...if they manage to include rejected stories in the history mechanism. Damn shame we can't see the rejected stories from 1996-2007, I'm sure there would be some interesting gems lost among the tripe.
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*AND...feel as though it was really worth it to go through all that trouble so they can avoid paying for someone else's work.
Each step filters people,
With you there, I could find the cracks (easily); mostly I don't care to
and those people pay.
Not necessarily, a lot of people, like me, simply say "fuck it" entirely and stick to what they already have.
So...why not just use Linux then? Why bother going through all of the bother of sticking to antique cards and porting applications over from Linux when you could simply just install Linux.
This isn't 1994, there really isn't any advantage to running OS/2 instead of Linux or BSD or hell, even Solaris.... (all of which are free, and all of which are more current than the long-abandoned OS/2).
Samba supports non-linux systems about the same way that WINE does; very half-assedly. If you're not using it on Linux, you should be greatful it runs at all...so what if it lacks core functionality.
The headaches only last two or three days (if you get them at all, I generally don't notice them). However the drag-ass feeling lasts for two to three months while your body gets used to not having that extra 'kick'.
There's nothing "up to date" with various reconfigurations of the same old (mostly GNU) software packages, nor is there anything technically interesting about them, either.
One can be a geek and be interested in what the newest gadgets can do -and not know dick about software distributions. One can be a geek and be interested in BSD virtual memory managment -and not know dick about software distributions. One can be a geek and be interested in the latest innovations from APL -and not know dick about software distributions.
There are plenty of "geeks" and "nerds" who do [b]not[/b] breathlessly follow the ever-changing names and faces of software rebranders; and it would be polite for [b]their[/b] sake if a short explanation as to who Mark Shuttleforth is was posted.
>No. Ever since SCO first started talking, Linux has never stopped gaining market share.
That is a trend I'm sure the market will correct now that Microsoft has begun to assert its' right to protect its' investment in its' intellectual property.
It will be interesting to compare Windows Server market share versus Linux market share a year from now.
Thank you ever so much for injecting that completely irrelevant bit of mindless fanboi drivel into what was shaping up to be an otherwise readable thread.
>N+5 - MS buys Hell from the the Devil and unleashes Microsoft® Hell on Earth® Ultimate Edition.
They jumped the gun then. They released windows ME several years ago.
I for one welcome our NSA overlords, and would like to remind them that as a high-karma slashdot poster I can be useful in rounding up others to toil in their guantanamo interragation camps </slashdot>
>As a last resort they might produce an intellectually satisfying argument...still waiting on that one; or are you saying they still have a few alternatives left?
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This should be read as the first nail in the coffin of linux. There is no way that MS will let any other distribution but suse exist; and only then for as long as it takes to kill off ubuntu, etc.
Killing the open document format, getting linux pushed off the OLPC project and off of Dell...these should all be seen as signs that Microsoft is serious about eliminating Linux (and Free Software) with extreme prejudice.
Any win for Novell is a loss for Free Software; particularly in this case.
It seems to help the most under Linux, as far as I can tell; it helps somewhat under solaris and freebsd (but not as much) and doesn't help at all under windows.
I've tried using qemu (without kqemu) under netbsd, and it was (to me) noticibly slow enough that I simply wasn't able to put up with it.
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...only if your privacy means nothing.
...if they manage to include rejected stories in the history mechanism. Damn shame we can't see the rejected stories from 1996-2007, I'm sure there would be some interesting gems lost among the tripe.
With you there, I could find the cracks (easily); mostly I don't care to
Not necessarily, a lot of people, like me, simply say "fuck it" entirely and stick to what they already have.
So...why not just use Linux then? Why bother going through all of the bother of sticking to antique cards and porting applications over from Linux when you could simply just install Linux.
This isn't 1994, there really isn't any advantage to running OS/2 instead of Linux or BSD or hell, even Solaris.... (all of which are free, and all of which are more current than the long-abandoned OS/2).
Particularly since Nano has a better license and more features.
Samba supports non-linux systems about the same way that WINE does; very half-assedly. If you're not using it on Linux, you should be greatful it runs at all...so what if it lacks core functionality.
Since the government won't do anything... (Score:0, Flamebait) ...no small irony there...
The headaches only last two or three days (if you get them at all, I generally don't notice them). However the drag-ass feeling lasts for two to three months while your body gets used to not having that extra 'kick'.
democrat?
Talk about the pussification of /...
In the old days the subject would have been posted at least 50 times by now.
>And the fragmentation of Linux will gradually go away ...
"I wish that linux had but a single neck, that I might chain it" Caligula, by way of B. Gates
There's nothing "up to date" with various reconfigurations of the same old (mostly GNU) software packages, nor is there anything technically interesting about them, either.
One can be a geek and be interested in what the newest gadgets can do -and not know dick about software distributions.
One can be a geek and be interested in BSD virtual memory managment -and not know dick about software distributions.
One can be a geek and be interested in the latest innovations from APL -and not know dick about software distributions.
There are plenty of "geeks" and "nerds" who do [b]not[/b] breathlessly follow the ever-changing names and faces of software rebranders; and it would be polite for [b]their[/b] sake if a short explanation as to who Mark Shuttleforth is was posted.
>No. Ever since SCO first started talking, Linux has never stopped gaining market share.
That is a trend I'm sure the market will correct now that Microsoft has begun to assert its' right to protect its' investment in its' intellectual property.
It will be interesting to compare Windows Server market share versus Linux market share a year from now.
s/possible/probable/g
Thank you ever so much for injecting that completely irrelevant bit of mindless fanboi drivel into what was shaping up to be an otherwise readable thread.
IT news is far,far too depressing these days to pay attention to. I'd say that makes my answer 'none of the above'.
>N+5 - MS buys Hell from the the Devil and unleashes Microsoft® Hell on Earth® Ultimate Edition.
They jumped the gun then. They released windows ME several years ago.
I for one welcome our NSA overlords, and would like to remind them that as a high-karma slashdot poster I can be useful in rounding up others to toil in their guantanamo interragation camps
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>As a last resort they might produce an intellectually satisfying argument ...still waiting on that one; or are you saying they still have a few alternatives left?
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I was surprised to find that anyone with even half a clue read C|Net to begin with. I literally can't remember the last time I read an article there.
This should be read as the first nail in the coffin of linux. There is no way that MS will let any other distribution but suse exist; and only then for as long as it takes to kill off ubuntu, etc.
Killing the open document format, getting linux pushed off the OLPC project and off of Dell...these should all be seen as signs that Microsoft is serious about eliminating Linux (and Free Software) with extreme prejudice.
Any win for Novell is a loss for Free Software; particularly in this case.
It seems to help the most under Linux, as far as I can tell; it helps somewhat under solaris and freebsd (but not as much) and doesn't help at all under windows.
I've tried using qemu (without kqemu) under netbsd, and it was (to me) noticibly slow enough that I simply wasn't able to put up with it.
>It also has Qemu,
But no kqemu; so I'll stick with Linux, FreeBSD or Solaris; all of which have proper kernel support for Qemu.
>Bochs,
Ewwwwww, that's disgusting! I thought with Qemu we had managed to finally put bochs out of our misery.
backintheussr putin tag YOU
We don't care. We don't have to. We're Microsoft.
I guess singular isn't the new AT&T...