Somebody's gonna burn SCO to the ground one of these days at the rate they're pissin' folks off left and right. At least, one could hope... I've probably wasted more time reading about these completely baseless lawsuits from SCO than I have dealing with SPAM!
Whoever decided to let this go through as a valid./ article is a moron and didn't read the link in the posting. The article is about a backup/restore procedure using the internet to access the storage medium. This has nothing to do with updates.
I wasted 5 minutes on this because I deal with this kind of tech at my company... geez..;)
I didnt even give microsoft any money (as we all know many many windows users dont).
Ummm... If you've ever bought a PC with Windows bundled (most PC owners have, including me), the cost of the OEM license of Windows was buried in the price of the PC. You paid for it, whether you knew it or not. I personally build my own now and refuse to give M$ money for something I don't intend to use.
Regarding ease of use, time to learn, and all that other crap listed, yeah, it takes a bit of time to understand your machine. So, I use linux. Consequently, I rarely reboot my machine. I prefer to not remain ignorant of my OS since I use it all the time and I enjoy learning how to make it do more for me and my family rather than do what M$ or an M$ paid-off company allows me to do -- seems so limiting. Also, I know from my vast Windows background that setting up Windows "correctly" is no less difficult to do than to to set up linux "correctly." It's just that we're used to it at this point because we've had it shoved down our throats for so long. For instance, finding Windows settings can sometime be just as confusing (or even moreso in some cases) as linux. Not to mention trying to explain to mom why her machine isn't secure because she's running Windows and using Outlook and Internet Explorer. And I think I'll lose my mind I ever have to explain to her what spyware is and why it's all over her machine!
X is now at a point where I can do 90% of what I used to do on Windows and I don't miss it, except for the games... but I keep a secret Windows 98 partition from an old install for that.;)
Can't wait for a M$ Project clone that works on Linux. That's really the *only* app I haven't found a suitable GPL copy of.
I spent probably about 3 weeks trying to figure out how to get port forwarding to work (i wound up downgrading my kernel)
Wow, that's not basic stuff, and you certainly can't do firewalling in Windows unless you buy some proprietary software. Good luck getting public support for it. Not to mention downgrading your kernel. That you had that kind of control over your OS is to me a tribute to the virtues of linux.
Oh, and I can connect to MSN Messenger fine from linux using GAIM. So far it hasn't been shut off, but even so, there's about 5 other services that still work fine that my friends/family/coworkers use.
-gam
Sent from my work machine running IT supported RH 7.3 linux with all the fixins. Niiice. =)
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
Geezalou! If they keep having security flaws like this, one after the other, week-in week-out.. even my *mom* will switch to linux. I know my support calls will go down at that point.;)
heh, I have a master's degree and find this sort of thing appealing. Pointing out to The Man that his System is broken is satisfying, especially after going through several years of abuse, er... college. His credentials make it more relevant than, say, a 17-year old trying to do the same thing.
I bet we all have stories about some sort of event or class assignment we had to participate in that just made no sense, mainly because some teacher had a bug up their butt. As an abstract of that nonsense, the SAT is a generalized test that really has no meaning and is a pointless exercise in the art of managing unneeded stress as a hopeful higher education acceptee. It only gauges your abilities to answer questions in a timed test environment within a 3 hour window of an individual's life. This is hardly an accurate way to assess how likely a student will perform in college. As I'm well aware of, some of the higher scoring students I've been to school with did worse than I did -- and I don't see a "with honors" next to *their* college degree name. The SAT can not determine future desire to achieve. But then, look at the college academic system in this country... the piss-poor quality of instruction can actually cause intelligence to decrease.
In my opinion, this guy is mainly pointing out that he has been disappointed with the System for some time... the SAT was an easily accessable and pertinent means for his platform.
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Alas, poor SCO. I knew it well... ... too well. In fact, I should sue for my 400 hours of free time wasted reading about this shite.
-gam
Somebody's gonna burn SCO to the ground one of these days at the rate they're pissin' folks off left and right. At least, one could hope... I've probably wasted more time reading about these completely baseless lawsuits from SCO than I have dealing with SPAM!
fsckin' SCO...
-gam
Whoever decided to let this go through as a valid ./ article is a moron and didn't read the link in the posting. The article is about a backup/restore procedure using the internet to access the storage medium. This has nothing to do with updates.
;)
I wasted 5 minutes on this because I deal with this kind of tech at my company... geez..
One Mom wants an open-source replacement for Quicken!
/gamlidek/
My contribution for the day: http://www.gnucash.org/
I didnt even give microsoft any money (as we all know many many windows users dont).
;)
Ummm... If you've ever bought a PC with Windows bundled (most PC owners have, including me), the cost of the OEM license of Windows was buried in the price of the PC. You paid for it, whether you knew it or not. I personally build my own now and refuse to give M$ money for something I don't intend to use.
Regarding ease of use, time to learn, and all that other crap listed, yeah, it takes a bit of time to understand your machine. So, I use linux. Consequently, I rarely reboot my machine. I prefer to not remain ignorant of my OS since I use it all the time and I enjoy learning how to make it do more for me and my family rather than do what M$ or an M$ paid-off company allows me to do -- seems so limiting. Also, I know from my vast Windows background that setting up Windows "correctly" is no less difficult to do than to to set up linux "correctly." It's just that we're used to it at this point because we've had it shoved down our throats for so long. For instance, finding Windows settings can sometime be just as confusing (or even moreso in some cases) as linux. Not to mention trying to explain to mom why her machine isn't secure because she's running Windows and using Outlook and Internet Explorer. And I think I'll lose my mind I ever have to explain to her what spyware is and why it's all over her machine!
X is now at a point where I can do 90% of what I used to do on Windows and I don't miss it, except for the games... but I keep a secret Windows 98 partition from an old install for that.
Can't wait for a M$ Project clone that works on Linux. That's really the *only* app I haven't found a suitable GPL copy of.
I spent probably about 3 weeks trying to figure out how to get port forwarding to work (i wound up downgrading my kernel)
Wow, that's not basic stuff, and you certainly can't do firewalling in Windows unless you buy some proprietary software. Good luck getting public support for it. Not to mention downgrading your kernel. That you had that kind of control over your OS is to me a tribute to the virtues of linux.
Oh, and I can connect to MSN Messenger fine from linux using GAIM. So far it hasn't been shut off, but even so, there's about 5 other services that still work fine that my friends/family/coworkers use.
-gam
Sent from my work machine running IT supported RH 7.3 linux with all the fixins. Niiice. =)
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
I love the download for linux... FAH3Console-Linux.exe. *sigh* I thought I had escaped exe's.
Geezalou! If they keep having security flaws like this, one after the other, week-in week-out.. even my *mom* will switch to linux. I know my support calls will go down at that point. ;)
heh, I have a master's degree and find this sort of thing appealing. Pointing out to The Man that his System is broken is satisfying, especially after going through several years of abuse, er... college. His credentials make it more relevant than, say, a 17-year old trying to do the same thing.
I bet we all have stories about some sort of event or class assignment we had to participate in that just made no sense, mainly because some teacher had a bug up their butt. As an abstract of that nonsense, the SAT is a generalized test that really has no meaning and is a pointless exercise in the art of managing unneeded stress as a hopeful higher education acceptee. It only gauges your abilities to answer questions in a timed test environment within a 3 hour window of an individual's life. This is hardly an accurate way to assess how likely a student will perform in college. As I'm well aware of, some of the higher scoring students I've been to school with did worse than I did -- and I don't see a "with honors" next to *their* college degree name. The SAT can not determine future desire to achieve. But then, look at the college academic system in this country... the piss-poor quality of instruction can actually cause intelligence to decrease.
In my opinion, this guy is mainly pointing out that he has been disappointed with the System for some time... the SAT was an easily accessable and pertinent means for his platform.
-gam