People might misread this and think lump KDE with this corporation. Not good.
Fortunately, I don't think this will hit the mainstream media for a number of reasons - a) $170,000 is nothing compared to other companies and b) KDE/Gnome are largely unknown by the common Windows-using public.
Hopefully this will just be an ugly incident that gets resolved and forgotten.
It sounds like the KDE league needs to fess up and give back to the community.
Personally, I think they should match it to your license plate number. That way, you can call people who are driving horribly and then email them about how badly they were driving via your PDA. We could turn road rage into its own medium.
So if you don't have a phone number because you're one of the few people on the planet that doesn't have a phone, would you be unknown to the Australian government?
If no one is investing in things and everyone wants to stick with what they have now because there is no compelling reason to replace stuff, does this mean the MS.Net initiative is trying to fill a hole that doesn't exist?
Me thinks so. You could throw Palladium on that pile as well.
... you'll end up like Michael Jackson with no money because the label is going to rape you later with royalties and hidden charges up the ying-yang - you'll be on Nickelodean (sp?) interviewing your younger sister.
Reach around, take the record label's arms out from your behind, and start thinking on your own... I'm sure there's enough of us geeks out here who would embrace you for taking a stand against the RIAA...
Asked by one lateral-thinking MVP whether Microsoft planned to offer applications software on Linux, Ballmer said no. "We do not anticipate offering software on Linux. Nobody pays for software on Linux." Even StarOffice, sold by Sun, was originally a free product, he said. And IBM, arguably the No. 1 player in the Linux market, promotes Linux to big users, but does not actually sell Linux: "It's weird! IBM says 'Hey British Aerospace! Buy Linux.... From SuSE."
a) What's wrong with SuSE?
b) What's wrong with IBM using another company to push compatable hardware/software? MS doesn't do the same thing with Intel/HP/anyone else?
c) Nobody pays for Linux stuff? I paid for my distro and if a suitable BASIC/Office/Exchange/Development clone came out for Linux, I would be using it in a heart beat. Further more, if I had something that I could reasonably create in Linux, I'd probably release my stuff as open source whether or not I paid for the tool or app or program.... Linux has to go to the masses and not play catch-up - free or not free.
d) Considering MS is usuall morally bankrupt, I'd rather be financially bankrupt for a change.
I wonder how much he was chuckling when asked whether MS would do anything for Linux.
This is one man who will die of chronic assholism.
Walmart-Guy: Sure, we've got the X-Toaster right here for $50!
Me: A toaster for $50? What's so great about this toaster? The slots for the bread are razor thin.
Walmart-Guy: Well, you'll notice that you can get expansion slots for different sizes of X-Bread.
Me: What if I want to use my own bread?
Walmart-Guy: You can't use your own bread.... but it does a really great job of toasting with the latest thermal technology.
Me: Okay, I'll try it.
(At home...)
Me: After trying that crappy, hi-calorie, low-output, nausea-inducing XBread, I want to put my own bread in the toaster. All I need to do is fiddle with it...
I should just be able to make the slots bigger myself. Great Zok! I couldn't wedge the bread in here if I wanted to... and the thermal coil unit has no cooling device... and what's this DRM scanner doing in here? That explains why my regular bread wouldn't toast - if it can't find the digestable GUID-strip in the bread, it won't even toast!
Two weeks later the toaster explodes from a heating malfunction. Several "reboots" by using the toaster knob to toast the bread satisfactorily failed to address the problem with the toaster itself.
Moral of the story: Go back to Walmart, get a $199 Linux box and use it for Linux. Do not buy MS Bread or MS Toaster because it means they can make more MS Crap with it.
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People might misread this and think lump KDE with this corporation. Not good.
Fortunately, I don't think this will hit the mainstream media for a number of reasons - a) $170,000 is nothing compared to other companies and b) KDE/Gnome are largely unknown by the common Windows-using public.
Hopefully this will just be an ugly incident that gets resolved and forgotten.
It sounds like the KDE league needs to fess up and give back to the community.
Personally, I think they should match it to your license plate number. That way, you can call people who are driving horribly and then email them about how badly they were driving via your PDA. We could turn road rage into its own medium.
So if you don't have a phone number because you're one of the few people on the planet that doesn't have a phone, would you be unknown to the Australian government?
If no one is investing in things and everyone wants to stick with what they have now because there is no compelling reason to replace stuff, does this mean the MS.Net initiative is trying to fill a hole that doesn't exist?
Me thinks so. You could throw Palladium on that pile as well.
haiku
/haiku
Well, what do you know?
The link isn't slashdotted
to oblivion!
haiku
/haiku
my baby's left me,
from secret lover email...
Thanks, unpatched Outlook.
double-haiku
/double-haiku
Lindows/GPL
license text debated like
dueling bum fighters...
since when do we need
to become lawyers for this?
Don't buy the distro!
haiku
/haiku
Here's something for the
Open Office marketeers -
Chris Tesco likes us!
haiku
/haiku
To surf to MS,
Gesture broomstick in arse in
quick ramrod action.
haiku
/haiku
Router's out? Let's see...
T1 under fresh storm surge,
ignore our admins.
(I was wondering when someone would notice...)
corrected haiku
add architecture
without the great borg's consent?
enlist the lawyers.
\corrected haiku
haiku
add architecture
without the borg's consent?
enlist the lawyers.
\haiku
How the h@ll is this insightful?
Well, if Microsoft buys them out, that legitmizes things (and changes nothing.)
... you could grab some pr0n or DRM/warez material on your machine, mouse it over to your co-workers screen, and call the Microsoft cops on them!
This could get devilish. Where do I sign up, Bill?
Case study. Me.
... you'll end up like Michael Jackson with no money because the label is going to rape you later with royalties and hidden charges up the ying-yang - you'll be on Nickelodean (sp?) interviewing your younger sister.
Reach around, take the record label's arms out from your behind, and start thinking on your own... I'm sure there's enough of us geeks out here who would embrace you for taking a stand against the RIAA...
(I simply must get this crack filtered...)
"The 'K' stands for quality."
Asked by one lateral-thinking MVP whether Microsoft planned to offer applications software on Linux, Ballmer said no. "We do not anticipate offering software on Linux. Nobody pays for software on Linux." Even StarOffice, sold by Sun, was originally a free product, he said. And IBM, arguably the No. 1 player in the Linux market, promotes Linux to big users, but does not actually sell Linux: "It's weird! IBM says 'Hey British Aerospace! Buy Linux.... From SuSE."
a) What's wrong with SuSE?
b) What's wrong with IBM using another company to push compatable hardware/software? MS doesn't do the same thing with Intel/HP/anyone else?
c) Nobody pays for Linux stuff? I paid for my distro and if a suitable BASIC/Office/Exchange/Development clone came out for Linux, I would be using it in a heart beat. Further more, if I had something that I could reasonably create in Linux, I'd probably release my stuff as open source whether or not I paid for the tool or app or program.... Linux has to go to the masses and not play catch-up - free or not free.
d) Considering MS is usuall morally bankrupt, I'd rather be financially bankrupt for a change.
I wonder how much he was chuckling when asked whether MS would do anything for Linux.
This is one man who will die of chronic assholism.
(In Walmart)
Walmart-Guy: May I help you?
Me: I'd like to buy a toaster.
Walmart-Guy: Sure, we've got the X-Toaster right here for $50!
Me: A toaster for $50? What's so great about this toaster? The slots for the bread are razor thin.
Walmart-Guy: Well, you'll notice that you can get expansion slots for different sizes of X-Bread.
Me: What if I want to use my own bread?
Walmart-Guy: You can't use your own bread.... but it does a really great job of toasting with the latest thermal technology.
Me: Okay, I'll try it.
(At home...)
Me: After trying that crappy, hi-calorie, low-output, nausea-inducing XBread, I want to put my own bread in the toaster. All I need to do is fiddle with it...
I should just be able to make the slots bigger myself. Great Zok! I couldn't wedge the bread in here if I wanted to... and the thermal coil unit has no cooling device... and what's this DRM scanner doing in here? That explains why my regular bread wouldn't toast - if it can't find the digestable GUID-strip in the bread, it won't even toast!
Two weeks later the toaster explodes from a heating malfunction. Several "reboots" by using the toaster knob to toast the bread satisfactorily failed to address the problem with the toaster itself.
Moral of the story: Go back to Walmart, get a $199 Linux box and use it for Linux. Do not buy MS Bread or MS Toaster because it means they can make more MS Crap with it.
... an annual subscription of $50,000/year/box.
Nothing like snail mail to remedy my need for DVD's via my 28K line.
:-)
Of course, if you're using a 28K line, you're probably not instantly gratified that often anyways.
The Federal Bureau of Acronyms has announced that all desirable acronyms have been used.
A new scheme postfixing a letter after an FBA-assigned five digit series of numeric characters is now in place.
Boycott both.
... but the trailers for this thing have made it look more like Baywatch in spaceships with retread lines.
:-)
It just doesn't seem believable to me... but I'll have to watch it and see.
What's wrong with Star Trek, anyways?
hahahahahaha....
:-)
Now he can get spammed as well.