I would think for most people the main reason to swap from M$ office to openoffice.org is to get away from forced upgrades via document compatibility, to escape tacked on interface changes trying to hide unnecessary upgrades, no I don't want to and never will use f**king M$ visual basic for macros so M$ can charge other companies for visual basic licences, escaping extra help, assistance and automatic features that actually kill productivity rather than help it, to gain access to complete manuals available for free online, to use an office suit that works across most operating systems including Linux, it is open source and as such openly and publicly audited and, and to gain access to the open document format as the naturally used format.
That's quite a few main reasons;-)
The main reason people use OpenOffice is that it's free and is "close enough". That's the main reason 90% of people use any open source product - it's free and close enough (or as good). "Most people" do not care about licensing and don't know what source code is, much less that it's publicly audited.
Open source software succeeds because it's free as in beer.
The real purpose is control, not managing the U.S. government for its citizens. For example, search digg.com and reddit.com for the term "martial law"...the president and vice-president and their families and friends and associates have a history of investment in oil and weapons. The purpose of invading Iraq was to get control of the oil supply...the reason for the U.S. government's plan to invade Iran is to further restrict the supply of oil.
It's a pity you went from relatively cogent analysis to stark raving conspiracy nuttiness.
Also, his name is "Barack" Obama
Actually, his name is Barack Hussein Obama. But if you say that, you're some kind of racist. Then again, he went by "Barry" while in college.
Yahoo shareholders that are angry are upset because they wanted a way to jump ship and make a boatload of money...pure greed.
You realize that these are the people who put up the money for the company...without whom, there would be no company. They're entitled to be greedy. It's their company.
I can type in search terms and get the results from Google. And...
Um...
How is this something I couldn't do before? I can certainly do this on my own (real) command line - surfraw has been mentioned, and a perl script and the Google API (or even without it) means "getting a list of links for a search term from google" is not exactly unknown.
It has a cute CLI-like interface, but not really. "This google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell." Um, no, not really. It's a cute interface, but not a real shell by any stretch...
You've basically judged an article simply by the publisher without even considering any of the issues brought up from the article.
That's why I read WorldNetDaily, Spotlight, National Enquirer, and the Maoist International Movement's MIMnotes. I mean, no point in judging by the publisher or anything.
I really think Slashdot should try to avoid linking sites that only allow ten concurrent connections, although I admit I don't know how they could figure that out without doing some sort of stress test.
SlashDot does not care about this issue. There's a FAQ entry on the subject, but all attempts to actually discuss one of the questions therein - "I could try asking permission, but do you want to wait 6 hours for a cool breaking story while we wait for permission to link someone?" - are rejected, as are polls on the subject, etc.
My opinion: Microsoft bidding for Yahoo is breaking news, and there are lots of sites setup to take high volume that you can link to. But for a discussion like this? Who cares if we have to wait a day?
SlashDot does not care about the "SlashDot Effect" because it's not in their business/financial interest to care about it. If they were more responsible, asked permission before linking, etc., they would need to actually have editors.
If you don't know the answer, you're too young to ask the question. Yes, the language that still runs the majority of the world's transactions is successful. Infoweek or Computerworld or one of those trade rags recently ran an article in which they noted that on a daily basis, there are an order of magnitude more transactions run through COBOL programs than what Google handles.
DreamHost is not phasing out email...and having been a customer for nearly 3 years, I can report they are indeed one of the most professional web-hosting companies. Non-stuffiness != non-professional.
This article is usually referenced whenever the subject turns to complete rewrites. I agree - they're over-rated and done too often. As Joel in the article points out, it's easier and more fun to write code than to read it.
And I'd totally have left to go to an office that cares about productivity and not how or when their developers are working.
Exactly. The GPP sounds like an asshat.
I'm always amused how companies are so obsessed with someone's "work productivity" but only measures it from 8-to-5. I'm oncall, I do work on the weekend, I answer teammate's questions - but the rule in corporate America is that work is always allowed to bleed into your personal life, but God forbid the reverse should ever be true.
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I doubt they'd ever let a Muslim or a Buddhist in as a troop leader, for example.
You do realize that not knowing what you're talking about really destroys your argument, right?
One of the Supremes is a girl, you insensitive clod!
There's at least ten Google Maps/GPS jokes in this discussion, but they would be tasteless...though funny, which are usually the best kind of jokes.
I vote that we get rich by enslaving the inhabitants and drilling for oil.
...and I play a monk. No monks in 4th ed. Time for a new character.
I know, I'll play a barbarian...ooops, no barbarians in 4th ed.
Well, if I can't be a monk and I can't be a barbarian...how about the good ol' half-orc fighter. Nope. No half-orcs, either.
I guess I could play a fey Eladrin Warlord. Except that I'm straight.
I would think for most people the main reason to swap from M$ office to openoffice.org is to get away from forced upgrades via document compatibility, to escape tacked on interface changes trying to hide unnecessary upgrades, no I don't want to and never will use f**king M$ visual basic for macros so M$ can charge other companies for visual basic licences, escaping extra help, assistance and automatic features that actually kill productivity rather than help it, to gain access to complete manuals available for free online, to use an office suit that works across most operating systems including Linux, it is open source and as such openly and publicly audited and, and to gain access to the open document format as the naturally used format.
That's quite a few main reasons ;-)
The main reason people use OpenOffice is that it's free and is "close enough". That's the main reason 90% of people use any open source product - it's free and close enough (or as good). "Most people" do not care about licensing and don't know what source code is, much less that it's publicly audited.
Open source software succeeds because it's free as in beer.
The real purpose is control, not managing the U.S. government for its citizens. For example, search digg.com and reddit.com for the term "martial law"...the president and vice-president and their families and friends and associates have a history of investment in oil and weapons. The purpose of invading Iraq was to get control of the oil supply...the reason for the U.S. government's plan to invade Iran is to further restrict the supply of oil.
It's a pity you went from relatively cogent analysis to stark raving conspiracy nuttiness.
Also, his name is "Barack" Obama
Actually, his name is Barack Hussein Obama. But if you say that, you're some kind of racist. Then again, he went by "Barry" while in college.
Yahoo shareholders that are angry are upset because they wanted a way to jump ship and make a boatload of money...pure greed.
You realize that these are the people who put up the money for the company...without whom, there would be no company. They're entitled to be greedy. It's their company.
I can type in search terms and get the results from Google. And...
Um...
How is this something I couldn't do before? I can certainly do this on my own (real) command line - surfraw has been mentioned, and a perl script and the Google API (or even without it) means "getting a list of links for a search term from google" is not exactly unknown.
It has a cute CLI-like interface, but not really. "This google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell." Um, no, not really. It's a cute interface, but not a real shell by any stretch...
So what am I missing?
You put your phone next to your wife's phone at night, and they exchange pads over a wire or low-powered IR link or something.
How they generate these pads, on the other hand...
You've basically judged an article simply by the publisher without even considering any of the issues brought up from the article.
That's why I read WorldNetDaily, Spotlight, National Enquirer, and the Maoist International Movement's MIMnotes. I mean, no point in judging by the publisher or anything.
Gartner is mainly known for two things:
- "Duh"
- Being wrong.
Oh, and charging a lot. cf. Cringley's fine column on Gartner.I really think Slashdot should try to avoid linking sites that only allow ten concurrent connections, although I admit I don't know how they could figure that out without doing some sort of stress test.
SlashDot does not care about this issue. There's a FAQ entry on the subject, but all attempts to actually discuss one of the questions therein - "I could try asking permission, but do you want to wait 6 hours for a cool breaking story while we wait for permission to link someone?" - are rejected, as are polls on the subject, etc.
My opinion: Microsoft bidding for Yahoo is breaking news, and there are lots of sites setup to take high volume that you can link to. But for a discussion like this? Who cares if we have to wait a day?
SlashDot does not care about the "SlashDot Effect" because it's not in their business/financial interest to care about it. If they were more responsible, asked permission before linking, etc., they would need to actually have editors.
Can we say COBOL is a successful language?
If you don't know the answer, you're too young to ask the question. Yes, the language that still runs the majority of the world's transactions is successful. Infoweek or Computerworld or one of those trade rags recently ran an article in which they noted that on a daily basis, there are an order of magnitude more transactions run through COBOL programs than what Google handles.
Dumbest. Question. Ever.
Granted, I've had my home email address since 1996ish and back in the day, I posted to USENET a lot with it.
I may switch to Gmail just due to spam overload...sad...
DreamHost is not phasing out email...and having been a customer for nearly 3 years, I can report they are indeed one of the most professional web-hosting companies. Non-stuffiness != non-professional.
"Wow everyone's retarded"
That's a pretty gross generalisation, even on Slashdot.
Of course, that doesn't mean it isn't true.
In former Soviet Russia, Putin...oh, never mind.
This article is usually referenced whenever the subject turns to complete rewrites. I agree - they're over-rated and done too often. As Joel in the article points out, it's easier and more fun to write code than to read it.
And I'd totally have left to go to an office that cares about productivity and not how or when their developers are working.
Exactly. The GPP sounds like an asshat.
I'm always amused how companies are so obsessed with someone's "work productivity" but only measures it from 8-to-5. I'm oncall, I do work on the weekend, I answer teammate's questions - but the rule in corporate America is that work is always allowed to bleed into your personal life, but God forbid the reverse should ever be true.
Monkey Pirate TiddlyWiki is even better ;-)
Or of course, you could have an actual "personal, offline Wiki" like Tiddly Wiki. ;-)
Even better, look at Tiddly Wiki. No engine required - the entire wiki is run in javascript. Just one .html file to carry around with you.
...because "The Most Annoying Software Out There" is a poor title. What is the difference between
?
First, Gartner is pathetic.
Second, there are some virtual worlds launched by businesses that have been astoundingly successful. They're called MMORPGs.