IBM quits giving money to them? Or any other large company that hands cash to them because they want the tax writeoff? I'd bet there wouldn't be a profit, but rather a huge deficit. Good God, everyone knows you can't give something away and expect to make a profit. Be honest, how many boxes of RH REALLY have been sold? Not enough to cover Alan Cox's salary (I'm quite sure it is massive). Why? Because the software is given away and also sold for $5 a disc. Can't make profit like that. Now Microsoft knows how to make money, RH should look at their model to see how a successful company is run. Be honest, you know it's true.
It has probably always been true that the only way to protect investment in Linux deployment of drivers and other kernel facilities (not applications) is to go open source, even if that is difficult for commercial enterprises to absorb.
Commercial enterprises are the only places that linux is succeeding - talk about shooting in the foot..hell, they're putting it right to the temple. And they continue to dream of the average person using this OS...ho ho....
Oh I feel so bad for you, you whiny crybaby little fucking brat. Boo hoo, all I get is this stupid thing....AND A FUCKING PAYCHECK EVERY WEEK. If you're even remotely involved in a so-called geek profession, you don't even work 10 hours out of the week and get paid for the whole deal. Don't come here and get the floor all wet with your sobbing, be thankful you even have a job where you can post to this piss poor excuse for a website several times a day you ignorant, know nothing, whining, crybaby, RMS-asshole-buddy jerkoff.
I'd bet the farm that no one here knows the REAL reason why Microsoft got hammered by the big bad govmint - wait 'till you see this -
Microsoft didn't give any cash to Bill Clinton. Clinton's "justice department" headed by Janet ElReno laid the charges against them.
Why this "news" was plastered onto the front page of the stomach turning site is beyond me. Most folks here have no freakin' clue what they're talking about when it comes to American politics because they're not even US citizens, so why bother posting something like this? Because Microsoft was shoved in there by the poster...NOT because it has any relevance. Just like this site - no relevance.
Klez is only a menace to those stupid enough not to run antivirus software. What does that say about you and your place of business? Hmm. Keep using Linux and watch the whole world pass you by, it's already happening.
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Amen brother!! My grandparents went through the Depression...they KNEW what hardship was for sure. I just love hearing about the "poor" in this country...you know..the ones who have cable tv and have enough money to buy food every week. I'm sorry but that isn't poor.
This just goes right along with the trend to make everyone a victim of something. Personal responsibility is a phrase that is not heard much due to the media and liberal desire to victimize everyone so that they can suck up all the government handouts they create.
And poor Jessica the art therapist and harp player...she has too much to pay back. I'd bet Jessica has the intellect of a block wall. She'll be first in line for the handouts. Personally, I think college is WAY overrated for the average person. Almost every person in my high school class who went to college is doing something other than what they went to college for. Perhaps they should have thought about it before throwing 40 grand out the car window.
The game guy in the most recent issue of Maximum PC has stated what everyone else in the industry was afraid to say: PC games are a dying breed. Why? Because consoles are much more advanced and more capable than they were even 5 years ago. The Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube all cost less than a damn video card!
If you're a game developer, would you rather create a game that sells 150,000 on the PC, or create a game that sells 2,000,000 on a console? Hmmm...lets get the calculator out. The number of quality console games keeps getting larger, and quality PC games dwindle. Why else do you think every console has an impressive list of games coming soon?
It's plainly obvious why Sun is trying to throw the odious Star Office to every "student" in the world AND sell Linux machines - they need a big write-off this year. Everyone know that MS Office is THE standard in the business world. Walk into an office and tell them you don't know MS Word or Excel, but you do know Star Office, and you'll be laughed out of the building. Star Office is yet another "me too" product that will never catch on. As for selling Linux boxes, Linux don't sell very well because Linux users don't like to pay for anything. Sun should know that, but they want the tax break.
The NSA administrators, under pressure from Microsoft, stopped development on SELinux -- because Microsoft didn't like the fact that government-developed code was released freely under the GPL.
Where's the proof for that little gem? No links provided...hmmm. Let's see the proof and not "the open source community" hot air.
Open source software always has stupid names because it actually takes someone creative to come up with something catchy. Pale code jockeys don't have those thought processes. Plus, hiring someone that is creative takes MONEY, and who in the open source world wants to shell out that kind of cash? None, because they're all "on the take" from the big bad corporations they badmouth at every turn.
Tim Shaffer is making an Xbox game right now due out next year sometime called Psychonauts. Supposedly the same twisted graphics and such as Grim Fandango. But he's working.
Good point - "Pay up or shut up, money makes things happen and Linux'ers tend to be pretty cheap". However, I don't see any copy of WinXP priced at $300. Home Ed. costs $95, Pro is $199. Plus, the hardware activation issue is so dead at this point, I can't believe people still get all worked up about it. Another thing I have a hard time swallowing is the statement about buying new hardware constantly and running Linux. New hardware + Linux = a non-functioning computer most of the time. With Windows there isn't an issue, just install the driver. Any OS that forces you to spend hours upon hours scrounging the Internet for working drivers and parts of the OS that are missing isn't worth the paper I use to wipe my ass. I have much better things to do than to sit and screw with a machine to make something work.
And you folks wonder why linux isn't succeeding on the desktop. Just look at the laundry list of things to make sure hardware is configured. No way in hell this type of garbage will go mainstream. Don't even think about it and don't piss and moan about how "this is how things used to be before Windows" either. Join the ranks of modern computer users and for God's sake, get out of the basement.
Uh, Peter I disagree with that statement. The Loki Quake 3 CD script was BROKEN...had to jump through 18 hoops to get it to install. What quality of work there. Same thing with the installer for Unreal Tournament...no dice unless you wanted to spend 2 hours making it work (which I did). I can't see the average person wanting to do that. It doesn't matter how much this or that has improved because if it don't work out of the box it isn't going to fly. Linux gaming...what an oxymoron.
Hmmm. The bias is showing here, their legs are spread wide. How could anyone actually believe that Ashcroft had anything to do with this considering he was running for Senate re-election at that time? Come on...we all know that good 'ol Bubba Clinton and bulldyke Janet "Child Killer" Reno were still in charge in the year 2000.
I find it amusing how the ultra left publications such as the Washington Post will go to such lengths to tar and feather the current administration. The headline is a complete LIE and they know it. They must think everyone has their heads up their asses like they do.
Hey hey....nothin wrong with watching wrestling! It has an entertainment factor much higher than the average sitcom for sure.....I wonder if the glitches you describe aren't coming from the cable...I've seen several digital cable setups and every one looks bad. Now I have DirecTV and everything looks great, except for when they're getting a bad feed from a channel (lately it's been VH1 - kinda blurry - wouldn't be noticeable on regular cable for sure).
And what exactly does all that hot air have to do with the fact that jury nullification hasn't been used in over 50 years in PA? Really I don't care about your history because it has nothing to do with the facts. Just the facts ma'am.
Jury nullification hasn't been used in like 50 years, and 20 years in between that one and the previous one. Try bringing that up in a court room or to a lawyer and watch them laugh you out of the building. Uhg.......My guess is that you don't pay income taxes "because they're unconstitutional" or don't have license plates or a registration for your car either. I know that crowd well.....Conspiracy theorist nutcases.
Who gives a fuck what foreigners think about MY money? I could care less if some visitor can't figure it out on their own... Just ask someone, they'll tell you, just like I did on the streets of Manhattan 2 weeks ago. Good God, why don't Americans worry about American issues...oh that's right it's not politically correct to be concerned about your own country.
The Mozilla Project today announced Release Candidate 28, in otherwords version 0.9999999999999999999999999999. The open source community has embraced this project fully and are doing everything in their power to get it released on time.
When asked about the timetable for 1.0 release, they stated "We are definately making progress. Look for it soon! Internet Explorer XXXV will go down in flames!!!".
Mozilla is the open source "clone" of Netscape. Netscape, if you remember, was a pioneer in the early days of WWW browsing. After being bought by AOL-Time Warner, some hoped that the huge cash flow would help the floundering former giant. AOL declared bankruptcy in 2010, bringing down all companies underneath it, including Netscape.
All in all, Mozilla really does look like a promising piece of software if the Mozilla team could actually release version 1.0. Just wishful thinking on my part...
Amen brother! I have an Xbox and Dreamcast, and I'm seriously considering a PS2 now that the price fell. It's all about gaming! I spend most of my free time playing games so I really appreciate "wars".
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IBM quits giving money to them? Or any other large company that hands cash to them because they want the tax writeoff? I'd bet there wouldn't be a profit, but rather a huge deficit. Good God, everyone knows you can't give something away and expect to make a profit. Be honest, how many boxes of RH REALLY have been sold? Not enough to cover Alan Cox's salary (I'm quite sure it is massive). Why? Because the software is given away and also sold for $5 a disc. Can't make profit like that. Now Microsoft knows how to make money, RH should look at their model to see how a successful company is run. Be honest, you know it's true.
It has probably always been true that the only way to protect investment in Linux deployment of drivers and other kernel facilities (not applications) is to go open source, even if that is difficult for commercial enterprises to absorb.
Commercial enterprises are the only places that linux is succeeding - talk about shooting in the foot..hell, they're putting it right to the temple. And they continue to dream of the average person using this OS...ho ho....
Oh I feel so bad for you, you whiny crybaby little fucking brat. Boo hoo, all I get is this stupid thing....AND A FUCKING PAYCHECK EVERY WEEK. If you're even remotely involved in a so-called geek profession, you don't even work 10 hours out of the week and get paid for the whole deal. Don't come here and get the floor all wet with your sobbing, be thankful you even have a job where you can post to this piss poor excuse for a website several times a day you ignorant, know nothing, whining, crybaby, RMS-asshole-buddy jerkoff.
I'd bet the farm that no one here knows the REAL reason why Microsoft got hammered by the big bad govmint - wait 'till you see this -
Microsoft didn't give any cash to Bill Clinton. Clinton's "justice department" headed by Janet ElReno laid the charges against them.
Why this "news" was plastered onto the front page of the stomach turning site is beyond me. Most folks here have no freakin' clue what they're talking about when it comes to American politics because they're not even US citizens, so why bother posting something like this? Because Microsoft was shoved in there by the poster...NOT because it has any relevance. Just like this site - no relevance.
Klez is only a menace to those stupid enough not to run antivirus software. What does that say about you and your place of business? Hmm. Keep using Linux and watch the whole world pass you by, it's already happening.
Amen brother!! My grandparents went through the Depression...they KNEW what hardship was for sure. I just love hearing about the "poor" in this country...you know..the ones who have cable tv and have enough money to buy food every week. I'm sorry but that isn't poor.
This just goes right along with the trend to make everyone a victim of something. Personal responsibility is a phrase that is not heard much due to the media and liberal desire to victimize everyone so that they can suck up all the government handouts they create.
And poor Jessica the art therapist and harp player...she has too much to pay back. I'd bet Jessica has the intellect of a block wall. She'll be first in line for the handouts. Personally, I think college is WAY overrated for the average person. Almost every person in my high school class who went to college is doing something other than what they went to college for. Perhaps they should have thought about it before throwing 40 grand out the car window.
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The game guy in the most recent issue of Maximum PC has stated what everyone else in the industry was afraid to say: PC games are a dying breed. Why? Because consoles are much more advanced and more capable than they were even 5 years ago. The Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube all cost less than a damn video card!
If you're a game developer, would you rather create a game that sells 150,000 on the PC, or create a game that sells 2,000,000 on a console? Hmmm...lets get the calculator out. The number of quality console games keeps getting larger, and quality PC games dwindle. Why else do you think every console has an impressive list of games coming soon?
It's plainly obvious why Sun is trying to throw the odious Star Office to every "student" in the world AND sell Linux machines - they need a big write-off this year. Everyone know that MS Office is THE standard in the business world. Walk into an office and tell them you don't know MS Word or Excel, but you do know Star Office, and you'll be laughed out of the building. Star Office is yet another "me too" product that will never catch on. As for selling Linux boxes, Linux don't sell very well because Linux users don't like to pay for anything. Sun should know that, but they want the tax break.
Wait until Mom and Dad have to simply "open VI and edit lines out" to make something simple work. They'll think twice about loonix at home for sure.
The NSA administrators, under pressure from Microsoft, stopped development on SELinux -- because Microsoft didn't like the fact that government-developed code was released freely under the GPL.
Where's the proof for that little gem? No links provided...hmmm. Let's see the proof and not "the open source community" hot air.
Who gave the parent post "insightful"?? What an ass clown....waaaa waaaa...it disturbs me...waaa waaa child abuse....
Open source software always has stupid names because it actually takes someone creative to come up with something catchy. Pale code jockeys don't have those thought processes. Plus, hiring someone that is creative takes MONEY, and who in the open source world wants to shell out that kind of cash? None, because they're all "on the take" from the big bad corporations they badmouth at every turn.
The only reason IBM "supports" Linux is:
1. IBM's major source of income is the server market. I worked there for 2 years and service contracts make up the bulk of their recurring income.
2. Linux is well suited to the server market, not the desktop.
3. IBM is saving hoardes of money by slapping Linux on their machines if they can convince the customer to go with it.
Follow the money, it always works.
Tim Shaffer is making an Xbox game right now due out next year sometime called Psychonauts. Supposedly the same twisted graphics and such as Grim Fandango. But he's working.
Good point - "Pay up or shut up, money makes things happen and Linux'ers tend to be pretty cheap". However, I don't see any copy of WinXP priced at $300. Home Ed. costs $95, Pro is $199. Plus, the hardware activation issue is so dead at this point, I can't believe people still get all worked up about it. Another thing I have a hard time swallowing is the statement about buying new hardware constantly and running Linux. New hardware + Linux = a non-functioning computer most of the time. With Windows there isn't an issue, just install the driver. Any OS that forces you to spend hours upon hours scrounging the Internet for working drivers and parts of the OS that are missing isn't worth the paper I use to wipe my ass. I have much better things to do than to sit and screw with a machine to make something work.
And you folks wonder why linux isn't succeeding on the desktop. Just look at the laundry list of things to make sure hardware is configured. No way in hell this type of garbage will go mainstream. Don't even think about it and don't piss and moan about how "this is how things used to be before Windows" either. Join the ranks of modern computer users and for God's sake, get out of the basement.
Uh, Peter I disagree with that statement. The Loki Quake 3 CD script was BROKEN...had to jump through 18 hoops to get it to install. What quality of work there. Same thing with the installer for Unreal Tournament...no dice unless you wanted to spend 2 hours making it work (which I did). I can't see the average person wanting to do that. It doesn't matter how much this or that has improved because if it don't work out of the box it isn't going to fly. Linux gaming...what an oxymoron.
Hmmm. The bias is showing here, their legs are spread wide. How could anyone actually believe that Ashcroft had anything to do with this considering he was running for Senate re-election at that time? Come on...we all know that good 'ol Bubba Clinton and bulldyke Janet "Child Killer" Reno were still in charge in the year 2000.
I find it amusing how the ultra left publications such as the Washington Post will go to such lengths to tar and feather the current administration. The headline is a complete LIE and they know it. They must think everyone has their heads up their asses like they do.
Hey hey....nothin wrong with watching wrestling! It has an entertainment factor much higher than the average sitcom for sure.....I wonder if the glitches you describe aren't coming from the cable...I've seen several digital cable setups and every one looks bad. Now I have DirecTV and everything looks great, except for when they're getting a bad feed from a channel (lately it's been VH1 - kinda blurry - wouldn't be noticeable on regular cable for sure).
And what exactly does all that hot air have to do with the fact that jury nullification hasn't been used in over 50 years in PA? Really I don't care about your history because it has nothing to do with the facts. Just the facts ma'am.
Jury nullification hasn't been used in like 50 years, and 20 years in between that one and the previous one. Try bringing that up in a court room or to a lawyer and watch them laugh you out of the building. Uhg.......My guess is that you don't pay income taxes "because they're unconstitutional" or don't have license plates or a registration for your car either. I know that crowd well.....Conspiracy theorist nutcases.
Who gives a fuck what foreigners think about MY money? I could care less if some visitor can't figure it out on their own... Just ask someone, they'll tell you, just like I did on the streets of Manhattan 2 weeks ago. Good God, why don't Americans worry about American issues...oh that's right it's not politically correct to be concerned about your own country.
The Mozilla Project today announced Release Candidate 28, in otherwords version 0.9999999999999999999999999999. The open source community has embraced this project fully and are doing everything in their power to get it released on time.
When asked about the timetable for 1.0 release, they stated "We are definately making progress. Look for it soon! Internet Explorer XXXV will go down in flames!!!".
Mozilla is the open source "clone" of Netscape. Netscape, if you remember, was a pioneer in the early days of WWW browsing. After being bought by AOL-Time Warner, some hoped that the huge cash flow would help the floundering former giant. AOL declared bankruptcy in 2010, bringing down all companies underneath it, including Netscape.
All in all, Mozilla really does look like a promising piece of software if the Mozilla team could actually release version 1.0. Just wishful thinking on my part...
Amen brother! I have an Xbox and Dreamcast, and I'm seriously considering a PS2 now that the price fell. It's all about gaming! I spend most of my free time playing games so I really appreciate "wars".