Mod up.
It may be unfair. It may not be a fair evaluation of your capabilities. But it's what employers look for-- certs and degrees. Now if you're really good at salesmanship; at people-networking, at connecting with others, then you can do it.
I disagree. If it works for him then why shouldn't he say so?
As far as the Linux desktop goes, the greatest strengths are also the greatest weaknesses-- all the choices. Windows had the 95 Interface through 95, NT 4, 98, Me, and 2000; then with minor tweaks it was carried over to XP, and even Vista had the option of using Aero. 7 wasn't a radical departure, but 8 will be. It's going to suck wet dead bears and engender every bit as much hatred as GNOME 3 has.
Luddite that I am, I still miss KDE3. But I digress. The Windows interface may not be the best thing since sliced boxer shorts, but it's familiar and it works and everyone knows their way around it.
I was a loyal Matrox customer back in the 90s, because they supported OS/2 fairly well with cards like the Millennium and Mystique (called the "Mistake" because it failed to live up to expectations). I don't believe they're much more than a niche provider in the market today.
No, it isn't of paramount importance. I say this as a Linux user. If this is indeed cyberwarfare by another government then the belligerent will have the resources to create a bug targeting any platform. Yes, *nix security is far more robust, but the weakest link is and always will be the user. PEBKAC.
I had bought a laptop back in the day, a Compaq Presario 1070 preloaded with W95. Upon booting it for the very first time, it wanted me to create a backup using 31 1.44MB floppies.
That was the thing that struck me too. I don't watch TV at all, period, so I don't personally care what they do in that regard. But like you I've watched the resolution of monitors and laptops regress over the past few years. When I bought my last Thinkpad it was hard enough finding a machine without a glossy screen-- to find one with decent resolution (and not pay a thousand-dollar premium) was impossible. If this leads to better monitors then I'm all for it.
What about eating while driving, or lighting a cigarette, or farding (something women do on a distressingly frequent basis)? Distracted driving consists of a passenger, or kids in the back fighting, or eating, or changing the channel on the radio, or a million other things. I hate the person in front of me for not taking off quick enough when the light's green because she's texting on her cell phone as much as the next guy, but singling out phones as the only distraction is wrong.
Nahhhh. It goes back to the Coke guy. "We're not that smart. Or that stupid." On the other hand, it does raise the question; why did Micro$oft release this abortion knowing it'd fail? They KNOW it will. The question is, why are they doing this? Their engineers aren't stupid, but they're hobbled by Marketing. Are the marketing people this clueless? No business will adopt W8. What's going on?
It's a nice idea and a nice fantasy, but the sad fact is even if the ISPs sent someone out to clean off those zombie boxen free of charge they'd be infected worse than a transvestite hooker on Bourbon St again in no time flat. PEBKAC.
I used the words, you betcha I did. It IS crap. It interferes with the user getting his work done in a fast & efficient manner. A desktop is not a tablet. How many times do people need to hear that? Holy Christ, this thing is going to suck wet dead bears-- No business will go NEAR it. And one more thing, if Apple is driving this headlong rush towards smartphone/tablet interfaces being out on desktop (and I'm looking at you too, Ubuntu) then why isn't OSX that way? Metro I mean Modern is shit. You know it and I know it.
Like any self respecting Slashdotter I haven't read the article. Did they talk about the abortion that is Metro (or whatever it's called now)? Whatever they've done under the hood will be nullified by the interface, at least in terms of the user being able to get his work done. I swear, W8 is going to make Millennium and Vista look like resounding successes.
Where does it end? When do the nattering nabobs of 'natural' say we've regressed back enough to the Stone Age so that our lifespans are back to 40 because God forbid we should do anything like use antibiotics, put flouride in the water to stop tooth decay, drive cars, or use air conditioners/heaters?
This reminds me of a one-panel cartoon I saw years & years ago. There are two glum-looking scientists in lab coats surrounded by Bunsen burners and all kinds of test equipment. One is holding a beaker full of liquid and says to the other, "The final results are in. EVERYTHING causes cancer!"
Words fail me. Consider the lack of love (that's a generous term for hatred) for GNOME 3, and now they want to make an OS? I don't understand such hubris. Or maybe they're the smartest people in the world, and we out here in userland are just too dumb to recognize their genius.
I loaded up BeOS back in the day whenever it was. It was pretty slick but I went back to OS/2. That should tell you how badly it lacked applications. My hat's off to the guys working on Haiku in recognition of their skill and dedication, but it seems like at best an academic exercise.
At the risk of going too far off-topic here, let me say I was an OS/2 user and advocate/evangelist back when it came out. MS helped kill it, yes, but the real culprit was IBM itself. They didn't even pre-load it on their *own* computers. To this day I can't figure out why, but in retrospect it appears IBM never really wanted it to succeed except maybe for that brief period right after the release of Warp. I guess eventually someone who worked there back then will retire and write a tell-all book explaining why. IBM really dropped the ball.
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Mod up. It may be unfair. It may not be a fair evaluation of your capabilities. But it's what employers look for-- certs and degrees. Now if you're really good at salesmanship; at people-networking, at connecting with others, then you can do it.
Except they probably did. Ever hear of the "Deathstar" series?
You're part of the problem..
I disagree. If it works for him then why shouldn't he say so?
As far as the Linux desktop goes, the greatest strengths are also the greatest weaknesses-- all the choices. Windows had the 95 Interface through 95, NT 4, 98, Me, and 2000; then with minor tweaks it was carried over to XP, and even Vista had the option of using Aero. 7 wasn't a radical departure, but 8 will be. It's going to suck wet dead bears and engender every bit as much hatred as GNOME 3 has.
Luddite that I am, I still miss KDE3. But I digress. The Windows interface may not be the best thing since sliced boxer shorts, but it's familiar and it works and everyone knows their way around it.
I was a loyal Matrox customer back in the 90s, because they supported OS/2 fairly well with cards like the Millennium and Mystique (called the "Mistake" because it failed to live up to expectations). I don't believe they're much more than a niche provider in the market today.
No, it isn't of paramount importance. I say this as a Linux user. If this is indeed cyberwarfare by another government then the belligerent will have the resources to create a bug targeting any platform. Yes, *nix security is far more robust, but the weakest link is and always will be the user. PEBKAC.
I had bought a laptop back in the day, a Compaq Presario 1070 preloaded with W95. Upon booting it for the very first time, it wanted me to create a backup using 31 1.44MB floppies.
That was the thing that struck me too. I don't watch TV at all, period, so I don't personally care what they do in that regard. But like you I've watched the resolution of monitors and laptops regress over the past few years. When I bought my last Thinkpad it was hard enough finding a machine without a glossy screen-- to find one with decent resolution (and not pay a thousand-dollar premium) was impossible. If this leads to better monitors then I'm all for it.
What about eating while driving, or lighting a cigarette, or farding (something women do on a distressingly frequent basis)? Distracted driving consists of a passenger, or kids in the back fighting, or eating, or changing the channel on the radio, or a million other things. I hate the person in front of me for not taking off quick enough when the light's green because she's texting on her cell phone as much as the next guy, but singling out phones as the only distraction is wrong.
Nahhhh. It goes back to the Coke guy. "We're not that smart. Or that stupid." On the other hand, it does raise the question; why did Micro$oft release this abortion knowing it'd fail? They KNOW it will. The question is, why are they doing this? Their engineers aren't stupid, but they're hobbled by Marketing. Are the marketing people this clueless? No business will adopt W8. What's going on?
Model Ms have been going in the dishwasher for two decades. Just sayin'..
It's a nice idea and a nice fantasy, but the sad fact is even if the ISPs sent someone out to clean off those zombie boxen free of charge they'd be infected worse than a transvestite hooker on Bourbon St again in no time flat. PEBKAC.
Assange, you pissed off the wrong people. Dickhead.
I wish I could mod you to +6. There are things you just don't do, and one of those things is treason/espionage.
I used the words, you betcha I did. It IS crap. It interferes with the user getting his work done in a fast & efficient manner. A desktop is not a tablet. How many times do people need to hear that? Holy Christ, this thing is going to suck wet dead bears-- No business will go NEAR it. And one more thing, if Apple is driving this headlong rush towards smartphone/tablet interfaces being out on desktop (and I'm looking at you too, Ubuntu) then why isn't OSX that way? Metro I mean Modern is shit. You know it and I know it.
Like any self respecting Slashdotter I haven't read the article. Did they talk about the abortion that is Metro (or whatever it's called now)? Whatever they've done under the hood will be nullified by the interface, at least in terms of the user being able to get his work done. I swear, W8 is going to make Millennium and Vista look like resounding successes.
Where does it end? When do the nattering nabobs of 'natural' say we've regressed back enough to the Stone Age so that our lifespans are back to 40 because God forbid we should do anything like use antibiotics, put flouride in the water to stop tooth decay, drive cars, or use air conditioners/heaters?
Yep. I have four more, and a fifth one that's in pieces. I have enough parts to keep Model M'ing for a while yet... :-)
This reminds me of a one-panel cartoon I saw years & years ago. There are two glum-looking scientists in lab coats surrounded by Bunsen burners and all kinds of test equipment. One is holding a beaker full of liquid and says to the other, "The final results are in. EVERYTHING causes cancer!"
Using a Model M with an adapter right now. I wouldn't use anything else. They were built to last then-- this one was made in 1992.
Words fail me. Consider the lack of love (that's a generous term for hatred) for GNOME 3, and now they want to make an OS? I don't understand such hubris. Or maybe they're the smartest people in the world, and we out here in userland are just too dumb to recognize their genius.
Harrison Bergeron. Because it's happening. Also 1984 and Brave New World. All eerily accurate & prescient.
I loaded up BeOS back in the day whenever it was. It was pretty slick but I went back to OS/2. That should tell you how badly it lacked applications. My hat's off to the guys working on Haiku in recognition of their skill and dedication, but it seems like at best an academic exercise.
At the risk of going too far off-topic here, let me say I was an OS/2 user and advocate/evangelist back when it came out. MS helped kill it, yes, but the real culprit was IBM itself. They didn't even pre-load it on their *own* computers. To this day I can't figure out why, but in retrospect it appears IBM never really wanted it to succeed except maybe for that brief period right after the release of Warp. I guess eventually someone who worked there back then will retire and write a tell-all book explaining why. IBM really dropped the ball.
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