You have not taken your tribalism to the ultimate consequences, but having watched English football hooligans in action I know you could (once in a while these fine gentlemen bash an Asian business for practice).
And it is used quite affectionately, my uncle was nicknamed "El Negro" (literally the blackman) when he worked at a very senior level in a US Car company in Mexico.
I used to laugh at the idea of how he introduced himself to executives from the main office back in the US....
I think MS would be very wrong if they even think about that. The internet savvy generation that brought Obama to power would make sure that the US Dept. of Justice takes notice of such a move.
As anybody that has walked in an Spanish beach can attest, sunbathing in the nude (both men and women) is common place and nobody bats an eyelid about it.
"We would not have had a usable, cheap and pervasive home desktop OS in the 90s without Microsoft"
There were plenty of OSes that would have provided that.
Home desktop computing was going to happen irrespective of the existence of Microsoft.
At the time MS was releasing their first versions of Windows all the major UNIX players had Motif or OpenView graphical interfaces (X11 predates Windows by several years), Apple had the Mcintosh which predates the firs version of Windows.
And lets not forget OS2, which I personally used, and put WIndows to shame in the technical side of things.
So no, Microsoft was not a necessary ingredient at the time for the desktop revolution to happen. That was a natural development of the industry and Microsoft was the company that perhaps understood better this and rode the wave, but by no means they were the ones that sparkled the innovation.
And the fact that MS's CEO has said they are willing to use their alleged patents against Linux, as well as their back stabbing agreements with Novell, Xandros and others.
We have been told in clear, unequivocal, no uncertain terms that Linux is in the cross-hairs, but here you are, still asking what the fuss is all about when it comes to technology being pushed by that company.
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1 week.
2 weeks if one is really dumb.
Do you want that narrow aspect of your education to have such a decisive way in your future?
I would have been elated to have learned more languages when I was in Uni.
What is wrong with you!?
Your invoking of people elsewhere is a non issue.
The UK regularly prosecutes hate Muslim preachers, and stops them from entering the country if they are visiting from elsewhere.
The website is a side issue.
They distributed racist leaflets to a synagogue btw...
That is all fine and dandy to say when you are not a Jewish person living in the UK....
The government in Yugoslavia had ethnic cleansing in mind.
To compare both, even as a joke, is ludicrous.
That is what you are failing to grasp.
Writing something is to take an active role in a campaign to harm people.
The excuse of nobody being harm by hate speech is laughable at best.
Yeah, that is legally wonderfully correct.
But has not always being like that, and many people have paid with their lives as a consequence.
Northern Ireland for starters.
You have not taken your tribalism to the ultimate consequences, but having watched English football hooligans in action I know you could (once in a while these fine gentlemen bash an Asian business for practice).
"here in the US we acknowledge that actions committed in other countries fall under the laws of that country."
May jaw dropped when I read that.
I am assuming you are not USian and that you are trolling ....
And it is used quite affectionately, my uncle was nicknamed "El Negro" (literally the blackman) when he worked at a very senior level in a US Car company in Mexico.
I used to laugh at the idea of how he introduced himself to executives from the main office back in the US....
So are you saying that Holocaust survivors and their descendants don't suffer when those untruths are told?
Really. You don't...
I think MS would be very wrong if they even think about that. The internet savvy generation that brought Obama to power would make sure that the US Dept. of Justice takes notice of such a move.
2.
Uhm, er, yeah, whatever...
Can you point out which FUD are you refering to, or perhaps you haven't figured out what the initials stand for.?
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It is heart warming that some people around here keep themselves well informed about cutting edge technology
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It is easily demonstrable that most people have a pleasant experience with Ubuntu.
Since when showing a breast is having sex?
The reality is that the puritanical nature of US society permeates every aspect of daily life.
That nonsense will not stop until people with a clue stand and challenge the general assumptions of society as a whole.
As anybody that has walked in an Spanish beach can attest, sunbathing in the nude (both men and women) is common place and nobody bats an eyelid about it.
... to the freaks that claim that TCO is cheaper with MS products ...
"Then, 2k. Stability of NT meets usability and compatibility of 98"
A server depending on a GUI in order to be usable.
Thankfully most people didn't believe the hype and kept trusting their money making systems to UNIX or mainframes....
"Yay, is it the year of Linux again/already!?"
You may want to ask Google.
"We would not have had a usable, cheap and pervasive home desktop OS in the 90s without Microsoft"
There were plenty of OSes that would have provided that.
Home desktop computing was going to happen irrespective of the existence of Microsoft.
At the time MS was releasing their first versions of Windows all the major UNIX players had Motif or OpenView graphical interfaces (X11 predates Windows by several years), Apple had the Mcintosh which predates the firs version of Windows.
And lets not forget OS2, which I personally used, and put WIndows to shame in the technical side of things.
So no, Microsoft was not a necessary ingredient at the time for the desktop revolution to happen. That was a natural development of the industry and Microsoft was the company that perhaps understood better this and rode the wave, but by no means they were the ones that sparkled the innovation.
Interesting concept.
Have you heard about competition?
And the fact that MS's CEO has said they are willing to use their alleged patents against Linux, as well as their back stabbing agreements with Novell, Xandros and others.
We have been told in clear, unequivocal, no uncertain terms that Linux is in the cross-hairs, but here you are, still asking what the fuss is all about when it comes to technology being pushed by that company.