"The Linux Desktop can replace the Windows or Mac OS Desktop for *most* people. Especially a computer newcomer."
Bollocks. That will work unless and until they need to do anything not conceived of by the geek that set it up. They will then run headlong into the cliff-like learning curve of Linux.
Easier than macOS? Dude. Puff puff pass. You've had too much.
But if the culture is not robust against alcohol, welfare, and pity (none of which are intrinsically fatal), then it is not robust enough to preserve itself.
If the native culture is thriving, then there's no problem. If it's not, there's still no problem, as its adherents will be assimilated into the mainstream culture, or not, according to their own preferences.
There is no virtue in preserving a culture for its own sake. Culture is valuable only insofar as it advances the interests of its adherents. Cultures that do not do that should, naturally, go by the wayside.
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Should corporations be allowed to kill people who are inconvenient to them?
Er, maybe he wants to fix all the obvious problems before he publishes it?
Er, you don't need people-sicles to go to Mars.
If it's supposed to be law-of-the-jungle out there, why bother with anti-trust laws?
Might makes right? Ends justify the means? What's good for GM is good for America? Is that the world you want to live in?
Don't be absurd. Terrorists never donate to Republicans. By definition.
"The Linux Desktop can replace the Windows or Mac OS Desktop for *most* people. Especially a computer newcomer."
Bollocks. That will work unless and until they need to do anything not conceived of by the geek that set it up. They will then run headlong into the cliff-like learning curve of Linux.
Easier than macOS? Dude. Puff puff pass. You've had too much.
It's called an iMac. Maybe you've heard of them.
Because they're unnecessary and redundant.
And that's in Intel's best interest...why?
If you set the standards, you profit from changing them.
Er, spend $20 on a PCI serial and parallel port. The rest of the universe can do without them.
Where did you get a Windows computer without IE on it?! I want one!
If you don't know the difference between a contraction and a possessive, you don't deserve to be posting to Slashdot.
Good thing neither of us is in charge, huh?
The question is not how many people CHOOSE to do this. The question is how many people are FREE to do this, and that number is much larger.
So, again...what's the problem?
But if the culture is not robust against alcohol, welfare, and pity (none of which are intrinsically fatal), then it is not robust enough to preserve itself.
If the native culture is thriving, then there's no problem. If it's not, there's still no problem, as its adherents will be assimilated into the mainstream culture, or not, according to their own preferences.
There is no virtue in preserving a culture for its own sake. Culture is valuable only insofar as it advances the interests of its adherents. Cultures that do not do that should, naturally, go by the wayside.
Uh, yeah, because that last anti-trust case really showed them the error of their ways.
Not.
Since I bought it, I can crack it legally. Anybody who thinks different, well, they're wrong.
But it wouldn't be easy to use, which is the A-1 virtue of PalmOS.
Why should this bother me? Because they didn't ask.
Not that I'd go near a Lexmark printer in any case.
Er....
yeah.
I'm going back to bed.
So what?
Marketshare is not a meaningful gauge of utility. It's just penis measuring.
What features? Seriously. What can a Wince pda do that a Palm cannot?
But once I get roped into buying a Wince device, those marketing dollars are completely useless to me.
I'd rather have a device that works better rather than one that's marketed better.
You say "sucks" a lot, but you don't say why. How would adding Linux be helpful?
I'm using a Visor Edge with PalmOS 3.5, and it's just about perfect.