What is the compelling reason to spend all that money just to make your life more difficult? Why do you want a default format that nobody else uses? What is the killer feature that justifies all the time, expense, and trouble? "Fresher interface" ?? WTF that that mean, and who cares?
If you already have office 2K+, I see no reason to switch to openoffice (unless you want to move to windows). But why on earth would you even consider "upgrading" ?? I can't imagine a less worthwhile "upgrade."
I work for a company that filters spam. We have to block big blocks of spammers now and again. To get off our blocked list, companies just have to stop the spammers. It usually just take a few days.
Why does slashdot, or anybody, consider Paul Murphy to be anything more than another idiot blogger? Are Murphy articles posted here as a sort of troll? Murphy is about as knowledgable and object as Enderle.
Windows has them, Linux doesn't. You don't have a computer just to run the OS. If a computer won't run the apps and hardware that you need to run, then it's useless, no matter how good the OS may be.
Linux developers don't get this, and probably never will. Linux developers think we need hundreds of different Linux distros, instead of one distro that actually runs the hw/sw that the people demand.
"The X Files" series ended shortly after the movie. The box office failure of "Serenity" insured that the "Firefly" series would not be brought back. I suspect "The Simpsons" movie may prove to be a swan song also.
As I understand it, business usually have contracts with HP or Dell to replace all their PCs once ever 3 - 5 years. Businesses get whatever the current OS is, at the time.
So, the lack of immediate upgrading may have nothing to do with Vistas performance, or businesses opinions of Vista.
MIT is just about the toughest university on earth. I doubt that those who are accepted to MIT are average people. I would think that those accepted to MIT are much smarter, and much more disciplined, that the average joe six-pack.
That may, or may not, skew the resultes of this test. But, MIT students are clearly not an average cross-section.
Years ago, I decided to use yahoo for almost everything. Not because yahoo the best at everything, but yahoo gave me "one stop shopping." Now yahoo is mucking evrything up so bad, I am feeling forced to leave.
I gave up yahoo search, in favor of google. I have left yahoo message boards after they screwed those up. Now their photos section is seeming just as badly borked. I don't like the way yahoo's mail editor works now either, especially when it comes to cut-and-paste.
Yahoo used to be all server based, and everything just worked. Now it's all javascript cr@p, that looks fancy, but sucks.
Remember Skiba? He was an analyst from Dutsche who - in deference to all logic and evidence - predicted that scox would climb to $45/share. For those who don't watch stock prices, scox is about $1 a share now.
If your not a gamer, then W2K is the best OS msft ever developed. Essentially the same kernel as XP, but without the default fisher-price interface. W2K is fast and stable, runs great on my five year old hardware.
I manage to keep my system secure without ms-defender.
Why do slashdotters so often act like "suing your own custormers" is an atrosity? It isn't, in fact it's common.
I'm a bit surprised at the reaction because, I would think that there are high-level consultants on/. What do you do if a client does not pay on time, or otherwise breaks the contract? Sure you try to work things out, but sometimes you can't.
I use windows and debian linux myself. I am sick to death of msft's bullsh!t, and I have switched entirely to ODF.
As you may know, there is an ms-office plugin for ODF, but there is not a way to read ms-office-2007 file formats on Mac. And there will not be a way until, at least, late march.
Ask a real cop about the likelyhood a "Lethal Weapon" type character. Mel's character would shoot about 40 people on a slow day, then be right back to work the next day.
Ask a real airline pilot about these airline movies (with the exception of "Airplane").
These medical and legal shows are also a joke to the real pros.
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What is the compelling reason to spend all that money just to make your life more difficult? Why do you want a default format that nobody else uses? What is the killer feature that justifies all the time, expense, and trouble? "Fresher interface" ?? WTF that that mean, and who cares?
If you already have office 2K+, I see no reason to switch to openoffice (unless you want to move to windows). But why on earth would you even consider "upgrading" ?? I can't imagine a less worthwhile "upgrade."
In fact, as far progress for foss goes, I think I would rather see them using them msft.
In terms of fuel consumption, and air pollution, is it better to have one huge powerful engine, or two or more less powerful engines?
I work for a company that filters spam. We have to block big blocks of spammers now and again. To get off our blocked list, companies just have to stop the spammers. It usually just take a few days.
Why does slashdot, or anybody, consider Paul Murphy to be anything more than another idiot blogger? Are Murphy articles posted here as a sort of troll? Murphy is about as knowledgable and object as Enderle.
Windows has them, Linux doesn't. You don't have a computer just to run the OS. If a computer won't run the apps and hardware that you need to run, then it's useless, no matter how good the OS may be.
Linux developers don't get this, and probably never will. Linux developers think we need hundreds of different Linux distros, instead of one distro that actually runs the hw/sw that the people demand.
They tried to make it look like it was video-taped documentury. But, IMO, it just seemed unbearably pretensious.
"The X Files" series ended shortly after the movie. The box office failure of "Serenity" insured that the "Firefly" series would not be brought back. I suspect "The Simpsons" movie may prove to be a swan song also.
As I understand it, business usually have contracts with HP or Dell to replace all their PCs once ever 3 - 5 years. Businesses get whatever the current OS is, at the time.
So, the lack of immediate upgrading may have nothing to do with Vistas performance, or businesses opinions of Vista.
MIT is just about the toughest university on earth. I doubt that those who are accepted to MIT are average people. I would think that those accepted to MIT are much smarter, and much more disciplined, that the average joe six-pack.
That may, or may not, skew the resultes of this test. But, MIT students are clearly not an average cross-section.
It doesn't even take off from the ground.
Years ago, I decided to use yahoo for almost everything. Not because yahoo the best at everything, but yahoo gave me "one stop shopping." Now yahoo is mucking evrything up so bad, I am feeling forced to leave.
I gave up yahoo search, in favor of google. I have left yahoo message boards after they screwed those up. Now their photos section is seeming just as badly borked. I don't like the way yahoo's mail editor works now either, especially when it comes to cut-and-paste.
Yahoo used to be all server based, and everything just worked. Now it's all javascript cr@p, that looks fancy, but sucks.
There are a million ways to get to the same results. If I don't do things the same way as you, am I wrong?
Univerities do a lot of strange stuff to get extra government funding. I am a little suspecious here.
No other reason. It was the only upgrade path from ms-dos.
Msft is absolutely masterful at the vendor-lock game.
Dutsche Bank is as dirty as they come:
http://www.dbankfraudinfocenter.com/
Remember Skiba? He was an analyst from Dutsche who - in deference to all logic and evidence - predicted that scox would climb to $45/share. For those who don't watch stock prices, scox is about $1 a share now.
Hook up some sort of powered fan to any hot-air balloon, and you would have the same thing.
Wouldn't you?
I can live without office-2007 and Zune.
If your not a gamer, then W2K is the best OS msft ever developed. Essentially the same kernel as XP, but without the default fisher-price interface. W2K is fast and stable, runs great on my five year old hardware.
I manage to keep my system secure without ms-defender.
That reads something like: "We proudly support Redhat, Suse, and Scox."
It would reasonably assumed that they don't support anything else.
I had no idea it was good for my car.
It's early where I am, so I'm sorry if I'm not fully awake.
But, I thought that when hydrogen was combined with oxygen, it turned back into water. No?
Why do slashdotters so often act like "suing your own custormers" is an atrosity? It isn't, in fact it's common.
/. What do you do if a client does not pay on time, or otherwise breaks the contract? Sure you try to work things out, but sometimes you can't.
I'm a bit surprised at the reaction because, I would think that there are high-level consultants on
I use windows and debian linux myself. I am sick to death of msft's bullsh!t, and I have switched entirely to ODF.
As you may know, there is an ms-office plugin for ODF, but there is not a way to read ms-office-2007 file formats on Mac. And there will not be a way until, at least, late march.
Just wondering what you guys think.
check, free press - check, guns - check? . . .
I am the only one who feels that the USA is becoming "the land of the free" in name only?
Just in the last 5 years or so, many of our most basic rights have been substantially eroded.
Anybody here get better than an honest 100mbs from their ISP?
It would seem to me that your online connection speed would be the real bottleneck.
And everything else.
Ask a real cop about the likelyhood a "Lethal Weapon" type character. Mel's character would shoot about 40 people on a slow day, then be right back to work the next day.
Ask a real airline pilot about these airline movies (with the exception of "Airplane").
These medical and legal shows are also a joke to the real pros.