Ballmer shows us exactly what's wrong with Micro$oft - they just don't get it. Many countries and companies in the world are moving or investigating moving from Micro$oft.
Ballmer and Micro$oft care about making money - Linux "cares" about giving you what you want (or need). It sure meets my needs. That's why I use it exclusively.
I live in southern Maine. I currently have cable. I used to have Dish Network (in the one satellite days).
The satellite was very clear, probably clearer than my cable is now (digital fed through fiber-optic runs to the pole, normal cable to and in the house).
But at that time, I couldn't get local channels. I could get a Boston station, but that's an hour + south of me.
When we had torrential rains (very rare in Maine) or medium to heavy snow falling (not rare enough), we'd lose the signal. The signal, being digital, was either all there, sharp as a tack, or no signal-no picture at all. To Dish Network's credit, if we were watching a pay-per-view movie and we lost the signal due to weather, we were ALWAYS credited and never charged for the movie/event, even if it was nearly over.
We financed the first year as part of our package, and I was surprised when Dish Network wanted all the second year up front, no monthly payments possible. This is when we parted company.
To be honest the loss of signal thing, though usually rare, is what would keep me from going back. Though rare, it always seems to happen during something you want to see the most.
I want to start by first saying that I do not own a Mac, though I have nothing against them or those who do.
I read a lot and I read the different Mac magazines. From what I gather from different writer's opinions, IE for the Mac is good enough to use so you can download another browser of your choosing, such as Safari or Opera.
I used to live in Fort Worth. Considering some of the people I saw in my time there nosing around that parking lot, you WANTED something safe to get you into the building!
1. MUCH better printing with my HP printer. So far, the best Linux (and HP Linux, Turboprint, etc) has to offer is about 600 x 600.Digital photos look like crap at that resolution.
2. Flight Simulator. Need I say more? I'm hooked. As soon as I figure out how to make Linux recognize my joystick, I will try out that open source flight simulator.
Maybe someday I can cut the cord and claim the other half of my hard drive back from M$.;-)
As long as our country doesn't have the balls to deal properly with M$, they are going to do exactly as they please for as long as they please.
It's kinda like trying to raise an unruly child.
The child disobeys, so you draw a "line in the sand" and tell them never to cross it again. So they test you and they cross it. And all you do is back up a step, draw another line, and issue the same warning. And you've just lost the war, buddy.
We should have really "smacked" M$ the first time, and each time there after until they get the message. They need to know they're boundaries. Right now, they have none, and they know it.
I don't download and try evaluation software unless I really intend to buy it. And I SELDOM buy linux software. One of the reasons I run linux is because of all the free software. So, the software has to be REALLY good if I am going to put it on my system AND pay for it.
Another reason I don't usually download trial software is no matter how you remove it (even dpkg --purge packagename), bits and pieces will be left behind. I know, I know! With a 20 gig hard drive, bits and pieces will have to build up for quite awhile to amount to anything worth mentioning. But it just BUGS me knowing that they are there.
Not much more to add, except I've been thinking many of the same thoughts the past several weeks. Plus....
...I remember Red Hat 4.? and what it looked like a few years ago. Though I've "converted" to Debian, I must also admit that all the contemporary Linux distros have moved much closer to being desktop OS's over the past few years.
This movement has been much slower than what we are used to seeing, when compared to a software giant such as Microsoft. But Linux IS moving forward. We are getting better and better kernels, and the various desktop enviroments are progressing rather nicely, too. And remember, we have more choices than Microsoft ever considered. That, if anything is my major beef with Microsoft. They make too many decisions for us and we have no say in the matter. It leaves me feeling as if I'm stuck with less than I wanted. But I have NEVER felt this with Linux.
Patience and getting involved are two keys to seeing Linux succeed on the desktop. Linux does not have to bring Microsoft to it's knees or wipe it out to be successful. It just needs to meet our needs better.
After trying late yesterday evening (US EST), I tried again just now (8:44 AM US EST) and got this message, too. I wonder who the two lucky souls were who were able to actually access their page?
Debian Testing Locales Package
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Debian On DVD
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· Score: 1
I heard a rumour from another Debian fanatic that the testing version of the locales package had been broken.
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Ballmer shows us exactly what's wrong with Micro$oft - they just don't get it. Many countries and companies in the world are moving or investigating moving from Micro$oft.
Ballmer and Micro$oft care about making money - Linux "cares" about giving you what you want (or need). It sure meets my needs. That's why I use it exclusively.
David
I live in southern Maine. I currently have cable. I used to have Dish Network (in the one satellite days).
The satellite was very clear, probably clearer than my cable is now (digital fed through fiber-optic runs to the pole, normal cable to and in the house).
But at that time, I couldn't get local channels. I could get a Boston station, but that's an hour + south of me.
When we had torrential rains (very rare in Maine) or medium to heavy snow falling (not rare enough), we'd lose the signal. The signal, being digital, was either all there, sharp as a tack, or no signal-no picture at all. To Dish Network's credit, if we were watching a pay-per-view movie and we lost the signal due to weather, we were ALWAYS credited and never charged for the movie/event, even if it was nearly over.
We financed the first year as part of our package, and I was surprised when Dish Network wanted all the second year up front, no monthly payments possible. This is when we parted company.
To be honest the loss of signal thing, though usually rare, is what would keep me from going back. Though rare, it always seems to happen during something you want to see the most.
Cable is good enough for me for now.
Best of luck.
On one hand, Micro$oft should not be able to win due to the law.
But they can (and probably will) circumvent the law by outspending this poor kid and winning anyway.
Here's an answer to this: Linux!
Have they told you "how much" you are allowed to use?
Did (or do) they advertise the service as "unlimited" internet access?
If so maybe you should quote Daniel Webster's definition of "unlimited" back to your ISP.
David
YOUR SIGNATURE IS OBSCENE.
I took a look at the Progeny installer. Very pretty. I had an empty hard drive so I gave it a whirl.
I CAN say don't try to select individual packages and don't try to install everything.
BOTH times it crashed and shut down.
I would have liked to see it work to see what I ended up with. Maybe another time...
David
With companies and countries clamoring to switch to Linux, and Micro$oft has the gall to proclaim that Linux is dead??
Get a grip, Billy-boy. If you really believe this, then you're in for a rude awakening!
I want to start by first saying that I do not own a Mac, though I have nothing against them or those who do.
I read a lot and I read the different Mac magazines. From what I gather from different writer's opinions, IE for the Mac is good enough to use so you can download another browser of your choosing, such as Safari or Opera.
David
I thought so, too.
Eight submissions, eight rejections. Am I grousing? Well, some really deserved to be rejected!
However, a few really did not, like the one I posted this evening.
Ok, here it is, short and simple: If you run SuSE Linux there is a new support forum online. It could become what debianHelp is to Debian users.
You can find it at SuSE Forums.
There. I said it. Now I'm going to go and find a new homepage. Slashdot is obviously too slewed toward other distros.
I used to live in Fort Worth. Considering some of the people I saw in my time there nosing around that parking lot, you WANTED something safe to get you into the building!
Bet you'll be REALLY thrilled to learn IE is built on Mosaic. To bad M$ didn't keep it open source the way Mosaic was meant to be...
In southern Maine we just got a foot of new snow with perhaps another foot coming this week.
Global warming? Bah!
I wondered why it's been so tough to get into Slashdot recently...
I got to keep my same old over-worked, under-paid position with probably NO raise this year.
Lucky me....
David
Two reasons.
1. MUCH better printing with my HP printer. So far, the best Linux (and HP Linux, Turboprint, etc) has to offer is about 600 x 600.Digital photos look like crap at that resolution.
2. Flight Simulator. Need I say more? I'm hooked. As soon as I figure out how to make Linux recognize my joystick, I will try out that open source flight simulator.
Maybe someday I can cut the cord and claim the other half of my hard drive back from M$.
David
As long as our country doesn't have the balls to deal properly with M$, they are going to do exactly as they please for as long as they please.
It's kinda like trying to raise an unruly child.
The child disobeys, so you draw a "line in the sand" and tell them never to cross it again. So they test you and they cross it. And all you do is back up a step, draw another line, and issue the same warning. And you've just lost the war, buddy.
We should have really "smacked" M$ the first time, and each time there after until they get the message. They need to know they're boundaries. Right now, they have none, and they know it.
I live in Maine. I never heard of the grant. It's a good program and I hope it doesn't get canned.
I wonder which OS the kiddies are using? OS X, maybe??
Now if we could just turn the wrath of M$ toward some of our enemies......
We are supposed to be heading into global warming, aren't we? That's what all the "experts" say....
I don't download and try evaluation software unless I really intend to buy it. And I SELDOM buy linux software. One of the reasons I run linux is because of all the free software. So, the software has to be REALLY good if I am going to put it on my system AND pay for it.
Another reason I don't usually download trial software is no matter how you remove it (even dpkg --purge packagename), bits and pieces will be left behind. I know, I know! With a 20 gig hard drive, bits and pieces will have to build up for quite awhile to amount to anything worth mentioning. But it just BUGS me knowing that they are there.
CmdrTaco,
I've been married 22 years! It's hard work, but worth it!
Btw, who's taking over Slashdot now? Heh, heh! Just kidding (I hope!).
Not much more to add, except I've been thinking many of the same thoughts the past several weeks. Plus....
...I remember Red Hat 4.? and what it looked like a few years ago. Though I've "converted" to Debian, I must also admit that all the contemporary Linux distros have moved much closer to being desktop OS's over the past few years.
This movement has been much slower than what we are used to seeing, when compared to a software giant such as Microsoft. But Linux IS moving forward. We are getting better and better kernels, and the various desktop enviroments are progressing rather nicely, too. And remember, we have more choices than Microsoft ever considered. That, if anything is my major beef with Microsoft. They make too many decisions for us and we have no say in the matter. It leaves me feeling as if I'm stuck with less than I wanted. But I have NEVER felt this with Linux.
Patience and getting involved are two keys to seeing Linux succeed on the desktop. Linux does not have to bring Microsoft to it's knees or wipe it out to be successful. It just needs to meet our needs better.
After trying late yesterday evening (US EST), I tried again just now (8:44 AM US EST) and got this message, too. I wonder who the two lucky souls were who were able to actually access their page?
I heard a rumour from another Debian fanatic that the testing version of the locales package had been broken.
If true, did it get fixed??