeing how many times package management systems have left users with broken software. Go visit Ubuntu forums for some good examples.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1486437
I don't consider it anymore rude than a neighbor not wanting me to inspect their their backyard. It's not my business. Stallman can declare a right to inspect code or backyards but I don't have to recognize it.
As for copyright it allows software to be written with a business model that is far more successful than anything the open source world has to offer. Preventing duplication allows the software company to recoup R&D. The GPL itself makes use of copyright
Linux has only given competition to desktop Windows on netbooks. Linux has been a paper tiger on the desktop and I'm sick of all the defenses and excuses for it. Maybe it needs to die and then be reborn as Android.
That is the bitter truth that needs to be swallowed. Apple has had greater success with OS X even though Linux is free.
I realize this is Slashdot but I think it is time that the Linux defenders gave it a break for a while. Let the Linux critics have their say. When it comes to the desktop Linux is stuck on stupid.
OS X is what Linux should have been in 2003. The endless desktop/distro wars, user unfriendly package management system and GPL purists have all helped keep Linux at 1%. Good job guys.
Correct, it falls on even years.