Anybody who codes anything in node.js is an idiot. It's just one huge steaming pile of crap. But javascript hacks don't know anything else so they chant themselves into a lather believing it doesn't suck. But it does, and javascript hacks don't know that because they don't know anything else.
Blunt maybe, but hardly offtopic. Say, you have issues with intellectual honesty. But why should anybody be surprised that an Apple swallower is intellectually dishonest.
You're paying to download it directly from the developer. Nothing stops you from getting a copy from your friend, which is perfectly legal and might be even more convenient.
They would probably be better off with a pay what you want model.
How can it possible take 1 second to start Visual Studio Code editor every single time? How could anything possibly so slow? Do you have any idea the depth of crappyness that this indicates? I suppose you don't.
Users do not pay $1500+ for Oracle tweaks to Centos, those are all available under open source licenses with no added restrictions on the binaries. Instead, users pay Oracle for support and related services like bug tracking. So what are users buying when they buy Wlinux? Traditionally, "selling" Linux involved just charging for the media. But if Wlinux is just a download then the media cost is nearly zero. So what is the buyer buying for their $20?
OK, corrected about the relationship between Wlinux and Microsoft. So there is nothing stopping you from offering a desktop like KDE, except maybe that would annoy Microsoft?
Downloaded Microsoft's proprietary, heavily restricted build of this editor which Microsoft suggests is an editor for wlinux. WTF? Doesn't run in text mode. But wlinux is text mode only. WTF.
And this is written in javascript. Again. WTF? Takes a full second to start up. Seriously, WTF?
Is this what it's always like in Microsoft land? I don't miss it a bit.
Given who is running the Linux section at Microsoft, old Xamarin retreads, it's a safe bet that there will be a shit-ton of promo for Mono build in, with a view to getting Windows Linux users hooked on DOT.NET.
Naturally, expecting a bunch of slimy tricks. It's Microsoft after all, and some Linux turncoats.
Open/LibreOffice. That thing sucks big time. Is there anyone who really uses it?
Just a hundred million people or more? Nobody knows for sure but there are over a million downloads per month just from the LibreOffice site and that would be nearly all Windows users because Linux users get it from their distros. It is also widely offered by freeware download sites, I would never risk that but I understand it's perfectly normal for a Windows user.
LibreOffice is really great, gives you everything you need in a productivity suite plus gets better all the time with unlimited upgrades including security updates all for the low low price of $0.00.
You can niggle about various fine points, but in some ways LibreOffice is smoother and more featureful than Microsoft's suite, and way less hassle. Big point? No Visual Basic:) Script your spreadsheet in Python instead and enter the 21st century.
Not the first, far from it. There have been various paid-for boxed set Linux offerings, including Xandros, Suse and even Red Hat before they went all weak kneed on the desktop.
Possibly the most successful? Well, the price is right. I seem to recall Xandros was $200 at the time. I can see numerous Windows users who previously swallowed the company line of Linux as cancer doing a 180 at this point for a tryout. Whether Microsoft is sincere in offering a polished product or whether their real goal is to make Linux look bad on the desktop, hence keeping their sheep in the flock, remains to be seen.
Once into a boxed set, it's easy to imagine most making the move to "real Linux".
Still seems like a dubious use of silicon. Until the killer app arrives where joe average user is seeing a significant boost, as opposed to a crafted benchmark, more cores and more cache seem like the win. Meanwhile, GPUs dominate the top 500 now, I would guess that CPUs are sitting idle more than GPUs are.
I said nothing about a fiscal year, you did. You're niggling yourself into a lather, maybe wipe off the drool before it gets in your keyboard and makes it work worse than AAPL keyboards already do.
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A Linux distro for Windows vms called Wlinux.
And pompous, ever hear people using that word when you're in the room?
The "sigh" was in response to your snarky tone.
And your patronizing tone gets a pass according to you. Feeling a bit sorry for anybody who knows you IRL.
He didn't say WSL.
Anybody who codes anything in node.js is an idiot. It's just one huge steaming pile of crap. But javascript hacks don't know anything else so they chant themselves into a lather believing it doesn't suck. But it does, and javascript hacks don't know that because they don't know anything else.
Blunt maybe, but hardly offtopic. Say, you have issues with intellectual honesty. But why should anybody be surprised that an Apple swallower is intellectually dishonest.
You're paying for convenience.
You're paying to download it directly from the developer. Nothing stops you from getting a copy from your friend, which is perfectly legal and might be even more convenient.
They would probably be better off with a pay what you want model.
Should there be a $20 fee to download Libreoffice? Seems to be about the same argument you just made.
What's with the "sigh"? To show how smart you are? You must be a fun guy at the watercooler.
What crack are you smoking?
How can it possible take 1 second to start Visual Studio Code editor every single time? How could anything possibly so slow? Do you have any idea the depth of crappyness that this indicates? I suppose you don't.
An editor written in Bash would be faster.
Users do not pay $1500+ for Oracle tweaks to Centos, those are all available under open source licenses with no added restrictions on the binaries. Instead, users pay Oracle for support and related services like bug tracking. So what are users buying when they buy Wlinux? Traditionally, "selling" Linux involved just charging for the media. But if Wlinux is just a download then the media cost is nearly zero. So what is the buyer buying for their $20?
Did Microsoft just release a Linux distro without systemd?
No, Microsoft did not release this. It was released by Whitewater Foundry, apparently independent.
OK, corrected about the relationship between Wlinux and Microsoft. So there is nothing stopping you from offering a desktop like KDE, except maybe that would annoy Microsoft?
Good for you, answering posts on Slashdot. But posting as Anonymous sends the wrong message, even if you do sign the post.
Deadbeat Apple won't pay its bills.
Downloaded Microsoft's proprietary, heavily restricted build of this editor which Microsoft suggests is an editor for wlinux. WTF? Doesn't run in text mode. But wlinux is text mode only. WTF.
And this is written in javascript. Again. WTF? Takes a full second to start up. Seriously, WTF?
Is this what it's always like in Microsoft land? I don't miss it a bit.
Given who is running the Linux section at Microsoft, old Xamarin retreads, it's a safe bet that there will be a shit-ton of promo for Mono build in, with a view to getting Windows Linux users hooked on DOT.NET.
Naturally, expecting a bunch of slimy tricks. It's Microsoft after all, and some Linux turncoats.
Open/LibreOffice. That thing sucks big time. Is there anyone who really uses it?
Just a hundred million people or more? Nobody knows for sure but there are over a million downloads per month just from the LibreOffice site and that would be nearly all Windows users because Linux users get it from their distros. It is also widely offered by freeware download sites, I would never risk that but I understand it's perfectly normal for a Windows user.
LibreOffice is really great, gives you everything you need in a productivity suite plus gets better all the time with unlimited upgrades including security updates all for the low low price of $0.00.
You can niggle about various fine points, but in some ways LibreOffice is smoother and more featureful than Microsoft's suite, and way less hassle. Big point? No Visual Basic :) Script your spreadsheet in Python instead and enter the 21st century.
Can't have that, sounds too slick.
Oh I see. No box. $20 for a download, that's pretty rich, but maybe it's just normal for Windows victims.
Not the first, far from it. There have been various paid-for boxed set Linux offerings, including Xandros, Suse and even Red Hat before they went all weak kneed on the desktop.
Possibly the most successful? Well, the price is right. I seem to recall Xandros was $200 at the time. I can see numerous Windows users who previously swallowed the company line of Linux as cancer doing a 180 at this point for a tryout. Whether Microsoft is sincere in offering a polished product or whether their real goal is to make Linux look bad on the desktop, hence keeping their sheep in the flock, remains to be seen.
Once into a boxed set, it's easy to imagine most making the move to "real Linux".
Still seems like a dubious use of silicon. Until the killer app arrives where joe average user is seeing a significant boost, as opposed to a crafted benchmark, more cores and more cache seem like the win. Meanwhile, GPUs dominate the top 500 now, I would guess that CPUs are sitting idle more than GPUs are.
I understand that units of time confuse you.
I said nothing about a fiscal year, you did. You're niggling yourself into a lather, maybe wipe off the drool before it gets in your keyboard and makes it work worse than AAPL keyboards already do.
Since when does Q mean FY?
Senility setting in.