OSS isn't better just because it's free or because it's not Microsoft.
Actually, yes, OSS is better because it's not Microsoft and because it's Free. But OSS is not perfect. It still have many problems and compatibility issues. But it is better than MS.
I used MS Windows and their software and had nothing but problems. The constant crashing made me switch to Linux.
Linux worked great, never crashed, but I spend all my time configuring it and not doing my work. This lead to productivity problems. For this reason I moved to the Apple Mac.
The Apple works even better. It does not crash, I don't have to configure anything, it runs all my software from VIM to iVideo, and I have plenty of time to get my work done.
Up until last month I was running an ISP. I had 50 customers using Windows and 3 using Macs. 40 of the Windows customers had constant problems with their systems. 10 of them did not have problems or were able to fix their own problems. The only problems the Mac users had were typing in email addresses wrong (typing , in stead of.) and they weren't really even problems.
So 90% of my customers running Windows had problems with their systems.
People say, oh just make sure you run spyware checkers and anti-viruse programs. Yeah, every time you install something you have to run at least two spyware checkers, and your anti-virus program just to make sure there isn't anything piggybacking on the software installed. That's not how I like to spend my time on a computer.
It seems that most Windows users spend more time fixing their computers than actually using them.
List of problems: Is very, very slow: spyware. Crashes all the time: spyware/viruses. Won't connect to the internet: Corrupted configurations. Won't send email: Outlook outbox corrupted. Pop-Up ads all over the place: adware. Sending out Spam: virus.
My email server is receiving 25,000 junk emails a month, and that's only the ones that SpamAssassin detects as spam. I get about 30 a day in my inbox that make it past SpamAssassin.
I'm so sick of seeing stock info, drug offers, and now porno crap that I'm about ready to just close the doors and give up on email.
Is this what the spammers want? Do they want email to go away?
"Or are they that confident people won't stray if they're invited to sample the competition?"
Microsoft has been trying to push people away from their systems for years by making awful software. Not that many people seem to be straying away. The way I see it, people will suffer greatly before they switch to anything different.
I have a friend that I setup with a really nice Linux system. It does everything he needs. It does not crash, it does not blow up. Yet he still fights with his Windows system and the Linux system just sits there. Every time I talk to him his Windows system is doing something like crashing or rebooting.
I had a business partner that has a Windows computer with a virus that calls europe every 10 minutes. He can't install a virus scanner because windows is so busted that all the install programs crash. He has to unplug the phone cable then mess with it then get back online to do things. The funniest thing is that he has a brand new Mac Mini still in the box that has been sitting there for over two months.
I'm not kidding about either of these folks. What I have wrote is true. Maybe I just don't understand because I haven't used Windows in 10 years.
Actually a Pirate isn't one who sales ships. That's a sailer. A Pirate is someone who attacks and robs ships at sea. Key word here "robs", AKA stealing stuff.
Heck, we've got people to sit hours and hours each day in front of a CRT. We have people spending hours on Cell Phones. You really think it's going to be hard to set a nuke in their lap?
I guess you'd rather spend $60 on something that would take you 10 minutes to fix. Being middle class, I don't have that kind of money to spend every time I have a problem. I spend the 10 minutes to figure it out and get it done.
So, no, my time is not more valuable then my money, you inconsiderate rich bastard.;-)
[rant on] If you can't change the oil in your car or fix a tail light, then it's because your lazy and not because the "concepts are completely alien to them."
It's the same thing about programming a VCR or even turning on the TV. It's not that it's hard, it's that they are too lazy to either learn or remember.
Heck, my wife can hang sheet rock, texture it, and paint it, and she learned it in a day by herself. She can repair hole in walls and build window frames. Why, because she is not lazy.
I'm a computer programmer, yet when I had engine problems in my car, I was able to switch out the entire engine in a day with never doing it before.
I really look down on people that need to call a service person to change a light bulb. [rant off]
Mine's working great, not that I'm a fan of Jack or anything. I didn't like their Mouse so I traded it for the iSight Flex thing. I've used it for a year with no problems.
Exactly. P2P software is just bad. If it would play nice, then it wouldn't be blocked as much. The only reason it's blocked on my network is because it will consume every bit of bandwidth. A single user of BT can bring my whole network to it's knees. I've seen where one person is running it and other users can't even get DHCP requests through (they can't even get an IP to get on the network). I don't know if this is a network architecture problem or just P2P, but if I allow one person to use it the whole network suffers.
I wish that I could afford the P2P detection and blocking software, but I can't. So I just eyeball the traffic from time to time and when I see a computer connecting to 100's of other computers I know there's a problem. Or if I start getting calls from users that can't get online then I have to ban the user using P2P.
I'm not trying to censor, I'm just trying to keep my network running smooth. If P2P software makers would put limits on their software, then it wouldn't be any better than downloading from a FTP server. So they aren't going to do it, and I'm not going to allow it.
One thing that I can say about Apple is that they are quick to fix their junk. If this were MS it would take years to fix that type of hole.
I'm saying this because when people start talking about Apple getting viruses, just look at their track record for fixing problems. Not as fast as Open Source, but a lot quicker than MS.
I've done this too, but some stores will not let you make a purchase by CC if it's not signed with your Name. I've been to a few places where they would refuse to take my CC unless I signed it. So I just sign it and off I go.
What we need is to send commands to these networks to erase themselves. That should wake up some people. I know that these zombies can accept commands. Should be easy to send the command "format c:", shouldn't it? Please, someone do this!
So true. Skateboarding is not a crime, but there are a lot of criminals that skateboard.
I started another business and write about that to throw people off from my primary business. When they go to my web page, they see my "hobby company" and think I'm someone else... Well, until they see my web cam and photos.;-)
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OSS isn't better just because it's free or because it's not Microsoft.
Actually, yes, OSS is better because it's not Microsoft and because it's Free. But OSS is not perfect. It still have many problems and compatibility issues. But it is better than MS.
I used MS Windows and their software and had nothing but problems. The constant crashing made me switch to Linux.
Linux worked great, never crashed, but I spend all my time configuring it and not doing my work. This lead to productivity problems. For this reason I moved to the Apple Mac.
The Apple works even better. It does not crash, I don't have to configure anything, it runs all my software from VIM to iVideo, and I have plenty of time to get my work done.
Now I just need to keep myself off SlashDot.org.
Someone really needs to figure out how to make anti-gravity. That would pretty much solve all the problems in the world. Well, that and a replicator.
Nope... Local Mac shop down the street. I guess they needed to sell the old inventory.
obviously you will lose everything on reboot
Reboot? Ohhh... I did that once when I installed my box.
My friend just bough two Mac Mini's yesterday with the 512MB ram upgrade for $600 each. Today they are $100 cheaper. Gesh.
Up until last month I was running an ISP. I had 50 customers using Windows and 3 using Macs. 40 of the Windows customers had constant problems with their systems. 10 of them did not have problems or were able to fix their own problems. The only problems the Mac users had were typing in email addresses wrong (typing , in stead of .) and they weren't really even problems.
So 90% of my customers running Windows had problems with their systems.
People say, oh just make sure you run spyware checkers and anti-viruse programs. Yeah, every time you install something you have to run at least two spyware checkers, and your anti-virus program just to make sure there isn't anything piggybacking on the software installed. That's not how I like to spend my time on a computer.
It seems that most Windows users spend more time fixing their computers than actually using them.
List of problems:
Is very, very slow: spyware.
Crashes all the time: spyware/viruses.
Won't connect to the internet: Corrupted configurations.
Won't send email: Outlook outbox corrupted.
Pop-Up ads all over the place: adware.
Sending out Spam: virus.
And the list goes on.
My email server is receiving 25,000 junk emails a month, and that's only the ones that SpamAssassin detects as spam. I get about 30 a day in my inbox that make it past SpamAssassin.
I'm so sick of seeing stock info, drug offers, and now porno crap that I'm about ready to just close the doors and give up on email.
Is this what the spammers want? Do they want email to go away?
Something has to be done about spam.
"Or are they that confident people won't stray if they're invited to sample the competition?"
Microsoft has been trying to push people away from their systems for years by making awful software. Not that many people seem to be straying away. The way I see it, people will suffer greatly before they switch to anything different.
I have a friend that I setup with a really nice Linux system. It does everything he needs. It does not crash, it does not blow up. Yet he still fights with his Windows system and the Linux system just sits there. Every time I talk to him his Windows system is doing something like crashing or rebooting.
I had a business partner that has a Windows computer with a virus that calls europe every 10 minutes. He can't install a virus scanner because windows is so busted that all the install programs crash. He has to unplug the phone cable then mess with it then get back online to do things. The funniest thing is that he has a brand new Mac Mini still in the box that has been sitting there for over two months.
I'm not kidding about either of these folks. What I have wrote is true. Maybe I just don't understand because I haven't used Windows in 10 years.
Oh why oh why did Fingerworks go away. They had the best keyboard on the planet and I was days from buying one when they went bye bye.
Actually a Pirate isn't one who sales ships. That's a sailer. A Pirate is someone who attacks and robs ships at sea. Key word here "robs", AKA stealing stuff.
Too bad Fingerworks is going out of business. I would have loved to get my hands on a Touch Stream LP. A keyboard with _no_ keys.
Flying snakes made it onto Slashdot, but Fingerworks going out of business didn't.
"Slashdot, News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
Heck, we've got people to sit hours and hours each day in front of a CRT. We have people spending hours on Cell Phones. You really think it's going to be hard to set a nuke in their lap?
Illegal! What are you talking about. I own the government.
I guess you'd rather spend $60 on something that would take you 10 minutes to fix. Being middle class, I don't have that kind of money to spend every time I have a problem. I spend the 10 minutes to figure it out and get it done.
;-)
So, no, my time is not more valuable then my money, you inconsiderate rich bastard.
Just imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!
[rant on]
If you can't change the oil in your car or fix a tail light, then it's because your lazy and not because the "concepts are completely alien to them."
It's the same thing about programming a VCR or even turning on the TV. It's not that it's hard, it's that they are too lazy to either learn or remember.
Heck, my wife can hang sheet rock, texture it, and paint it, and she learned it in a day by herself. She can repair hole in walls and build window frames. Why, because she is not lazy.
I'm a computer programmer, yet when I had engine problems in my car, I was able to switch out the entire engine in a day with never doing it before.
I really look down on people that need to call a service person to change a light bulb.
[rant off]
Mine's working great, not that I'm a fan of Jack or anything. I didn't like their Mouse so I traded it for the iSight Flex thing. I've used it for a year with no problems.
Exactly. P2P software is just bad. If it would play nice, then it wouldn't be blocked as much. The only reason it's blocked on my network is because it will consume every bit of bandwidth. A single user of BT can bring my whole network to it's knees. I've seen where one person is running it and other users can't even get DHCP requests through (they can't even get an IP to get on the network). I don't know if this is a network architecture problem or just P2P, but if I allow one person to use it the whole network suffers.
I wish that I could afford the P2P detection and blocking software, but I can't. So I just eyeball the traffic from time to time and when I see a computer connecting to 100's of other computers I know there's a problem. Or if I start getting calls from users that can't get online then I have to ban the user using P2P.
I'm not trying to censor, I'm just trying to keep my network running smooth. If P2P software makers would put limits on their software, then it wouldn't be any better than downloading from a FTP server. So they aren't going to do it, and I'm not going to allow it.
One thing that I can say about Apple is that they are quick to fix their junk. If this were MS it would take years to fix that type of hole.
I'm saying this because when people start talking about Apple getting viruses, just look at their track record for fixing problems. Not as fast as Open Source, but a lot quicker than MS.
I've done this too, but some stores will not let you make a purchase by CC if it's not signed with your Name. I've been to a few places where they would refuse to take my CC unless I signed it. So I just sign it and off I go.
HAHAHAH...
Just think of the media coverage this would create! 1 million PC's were erased on April 1st - Story at 6:00!
What we need is to send commands to these networks to erase themselves. That should wake up some people. I know that these zombies can accept commands. Should be easy to send the command "format c:", shouldn't it? Please, someone do this!
Yeah, I used a Kensington Expert Mouse back in the day. It was really cool. I'm thinking about getting another one.
So true. Skateboarding is not a crime, but there are a lot of criminals that skateboard.
;-)
I started another business and write about that to throw people off from my primary business. When they go to my web page, they see my "hobby company" and think I'm someone else... Well, until they see my web cam and photos.