this man is so scared he doesn't even know what he's talking about anymore. there is more value in a $50 red hat box than there is in a $1100 5-user version of SCO (with NO COMPILER, NO SOURCE, VERY FEW GNU TOOLS, NOR A DECENT MODULE ARCHITECTURE). hell even the $3.00 cheapbytes version offers more value!!
speaking of modules... any idea on how much smaller SCO's hardware compatibility list is than linux'??
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
red hat is not my favorite distribution but it is a decent distribution and they do add value to linux and that is what they charge for. plus the distribution is available for free on their ftp site.
this is completely laughable since this is same sco that charges $1500 for a 5 USER LICENSE of sco with NO SOURCE, NO COMPILER, NO GNU TOOLS, and NO SUPPORT. linux is free with source, unlimited, has gnu tools, and free support is available through the various net resources.
who's the fraud?
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
I can tell you now that as time goes by, non-Microsoft users, including Linux users, are going to want a VBA analogue (using Perl, Python, etc.) to let their X apps interoperate in the same way. If the GNOME and KDE efforts aren't working on it now, they will be soon, and I'm sure that a good number of the people asking for it will be those who bash VBA at every opportunity; they won't even recognize that they're basically asking for something VBA-like for Linux. It just makes it too easy to tie different apps together to ignore. As long as the push for Linux to become easier continues, it's inevitable.
it may be but that doesn't excuse the fact that documents are given the control to do these kind of things. the scripts should be separate from the document and it's likely that linux heads would be smart enough to do it this way. i'm sure that even wordperfect does it this way.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
Would you feel the same if this guy was a biologist, and released a new deadly virus into the air? So, if your parents got the virus and died, would "they deserve what they get"?
very bad analogy. to the best of my knowledge, this virus killed noone. a proper analogy would be if this virus caused a nuclear bomb to go off.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
they still can't certify that he wrote it. the evidence is circumstantial at best. the id remains constant no matter who changes it. it's not a bulletproof id.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
the fbi has issued a "manhunt" on the writer of the melissa virus. they might as well call it a WITCHHUNT. this is not about viruses. more severe viruses have existed and have done more damage than melissa. what this is is a pathetic attempt to set a precedent to give the fbi broad rights to invade your privacy. they have tried this before using terrorism and pedophilia as "targets". but what they don't tell you is that to equal the number of pedophiliacs and terrorists in the real world, the internet population would have had to have MORE THAN 100% PERCENT pedophiles and terrorists!!! pedophiles know that is easier to go to the mall or park to prey on children than it is to get them on the internet. the fbi is just trying to get their foot in your door. the fbi is like your worst dinner guest. once you let them in the door, THEY DON'T LEAVE!! DO NOT GIVE THE FBI THESE KIND OF RIGHTS!!!
what is really puzzling is that they aren't even attempting to address the real issue. that is, "why does a microsoft word document have enough access to your operating system to be able to inflict such damage?!?" if someone broke into the white house and shot the president, the first question they would ask (after thanking the guy) is "how did he get in and what can be done to prevent this is in the future?". i am shocked and amazed that the fbi has not publicly asked this question of microsoft first. i'm sure there are copies of word in the fbi office, aren't they concerned?!?! of course they know what the real issue is. but as they say, the easiest way to cover something up is to ask the wrong question. the fbi is asking the wrong question to deceive you. DON'T FALL FOR THIS TRICK!!!
you think i'm paranoid?? please remember just a few weeks ago the fbi has proposed an initiative to monitor citizen's bank accounts and would have been given them the right to investigate anyone with "questionable transactions". the fbi has also been trying for years to get broader wiretapping rights to counter "terrorists". to the fbi, every citizen is a terrorist. i might even be dead tomorrow for writing this. DON'T FALL FOR THIS TRICK!!!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
i agree. personally, i think he's right. he did get shit on. i couldn't do what he did, which is basically starve so that we could be free, so i can't take anything away from him. i'm enjoying the benefit of his work and i ain't done shit!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
there are alot of computer users that call linux difficult where the only reason it is difficult is because they don't know it. god forbid someone should know about their system. there are some aspects in computing that need to be complex and other areas that don't. alot of windows is either unnecessary complexity or "user-friendly" without access to more complexity (wow! pictures!). that's probably my main beef with it. i agree with this guys attitude but i don't think certain things need to be unnecessarily difficult. i actually don't like debian installations for this reason. red hat installations are easy but the access to complex installations is buggy and thin. suse does the best job with regards to intuitive necessarily complex installations.
another reason windows installations are stereotyped as easy is that they are preinstalled. install it on a fresh box and you will run into more problems than you will ever encounter on a linux installation. that's why most of the big oems cds are actually a copy of an image rather than the installation itself. my experience with plug and play on all linux versions has been trouble free. on fresh installs of windows i usually end up in the irq-hell reboot cycle of death.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
Perhaps something injected into the arm at birth that would constantly relay a signal to a series of receivers? This way we can easily track those evil criminals and bad people and find lost children and do all kinds of good stuff.
or maybe i've had too much coffee this morning - my paranoia settings could need some recalibration.
i don't know... i was about to post the same thing. this seems way too convenient... how could they have tracked the GUID on the other document that fast?? to me it's almost obvious that this hit came from inside.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
#1 the response period ended already #2 they are probably using a modified version of nt/sql 7 #3 they are probably going to use a multiplier to argue that the cost benefit ratio is better (i.e. they shrink the dataset to get closer results to hide its scalability problems) #4 there's still no mention of the tpc-d benchmark #5 the microsoft web site that's included in this link is slow as shit! i bet it goes down for the event!
go kick ass larry!!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
i dont know whether to cry or suck this guys dick!
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that was a great article!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
How is Slackware, for instance, worse than a distro (Red Hat) that renames their libraries and kernels so that they appear to be full releases when in actuality they're pre-releases? How is it worse than a distro whose install often ignores the user's wishes, and which actively presents and promotes itself as the Linux? How is it worse than a distro that is far, far more marketing and hype than QA and careful testing?
i also have beefs with redhat's installation procedures and also alot of the defaults suck but i still think they're good for the linux "industry". i think they will be the "for dummies" version of linux while people like us move to suse, debian, stampede or tom's.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
do you know what wade cook does? he promotes "investment" techniques that he claims he made millions of dollars off of when in reality, he was a taxi driver that made millions off of selling his secrets. if anyone is a fraud it's him. he's the one abusing free speech by misleading people. all the people he ripped off should file a class action suit!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
Doesn't anyone else notice that everytime a company announces open source initiatives it is because all else has failed? Furthermore it looks like everytime a company announces support for Linux, like Corel, it seems to be because they are losing terribly to their competitors. Sadly, support for Linux and open source are indicators that a company is in trouble and that they are choosing new directions out of desperation, not because they want to.
well i still think it's a good thing. a company like corel that got crushed by microsoft has good reason to launch a nuclear bomb that could potential kill itself but hurt its enemy also. that's actually good for the industry.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
they are technically correct except it's wrong what they are doing. did the kernel modification provision say absolutely no kernel modifications or no compiled kernels?? in my opinion it's stupid to make kernel modications because if that code is changed, you have a maintanence nightmare!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
they made it official when they put on this ridiculous commercial claiming that the pentium III makes the internet faster... how the fuck??? are they giving away cable modems with each purchase or something????
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
ummmmm... be doesnt want to use those because those are reverse engineered and they can change at a whim. apple is stupid for not releasing the g3 specs. with regards to this aspect they are shooting themselves in the foot,
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
if people weren't getting hacked to bits and raped all over the country, maybe this law would make sense because these lawmakers would have nothing else to do. but as it is, they don't even want to put rapists and murderers to death... why fill up jails with spammers???
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
yeah but the cost of the OS is around 10-20% of the cost of the average machine. that's exhorbitance. and the price of the os has been constant as the price of the pc and components have gone down. they're bleeding the hardware vendors!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
Slashdot Mirror
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
yahoo most certainly does have pop access and i believe hotmail does as well.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
speaking of modules... any idea on how much smaller SCO's hardware compatibility list is than linux'??
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
this is completely laughable since this is same sco that charges $1500 for a 5 USER LICENSE of sco with NO SOURCE, NO COMPILER, NO GNU TOOLS, and NO SUPPORT. linux is free with source, unlimited, has gnu tools, and free support is available through the various net resources.
who's the fraud?
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
it may be but that doesn't excuse the fact that documents are given the control to do these kind of things. the scripts should be separate from the document and it's likely that linux heads would be smart enough to do it this way. i'm sure that even wordperfect does it this way.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
very bad analogy. to the best of my knowledge, this virus killed noone. a proper analogy would be if this virus caused a nuclear bomb to go off.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
they still can't certify that he wrote it. the evidence is circumstantial at best. the id remains constant no matter who changes it. it's not a bulletproof id.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
what is really puzzling is that they aren't even attempting to address the real issue. that is, "why does a microsoft word document have enough access to your operating system to be able to inflict such damage?!?" if someone broke into the white house and shot the president, the first question they would ask (after thanking the guy) is "how did he get in and what can be done to prevent this is in the future?". i am shocked and amazed that the fbi has not publicly asked this question of microsoft first. i'm sure there are copies of word in the fbi office, aren't they concerned?!?! of course they know what the real issue is. but as they say, the easiest way to cover something up is to ask the wrong question. the fbi is asking the wrong question to deceive you. DON'T FALL FOR THIS TRICK!!!
you think i'm paranoid?? please remember just a few weeks ago the fbi has proposed an initiative to monitor citizen's bank accounts and would have been given them the right to investigate anyone with "questionable transactions". the fbi has also been trying for years to get broader wiretapping rights to counter "terrorists". to the fbi, every citizen is a terrorist. i might even be dead tomorrow for writing this. DON'T FALL FOR THIS TRICK!!!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
i agree. personally, i think he's right. he did get shit on. i couldn't do what he did, which is basically starve so that we could be free, so i can't take anything away from him. i'm enjoying the benefit of his work and i ain't done shit!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
another reason windows installations are stereotyped as easy is that they are preinstalled. install it on a fresh box and you will run into more problems than you will ever encounter on a linux installation. that's why most of the big oems cds are actually a copy of an image rather than the installation itself. my experience with plug and play on all linux versions has been trouble free. on fresh installs of windows i usually end up in the irq-hell reboot cycle of death.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
we're not that far away from that! check out 666!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
i don't know... i was about to post the same thing. this seems way too convenient... how could they have tracked the GUID on the other document that fast?? to me it's almost obvious that this hit came from inside.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
#1 the response period ended already
#2 they are probably using a modified version of nt/sql 7
#3 they are probably going to use a multiplier to argue that the cost benefit ratio is better (i.e. they shrink the dataset to get closer results to hide its scalability problems)
#4 there's still no mention of the tpc-d benchmark
#5 the microsoft web site that's included in this link is slow as shit! i bet it goes down for the event!
go kick ass larry!!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
that was a great article!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
i also have beefs with redhat's installation procedures and also alot of the defaults suck but i still think they're good for the linux "industry". i think they will be the "for dummies" version of linux while people like us move to suse, debian, stampede or tom's.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
do you know what wade cook does? he promotes "investment" techniques that he claims he made millions of dollars off of when in reality, he was a taxi driver that made millions off of selling his secrets. if anyone is a fraud it's him. he's the one abusing free speech by misleading people. all the people he ripped off should file a class action suit!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
why hasn't gnu died yet then? gnu is pretty much universal and it survived without going corporate.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
i havent seen an update to their page in ages anyway but i'm wondering if this effectively kills it.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
well gee, maybe hitachi, intel, amd, motorola, ibm, compaq... get the point, dimwad?
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
well i still think it's a good thing. a company like corel that got crushed by microsoft has good reason to launch a nuclear bomb that could potential kill itself but hurt its enemy also. that's actually good for the industry.
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
they are technically correct except it's wrong what they are doing. did the kernel modification provision say absolutely no kernel modifications or no compiled kernels?? in my opinion it's stupid to make kernel modications because if that code is changed, you have a maintanence nightmare!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
they made it official when they put on this ridiculous commercial claiming that the pentium III makes the internet faster... how the fuck??? are they giving away cable modems with each purchase or something????
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
ummmmm... be doesnt want to use those because those are reverse engineered and they can change at a whim. apple is stupid for not releasing the g3 specs. with regards to this aspect they are shooting themselves in the foot,
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
if people weren't getting hacked to bits and raped all over the country, maybe this law would make sense because these lawmakers would have nothing else to do. but as it is, they don't even want to put rapists and murderers to death... why fill up jails with spammers???
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."
yeah but the cost of the OS is around 10-20% of the cost of the average machine. that's exhorbitance. and the price of the os has been constant as the price of the pc and components have gone down. they're bleeding the hardware vendors!
"The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."