Unless, in your opinion, they choose anything but Linux, and decide to use Outlook, which, after all sucks, right? Shesh, at least stick with your opinions..
how blatantly do i have to say it? Use the Operating System that best suits your needs. How simple is that? There's nothing further to read into it, no partisan rhetoric or spin, hell, no opinions in it whatsoever.
I think Outlook sucks. You may not. Outlook doesn't suit my needs. If it suits yours, go hog wild. I won't stop you. I don't speak for you. Never claimed to.
At the risk of sounding like a legal document to clarify my point:
Those who choose to use linux for whatever reason need not worry about FUD from Micros~1. Micros~1 can't win the 'fight' because we're not fighting. They are. We're just working on software that best meets our needs whatever they may be.
I'm not saying Micros~1 sucks. I'm not arguing against Micros~1 here. I'm saying linux rocks, and nothing more. If you don't think so, go ahead and do whatever you want. That's the point of the whole thing.
What I mean by that is that I don't think everyone in the Linux community is completely satisfied with the software generated by others in the "Linux community"
But that's the best part about it!:) If you're not satisfied, you can FIX IT. You definitely can't say that about Micros~1 products. Anything that's wrong with it, any features it doesn't have that you want, go ahead and add them! (And when you're done, please, pass them on for others to share).
As for Outlook, we run Outlook here too and I get by just fine with Linux. Outlook supports web mail and POP3, but who cares anyway, Outlook sucks:)
Don't complain about a lack of software, do something about it!
The point the original poster is trying to make (I think) is that the current Linux community doesn't care about anyone who doesn't use Linux.
This couldn't be further from the truth. We've got to stop looking at this through the same old models. This isn't a "I'm part of this group, and everyone else sucks" kind of a situation. We're not talking about mutually exclusive sets here. I think you should use whatever Operating System is best suited for your needs, and I would hope everyone shares that opinion.
Anyway...My real point wasn't about what we have, it was about what we can do.
This is a very interesting move on Micros~1's part. Up until this point, they've always been competing with companies, tangible entities that can be defeated.
Criticize us! Please! It only gives us ideas to better our software. Here's my impression of the situation:
Micros~1: "Linux doesn't do this, and Linux doesn't support that."
Linux Community: Gee, thanks for the ideas, we'll go add that now.
The important thing to stress is that while Linux poses a threat to Micros~1, they can NEVER pose a threat to Linux. There's nothing to threaten. They can never take it away from us. They can never prevent us from doing what we want with it. We're not like a company, we can't go under, you can't take us to court, you can't DEFEAT us because there's nothing to defeat. Anything they can do we can do better and faster and cheaper, because we don't have a bottom line to worry about. All we need be concerned with is good software.
We don't even have money to lose:) All we have is our code and our passion, and they can never take those away from us.
Credibility aside, it doesn't matter even if NT beat Linux in a test.
This is bait thrown out by Microsoft, and we bit, hard. Look at us bicker amongst ourselves, that's exactly what they want.
Our unity is our strength. Linux may pose a threat to NT, but NT poses NO THREAT TO LINUX. They're trying to make us forget that. They have a bottom line to worry about. All we have to worry about is good software.
Words (pictures, shapes, etc.) have no more power than you give them. The information is in your head and thus yours to play with, (and also, your responsibility).
Please, write the 7 dirty words on a piece of paper and try to figure out which part of the word contains the "offensive" part. Hell, record them, play the.wav's back at half speed and try to pinpoint which part of the sound wave is "offensive."
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jeez :) let's see how much we can nitpick details.
Unless, in your opinion, they choose anything but Linux, and decide to use Outlook, which, after all sucks, right? Shesh, at least stick with your opinions..
how blatantly do i have to say it? Use the Operating System that best suits your needs. How simple is that? There's nothing further to read into it, no partisan rhetoric or spin, hell, no opinions in it whatsoever.
I think Outlook sucks. You may not. Outlook doesn't suit my needs. If it suits yours, go hog wild. I won't stop you. I don't speak for you. Never claimed to.
At the risk of sounding like a legal document to clarify my point:
Those who choose to use linux for whatever reason need not worry about FUD from Micros~1. Micros~1 can't win the 'fight' because we're not fighting. They are. We're just working on software that best meets our needs whatever they may be.
I'm not saying Micros~1 sucks. I'm not arguing against Micros~1 here. I'm saying linux rocks, and nothing more. If you don't think so, go ahead and do whatever you want. That's the point of the whole thing.
What I mean by that is that I don't think everyone in the Linux community is completely satisfied with the software generated by others in the "Linux community"
:) If you're not satisfied, you can FIX IT. You definitely can't say that about Micros~1 products. Anything that's wrong with it, any features it doesn't have that you want, go ahead and add them! (And when you're done, please, pass them on for others to share).
:)
But that's the best part about it!
As for Outlook, we run Outlook here too and I get by just fine with Linux. Outlook supports web mail and POP3, but who cares anyway, Outlook sucks
Don't complain about a lack of software, do something about it!
The point the original poster is trying to make (I think) is that the current Linux community doesn't care about anyone who doesn't use Linux.
This couldn't be further from the truth. We've got to stop looking at this through the same old models. This isn't a "I'm part of this group, and everyone else sucks" kind of a situation. We're not talking about mutually exclusive sets here. I think you should use whatever Operating System is best suited for your needs, and I would hope everyone shares that opinion.
Anyway...My real point wasn't about what we have, it was about what we can do.
This is a very interesting move on Micros~1's part. Up until this point, they've always been competing with companies, tangible entities that can be defeated.
:) All we have is our code and our passion, and they can never take those away from us.
Criticize us! Please! It only gives us ideas to better our software. Here's my impression of the situation:
Micros~1: "Linux doesn't do this, and Linux doesn't support that."
Linux Community: Gee, thanks for the ideas, we'll go add that now.
The important thing to stress is that while Linux poses a threat to Micros~1, they can NEVER pose a threat to Linux. There's nothing to threaten. They can never take it away from us. They can never prevent us from doing what we want with it. We're not like a company, we can't go under, you can't take us to court, you can't DEFEAT us because there's nothing to defeat. Anything they can do we can do better and faster and cheaper, because we don't have a bottom line to worry about. All we need be concerned with is good software.
We don't even have money to lose
This is one of the least informative "articles" I have ever read.
'Something exciting happened. It has something to do with superconductors maybe.'
Gee, thanks. This must be what premature ejaculation is like.
Credibility aside, it doesn't matter even if NT beat Linux in a test.
This is bait thrown out by Microsoft, and we bit, hard. Look at us bicker amongst ourselves, that's exactly what they want.
Our unity is our strength. Linux may pose a threat to NT, but NT poses NO THREAT TO LINUX. They're trying to make us forget that. They have a bottom line to worry about. All we have to worry about is good software.
Ridiculous legal issues aside...
.wav's back at half speed and try to pinpoint which part of the sound wave is "offensive."
Words (pictures, shapes, etc.) have no more power than you give them. The information is in your head and thus yours to play with, (and also, your responsibility).
Please, write the 7 dirty words on a piece of paper and try to figure out which part of the word contains the "offensive" part. Hell, record them, play the
The Map Is Not The Territory.