See, folks!? Thats what your tax money is used for. It's the same damn thing everywhere. Here in Denmark, the public sector is 30% less effective than the private sector (according to various studies), in sweden a report stated that the swedes could have the same public service for half the price, i don't think the US is much better in that regard.
State apparatus = resource waste. Learn it, and learn to vote correctly. Don't vote Democrat. Don't vote Republican.
>Are you suggesting that your freedom is limited to picking between the projects of others?
No.
>>Um, am I missing the point. ..
>It has that appearance, yes.
Then you misunderstood. You have the freedom to choose Gnome, the alternatives to Gnome, coding on gnome yourself, and of course, kaing your own project.
"Many would say, "Don't like it? Here's the code; fix it yourself." The Goneme Project is taking that challenge, and building GNOME differently. The project is aimed at a totally different user base: the long-time GNOME user who needs more options. Any claim by either GNOME or Goneme to be "better" really depends on what one likes.
It's about freedom."
Um, am I missing the point, or does the last author completely forget KDE and others ? You already have the freedom, silly.
I'm sure the parent^2 can speak forhimself, but I'd like to add that
1) hate and dislike, however intense, is not the same thing.
2) dislike does not have to be irrational.
From a consumer point of view, especially a consumer of anything non-Microsoft (as myself), I have good reasons to dislike Microsoft. Hints: Numerous uses of strongarm tactics and proprietary application of acquired IP which essentially bars me from accessing the same content as my Windows peers (I'm a Mac user).
Even if I was a long-time Microsoft consumer, I'd have good reasons to dislike Microsoft for their poor customer handling and shoddy product quality. Hint: Numerous worms and viruses rampant on the net for years and years.
"I think you forgot your "...profit" clause, except here it would say D) Use a bunch of arguments of dubious value to misdirect attention from the fact that what you really want is to get stoned"
...when you sell a product at a price lower than production expenses, you're bleeding yourself dry. And with the income from office & Windows sales dwindling (users don't need the new features), you're bound for a death spiral.
Let the market handle Microsoft and it's "monopoly".
ARM may have a dominant position, but they do not have a monopoly.
Economically, ARM is engaged what is called "monopolistic competition". They have a product which is interchangeable with that of competitiors, but is differentiated from the alternative offerings. Same as Nike shoes, BMW cars, Apple computers.
I'd say referring to "it's against the law" is little better in terms of rationale. Sure, you can brag about having the law on your side, but who says the law is correct and perfect ?
It has time and time again been seen that government antitrust just doesn't do the trick. It is blind to the serious threats to consumers and when it finally acts it is in a dubious and impotent manner.
And it is obviously irrelevant which side of the atlantic it happens on.
Abolish antitrust and make the markets freer. Let the small entrepreneurs snak the heels of the Microsoft gigant.
"Due to lack of cash flow I had at one point 22 Drives attached to my poor Duron 700 for almost 200GB of disk space. There were 12 IDE (4 builin, 4 on each of 2 add in cards) the rest were scsi."
Apropos cash flow - what did that drive array cost you in power expenses ? An average IDE hard disk eats ~10 W in idle operation, and I'd suppose SCSi drives are worse due to higher rotational speeds.
So, in less than a month, he has recieved in excess of 300 Megabytes of useless junk ?
I think somebody needs to recalculate axactly how much bandwidth go to waste because of this SPAM plague. The cost in global comms traffic must be staggering!
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Hey, buddy, the man uncovered blatant waste of your taxpayer money, he gets fired, and the boss' bosses gives the boss a slap on the wrist.
You're definately barking up the wrong tree here. The admin may be an asshole, but he's an asshole who's doing you a favor.
That is SO BLOODY TYICAL FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES!
See, folks!? Thats what your tax money is used for. It's the same damn thing everywhere. Here in Denmark, the public sector is 30% less effective than the private sector (according to various studies), in sweden a report stated that the swedes could have the same public service for half the price, i don't think the US is much better in that regard.
State apparatus = resource waste. Learn it, and learn to vote correctly. Don't vote Democrat. Don't vote Republican.
Vote libertarian!
>Are you suggesting that your freedom is limited to picking between the projects of others?
.
No.
>>Um, am I missing the point. .
>It has that appearance, yes.
Then you misunderstood. You have the freedom to choose Gnome, the alternatives to Gnome, coding on gnome yourself, and of course, kaing your own project.
Is that clear enough for ya ?
"Many would say, "Don't like it? Here's the code; fix it yourself." The Goneme Project is taking that challenge, and building GNOME differently. The project is aimed at a totally different user base: the long-time GNOME user who needs more options. Any claim by either GNOME or Goneme to be "better" really depends on what one likes.
It's about freedom."
Um, am I missing the point, or does the last author completely forget KDE and others ? You already have the freedom, silly.
Ohh, so capitalism is baaad, is it ?
In communist russia, it they did it 10 x times worse, only they didn't make a profit.
I'm sure the parent^2 can speak forhimself, but I'd like to add that
1) hate and dislike, however intense, is not the same thing.
2) dislike does not have to be irrational.
From a consumer point of view, especially a consumer of anything non-Microsoft (as myself), I have good reasons to dislike Microsoft. Hints: Numerous uses of strongarm tactics and proprietary application of acquired IP which essentially bars me from accessing the same content as my Windows peers (I'm a Mac user).
Even if I was a long-time Microsoft consumer, I'd have good reasons to dislike Microsoft for their poor customer handling and shoddy product quality. Hint: Numerous worms and viruses rampant on the net for years and years.
Prety much, yes. I've been bashed lots of times whenever I've mentioned it.
You can read about it on snopes.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SCOX&t=6m&l=on&z=m &q=l&c=
SCOX stock 1/3 value in 6 months.
No further comment needed.
"I think you forgot your "...profit" clause, except here it would say
D) Use a bunch of arguments of dubious value to misdirect attention from the fact that what you really want is to get stoned"
Damn straight. Than, and
e) Get a quick bash of Bush
They probably ended up in the local harbor with cement shoes on. ;)
Sounds like mafia tactics to me.
"Pay up, and we'll make sure no unfortunate accidents happen to you..."
...when you sell a product at a price lower than production expenses, you're bleeding yourself dry. And with the income from office & Windows sales dwindling (users don't need the new features), you're bound for a death spiral.
Let the market handle Microsoft and it's "monopoly".
...bring back paper tape!
better yet, fetch me a case of punched cards!
Sorry to rain on your parade, but there is more or less consensus that the 640K-quote is bogus. Bill G denies he ever said it himself.
"Open Source kills (Microsoft) jobs!"
Just doing my job, ma'am. =)
ARM may have a dominant position, but they do not have a monopoly.
Economically, ARM is engaged what is called "monopolistic competition". They have a product which is interchangeable with that of competitiors, but is differentiated from the alternative offerings. Same as Nike shoes, BMW cars, Apple computers.
I'd say referring to "it's against the law" is little better in terms of rationale. Sure, you can brag about having the law on your side, but who says the law is correct and perfect ?
"We have not announced pricing and licensing and will not do so until next calendar year."
Once again - drug dealer tactics by Microsoft. Get them while they're young and innocent, then hook and and collect $$$.
It has time and time again been seen that government antitrust just doesn't do the trick. It is blind to the serious threats to consumers and when it finally acts it is in a dubious and impotent manner.
And it is obviously irrelevant which side of the atlantic it happens on.
Abolish antitrust and make the markets freer. Let the small entrepreneurs snak the heels of the Microsoft gigant.
http://liberterran.org
The answer is putting your money in the coffers of Intel's competitors. Such as AMD.
Nice site, thanks for link.
"Due to lack of cash flow I had at one point 22 Drives attached to my poor Duron 700 for almost 200GB of disk space. There were 12 IDE (4 builin, 4 on each of 2 add in cards) the rest were scsi."
Apropos cash flow - what did that drive array cost you in power expenses ? An average IDE hard disk eats ~10 W in idle operation, and I'd suppose SCSi drives are worse due to higher rotational speeds.
So, in less than a month, he has recieved in excess of 300 Megabytes of useless junk ?
I think somebody needs to recalculate axactly how much bandwidth go to waste because of this SPAM plague. The cost in global comms traffic must be staggering!
So, now we also have to boykott Netgear to see them crash and burn for their idiocy by placing out privacy in jeopardy. Fools! sigh.