Most Americans would become homeless after a year of unemployment, or even lack of full-time employment, thanks to inflated rent and real estate prices. The way things are going, this is a very realistic scenario for many people, that scares them shitless.
In most other countries unemployment will make you uncomfortable, but in US it means, you are literally left to die on the street.
This is a prominent Microsoft astroturfer, whoring for karma by posting popular opinions and thousands of supposedly his life experiences (total reported lifetime probably extends to construction of Pyramids by now).
However, having worked with MS products for several years in a variety of situations, I can say that MS products, mainly due to increased competition, are good and getting better. Unix-like? Of course not. MS products are merely another computing tool. I prefer flexibility, pragmatism and "openness", as opposed to dogma.
That's like saying that bank robber is yet another profession, and that bank robbers are getting less and less dangerous.
slanted toward the professional who needs this type of display space (PLC programmer who needs to commission/tweak/troubleshoot industrial sites scattered across the back woods, graphics design artists who need something to show their prelims to clients and at trade shows, etc.)
It's in the category "If you can benefit from this tool, you are too dumb for this job".
Linux was created in 1991 to be a POSIX compliant kernel
Windows NT was created "to be POSIX compliant". One can formally follow POSIX and still end up with unusable shit.
not to be a competitor to MS.
Microsoft marketing should really shut up about any of this. Currently there are three kinds of general-purpose operating systems -- minimal, Unix-like and total crap. Microsoft is firmly in "total crap" category. Unfortunately Microsoft is trying to destroy absolutely everything that even remotely resembles a piece of software, especially things that are superior to its products. This means, that for anyone to succeed, Microsoft must be destroyed. This was true in 80's, and it is still true now. Not unlike Inquisition, another organization that was shitting upon all forms of scientific and social progress until it lost its influence.
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tits or gtfo
AAAAAAAAA++, will rage again.
Then why the hell isn't Tony Stark eighty years old now?
For the same reason Calvin remained being six years old for ten years.
(first thing I thought of after seeing this)
And don't forget Bobby Tables (not under his full name though).
Delicious copypasta.
...and here hairyfeet, after hundreds of karma-whoring posts, finally delivers his load of astroturf.
Die in a fire.
Most Americans would become homeless after a year of unemployment, or even lack of full-time employment, thanks to inflated rent and real estate prices. The way things are going, this is a very realistic scenario for many people, that scares them shitless.
In most other countries unemployment will make you uncomfortable, but in US it means, you are literally left to die on the street.
Oh, wow!
(famous karma whore and Microsoft astroturfer hairyfeet at work).
How your plans for Venezuela invasion are doing, bitches?
You honestly think for a second, contrary to the media propaganda, organizations such as the CIA don't know who they are supporting?
Absolutely!
Seriously!
Whatever is used for Iraq+Afghanistan+Libya wars, would probably be sufficient for both NASA and education.
They just need to GTFO of those three places.
hairyfeet sure knows what is and isn't evil.
While whoring for karma and posting Microsoft talking points in every thread that mentions his masters.
Maybe they should change their names to Bobby Tables?
would get his account suspended, too...
gb2/b/
Hi hairyfeet.
This is a prominent Microsoft astroturfer, whoring for karma by posting popular opinions and thousands of supposedly his life experiences (total reported lifetime probably extends to construction of Pyramids by now).
However, having worked with MS products for several years in a variety of situations, I can say that MS products, mainly due to increased competition, are good and getting better. Unix-like? Of course not. MS products are merely another computing tool. I prefer flexibility, pragmatism and "openness", as opposed to dogma.
That's like saying that bank robber is yet another profession, and that bank robbers are getting less and less dangerous.
Thats like saying racism is a good thing. Ignorance and intolerance are never good things,
If there was a race that was somehow compelled to write shitty software, I definitely would be racist. Fortunately this is not the case.
As for intolerance, it's often a very, very good thing when applied to things that should not be tolerated.
and it just makes you guys look like angsty sore losers to be honest.
What you are saying is: "Don't fight your enemies! That makes you look like angsty sore losers!"
I wonder how many people said that about keyboards/CRT screens and magnetic tape in the punchcard era?
None.
I WAS there.
slanted toward the professional who needs this type of display space (PLC programmer who needs to commission/tweak/troubleshoot industrial sites scattered across the back woods, graphics design artists who need something to show their prelims to clients and at trade shows, etc.)
It's in the category "If you can benefit from this tool, you are too dumb for this job".
I have the glossy RGB-LED backlit edge-to-edge screen on my Dell Precision M6400 and it is a delight to work on
...as long as you don't leave your basement.
There is a lot of Microsoft-hate out amongst Linux-users. It isn't pervasive, though.
Oh yes, it is.
And it's a GOOD thing.
Linux was created in 1991 to be a POSIX compliant kernel
Windows NT was created "to be POSIX compliant". One can formally follow POSIX and still end up with unusable shit.
not to be a competitor to MS.
Microsoft marketing should really shut up about any of this. Currently there are three kinds of general-purpose operating systems -- minimal, Unix-like and total crap. Microsoft is firmly in "total crap" category. Unfortunately Microsoft is trying to destroy absolutely everything that even remotely resembles a piece of software, especially things that are superior to its products. This means, that for anyone to succeed, Microsoft must be destroyed. This was true in 80's, and it is still true now. Not unlike Inquisition, another organization that was shitting upon all forms of scientific and social progress until it lost its influence.