This article has no business being on Slashdot and is just more anti-Microsoft zealotry.
Even being a firm Linux supporter, I agree. The more that the Linux community bashes Microsoft, the more credibility they earn, and the more we lose. Even cold, hard fact had been very unsuccessful in shifting perception.
The only way to truly win is to adapt the Linux platform to the changing technology as fast as possible, and maybe Microsoft will be caught back on its heels.
Maybe it's time for a fork....
Furthermore, Microsoft is second best at everything, which is not an easy task in itself. I've used almost all of Microsoft's current software, and the fact that you can get the second best webserver with the second best scripting language, that's ready to integrate with the second-best database is definitely a nice feature. And installation and management is a no-brainer for the most part.
This, combined with a comparable pricetag to the other commercial products makes Microsoft a good all around choice for business.
I've tried to convince my company to switch at least some of their applications to linux, but the cons always outweigh the pros in managements eyes. Support is always an issue, and to them an army of programmers who code for the love of coding simply cannot compete with the paid drones of Microsoft. Besides, nobody gets fired for buying MS
If Linux only had all the pretty pictures of NT, the argument might have gone the other way. Thus is the Dilbert rule.
I don't think you'll ever see a stunt like that again. Terrorist hijackings have lost all credibility. Is anyone going to believe a hijacker if they say that everyone will be alright once they get to Iran?
Once there is even a hint of a hijacking, I think that the fighters will be scrambled. And after Bin Laden is dead, you are going to have a lot of terrorists with no direction and nothing to lose, many of which will already be in North America. There will be no way to fight this type of war, the more bombs we send to the middle east, the more the middle east will bring them back. Vigilance and compassion is our only true weapon. A sober second look at our policy in the middle east will not hurt either.
I do however entirely agree that we must protect the erosion of our freedoms. If freedoms are to be taken from us, we will never know when or if we will get them back, even if we are told we were already.
Complacency is much different than restraint, and we must all be careful which one we are all choosing.
Why should the laws be dictated by Hollywood. What ever happened to We the people, for the people, by the people?
This is going to be a travesty of justice, whether or not you believe MS should be broken up.
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This article has no business being on Slashdot and is just more anti-Microsoft zealotry.
Even being a firm Linux supporter, I agree. The more that the Linux community bashes Microsoft, the more credibility they earn, and the more we lose. Even cold, hard fact had been very unsuccessful in shifting perception.
The only way to truly win is to adapt the Linux platform to the changing technology as fast as possible, and maybe Microsoft will be caught back on its heels.
Maybe it's time for a fork....
Furthermore, Microsoft is second best at everything, which is not an easy task in itself. I've used almost all of Microsoft's current software, and the fact that you can get the second best webserver with the second best scripting language, that's ready to integrate with the second-best database is definitely a nice feature. And installation and management is a no-brainer for the most part.
This, combined with a comparable pricetag to the other commercial products makes Microsoft a good all around choice for business.
I've tried to convince my company to switch at least some of their applications to linux, but the cons always outweigh the pros in managements eyes. Support is always an issue, and to them an army of programmers who code for the love of coding simply cannot compete with the paid drones of Microsoft. Besides, nobody gets fired for buying MS
If Linux only had all the pretty pictures of NT, the argument might have gone the other way. Thus is the Dilbert rule.
I don't think you'll ever see a stunt like that again. Terrorist hijackings have lost all credibility. Is anyone going to believe a hijacker if they say that everyone will be alright once they get to Iran?
Once there is even a hint of a hijacking, I think that the fighters will be scrambled. And after Bin Laden is dead, you are going to have a lot of terrorists with no direction and nothing to lose, many of which will already be in North America. There will be no way to fight this type of war, the more bombs we send to the middle east, the more the middle east will bring them back. Vigilance and compassion is our only true weapon. A sober second look at our policy in the middle east will not hurt either.
I do however entirely agree that we must protect the erosion of our freedoms. If freedoms are to be taken from us, we will never know when or if we will get them back, even if we are told we were already.
Complacency is much different than restraint, and we must all be careful which one we are all choosing.
Why should the laws be dictated by Hollywood. What ever happened to We the people, for the people, by the people?
This is going to be a travesty of justice, whether or not you believe MS should be broken up.