OSS is clunky, junky, unpatched, non-integrated smorgasbord of incompatible offerings.
I used to enjoy "the idea" of oss, but over the years, I realized that ideas and ideals is one thing, but if you want a powerful, easy to use, secure systems for average end user, Microsoft is the ONLY way to go and will be for a very long time.
Microsoft is the company that has best resources and well-paid talent. Microsoft is a leader in R&D (don't take my word for it, do your own research, check out ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/ for example) so on and so forth. I don't have time to waist convincing amateurs here of anything.
Mark me as troll all you want, but I have been working in real corporations with real people for 7 years now.
I know what real people want, and that is Windows OS with Office. This may change in 10 years as new generations step up to the work force, but today there is no place for Linux or Google in the enterprise for end users.
The only thing worthy that Google had until this point is Google Earth and Desktop Search.
New windows desktop search rocks the world and has a much nicer user experience, and give me http://maps.live.com/ anytime.
Google is the one that has catching up to do to Microsoft, and it never will.
You Linux freaks can foam at the mouth trying to convince anyone that Linux + open office will be widely adopted by corporates. People that actually work in corporates and support infrastructure, will never let that amateur junk in.
Adobes, Apples and the rest of the software world needs to get their sh*t together and catch up with Vista Standards.
Vista has been available for 3 years.
There are no alternatives if you want best computing experience TODAY other than Microsoft.
As a webmaster for several popular sites, I can attest that most probes\hack attempts\spambots come from net-blocks within China.
I do wonder if it is a trick to get all of us to block all China traffic, so that it helps the Great Firewall?
CISCO does not have a production VPN Client compatible with Vista. There is a beta floating out there, but it does not work on several Vista boxes (fresh installs, and modified ones) that I tried it on.
Here are statements from CISCO:
"Cisco is planning to release the Vista 32-bit IPsec VPN Client at the end of March."
"Vista 64-bit is planned for approximately CY3Q/CY4Q07 as part of our next-generation client "
I think it depends on individuals and what they are doing. For document collaboration we are adopting SharePoint, which is another system to learn and has its quirks, but overall is a joy to use. Users are embracing it well, with little training provided.
Now, I have folks in the company that have inbox with 3, 4, 5 thousand messages, multiple.psts with additional thousands of messages. Outlook has a hard time, user has a hard time, and support has a hard time. Everything is slow; user can't find anything in that mess. Sure, there is search in Outlook, but it returns dozens of results of identical messages, that were routed back and forth between people as they "collaborate". All this leads to frustration and inefficiency.
These are reasons I stopped using the POS 5-7 years ago. Netscape worked half ass at best and frequently crippled IE as well.
These days I use Opera, or K-Meleon.
This is bascially what I do. Mostly all of the music that I listen to, I download first. It comes from various sources like binary newsgroups, kazaa, gnucleus, stuff uploaded to me, etc.
When I find something that I really enjoy, I go out and purchase the records, by doing so I support the artists and give them an opportunity to creat more music that I will enjoy. I spend between $50 and $150/month buying albums, mostly online.
I am sure that there are many people out there that do the same.
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I use SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and now MOSS 2007. SharePoint rocks!
OSS is clunky, junky, unpatched, non-integrated smorgasbord of incompatible offerings.
I used to enjoy "the idea" of oss, but over the years, I realized that ideas and ideals is one thing, but if you want a powerful, easy to use, secure systems for average end user, Microsoft is the ONLY way to go and will be for a very long time.
Microsoft is the company that has best resources and well-paid talent. Microsoft is a leader in R&D (don't take my word for it, do your own research, check out ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/ for example) so on and so forth. I don't have time to waist convincing amateurs here of anything.
Mark me as troll all you want, but I have been working in real corporations with real people for 7 years now. I know what real people want, and that is Windows OS with Office. This may change in 10 years as new generations step up to the work force, but today there is no place for Linux or Google in the enterprise for end users. The only thing worthy that Google had until this point is Google Earth and Desktop Search. New windows desktop search rocks the world and has a much nicer user experience, and give me http://maps.live.com/ anytime.
You Linux freaks can foam at the mouth trying to convince anyone that Linux + open office will be widely adopted by corporates. People that actually work in corporates and support infrastructure, will never let that amateur junk in.
Adobes, Apples and the rest of the software world needs to get their sh*t together and catch up with Vista Standards. Vista has been available for 3 years. There are no alternatives if you want best computing experience TODAY other than Microsoft.
you have no clue son. Crappy software, with many security flaws is Linux. Get a real job and work in a real IT environment, dork.
As a webmaster for several popular sites, I can attest that most probes\hack attempts\spambots come from net-blocks within China. I do wonder if it is a trick to get all of us to block all China traffic, so that it helps the Great Firewall?
CISCO does not have a production VPN Client compatible with Vista. There is a beta floating out there, but it does not work on several Vista boxes (fresh installs, and modified ones) that I tried it on. Here are statements from CISCO: "Cisco is planning to release the Vista 32-bit IPsec VPN Client at the end of March." "Vista 64-bit is planned for approximately CY3Q/CY4Q07 as part of our next-generation client "
I think it depends on individuals and what they are doing. For document collaboration we are adopting SharePoint, which is another system to learn and has its quirks, but overall is a joy to use. Users are embracing it well, with little training provided. Now, I have folks in the company that have inbox with 3, 4, 5 thousand messages, multiple .psts with additional thousands of messages. Outlook has a hard time, user has a hard time, and support has a hard time. Everything is slow; user can't find anything in that mess. Sure, there is search in Outlook, but it returns dozens of results of identical messages, that were routed back and forth between people as they "collaborate". All this leads to frustration and inefficiency.
how will this work for "Explorer" view in SharePoint world, according to which they sold 73 million licenses already?
These are reasons I stopped using the POS 5-7 years ago. Netscape worked half ass at best and frequently crippled IE as well. These days I use Opera, or K-Meleon.
I run a cgi proxy server for all of my fellow country men of Belarus, to help the democratic fight. http://byelarus.com/members
You have to come Uptown to get it, but once you are there you will be presented with dozens of unsecured APs. spread the love.
http://www.kazaalite.com is free
I will agree with you about the private servers, as I happen to run one. Yet, I also share the same content on Kazaa and Gnucleus.
This is bascially what I do. Mostly all of the music that I listen to, I download first. It comes from various sources like binary newsgroups, kazaa, gnucleus, stuff uploaded to me, etc. When I find something that I really enjoy, I go out and purchase the records, by doing so I support the artists and give them an opportunity to creat more music that I will enjoy. I spend between $50 and $150/month buying albums, mostly online. I am sure that there are many people out there that do the same.