I think the problem here is the person writing this article does not address the root cause of their problem. I'm sure he'd have the same amount of trouble (err, more) trying to connect a Lotus Notes client to the Exchange server. The problem is not Linux being ready, its trying to get incompatible peices of software to work together. If Microsoft released the protocol documentation for speaking to Exchange and Evolution officially supported all features, then his complaint may stand. If a company used a colaboration suite that was built for Linux, it could do everything he needed.
I don't know if anyone else saw it, but Club Dread (from Broken Lizards, the Super Troopers guys) had something like this. They had large bushes or trees plotting out the course, and at the ends. Not as big a scale though, and the ghosts were girls in bikinis. Now thats a game!
RMS seems to think that computer users will suddenly say "oh, I want to be liberated from the chains of proprietary software!" and make the jump because they value freedom. In the end, they don't care.
I think your missing RMS's point. He very specifically states that he is not going for popularity, but for his personal values, which many people share. PBS doesn't think they're gonna get every person who watches TV to give up on stations with evil commercials, they just continue to make programs for people who do care, screw the rest of us.
I've been a fan (somewhat forced!) of Mozilla since I changed to a Linux user. And when it became a Good Choice (~1.0), I recommended it to my Windows friends and family. My girlfriend evn uses it on a Win98 box and loves it. Once you go tabbed you never....wait that doesn't work. The popup blocking is great, too.
However the last couple releases of the Firebird browser have dissapointed me, not in functionality or stability, but in advertising. Amzaon.com no less.
Can anyone explain to me why Firebird opens to an advertising page?
And no, this has NOT stopped me from using Firebird. It's still wicked pissa.
Apparently you missed the bus. There will be another one in a half hour.
I was pointing out that telemarketing is not the only place that we consumers "pay for and maintain" a medium that drives advertising into our homes.
Speak your mind, don't call people stupid. Please refer to all the others who disagreed with my post for the correct method of reaction.
I'm sorry, but I will not take any two-bit, inbred, tobacco-chewin' good ol' boy from OKC telling me that MY private phones, which I pay for and maintain, are an acceptable conduit for commercial activity that I neither invite nor condone.
Just wondering, do you pay for and maintain your TV set also? How about your computer with your web browser? Better get the commercial activity off there too!!
It seems that even a central controlling body will use systems like http and email for they're own profit.
Giving up email to others is not the answer! At least now we can do as we want, we don't want VeriSign2 bouncing our emails wherever they please.
Here's a step in the right direction:OpenBSD and spamd
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I think the problem here is the person writing this article does not address the root cause of their problem. I'm sure he'd have the same amount of trouble (err, more) trying to connect a Lotus Notes client to the Exchange server. The problem is not Linux being ready, its trying to get incompatible peices of software to work together. If Microsoft released the protocol documentation for speaking to Exchange and Evolution officially supported all features, then his complaint may stand. If a company used a colaboration suite that was built for Linux, it could do everything he needed.
Insert obligatory chant here: Yankees suck! Yankees suck! Yankees suck! Yankees suck!
Ummmm, yea. Mozilla (Windows and Linux), Evolution (Linux), Eudora (Mac). Need I go on?
I don't know if anyone else saw it, but Club Dread (from Broken Lizards, the Super Troopers guys) had something like this. They had large bushes or trees plotting out the course, and at the ends. Not as big a scale though, and the ghosts were girls in bikinis. Now thats a game!
$13.86/100 CD's = $1.39. So instead of paying $17 for something that cost a dime to stamp, I'll have paid $15.61. Thanks!
RMS seems to think that computer users will suddenly say "oh, I want to be liberated from the chains of proprietary software!" and make the jump because they value freedom. In the end, they don't care.
I think your missing RMS's point. He very specifically states that he is not going for popularity, but for his personal values, which many people share. PBS doesn't think they're gonna get every person who watches TV to give up on stations with evil commercials, they just continue to make programs for people who do care, screw the rest of us.
I've been a fan (somewhat forced!) of Mozilla since I changed to a Linux user. And when it became a Good Choice (~1.0), I recommended it to my Windows friends and family. My girlfriend evn uses it on a Win98 box and loves it. Once you go tabbed you never....wait that doesn't work. The popup blocking is great, too.
However the last couple releases of the Firebird browser have dissapointed me, not in functionality or stability, but in advertising. Amzaon.com no less.
Can anyone explain to me why Firebird opens to an advertising page?
And no, this has NOT stopped me from using Firebird. It's still wicked pissa.
Apparently you missed the bus. There will be another one in a half hour.
I was pointing out that telemarketing is not the only place that we consumers "pay for and maintain" a medium that drives advertising into our homes.
Speak your mind, don't call people stupid. Please refer to all the others who disagreed with my post for the correct method of reaction.
I'm sorry, but I will not take any two-bit, inbred, tobacco-chewin' good ol' boy from OKC telling me that MY private phones, which I pay for and maintain, are an acceptable conduit for commercial activity that I neither invite nor condone.
Just wondering, do you pay for and maintain your TV set also? How about your computer with your web browser? Better get the commercial activity off there too!!
It seems that even a central controlling body will use systems like http and email for they're own profit.
Giving up email to others is not the answer! At least now we can do as we want, we don't want VeriSign2 bouncing our emails wherever they please.
Here's a step in the right direction:OpenBSD and spamd
Yes, Microsoft will compete with Google someday. This shows their on the right track: We Can't find orselves!
Who's making the toilet that wipes your ass for you?
Dibs on that patent!