Linux isn't successful on the desktop because when people buy computers, they use the OS and Desktop that came with them. Very, very few computers are sold with Linux preinstalled.
It's unfair to say that Linux has failed on the desktop by citing problems that exist in certain window managers or certain applications; if you want to do that, you need to say that "Linux distribution XYZ" has failed...
That said, I don't have the problems you cite using Ubuntu.
I'm not saying that Linux on the desktop is perfect, I just don't think it's that bad.
Do you really think that "all of the features are available on Vista right now" if MS hadn't seen what Apple was putting out, and tried a preemptive strike?
Remember, these are improvements to Spotlight, which has been out since April 29, 2005. In other words, refinements to what's existed for about 2 years. MS has had the advantage of watching their Cupertino R&D lab work out the kinks.
That's why no fair-minded journalist would claim that OS X is following Vista's lead.
(BTW, I'm not claiming that Apple has created everything great and magical in the world. Everyone stands on the shoulders of giants; MS just happens to make a stomping motion when they do it.)
Wow, really? I grew up in Troy, the cartoonish cross-town rival of Piqua(they say that the Troy-Piqua football game is the oldest rivalry in Ohio)... they were renowned for their "underwear festival", which provided much fodder for Piqua bashing. I wonder if Captain Underpants is related...
I'm going to imagine that this is a really clever piece of trollery, and just point out:
1). India is the world's largest democracy, and the home of Gandhi. It may be terribly inefficient, laughably backwards, and horribly corrupt but... well, so is Italy.
2). Pakistan is a military dictatorship, with rampant Islamic fundamentalism. It is almost certainly harboring members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and sponsors cross border terrorism with India.
Don't forget, support for Indian languages. Tamil itself is a nightmarishly difficult language to learn... it's not like translating Spanish to English. In terms of raw power, I think the Dell PDA would blow this away, though, and I suppose that you could just use the Simputer's software on the Dell (and save some money), since it's supposed to be non-profit.
That's a great idea! But... how do I learn more about X10 products? I sure wish they had advertisements that showed up while I was browsing the web. Curses!
Perfectly said! Thank god someone said it (btw, I'm a Keralite)! True poverty and illiteracy are terrible problems, but the odd idea so many westerners (and some easterners) have is that Indians are clueless how to fix it... they are clueless how to build or use a computer... that someone needs to teach them how to do anything for themselves.
India is 1). An ancient culture 2). A modern (and the world's largest) democracy that is struggling towards full and total openness (and it WILL get there, it's a matter of time) 3). The world's largest middle class 4). Soon to be the world's largest software engineering home
The people who are getting MS and PhD's (and among the educated, there is a much higher emphasis on doing so than there is in the US) are going to be the engines of the Indian economy... and that's the only way we can solve our problems (and do it by ourselves, which is all-important).
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These dumbasses don't realise that in 2 years when the Fed raises interest rates their mortgage payments are going to be so high that half of them are going to be in negative equity.
No, the idiots were the ones who didn't get FIXED mortgages when 30 year loans were 6%! Why in the world would you get a variable percentage mortgage when the interest rates were that low???
You need to be sponsored by an approved agency/contractor. You can't just go to the BMV, and get a clearance! There's definitely lots of work out there...
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Most Americans don't believe this! On the whole, we do believe that capitalism offers a very efficient distribution of wealth, but there are limits. We cringe at the idea of coal distributors increasing the price of coal by a factor of 10 during freak cold seasons (see the early 20th c. in Chicago). Also, most Americans consider defense one of the prime responsibilities of the gov't: this includes internal protection...price controls over necessities, environmental protections, etc. Most Europeans are used to a much higher degree of gov't intervention (and taxation) than Americans are, so I understand why it seems very foreign to you. There are an awful lot of people here who may not understand much about OS's or the probable superiority of non-MS Os's, but felt that MS was dealt with unfairly... It does seem to smack of hypocrisy that the DOJ was writing all their briefs and notes using Office 2000 and a Win32 variant. At any rate, it's a system that Americans are generally happy with because overall it works very well (and dammit, we hate taxes). But you're right in that a religious, dogmatic trumpeting of laissez-faire is in no one's interest.
BTW, Americans are used to European indignation... no one in this country (unless they're one of those people who has a European license plate on the front of their car, a "UK" sticker on the back window, and follow the Royal family) particularly cares about how crude we look to Europe. In fact, we typically get even more indignation from Europe over how we use forks than about business practices.
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Linux isn't successful on the desktop because when people buy computers, they use the OS and Desktop that came with them. Very, very few computers are sold with Linux preinstalled.
It's unfair to say that Linux has failed on the desktop by citing problems that exist in certain window managers or certain applications; if you want to do that, you need to say that "Linux distribution XYZ" has failed...
That said, I don't have the problems you cite using Ubuntu.
I'm not saying that Linux on the desktop is perfect, I just don't think it's that bad.
Do you really think that "all of the features are available on Vista right now" if MS hadn't seen what Apple was putting out, and tried a preemptive strike?
Remember, these are improvements to Spotlight, which has been out since April 29, 2005. In other words, refinements to what's existed for about 2 years. MS has had the advantage of watching their Cupertino R&D lab work out the kinks.
That's why no fair-minded journalist would claim that OS X is following Vista's lead.
(BTW, I'm not claiming that Apple has created everything great and magical in the world. Everyone stands on the shoulders of giants; MS just happens to make a stomping motion when they do it.)
10 years ago:
Linux is the first *ix OS I ever used, and I love it. But it's never going to replace Solaris; It's just a nice alternative.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Of course, with my luck, gmail will go live to the public in an hour.
but I still feel that OS X is a much better total UI than Gnome.
Understatement of the millennium.
Come on, mod. That's funny.
Wow, really? I grew up in Troy, the cartoonish cross-town rival of Piqua(they say that the Troy-Piqua football game is the oldest rivalry in Ohio)... they were renowned for their "underwear festival", which provided much fodder for Piqua bashing. I wonder if Captain Underpants is related...
I'm going to imagine that this is a really clever piece of trollery, and just point out:
1). India is the world's largest democracy, and the home of Gandhi. It may be terribly inefficient, laughably backwards, and horribly corrupt but... well, so is Italy.
2). Pakistan is a military dictatorship, with rampant Islamic fundamentalism. It is almost certainly harboring members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and sponsors cross border terrorism with India.
Don't forget, support for Indian languages. Tamil itself is a nightmarishly difficult language to learn... it's not like translating Spanish to English. In terms of raw power, I think the Dell PDA would blow this away, though, and I suppose that you could just use the Simputer's software on the Dell (and save some money), since it's supposed to be non-profit.
That's a great idea! But... how do I learn more about X10 products? I sure wish they had advertisements that showed up while I was browsing the web. Curses!
Perfectly said! Thank god someone said it (btw, I'm a Keralite)! True poverty and illiteracy are terrible problems, but the odd idea so many westerners (and some easterners) have is that Indians are clueless how to fix it... they are clueless how to build or use a computer... that someone needs to teach them how to do anything for themselves.
India is
1). An ancient culture
2). A modern (and the world's largest) democracy that is struggling towards full and total openness (and it WILL get there, it's a matter of time)
3). The world's largest middle class
4). Soon to be the world's largest software engineering home
The people who are getting MS and PhD's (and among the educated, there is a much higher emphasis on doing so than there is in the US) are going to be the engines of the Indian economy... and that's the only way we can solve our problems (and do it by ourselves, which is all-important).
These dumbasses don't realise that in 2 years when the Fed raises interest rates their mortgage payments are going to be so high that half of them are going to be in negative equity.
No, the idiots were the ones who didn't get FIXED mortgages when 30 year loans were 6%! Why in the world would you get a variable percentage mortgage when the interest rates were that low???
You need to be sponsored by an approved agency/contractor. You can't just go to the BMV, and get a clearance! There's definitely lots of work out there...
Most Americans don't believe this! On the whole, we do believe that capitalism offers a very efficient distribution of wealth, but there are limits. We cringe at the idea of coal distributors increasing the price of coal by a factor of 10 during freak cold seasons (see the early 20th c. in Chicago). Also, most Americans consider defense one of the prime responsibilities of the gov't: this includes internal protection...price controls over necessities, environmental protections, etc. Most Europeans are used to a much higher degree of gov't intervention (and taxation) than Americans are, so I understand why it seems very foreign to you. There are an awful lot of people here who may not understand much about OS's or the probable superiority of non-MS Os's, but felt that MS was dealt with unfairly... It does seem to smack of hypocrisy that the DOJ was writing all their briefs and notes using Office 2000 and a Win32 variant. At any rate, it's a system that Americans are generally happy with because overall it works very well (and dammit, we hate taxes). But you're right in that a religious, dogmatic trumpeting of laissez-faire is in no one's interest. BTW, Americans are used to European indignation... no one in this country (unless they're one of those people who has a European license plate on the front of their car, a "UK" sticker on the back window, and follow the Royal family) particularly cares about how crude we look to Europe. In fact, we typically get even more indignation from Europe over how we use forks than about business practices.