I lived in the Beaverton area for a couple of years, it's not the kind of place that's going to be easily bullied by MSFT, or anybody else for that matter. One of the nicknames for this area was the "silicon forest", a takeoff on the Bay Area's high-tech reputation. There's a very high ratio of technologically clueful folks there. There's also an unusually high level of disdain for MSFT, especially among the Intel folk I used to work with. I never did understand it, why Intel engineers disliked MSFT so much. Anyways, it was up there I got introduced to Linux for the first time.
But it would really surprise me to see the schools that got audited dump MSFT lock, stock, and barrel anytime soon. The only clueless folk I ever did any business with up there were the schools. Stupifyingly dense and criminally arrogant. Thankfully, they're also almost totally inneffective as administrators so they won't be able to keep Linux out.
You might want to do what we have done. We have given our software auditing people a project code they fill in on their timesheets. So far this project, preparing for MS-Licensing 6.0, has cost us about $60,000 for about 1150 desktops.
We could have hired a pretty damn good UNIX sysadmin for that much money.
I hope governments around the globe just tax the motherfucking living shit out of everything commercial on the Internet. Then the e-carpetbaggers will either go broke or start looking for another medium to fuck people over with... but at least the Internet will return to the global information opportunity it used to be before all this commercialization damn near destroyed it.
I think it would be better to compare H-P to the Monty Python dead parrot sketch; it is an ex-company, it has ceased to be, it has gone to meet its makers.
Next time I have to fill out a driver's license application, I can put "fat ass" down in the organ donor questionnaire part and be completely serious about it.
I knew that the site Press-Enterprise site was Belo's own. I just thought it was funny how they can deep link to one of their own sites without suffering any of the confusion that they claim results from deep linking. They should be prosecuted for being inconsistent lying bastards if nothing else....
Belo's own site deep-links to the archives of the Riverside Press-Enterprise. Certainly a different experience than what the author intended; better call the cops.
Six months ago, Adobe was evil incarnate here on Slashdot. Today there's an unsubstantiated rumor that they might port their proprietary DMCA-protected crap to Linux and suddenly they're an Angelic mom-and-pop operation that can do no wrong.
When this lame movie comes out on DVDCCA region-encoded SSSCA copy-protected discs you'll all be like kids in a toy store, and the hell with Dmitry Sklyarov or Ed Felten or Eric Corley and what they suffered through because of companies like Adobe.
You people are the best supporters Eisner and Hollings could ever ask for.
On the other side - CrossOver Office costs $54.95, and it's running your own copy of Office 97 & 2000. Now - could someone explain to me why would I need to buy Hancom Office?
Errr, ummm... maybe because I don't own a copy of MS Office 97 or 2000???
I'm one of those who registers for evaluation downloads fairly regularly, but never get the software. Why? Because of our company's firewall policies, that's why. No FTP. If you want me to download your stuff after I register, make sure I have a choice of both FTP and HTTP downloads. If you're not bright enough to do that much, then your software probably isn't too good and I won't bemoan the fact that I didn't get to try it out.
The funniest thing, is I can't even download a new version of our firewall software because their default settings block me out of their FTP site. Morons.
That ain't nothing. My ex-brother-in-law done built hisself a entire house down by the river under the old bridge using some cardboard boxes and some newspapers he found in the dumpster.
But it's actually aluminum that reigns supreme for enhancing sexiness. Any fool who has downed a six-pack of aluminum beer cans will tell you how much sexier (and even younger) the babes in the local tavern get with each aluminum pull-tab.
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I lived in the Beaverton area for a couple of years, it's not the kind of place that's going to be easily bullied by MSFT, or anybody else for that matter. One of the nicknames for this area was the "silicon forest", a takeoff on the Bay Area's high-tech reputation. There's a very high ratio of technologically clueful folks there. There's also an unusually high level of disdain for MSFT, especially among the Intel folk I used to work with. I never did understand it, why Intel engineers disliked MSFT so much. Anyways, it was up there I got introduced to Linux for the first time.
But it would really surprise me to see the schools that got audited dump MSFT lock, stock, and barrel anytime soon. The only clueless folk I ever did any business with up there were the schools. Stupifyingly dense and criminally arrogant. Thankfully, they're also almost totally inneffective as administrators so they won't be able to keep Linux out.
Just try to picture Jack Valenti rolling around naked in all those millions. That mental image has kept me out of theatres for over a year now.
Although it did almost put me head-first into the toilet a few times....
Because the yellow highlighter looks like shit on my CRT.
Microsoft Pub Simulator.
As Real as it Gets.
You might want to do what we have done. We have given our software auditing people a project code they fill in on their timesheets. So far this project, preparing for MS-Licensing 6.0, has cost us about $60,000 for about 1150 desktops.
We could have hired a pretty damn good UNIX sysadmin for that much money.
I hope governments around the globe just tax the motherfucking living shit out of everything commercial on the Internet. Then the e-carpetbaggers will either go broke or start looking for another medium to fuck people over with... but at least the Internet will return to the global information opportunity it used to be before all this commercialization damn near destroyed it.
I think it would be better to compare H-P to the Monty Python dead parrot sketch; it is an ex-company, it has ceased to be, it has gone to meet its makers.
Two funerals to go to, that is. The other was a longtime personal friend. Rest in Peace, H-P. I will miss you.
Next time I have to fill out a driver's license application, I can put "fat ass" down in the organ donor questionnaire part and be completely serious about it.
If we could turn sewage into energy where I work, our weekly staff meetings could light Las Vegas.
I knew that the site Press-Enterprise site was Belo's own. I just thought it was funny how they can deep link to one of their own sites without suffering any of the confusion that they claim results from deep linking. They should be prosecuted for being inconsistent lying bastards if nothing else....
Belo's own site deep-links to the archives of the Riverside Press-Enterprise. Certainly a different experience than what the author intended; better call the cops.
GET HERBAL VIAGRA?
I just logged into my Hotmail account, it looks like the attack has begun!
Six months ago, Adobe was evil incarnate here on Slashdot. Today there's an unsubstantiated rumor that they might port their proprietary DMCA-protected crap to Linux and suddenly they're an Angelic mom-and-pop operation that can do no wrong.
When this lame movie comes out on DVDCCA region-encoded SSSCA copy-protected discs you'll all be like kids in a toy store, and the hell with Dmitry Sklyarov or Ed Felten or Eric Corley and what they suffered through because of companies like Adobe.
You people are the best supporters Eisner and Hollings could ever ask for.
On the other side - CrossOver Office costs $54.95, and it's running your own copy of Office 97 & 2000. Now - could someone explain to me why would I need to buy Hancom Office?
Errr, ummm... maybe because I don't own a copy of MS Office 97 or 2000???
I'm one of those who registers for evaluation downloads fairly regularly, but never get the software. Why? Because of our company's firewall policies, that's why. No FTP. If you want me to download your stuff after I register, make sure I have a choice of both FTP and HTTP downloads. If you're not bright enough to do that much, then your software probably isn't too good and I won't bemoan the fact that I didn't get to try it out.
The funniest thing, is I can't even download a new version of our firewall software because their default settings block me out of their FTP site. Morons.
If they signed a contract to purchase 270,000 useless copies of Red Hat, no one would be complaining.
That's right, they wouldn't be complaining, because how much would 270,000 installs of RedHat cost? $89.95, that's how much.
Evidence of prior fart?
This is hard to make a valid comparison to U.S. business model, since Indian music is sooo much better than U.S. music.
What, me biased?
Yours objectively, Rajendra.
That ain't nothing. My ex-brother-in-law done built hisself a entire house down by the river under the old bridge using some cardboard boxes and some newspapers he found in the dumpster.
But it's actually aluminum that reigns supreme for enhancing sexiness. Any fool who has downed a six-pack of aluminum beer cans will tell you how much sexier (and even younger) the babes in the local tavern get with each aluminum pull-tab.
What a cheesey sounding name.
Not nearly as exciting as a Polaroid in the bedroom.
When I look at NBC's lineup, or CBS', or ABC's, that's when I'm disappointed in the lack of progress.
A billion pixels of crap is still crap.
Finally, a product announcement on Slashdot where I could actually use a Beowulf cluster of them!