Better? If they aren't, they are catching up and surpassing awfully fast. Actually, no single source can be competitive. Two desktops, Gnome and KDE may waste a few resources, but the competition will drive both and more important, force both to "play nice". I would tend to trust something like NSALinux because there are a few paranoids who will go looking and will scream their heads off if they find anything suspect.
The GPL is viral in that the program takes on a life of its own, independent of original and subsequent authors. As long as anyone is interested, the program will survive, regardless of any actions or inactions of the original developers. This is actually very good for business, in that nobody can cut off their air supply.
Hmmm,
Linus & Co. absolve themselves of responsibility, but do fix bugs.
Microsoft is "accountable to the industry", but does not fix bugs.
Maybe actions speak a bit louder than words?
Hehe.
Developers can find security weaknesses very easily with Linux. Developers can and do fix said weaknesses.
The same is not true with Microsoft Windows. Developers cannot find security weaknesses very easily with Microsoft Windows. If they cannot find them, they cannot fix them.
Hackers/crackers can find security weaknesses very easily with Microsoft Windows.
No Freudian Slip, this. It's the arrogance of the Titanic prior to meeting the iceberg, the arrogance of a snake-oil salesman who actually believes in his product, the arrogance that if the developers didn't find any holes there aren't any holes to be found, the arrogance that you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time.
It is not completely true. There is something that is false, misleading, or could be said more accurately.
That is completely Not True - There is nothing that is correct and accurate.
It's not just a choice of word order. The meanings are quite different.
American businesses aren't taxed on assets, they are taxed on income. As far as I know, American businesses are in multiple jurisdictions and are subject to the rules and taxes of those jurisdictions. All of them.
Assets are generally valued at cost. Market price is irrelevant to the valuation.
Inventory and captial assets are taxed in the sense that they are bought with after-tax dollars, which are considerably dearer than expensable dollars. Inventory bought is not an expense. Inventory sold is expensed at the time of the sale.
Just wait. It will get worse.
"It's Microsoft. It's got to be good." seems to be the idea Microsoft is trying to sell.
Steve Ballmer: "Windows XP will be the highest-quality Microsoft operating system ever, and Microsoft and our associates are committed to delivering a set of amazing new computing experiences that will set a new paradigm for PC users around the world."
I dunno about you, but "amazing new computing experiences" has me more than a little worried. Purple screen of death? With pink polka dots?
Or kills your access to your hard drive.
Or selectively disabling some kinds of window displays, as in needing to hit ok in a popup that cannot display.
>>The IT support techie on site gets a crash course in how to use the admin tools provided, and my phone number in case of emergencies.
And ya know what? They never call. That's when you know that Linux administration is more cost-effective than NT administration.
You're right. Star Office and all the other alternatives MUST become better than the MS product. It's not enough to be just as good as MS, even if it takes a few years.
OK, I'll bite. Not that this or its parent are worth a reply.
Word has supported HTML as a document format for some time now, but it seems like it's pretty bad, even by Microsoft standards.
It's still fun to watch anyone try to use MS Word to make a document look exactly like they want it to. Extreme frustration.
StarOffice and OpenOffice may not be there yet, but when they do, MS will not be able to compete. I fully expect to be able to install the latest version and send a document (with no "save-as" foolishness) to someone who hasn't upgraded in two years, and the recipient will be able to read it with no problems.
After you upgrade so you can read the newer format, the people you send stuff to need to upgrade so that they can read the stuff you sent. Of course nothing pisses off a customer as much as sending them a document that they cannot read.
IBM seems to be coming up very strong. There are people who remember and will NOT repeat the same mistakes. OT, I'm coming to the conclusion that IBM is supporting Linux more as a user of Linux than as a supplier of Linux. I suspect that IBM is already making money from Linux, big time, internally.
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Reach out and touch someone.
Same as me. Nobody.
Better? If they aren't, they are catching up and surpassing awfully fast. Actually, no single source can be competitive. Two desktops, Gnome and KDE may waste a few resources, but the competition will drive both and more important, force both to "play nice". I would tend to trust something like NSALinux because there are a few paranoids who will go looking and will scream their heads off if they find anything suspect.
The GPL is viral in that the program takes on a life of its own, independent of original and subsequent authors. As long as anyone is interested, the program will survive, regardless of any actions or inactions of the original developers. This is actually very good for business, in that nobody can cut off their air supply.
Hehe, I like it. If they meant "their own" they should have said "their own".
Hmmm,
Linus & Co. absolve themselves of responsibility, but do fix bugs.
Microsoft is "accountable to the industry", but does not fix bugs.
Maybe actions speak a bit louder than words?
Hehe.
Developers can find security weaknesses very easily with Linux.
Developers can and do fix said weaknesses.
The same is not true with Microsoft Windows.
Developers cannot find security weaknesses very easily with Microsoft Windows. If they cannot find them, they cannot fix them.
Hackers/crackers can find security weaknesses very easily with Microsoft Windows.
No Freudian Slip, this. It's the arrogance of the Titanic prior to meeting the iceberg, the arrogance of a snake-oil salesman who actually believes in his product, the arrogance that if the developers didn't find any holes there aren't any holes to be found, the arrogance that you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time.
Yeah. Funny. If you find it in time.
How much of closed source is never looked at again?
It's worse. When the vendor decides there's not enough money in it, your data goes bye-bye.
The BSOD actually operates. I think it come bundled, no way to get it separately.
It is not completely true. There is something that is false, misleading, or could be said more accurately.
That is completely Not True - There is nothing that is correct and accurate.
It's not just a choice of word order. The meanings are quite different.
American businesses aren't taxed on assets, they are taxed on income. As far as I know, American businesses are in multiple jurisdictions and are subject to the rules and taxes of those jurisdictions. All of them.
Assets are generally valued at cost. Market price is irrelevant to the valuation.
Inventory and captial assets are taxed in the sense that they are bought with after-tax dollars, which are considerably dearer than expensable dollars. Inventory bought is not an expense. Inventory sold is expensed at the time of the sale.
Just wait. It will get worse.
"It's Microsoft. It's got to be good." seems to be the idea Microsoft is trying to sell.
Steve Ballmer: "Windows XP will be the highest-quality Microsoft operating system ever, and Microsoft and our associates are committed to delivering a set of amazing new computing experiences that will set a new paradigm for PC users around the world."
I dunno about you, but "amazing new computing experiences" has me more than a little worried. Purple screen of death? With pink polka dots?
Or kills your access to your hard drive.
Or selectively disabling some kinds of window displays, as in needing to hit ok in a popup that cannot display.
>>The IT support techie on site gets a crash course in how to use the admin tools provided, and my phone number in case of emergencies.
And ya know what? They never call.
That's when you know that Linux administration is more cost-effective than NT administration.
Please no. The Neandertals were smarter and considerably more sturdy.
You're right. Star Office and all the other alternatives MUST become better than the MS product. It's not enough to be just as good as MS, even if it takes a few years.
OK, I'll bite. Not that this or its parent are worth a reply.
Word has supported HTML as a document format for some time now, but it seems like it's pretty bad, even by Microsoft standards.
It's still fun to watch anyone try to use MS Word to make a document look exactly like they want it to. Extreme frustration.
StarOffice and OpenOffice may not be there yet, but when they do, MS will not be able to compete. I fully expect to be able to install the latest version and send a document (with no "save-as" foolishness) to someone who hasn't upgraded in two years, and the recipient will be able to read it with no problems.
After you upgrade so you can read the newer format, the people you send stuff to need to upgrade so that they can read the stuff you sent. Of course nothing pisses off a customer as much as sending them a document that they cannot read.
Neither. Chickenshit. It usually falls down toward the ground rather than up to where the chickens are roosting.
Microsoft cannot afford for their customers to figure out it is all a big joke. It's Microsoft. Laugh. Why? Just watch, you'll find out soon enough.
Well, Microsoft sells mediocrity as an aspiration.
>>You can't get a site license that covers new hardware.
Not much of a site license then.
To add insult to injury, buy Linux and run BSD or buy BSD and run Linux. Very legal.
IBM seems to be coming up very strong. There are people who remember and will NOT repeat the same mistakes. OT, I'm coming to the conclusion that IBM is supporting Linux more as a user of Linux than as a supplier of Linux. I suspect that IBM is already making money from Linux, big time, internally.
Outlook viruses don't run on alternative OSes, nit or nitout wit.