Although you make many valid and interesting points, many big companies (can't say, sorry) are already deploying Linux in both the desktop and the back office.
Why? Because the geeks are tired of Windows. And some geeks eventually wear suits.
That is why MS is on tour and is reduced to name calling and using pupets (SCO) to gain as much time as possible.
MS knows that the writing is on the wall (they can't be that stupid), there is nothing they can do to stop people sharing their own stuff (testament to how bad and "successful" the monopoly is: competition in a normal sense has been all but obliterated from the market, users have to provide their own tools in order to have any resemblance of choice).
MS is just trying to squeze the last bit of revenue from the current busines model while they are trying to figure out how they are going to adapt to the brave new world of Free software. They can either join the party or be left behind.
The big problem MS has is that Windows is no longer "cool" and that the suits are tired of knowing that every so often thousend of dollars are wasted patching Windows that could be better spent in actually getting work done.
Yes, issues with Linux have to be addressed, but frankly the last place where I think we shuld be looking for answers about how to improbe Linux is at MS roadshows.
They are lying to us, we know it, they know it, so I frankly fail to see how in such an environment we can obtain anything positive to help Linux.
Sorry but I chose to remain smug this time, I want to see concrete steps from MS towards openess, transparency and fair competition in order to give them any credence as genuine interlocutors in a technical dialogue.
If they want to convince the suits, they can go ahead, there are many of us, doing the daily work, doing the convincing in favour of Linux with cold hard facts that reflect themselves in the balance sheets of our companies.
You would be surprised which companies care about the Freedom part.
Nobody takes lightly anymore to be dictated by an external company how, when and under which conditions you should migrate your IT infrastructure.
FLOSS in general and Linux in particular put IT consumers in the driving seat. That is what scares big conglomerates like MS used to call all the shots.
Just because you are unable to use new technology it means that technology is useless.
So I suppose the phones noted in your "gadget" (mine has 300+ contacts) is easily searchable?
Does it remind you birthdays?
Can you play games with it ? (yeah, that tic-tac-toe against yourself sounds really challenging. I suppose you erase each game each time in order to save paper)
And what do you use for backups? A photocopier?
I have taken my $300 device all around Europe. Africa, Asia, Latinamerica and even that wild place called the US. Lemme see,.... , yeah, it is still with me.
What nonsense, stop using expensive things for the fear of losing them...
The individual that is your president has created a climate in which corporations, big and small, feel they can do almost whatever they want since the worst that may happen is a slap in the wrist if they are caught.
Those 1% of companies that you claim are the only ones doing punishable stuff are not being punished at all (they either settle out of court, which means they are not taken to account for their failings or when caught they are not punished and the individuals that drive the crimes remain free to do as they wish).
In the other hand humble people are busting US jails since they don't have expensive lawyers to help them avoid jail for years for the hineous crime of stealing a car or such.
The individual you call president (and the one you are so proud to commemorate in your signature) did nothing for the man on the street and is driving your country to bankruptcy by means of the typical tool of the populist: nationalism and pseudo-patriotism.
It is in such a climate that companies like SCO thrive: they know they have nothing to fear because there is no political will from who should have it to curb such behaviour.
People with a brain have nothing against capitalism, unfortunately what we are seeing is the raising of oligarchies in which what counts is your capacity to lobby (which companies have more of it of course) and not the vote of the populace.
.... just left the rock you have been living under for the last, er, decades.
Google (if you don't know what that means please let us know, we are all happy to help you out of the dark agaes) for "acid rain", "low athmosphere ozone" just for starters.
Add make sure your bike is comfy, you don;t want to get back pain (if you are a fat bastard you should not be asking about the benefits of biking, if you are not, my sincerest apology for the insinuation).
Software is a comodity. You can't make money from software anymore.
Xandros may be a very user friendly distribution (it is indeed, is what I am using to write this) but they gain absolutely nothing closing the source of some of their stuff. That business model is dead.
Services, people, services is what will save the day.
SAs normally have a carrier path either laterally (we can become programmers if we want to fro example, we know the resources involved in any IT project which allows to use them more effectively when programming, many programmers just don't understnad how their little script wonder is exhausting all the memory on a given machine) or vertically (toward management, since "having the keys of the kingdom", a position most janitors only dream about, puts you in touch with project managers, business managers, etc. Most code which opens posibilities of progression, code monkeys just code and go home).
With CLI you get all that and more, so it is not a phallic contest but simply the truth and why a UNIX/Linux admin can administer more machines per head than a poor Windows sod.
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Oh, sorry, you should be 16.
gmail is beta, most people do not have an account.
Or did not you see the Beta word plastered in the sign on page?
I don't have one, and most people don't.
I will have to take your word for it.
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What a feat.
That is why the EU is fining them.
Although you make many valid and interesting points, many big companies (can't say, sorry) are already deploying Linux in both the desktop and the back office.
Why? Because the geeks are tired of Windows. And some geeks eventually wear suits.
That is why MS is on tour and is reduced to name calling and using pupets (SCO) to gain as much time as possible.
MS knows that the writing is on the wall (they can't be that stupid), there is nothing they can do to stop people sharing their own stuff (testament to how bad and "successful" the monopoly is: competition in a normal sense has been all but obliterated from the market, users have to provide their own tools in order to have any resemblance of choice).
MS is just trying to squeze the last bit of revenue from the current busines model while they are trying to figure out how they are going to adapt to the brave new world of Free software. They can either join the party or be left behind.
The big problem MS has is that Windows is no longer "cool" and that the suits are tired of knowing that every so often thousend of dollars are wasted patching Windows that could be better spent in actually getting work done.
Yes, issues with Linux have to be addressed, but frankly the last place where I think we shuld be looking for answers about how to improbe Linux is at MS roadshows.
They are lying to us, we know it, they know it, so I frankly fail to see how in such an environment we can obtain anything positive to help Linux.
Sorry but I chose to remain smug this time, I want to see concrete steps from MS towards openess, transparency and fair competition in order to give them any credence as genuine interlocutors in a technical dialogue.
If they want to convince the suits, they can go ahead, there are many of us, doing the daily work, doing the convincing in favour of Linux with cold hard facts that reflect themselves in the balance sheets of our companies.
You would be surprised which companies care about the Freedom part.
Nobody takes lightly anymore to be dictated by an external company how, when and under which conditions you should migrate your IT infrastructure.
FLOSS in general and Linux in particular put IT consumers in the driving seat. That is what scares big conglomerates like MS used to call all the shots.
.... to read Chinese is a real fucking peace of sugary cake.
Well, Duh!
Perlmongers believe that everybody is fluent in Chinese.
How do you backup your notepad.
Warm regards.
Robin.
Don't blame the devices in your own shortcomings. Where were your backups?
Give me a break....
Just because you are unable to use new technology it means that technology is useless.
.... , yeah, it is still with me.
So I suppose the phones noted in your "gadget" (mine has 300+ contacts) is easily searchable?
Does it remind you birthdays?
Can you play games with it ? (yeah, that tic-tac-toe against yourself sounds really challenging. I suppose you erase each game each time in order to save paper)
And what do you use for backups? A photocopier?
I have taken my $300 device all around Europe. Africa, Asia, Latinamerica and even that wild place called the US. Lemme see,
What nonsense, stop using expensive things for the fear of losing them...
Ho does a language sound more "commanding" than other?
May it not be that kyou are pandering to certain stereotypes?
For what is worth, I have several blind friends in Germany and their guide dogs are all trained in English. So go figure..
Moderators! Flamebait! Flamebait!
You have your own brain I pressume, drawyour own conclusions....
You have to be really be a nasty nitpicker to convolute so much good news.
Surely you have never done something good given the fact that you are an evildoer (or at least the evidence of your posting would suggest that).
If they are savvy they should have at least 6, 2 for each service, in separate locations for resilience.
In real corporate environments no, specially ftp that would compromise the other two.
The individual that is your president has created a climate in which corporations, big and small, feel they can do almost whatever they want since the worst that may happen is a slap in the wrist if they are caught.
Those 1% of companies that you claim are the only ones doing punishable stuff are not being punished at all (they either settle out of court, which means they are not taken to account for their failings or when caught they are not punished and the individuals that drive the crimes remain free to do as they wish).
In the other hand humble people are busting US jails since they don't have expensive lawyers to help them avoid jail for years for the hineous crime of stealing a car or such.
The individual you call president (and the one you are so proud to commemorate in your signature) did nothing for the man on the street and is driving your country to bankruptcy by means of the typical tool of the populist: nationalism and pseudo-patriotism.
It is in such a climate that companies like SCO thrive: they know they have nothing to fear because there is no political will from who should have it to curb such behaviour.
People with a brain have nothing against capitalism, unfortunately what we are seeing is the raising of oligarchies in which what counts is your capacity to lobby (which companies have more of it of course) and not the vote of the populace.
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.... just left the rock you have been living under for the last, er, decades.
Google (if you don't know what that means please let us know, we are all happy to help you out of the dark agaes) for "acid rain", "low athmosphere ozone" just for starters.
Add make sure your bike is comfy, you don;t want to get back pain (if you are a fat bastard you should not be asking about the benefits of biking, if you are not, my sincerest apology for the insinuation).
Fuck that.
Software is a comodity. You can't make money from software anymore.
Xandros may be a very user friendly distribution (it is indeed, is what I am using to write this) but they gain absolutely nothing closing the source of some of their stuff. That business model is dead.
Services, people, services is what will save the day.
Solaris admin here. I have not touched a machine for the last 4 years...
Janitorial staff. What is that suppossed to mean?
SAs normally have a carrier path either laterally (we can become programmers if we want to fro example, we know the resources involved in any IT project which allows to use them more effectively when programming, many programmers just don't understnad how their little script wonder is exhausting all the memory on a given machine) or vertically (toward management, since "having the keys of the kingdom", a position most janitors only dream about, puts you in touch with project managers, business managers, etc. Most code which opens posibilities of progression, code monkeys just code and go home).
For several reasons:
How do you script a clicky-clicky solution?
How do you document it?
If you dare document it, will it be unambigious?
With CLI you get all that and more, so it is not a phallic contest but simply the truth and why a UNIX/Linux admin can administer more machines per head than a poor Windows sod.
Yes.
Add that one to the reasons I don;t use Windows.