Msft won't ever supply what the EU is actually asking. Msft prefers to play games, and waste time, while bill is working in the background to undermine the EU's authority.
Novell is basically Ximian now. Top execs at novl just want $$, they don't give a crap about the company.
You can be sure that a lot of msft $$ will find it's way into the pockets of top novl execs. That is all the execs care about, the execs are not on some idealistic crusade.
It has been known for decades. It seems like everything to do with IT at the federal level is out of date, and out of whack.
Ever work with civil servants? If you managed a bunch of federal IT workers, you would have a low opinion of USA IT workers also.
But, I have worked with engineers, and techies, from the USA and abroad, and in my experience, USA engineers and tech workers are as smart as those from anywhere. At least in the corporate world.
The lack of specificity is the most damaging. Clearly msft's game is to flood the media with vauge innuendo about linux being a legal mine field. A lie told often enough is the truth. If msft were specific, their claims could be evaluted and appropriate actions taken.
I have realitives that are nurses, and they make more with their two year degree than I make with eight years of college (math, comp sci, bus.) and 27 years of professional experience.
>>According to Dvorak, it's only a matter of time before Linux is 'cracked' by Microsoft, meaning Microsoft figures out a way to run proprietary code on it."
I used to have some respect for Dvorak, about 20 years ago. Has he encounted some sort of brain damage since then? Any idiot could write better articles.
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It seems like Ruby was supposed to take over the world two years ago. Now, I just hear about Ruby once in a while.
Maybe Ruby is a more established language now, so it doesn't get the same hype?
Do they mean actually computer *science* or IT? Does the article mean that it's a good idea to get a BSCS? Or that it's a good idea to be a programmer?
Jobs galore? What kind of jobs?
The article is so vauge that I just don't get the point.
IMO: a BSCS is as expensive and difficult as an engineering degree, but as worthless a degree in libral arts. Yes, there are plenty of crap jobs in IT; but you would do *much* better to go into a real profession like medicine, law, or engineering. The late 90s are over, IT is back to being the dogs that everybody kicks around.
Few web-hosters have python to begin then. Then I read that for python to perform well requires mod_python 3.X, which in turn requires Apache 2.X. Practically no web-hosters use apache 2.x.
Popular frameworks like TurboGears, or Django, also require mod_python 3.x and apache 2.x.
No problem if you are developing internally, but if you want a hosted solution, I'm not sure if python is practical.
I don't like Bush, I didn't vote for him. I don't like the war in Iraq.
But my understanding is that this global warming thing has been known for decades. Besides, what is Bush supposed to do? Tax gasoline up to $20 a gallon?
Linux is good OS from the point of being stable, secure, fast, etc. Ease is use is good, and getting better - better than windows in many cases.
But, you don't run the OS just to run the OS. If the OS doesn't run the hardware/software that you want, then the OS is useless to you. It doesn't matter how "good" the OS is.
The linux community just doesn't get this. Much of the focus of current desktop linux development is on useless eye-candy like transparent window panes, and other hundred distros.
The Linux community just doesn't get it, and probably never will. There are two big obsticles to desktop linux adoption:
1) Software - this is the biggest obsticle. People do not run an OS just to run the OS, no matter beautiful it may be. The point of the OS is to be a platform to run the apps. Without the apps the OS is useless. Apps are critical. And I am sorry to report that Linux trails msft *badly* on the desktop in this regard.
1) Hardware - I can not pick up a piece of x86 hardware and count on it to actually work with linux, even if it has a penguine emblem on the box. All kinds of hardware just do not work with Linux: win-modems, combination print/fax/scan/copy devices, wireless, and more.
Linux looks fine already, and Linux works great. But, on the desktop, Linux does not even begin to compare with windows when it comes to hardware and software compatibility. That is killing linux adoption, far more than anything else.
And don't tell me it's msft's fault. Nobody cares who is at fault. People want what they want.
If it matters, I'm a debian user. I'm using debian right now. But I don't kid myself about wide-spread desktop linux adoption.
I don't really get the *buntu thing. I can set up debian anyway I want. I don't have to download and install another 600MB "upgrade" that doesn't work and breaks everything.
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Msft won't ever supply what the EU is actually asking. Msft prefers to play games, and waste time, while bill is working in the background to undermine the EU's authority.
Novell is basically Ximian now. Top execs at novl just want $$, they don't give a crap about the company.
You can be sure that a lot of msft $$ will find it's way into the pockets of top novl execs. That is all the execs care about, the execs are not on some idealistic crusade.
That'll keep kids in school. Even useless high-school is better than having your legs blown off in a pointless war.
$100MM is nothing to msft. Do you know what it costs to produce just one commercial?
Now there is a legal cloud over all Linux. $100 is a damn cheap way to kill the competition.
What did novell expect? Time to boycott Novell, and GPLv3 should be re-written to forbid these sorts of deals.
It has been known for decades. It seems like everything to do with IT at the federal level is out of date, and out of whack.
Ever work with civil servants? If you managed a bunch of federal IT workers, you would have a low opinion of USA IT workers also.
But, I have worked with engineers, and techies, from the USA and abroad, and in my experience, USA engineers and tech workers are as smart as those from anywhere. At least in the corporate world.
The lack of specificity is the most damaging. Clearly msft's game is to flood the media with vauge innuendo about linux being a legal mine field. A lie told often enough is the truth. If msft were specific, their claims could be evaluted and appropriate actions taken.
Msft = the fud factory.
And the legal team (BSF) that represented scox against msft, now has been paid off by msft to represent scox against msft's old business partner, ibm.
Would it be a good idea?
Specificaly what patents are at issue? Why is this a big secret?
Is this just msft's way of saying: "use redhat and you might be looking at a lawsuit" ??
RedHat is the company that msft hopes to kill, make no mistake about that. When Sun or msft say "Linux" they mean Redhat.
I have realitives that are nurses, and they make more with their two year degree than I make with eight years of college (math, comp sci, bus.) and 27 years of professional experience.
>>According to Dvorak, it's only a matter of time before Linux is 'cracked' by Microsoft, meaning Microsoft figures out a way to run proprietary code on it."
I used to have some respect for Dvorak, about 20 years ago. Has he encounted some sort of brain damage since then? Any idiot could write better articles.
It seems like Ruby was supposed to take over the world two years ago. Now, I just hear about Ruby once in a while.
Maybe Ruby is a more established language now, so it doesn't get the same hype?
Yes, I read TFA.
Do they mean actually computer *science* or IT? Does the article mean that it's a good idea to get a BSCS? Or that it's a good idea to be a programmer?
Jobs galore? What kind of jobs?
The article is so vauge that I just don't get the point.
IMO: a BSCS is as expensive and difficult as an engineering degree, but as worthless a degree in libral arts. Yes, there are plenty of crap jobs in IT; but you would do *much* better to go into a real profession like medicine, law, or engineering. The late 90s are over, IT is back to being the dogs that everybody kicks around.
Msft just wants an excuse to lobby for more H1B slave labor, and to export more US jobs.
You would be a fool to believe anything Bill Gates claims.
Few web-hosters have python to begin then. Then I read that for python to perform well requires mod_python 3.X, which in turn requires Apache 2.X. Practically no web-hosters use apache 2.x.
Popular frameworks like TurboGears, or Django, also require mod_python 3.x and apache 2.x.
No problem if you are developing internally, but if you want a hosted solution, I'm not sure if python is practical.
I don't like Bush, I didn't vote for him. I don't like the war in Iraq.
But my understanding is that this global warming thing has been known for decades. Besides, what is Bush supposed to do? Tax gasoline up to $20 a gallon?
Linux is good OS from the point of being stable, secure, fast, etc. Ease is use is good, and getting better - better than windows in many cases.
But, you don't run the OS just to run the OS. If the OS doesn't run the hardware/software that you want, then the OS is useless to you. It doesn't matter how "good" the OS is.
The linux community just doesn't get this. Much of the focus of current desktop linux development is on useless eye-candy like transparent window panes, and other hundred distros.
Actually, if you follow the link from the blurb, you will find the idea of calorie restriction increasing longevity is contraversial.
A rat will eat itself to death, that doesn't mean that starving yourself makes you live longer.
http://www.e360insight.com/show_case_doc49.pdf
Some schools are banning cell-phones for students, because of text-message cheating, and the like. But phones like this should not be a problem.
The Linux community just doesn't get it, and probably never will. There are two big obsticles to desktop linux adoption:
1) Software - this is the biggest obsticle. People do not run an OS just to run the OS, no matter beautiful it may be. The point of the OS is to be a platform to run the apps. Without the apps the OS is useless. Apps are critical. And I am sorry to report that Linux trails msft *badly* on the desktop in this regard.
1) Hardware - I can not pick up a piece of x86 hardware and count on it to actually work with linux, even if it has a penguine emblem on the box. All kinds of hardware just do not work with Linux: win-modems, combination print/fax/scan/copy devices, wireless, and more.
Linux looks fine already, and Linux works great. But, on the desktop, Linux does not even begin to compare with windows when it comes to hardware and software compatibility. That is killing linux adoption, far more than anything else.
And don't tell me it's msft's fault. Nobody cares who is at fault. People want what they want.
If it matters, I'm a debian user. I'm using debian right now. But I don't kid myself about wide-spread desktop linux adoption.
I don't really get the *buntu thing. I can set up debian anyway I want. I don't have to download and install another 600MB "upgrade" that doesn't work and breaks everything.
Linux just won't do what windows will. Tons of popular apps just won't work on Linux. Lots of popular hardware also.
Maybe biased, some some good points none-the-less:
http://www.linspire.com/linspire_letter.php