I feel strongly pushed towards the linux camp now, whereas this afternoon I felt more in the middle.
I am amazed at all the comments on this story thread. Over 600 now. Most stories are huge at 200. That shows how one document can stir a whole community into action.
I am not sure Microsoft knew what they were getting into when they wrote that.
OK, this is great. We have lots of people that want to rubut, and we have three sites that come to mind instantly to use.
Slashdot: many many people (media included) read this.
linux.com: isn't this supposed to be the public platform? could be wrong on this one. I think it should be.
freshmeat.net: microsoft claims security is difficult. freshmeat has security updates, links to homepages, etc. etc. for many many many apps. people should know this.
There are lots of people that want to help. USE THEM. We need one of the maintainers of these sites (or all three) to put together a formal response. We, the community, can provide examples, links, test results, etc. All we need is a single moderator to comb through the results and put together a response.
I am willing to help.
All we need is the proper forum to put our experiences in to.
"Linux is a UNIX-like operating system and is therefore complex to configure and manage."
Take that line to ANY english teacher and they will fail you in an instant. "therefore" ? Where did they prove that Windows NT is any easier? Who did that test?
I suppose they had to write something. I can't wait until all these problems are fixed overnight because they upset the linux community so much.
If I have learned anything, it is this: get a linux programmer upset, make him prove his point, and he/she will go without sleep until it is done.
I am off to the store right now to buy some jolt... see you all in a few hours:-)
IMO, you are right, and you are wrong. While this exchange seems childish, it makes the leaders real. They are posting slashdot comments in the same forum as me. Using the same input box. Comments that are read by the same people that can read mine.
I feel so empowered and lucky to be living in a time when my opinions can be read by the people who make a difference. A huge part of that is my ability to read their uncensored, heat of the moment comments.
I think many people are missing the point. Ok, ya, this thing can do voice regognition. But the advantage of that is not so that I can dictate this speach instead of typing it (although I would) the advantage is "changing the different user interface".
Right now, computers are very specific in their instrution taking. Click a little to the left of a button, and the computer has no idea of what you are doing. Type copy instead of cp into most unix's and it won't even copy the dumb file.
If this neural net can distinguish my voice from others in a room, I can talk to it. "Computer, check all TV channels for the baseball scores and display on this screen please."
Not only does this make the computer easier to use, and more usable for more poeple, it makes it more useful. ***If frees us from sitting at a workstation.*** Notice in Star Trek they can say, "Computer, what is the population of Earth?" and it will respond.
Granted, Artificial Intelligence must be improved to allow the computer to understand this instruction, but the voice communication is ESSENTIAL.
I look forward to the days when I can chat with my computer.
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I agree... strongly.
I feel strongly pushed towards the linux camp now, whereas this afternoon I felt more in the middle.
I am amazed at all the comments on this story thread. Over 600 now. Most stories are huge at 200. That shows how one document can stir a whole community into action.
I am not sure Microsoft knew what they were getting into when they wrote that.
-CR0
Ah, i agree, but be carful.
fighting fire with fire rarely works.
what we need to do is fight fire with water.
all we need to do is prove them wrong on their accusations, and maybe throw in a small note about products to be production soon (the next few weeks).
If we do this, we will appear more professional. Something linux can really use. (IMHO)
OK, this is great. We have lots of people that want to rubut, and we have three sites that come to mind instantly to use.
Slashdot: many many people (media included) read this.
linux.com: isn't this supposed to be the public platform? could be wrong on this one. I think it should be.
freshmeat.net: microsoft claims security is difficult. freshmeat has security updates, links to homepages, etc. etc. for many many many apps. people should know this.
There are lots of people that want to help. USE THEM. We need one of the maintainers of these sites (or all three) to put together a formal response. We, the community, can provide examples, links, test results, etc. All we need is a single moderator to comb through the results and put together a response.
I am willing to help.
All we need is the proper forum to put our experiences in to.
Please, let our voice be heard.
"Linux is a UNIX-like operating system and is therefore complex to configure and manage."
:-)
Take that line to ANY english teacher and they will fail you in an instant. "therefore" ?
Where did they prove that Windows NT is any easier? Who did that test?
I suppose they had to write something.
I can't wait until all these problems are fixed overnight because they upset the linux community so much.
If I have learned anything, it is this:
get a linux programmer upset, make him prove his point, and he/she will go without sleep until it is done.
I am off to the store right now to buy some jolt... see you all in a few hours
IMO, you are right, and you are wrong.
While this exchange seems childish, it makes the leaders real.
They are posting slashdot comments in the same forum as me. Using the same input box. Comments that are read by the same people that can read mine.
I feel so empowered and lucky to be living in a time when my opinions can be read by the people who make a difference. A huge part of that is my ability to read their uncensored, heat of the moment comments.
-CR0
I think many people are missing the point.
Ok, ya, this thing can do voice regognition. But the advantage of that is not so that I can dictate this speach instead of typing it (although I would) the advantage is "changing the different user interface".
Right now, computers are very specific in their instrution taking. Click a little to the left of a button, and the computer has no idea of what you are doing. Type copy instead of cp into most unix's and it won't even copy the dumb file.
If this neural net can distinguish my voice from others in a room, I can talk to it. "Computer, check all TV channels for the baseball scores and display on this screen please."
Not only does this make the computer easier to use, and more usable for more poeple, it makes it more useful. ***If frees us from sitting at a workstation.*** Notice in Star Trek they can say, "Computer, what is the population of Earth?" and it will respond.
Granted, Artificial Intelligence must be improved to allow the computer to understand this instruction, but the voice communication is ESSENTIAL.
I look forward to the days when I can chat with my computer.