We are talking about Microsoft, right? Knowing that most CEOs are risk-averse, they really have a good FUD program working now. Just when I thought the gangster had repented, too. But, Microsoft has 50,000 mouths to feed. They dont care what we think of their morality.
Novell may become Microsoft's prison bitch, but at least they will get lube and a cigarette.
No, I am saying that Microsoft is giving vendors a choice now to either assimilate or they will whip out their cutting beam and start fucking up your ship. Too many fail to realize the sheer power of money on the thinking of executives. Red Hat will be re-thinking this decision.
Microsoft if anything, is pragmatic. If they can squeeze the market down to a few Linux vendors that either play well with Windows or don't, that can leverage.NET or not, that can integrate into an Active Directory solution or not, you think they wont help market that?
How many companies and vertical markets does Microsoft have to kill off before some of you get it?
As Novell becomes THE Linux for companies with a Linux-Windows infrastructure, Red Hat will look back on this day as when they lost warp field containment and got stuck in Redmond tractor beam in search of revenue.
"Currently the quad-core is pretty useless for gamers unless you like to run video encoding apps at the same time as you play your game."
What? I thought EVERYONE used WinDVR to encode MPEG2 files of Battlestar Gallactica from their TIVO while playing F.E.A.R., and turn it into H262 for uploading as a a killer torrent while kicking but in Call of Duty 2? I suck the life out of an X2 4400 bitch, and I am NOT alone.
"Look lady, I know your ISA Client no longer works under Vista, but I am only a GS11. I am only allowed by law to turn off your transparencies, or tweak your ClearType settings. When I am promoted, they will let me defrag you, but only on Tuesdays unless it is raining, which means I can defrag only on Fridays. You need a GS13 to fix network shit, sorry."
Microsoft gets ready to launch the new cash cow, while at the same time, Linux deals with a nice fat FUD sandwich for a year or so while all this is sorted out. When a company has enough cash to buy your very soul, no amount of criticism or complaining can substitute for competition.
A lot of time over the past 3 years that could have gone into inproving installs for new users, device drivers, and UI, has gone into endless chatter over the GPL and other issues that in the end, don't forward or develop marketshare.
Watch, as your futures burn. Vista can stink to high-heaven, but by March of next year, it will take over and leave us in the dust. Shelves will begin to fill with Vista-ready software, and we will get to once again remember what it must have felt like to have a network based on OS/2 and wonder where the fuck are the apps!
"Better" aint good enough, it never was, it never will be. Until you are ready to kick the giant in the balls, just as Microsoft did to IBM, nothing is going to change. How about a unified device driver model? How about some consolidation? Microsoft treats software as a business. Linux companies treat software as a self esteem project. "Money and profits? Who cares, baby? I can run five flavors of Linux on a 486, and stream video to my PDA for FREE, bitch!"
Will we ever learn? I doubt it. Listen to the laughter coming from Redmond......
Thank you for illustrating exactly what disease is taking over this forum.
How clueless and anti-Microsoft must you be, to not know that what we now call AJAX is a fucking MICROSOFT INVENTION! Who the fuck do you think came up with the XmlHttpRequest anyway, you idiot?
Too many fuckwads like yourself are responsible for the distribution of STUPID on this site, and limiting the amount of knowledge to be disseminated. How many N00bs read a post like yours and go away knowing LESS instead of MORE?
.....avoid ingesting feces, unless there is something attractive about bleeding from ones be-hind.
What next? Is some bored dude going to do a computer model on just what is it that makes Anna Nicole Smith stupid?
I dont know about you, but when do we get the computer models showing exactly why Guinness tastes better than Budweiser, so someone can share that data in time to save me some damn money?
You forgot the sarcasm tag, right? BTW dufus, I use three different flavors of Linux everyday in ADDITION to Windows, so you dont know who you are talking to. You just give yourself away as someone who hasnt used or gone deep into Linux at all if you think you can with credibility suggest that with Linux, everything "just shows up automatically". Either that, or you are drinking way too early in the day.
"It's not that people don't have a desire to bring FOSS to the masses, nor the ability to make it usable for Aunt Tilly, but more due to the fact that most end users are fucking bitches. It's not easy for a volunteer staff to put up with the bullshit that real users require - but if you don't deal with it, you can't complain. That's life - you put up with idiots using computers or you aren't competitive in that market."
I knew someone(many) would take that attitude, and they dont realize that they are Linux worst enemy.
You should be embarrassed for how many times you proved you don't know shit about Windows. If you cant figure out how to install a SATA drive, or that AC97 which is EVERYWHERE, you have no business distributing a Windows machine to anyone.
But I guess we should just know by default that you know Linux like the back of your hand?
"It's not that people don't have a desire to bring FOSS to the masses, nor the ability to make it usable for Aunt Tilly, but more due to the fact that most end users are fucking bitches. It's not easy for a volunteer staff to put up with the bullshit that real users require - but if you don't deal with it, you can't complain. That's life - you put up with idiots using computers or you aren't competitive in that market."
Do you realize that this attitude is more responsible for holding back Linux than Microsoft ever could? You just dont get it dude. 99.9% of the people using computers to either do work or play games JUST DONT GIVE A SHIT how it works, nor should they. I dont want my Lawyer to waste a SECOND thinking about Device Drivers. I dont want my accountant to tell me he couldnt get his job done because that last recompile fucked up his spreadsheet. When are people like you going to realize that a person can use a computer without having to know a damn thing about how it works? It is that kind of stupid elitism that is fucking the game for Linux world-wide.
Jet Blue might be the best airline out there right now, and they run 100% Windows, down to having electronic copies of their procedures and documentation on laptops in their cockpits. Do you want their pilots to have to sit in a holding pattern, as they slog through a non-booting laptop problem so they can find an ILS frequency for an approach? To you, because these highly trained individuals use Windows, they are bitches and idiots. Well Done, that is a WONDERFUL sales pitch for Linux.
Because no matter how great Linux is for us, we have failed to make the REAL case.
The very first thing I learned at Microsoft is was the 80/20 rule. This is the thing that most Linux advocate will simply never understand. Many of us hate Windows because it is inferior, but we refuse to address the fact that for a HUGE majority of people, it is GOOD ENOUGH!
Instead of taking that premise and working from it, we just call Windows advocates stupid, lazy bums who just dont get it. Yeah, that's how you build a movement, just insult all the people you care to influence.
This thread will surely join the other thousand or so in calling Windows users idiots in the same league as those still on AOL (ouch!), while the majority of those users just fire up their favorite business app or game that just WORKS without having to recomplile anything.
Someday, for Linux to succeed, we are going to have to come to grips with the idea that NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A GEEK. They want their computer to work like an appliance. They dont want to interact with it, they just want to USE it. If we ever GET that, Linux will make inroads. I aint holding my breath. Flame away, I got karma to burn!
Right NOW, get yourself a CRM solution and a Change Management solution. Next, develop a methodology for multi-tiered levels of support. Have your procedures on paper for how you handle onsite issues, AND what you can handle remotely. As someone else mentioned, drink the MS koolaid and get an MSDN subscription and learn all you can about RIS and other things that will make your life easier. Choose or hire an EXPERT in Active Directory, DNS and Windows Security. PAY THEM WHAT THEY WANT!
Develop a knowledge base of solutions so that your newer staff can learn from your experts. Do it in Sharepoint and make it available to your clients, so you can demonstrate your expertise, and possibly save you time in diagnosing issues. Develop a culture of learning and pay your staff to learn. Offer paid certifications to get motivated staff, but tie them to a 2 yr agreement to stay with you or they have to pay back the certification costs.
Give your staff every technical toy they want, starting with a GOOD laptop and smartphone. DONT go cheap, because you need these tools to last. Build an MSDN laboratory network with a separate domain strictly for the purpose of testing and learning solutions and troubleshooting issues. Anything your clients run (within reason)should be testing for compatibility on your test domain. If you solve problems before they become problems, you wont have to worry about clients.
Want to weed out bad staff? Buy some Transcender tests and make applicants take them. Their score will determine their place on your salary range if you hire them, and if they cant pass a practice test, tell them goodbye or to take a very low rate in exchange for training, but ONLY if their resume was honest about their skills.
Just remember, the more you document, the less you have to explain. Good luck.
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IBM will NEVER shoot that baby in the head, so there will be Notes databases around when my grandkids are long dead.
Never mind........
Novell may become Microsoft's prison bitch, but at least they will get lube and a cigarette.
No, I am saying that Microsoft is giving vendors a choice now to either assimilate or they will whip out their cutting beam and start fucking up your ship. Too many fail to realize the sheer power of money on the thinking of executives. Red Hat will be re-thinking this decision.
How many companies and vertical markets does Microsoft have to kill off before some of you get it?
There aint a damn thing anyone can do about it. Money talks.
Bet me.
By your myriad knowledge of various forms of Pornography, that you have been married a looooooong time.
Damn, just when I was sure there WERE no big asian titties..........The Internet is a wonderland!
Who doesn't know this? This was what they trying to do!
Dont believe me? Just try to remember the IP address for "Big Asian Titties" by yourself!
What? I thought EVERYONE used WinDVR to encode MPEG2 files of Battlestar Gallactica from their TIVO while playing F.E.A.R., and turn it into H262 for uploading as a a killer torrent while kicking but in Call of Duty 2? I suck the life out of an X2 4400 bitch, and I am NOT alone.
We cant all have a life, so I NEED that chip!
You insensitive clod!!!
"Look lady, I know your ISA Client no longer works under Vista, but I am only a GS11. I am only allowed by law to turn off your transparencies, or tweak your ClearType settings. When I am promoted, they will let me defrag you, but only on Tuesdays unless it is raining, which means I can defrag only on Fridays. You need a GS13 to fix network shit, sorry."
That means that any computer running with less than 2G of RAM and without a 7900GTX GPU is going to be tossed out as obsolete.
Bet on it! Cheap PCs are-a-comin.......
Microsoft gets ready to launch the new cash cow, while at the same time, Linux deals with a nice fat FUD sandwich for a year or so while all this is sorted out. When a company has enough cash to buy your very soul, no amount of criticism or complaining can substitute for competition.
A lot of time over the past 3 years that could have gone into inproving installs for new users, device drivers, and UI, has gone into endless chatter over the GPL and other issues that in the end, don't forward or develop marketshare.
Watch, as your futures burn. Vista can stink to high-heaven, but by March of next year, it will take over and leave us in the dust. Shelves will begin to fill with Vista-ready software, and we will get to once again remember what it must have felt like to have a network based on OS/2 and wonder where the fuck are the apps!
"Better" aint good enough, it never was, it never will be. Until you are ready to kick the giant in the balls, just as Microsoft did to IBM, nothing is going to change. How about a unified device driver model? How about some consolidation? Microsoft treats software as a business. Linux companies treat software as a self esteem project. "Money and profits? Who cares, baby? I can run five flavors of Linux on a 486, and stream video to my PDA for FREE, bitch!"
Will we ever learn? I doubt it. Listen to the laughter coming from Redmond......
How clueless and anti-Microsoft must you be, to not know that what we now call AJAX is a fucking MICROSOFT INVENTION! Who the fuck do you think came up with the XmlHttpRequest anyway, you idiot?
Too many fuckwads like yourself are responsible for the distribution of STUPID on this site, and limiting the amount of knowledge to be disseminated. How many N00bs read a post like yours and go away knowing LESS instead of MORE?
Thanks, motherfucker.
Here is a clue, hippie: Find something else on which to base your self-esteem.
Now, get back to the line, and don't forget to bag your sandals.
What next? Is some bored dude going to do a computer model on just what is it that makes Anna Nicole Smith stupid?
I dont know about you, but when do we get the computer models showing exactly why Guinness tastes better than Budweiser, so someone can share that data in time to save me some damn money?
Dude, I stand corrected. Sorry about that. It is Friday and I need BEER. MUCH BEER.
You forgot the sarcasm tag, right? BTW dufus, I use three different flavors of Linux everyday in ADDITION to Windows, so you dont know who you are talking to. You just give yourself away as someone who hasnt used or gone deep into Linux at all if you think you can with credibility suggest that with Linux, everything "just shows up automatically". Either that, or you are drinking way too early in the day.
"It's not that people don't have a desire to bring FOSS to the masses, nor the ability to make it usable for Aunt Tilly, but more due to the fact that most end users are fucking bitches. It's not easy for a volunteer staff to put up with the bullshit that real users require - but if you don't deal with it, you can't complain. That's life - you put up with idiots using computers or you aren't competitive in that market."
I knew someone(many) would take that attitude, and they dont realize that they are Linux worst enemy.
I rest my case....
But I guess we should just know by default that you know Linux like the back of your hand?
Right.
Do you realize that this attitude is more responsible for holding back Linux than Microsoft ever could? You just dont get it dude. 99.9% of the people using computers to either do work or play games JUST DONT GIVE A SHIT how it works, nor should they. I dont want my Lawyer to waste a SECOND thinking about Device Drivers. I dont want my accountant to tell me he couldnt get his job done because that last recompile fucked up his spreadsheet. When are people like you going to realize that a person can use a computer without having to know a damn thing about how it works? It is that kind of stupid elitism that is fucking the game for Linux world-wide.
Jet Blue might be the best airline out there right now, and they run 100% Windows, down to having electronic copies of their procedures and documentation on laptops in their cockpits. Do you want their pilots to have to sit in a holding pattern, as they slog through a non-booting laptop problem so they can find an ILS frequency for an approach? To you, because these highly trained individuals use Windows, they are bitches and idiots. Well Done, that is a WONDERFUL sales pitch for Linux.
Way to go, asshole.
The very first thing I learned at Microsoft is was the 80/20 rule. This is the thing that most Linux advocate will simply never understand. Many of us hate Windows because it is inferior, but we refuse to address the fact that for a HUGE majority of people, it is GOOD ENOUGH!
Instead of taking that premise and working from it, we just call Windows advocates stupid, lazy bums who just dont get it. Yeah, that's how you build a movement, just insult all the people you care to influence.
This thread will surely join the other thousand or so in calling Windows users idiots in the same league as those still on AOL (ouch!), while the majority of those users just fire up their favorite business app or game that just WORKS without having to recomplile anything.
Someday, for Linux to succeed, we are going to have to come to grips with the idea that NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A GEEK. They want their computer to work like an appliance. They dont want to interact with it, they just want to USE it. If we ever GET that, Linux will make inroads. I aint holding my breath. Flame away, I got karma to burn!
Develop a knowledge base of solutions so that your newer staff can learn from your experts. Do it in Sharepoint and make it available to your clients, so you can demonstrate your expertise, and possibly save you time in diagnosing issues. Develop a culture of learning and pay your staff to learn. Offer paid certifications to get motivated staff, but tie them to a 2 yr agreement to stay with you or they have to pay back the certification costs.
Give your staff every technical toy they want, starting with a GOOD laptop and smartphone. DONT go cheap, because you need these tools to last. Build an MSDN laboratory network with a separate domain strictly for the purpose of testing and learning solutions and troubleshooting issues. Anything your clients run (within reason)should be testing for compatibility on your test domain. If you solve problems before they become problems, you wont have to worry about clients.
Want to weed out bad staff? Buy some Transcender tests and make applicants take them. Their score will determine their place on your salary range if you hire them, and if they cant pass a practice test, tell them goodbye or to take a very low rate in exchange for training, but ONLY if their resume was honest about their skills.
Just remember, the more you document, the less you have to explain. Good luck.
Man aint that the truth! Most of it headed for the Aussies or Asian nations where they cant get the show.