I'm not making an argument, I'm pointing out why GNU/Linux is used. If Stallman didn't throw a fit and demand its usage distros like Debian would just call it Linux. To say otherwise is intellectual dishonesty.
I'm no fan of Sony but I'm even less of a fan of intellectual dishonesty. Cheats before the key release were mostly glitch exploits but now the game has been ruined by hackers. Read about the lobby hack and how hackers can reset your stats. It's a mess.
The problem with the pc is that the game files are accessible.
It's all about what you want and if you don't want cheaters you are better off getting a 360.
I do maintain Windows desktops for friends and family and I haven't seen a virus in over 5 years.
Problem users should be put on limited accounts or at least moved away from IE and pop mail. Putting friends and family on Linux just leads to phone calls about how they actually need software x or now need your help getting a scanner working.
Servers running IIS or Apache with admins behind them are too much work for criminals. There are currently Java exploitation kits on the black market that nail users every time. That is just from users having updates off, not new exploits.
Software that had the source available predated the GPL.
Stallman has created an open source ideology that includes his own warped definition of "Freedom" and compares proprietary developers to violent criminals. But you are questioning my sanity? Have fun following his tech cult, you probably have nothing better to do.
Not ignorance but a more accurate description. It's an open source license that requires derivative work to also be open. That's a technical, non-political description.
Proprietary software allows freedom for the developer and users. Users are free to run the software and developers are free to charge without having to give the source away. This is the best possible balance of freedom.
Closed source drivers would decrease the quality? Then why does everyone prefer the proprietary NVIDIA drivers?
But it doesn't matter anyways since the Linux is already dead on the desktop. Linux is too far behind, it should have allowed binary drivers when it had a chance.
but I realize Slashdot isn't interested in benchmarks when it comes to taking cheap shots at M$. Let's try to get in a few more Vista bashes while we can.
No it is rhetoric and you have simply adapted his lexicon.
His movement is real but that the doesn't change his cynical manipulation of language. He could have been more accurate in his description of GPL goals but instead portrays it all in "freedoms" to elevate its importance. He reminds of "freedom fighters" who just want a changing of the guard. Stallman is for a long list of restrictions on open source, the only license that deserves to call itself free is FreeBSD.
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After all this time the FOSS brigade is supposed to rally around Apache? Where is the Linux desktop?
I'm not making an argument, I'm pointing out why GNU/Linux is used. If Stallman didn't throw a fit and demand its usage distros like Debian would just call it Linux. To say otherwise is intellectual dishonesty.
We all know what it means, and most of us don't use it. It's just Stallman trying to ride a successful brand name.
X is for xtreme.
The 69 is sexy and far ahead of the other browsers.
Yes I am a marketing genius.
Don't you mean usually doesn't work?
by Slashdotters who want to believe that key release didn't cause any real damage.
http://www.binplay.com/2011/01/mw2-ruined-by-ps3-jailbreak.html
All Sony's fault eh? Has nothing to do with Geo deciding to release the keys? Did the ps3 owners who paid for MW2 get what they deserved?
I'm no fan of Sony but I'm even less of a fan of intellectual dishonesty. Cheats before the key release were mostly glitch exploits but now the game has been ruined by hackers. Read about the lobby hack and how hackers can reset your stats. It's a mess.
At some point there will be consoles that are unhackable. Console security is refined over time just like server security.
The problem with the pc is that the game files are accessible. It's all about what you want and if you don't want cheaters you are better off getting a 360.
they have a heavily discounted version for the Chinese market
Because it is much easier to get 10k credit cards through trojans, especially when so many janets and johns have updates turned off.
By your logic Windows Server should be the best target, and yet criminals are going after users. Why is that?
Did you forget about this story already?
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/09/20/0217204/Linux-Kernel-Exploit-Busily-Rooting-64-Bit-Machines?from=rss
That exploit left a lot of web hosts hacked. If Windows Server is so insecure then why is MSN never hacked?
I do maintain Windows desktops for friends and family and I haven't seen a virus in over 5 years.
Problem users should be put on limited accounts or at least moved away from IE and pop mail. Putting friends and family on Linux just leads to phone calls about how they actually need software x or now need your help getting a scanner working.
Servers running IIS or Apache with admins behind them are too much work for criminals. There are currently Java exploitation kits on the black market that nail users every time. That is just from users having updates off, not new exploits.
Software that had the source available predated the GPL.
Stallman has created an open source ideology that includes his own warped definition of "Freedom" and compares proprietary developers to violent criminals. But you are questioning my sanity? Have fun following his tech cult, you probably have nothing better to do.
The server room but not servers. SBS is a big seller.
they already predicted the death of netbooks, a few years after predicting a netbook revolution.
Free Software is an inaccurate political term. Open source is more accurate and has been around before the GPL was created.
The GPL is an open source license. That is how it would be classified from a scientific basis, not from Stallman's own rhetoric.
they are too late. Meego needed to come out before WP7.
Not ignorance but a more accurate description. It's an open source license that requires derivative work to also be open. That's a technical, non-political description.
Proprietary software allows freedom for the developer and users. Users are free to run the software and developers are free to charge without having to give the source away. This is the best possible balance of freedom.
See I can use freedom rhetoric as well.
Closed source drivers would decrease the quality? Then why does everyone prefer the proprietary NVIDIA drivers?
But it doesn't matter anyways since the Linux is already dead on the desktop. Linux is too far behind, it should have allowed binary drivers when it had a chance.
but I realize Slashdot isn't interested in benchmarks when it comes to taking cheap shots at M$. Let's try to get in a few more Vista bashes while we can.
I'd like to see some proof that the slow copy in Vista (which was fixed before sp1) was caused by a DRM bug.
I've never heard of Windows not recognizing a USB keyboard. Why don't you cite the hardware or we'll assume you are just trolling for Linux
No it is rhetoric and you have simply adapted his lexicon.
His movement is real but that the doesn't change his cynical manipulation of language. He could have been more accurate in his description of GPL goals but instead portrays it all in "freedoms" to elevate its importance. He reminds of "freedom fighters" who just want a changing of the guard. Stallman is for a long list of restrictions on open source, the only license that deserves to call itself free is FreeBSD.