AMD is a cheap knockoff. Nothing more. How else can you explain having to add a bunch of options to the FreeBSD kernel just to get it to recompile? Gee... I didn't have to do that with Intel. Poor reverse engineering is all it is. And it helps that hardware sites like Toms and ARS habitually lie about the performance, and oh, did I mention AMD pays them off constantly? We tried a roll-out of AMD at work last year with 6 AMD-based name brand computers (I'll spare that particular manufacturer the agony of this article as their Intel products are solid). Less than a year later none of the AMDs are functioning. Every single one of them died. Not the motherboard. Not the hard drive. The processor. They're K-mart quality! Wal-Mart! Ghetto silicon!
Great, I can watch QT movies on *nix, except that no *nix distros work with my soundcard. Wait, there is one OS that does work with it. Oh yeah! Windows! Windows works on EVERY COMPUTER ALL THE TIME! Once OS 'programmers' learn how to write device drivers, I might be interested in this sort of drivel (drivel meaning I've been able to watch QT movies for YEARS thanks to MS and Apple) being bandied about as if it were a big deal. It really isn't. All it is is a rehash of developments that have alreay been in place for decades. Jesus, go invent something new already.
But Exchange is still better than anything else...
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Or maybe that was overlooked... Has anyone ever thought of going to Microsoft and asking them if the would like to write a version for *nix? I mean, crap, they have a ton of R&D going on. It's not like they're ignoring the future;)
Uh huh. And what is/. going to do when TCPA enabled routers from Cisco and Juniper start dropping packets from non-trusted operating systems, namely Linux? What, you didn't know this was in the works? You still believe Microsoft is simply going to go away without a fight? The scrappy upstart that kicked IBM's ass? Well, okay. Never underestimate the power of denial though =]
No worries, mate. in less than 2 years the RIAA will be gone, and so will most of the entertainment industry (hollywood, anyway). Artists will have to go back to working for themselves to make money, and the music will, of course, be free.
What a lame piece of shit code... Didn't work at all on any of the 5 machines I tried it on... Tried logging in to the forum, but unfortunately that was broken too. Basically, that's OSS in a nutshell.
This title is misleading. Essential Systems Administration would require a basic understanding of the Win32 platform, seeing as how it powers more computers and businesses than any other platform. Essential *nix Systems Administration would have been more accurate. Details, details...
"but it is the most incisive because of the way it dissects the many fundamental flaws in Microsoft's latest creation."
Whatever. I expect this to be another MS bash-fest. I guess all it takes to get a post on/. is to have something derogatory to say about Microsoft. So much for unbiased journalism. Too bad the Linux community wouldn't know a real OS if someone shoved a 4-color palette up their ass...
Nope, Not anything at the moment. When it was up it was IIS 5. And no, no on was ever been able to break it. Probably because, unlike all the paper MCSEs out there, I know what I'm doing.
Linux will be gone (thank God) in less than 5 years. Microsoft and the TCPA will make sure of that.
1. Microsoft is an extremely competitive company, bent on domination. The Linux community is still fighting over which is better; Gnome or KDE.
2. A correctly configured Microsoft OS is inherently more secure than any distro of Unix or Linux.
3. Microsoft OSs will work with every piece of x86 hardware out of box. Linux still requires endless hoop-jumping.
4. Microsoft is in bed with all hardware vendors. Linux is not.
5. Microsoft adheres to industry standards. Linux does not.
6. Microsoft provides tools to administer Linux and Unix clients. The only too I've seen Linux offer to administer Microsoft clients is rdesktop.
7. Microsoft dominates 96% of desktop OSs. Linux certainly does not.
8. TCPA will eliminate Linux from the desktop, making it impossible for coders to write server applications for Linux servers.
9. Microsoft is politically savvy. The Linux community is not.
10. Microsoft Operating Systems are simply better in every aspect that Linux Operating Systems. They've had 2 decades to perfect the desktop environments. Linux has not, and will not, thanks to the TCPA.
I've seen the future. Make Mine Microsoft.
/. has turned into one of the lamest tech sites. Completely biased, insanely boring (because only a tiny handful are allowed the *privilege* of posting), and so mentally unchallenging I feel like I'm in Junior High again every time I surf to the site. I've been a loyal reader for years now, but the vanilla flavor the site and the intellectually stunted stance the maintainers have taken has worn thin. Zdnet is more informative... Adios, Slashdot. You were great when your maintainers had talent!
Yeah, really. Maybe if/. posted stories from someone besides timothy, michael or CmdrTaco they might end up with something interesting to read instead of refurbished stupidity...
After spending 2 weeks installing and configuring Mandrake 8.2 and Squid proxy for my organization and having it crap out after 2 days of use, I decided to deploy ISA server from Microsoft. At $1500, this would have saved us a ton of money in time alone had we gone with it at the outset. Not to mention all the added perks like seamless integration into AD, the ability to deny resources based on group membership, etc. Sorry to say, but Linux still sucks and is still more expensive than Microsoft to deploy, and anyone who thinks otherwise is an obvious fanatic with a sweaty, precarious grip on reality.
What about that annoying bug that keeps non-root users from renaming shortcuts on their desktop? But seriously, If any distro ever wants to even attempt to come within spitting distance of challenging MS on the desktop, they're going to need to do a lot more than RedHat has so far...
Until Linux produces a single desktop scheme better than Gnome or KDE complete with working management utilities, working multimedia applications, working SMB integration (like the capability to see shares on a Win32 server by typing \\servername\sharename somewhere) and of course, better than average support for games, Linux will continue to be a fourth place OS, after Microsoft, MacOS and BeOS, in that order. Until the Linux community decides to beat Microsoft by duplicating every ounce of integration, functionality and usability that are Microsoft's claim to fame, I will keep Linux on the server where it belongs and continue to Make Mine Microsoft on the desktop, because, hey, I want to USE my computer, not be USED by it =]
What about that annoying bug that keeps non-root users from renaming shortcuts on their desktop? But seriously, If any distro ever wants to even attempt to come within spitting distance of challenging MS on the desktop, they're going to need to do a lot more than Mandrake has so far...
Until Linux produces a single desktop scheme better than Gnome or KDE complete with working management utilities, working multimedia applications, working SMB integration (like the capability to see shares on a Win32 server by typing \\servername\sharename somewhere) and of course, better than average support for games, Linux will continue to be a fourth place OS, after Microsoft, MacOS and BeOS, in that order. Until the Linux community decides to beat Microsoft by duplicating every ounce of integration, functionality and usability that are Microsoft's claim to fame, I will keep Linux on the server where it belongs and continue to Make Mine Microsoft on the desktop, because, hey, I want to USE my computer, not be USED by it =]
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AMD is a cheap knockoff. Nothing more. How else can you explain having to add a bunch of options to the FreeBSD kernel just to get it to recompile? Gee... I didn't have to do that with Intel. Poor reverse engineering is all it is. And it helps that hardware sites like Toms and ARS habitually lie about the performance, and oh, did I mention AMD pays them off constantly? We tried a roll-out of AMD at work last year with 6 AMD-based name brand computers (I'll spare that particular manufacturer the agony of this article as their Intel products are solid). Less than a year later none of the AMDs are functioning. Every single one of them died. Not the motherboard. Not the hard drive. The processor. They're K-mart quality! Wal-Mart! Ghetto silicon!
Great, I can watch QT movies on *nix, except that no *nix distros work with my soundcard. Wait, there is one OS that does work with it. Oh yeah! Windows! Windows works on EVERY COMPUTER ALL THE TIME! Once OS 'programmers' learn how to write device drivers, I might be interested in this sort of drivel (drivel meaning I've been able to watch QT movies for YEARS thanks to MS and Apple) being bandied about as if it were a big deal. It really isn't. All it is is a rehash of developments that have alreay been in place for decades. Jesus, go invent something new already.
Or maybe that was overlooked... Has anyone ever thought of going to Microsoft and asking them if the would like to write a version for *nix? I mean, crap, they have a ton of R&D going on. It's not like they're ignoring the future ;)
Uh huh. And what is /. going to do when TCPA enabled routers from Cisco and Juniper start dropping packets from non-trusted operating systems, namely Linux? What, you didn't know this was in the works? You still believe Microsoft is simply going to go away without a fight? The scrappy upstart that kicked IBM's ass? Well, okay. Never underestimate the power of denial though =]
No worries, mate. in less than 2 years the RIAA will be gone, and so will most of the entertainment industry (hollywood, anyway). Artists will have to go back to working for themselves to make money, and the music will, of course, be free.
What a lame piece of shit code... Didn't work at all on any of the 5 machines I tried it on... Tried logging in to the forum, but unfortunately that was broken too. Basically, that's OSS in a nutshell.
See what happens when only a handful of people are allowed to moderate? This is stuff that *doesn't* matter. Seinfeld is more interesting...
This title is misleading. Essential Systems Administration would require a basic understanding of the Win32 platform, seeing as how it powers more computers and businesses than any other platform. Essential *nix Systems Administration would have been more accurate. Details, details...
Isn't that like the blind leading the stupid?
"but it is the most incisive because of the way it dissects the many fundamental flaws in Microsoft's latest creation."
/. is to have something derogatory to say about Microsoft. So much for unbiased journalism. Too bad the Linux community wouldn't know a real OS if someone shoved a 4-color palette up their ass...
Whatever. I expect this to be another MS bash-fest. I guess all it takes to get a post on
Nope, Not anything at the moment. When it was up it was IIS 5. And no, no on was ever been able to break it. Probably because, unlike all the paper MCSEs out there, I know what I'm doing.
Linux will be gone (thank God) in less than 5 years. Microsoft and the TCPA will make sure of that. 1. Microsoft is an extremely competitive company, bent on domination. The Linux community is still fighting over which is better; Gnome or KDE. 2. A correctly configured Microsoft OS is inherently more secure than any distro of Unix or Linux. 3. Microsoft OSs will work with every piece of x86 hardware out of box. Linux still requires endless hoop-jumping. 4. Microsoft is in bed with all hardware vendors. Linux is not. 5. Microsoft adheres to industry standards. Linux does not. 6. Microsoft provides tools to administer Linux and Unix clients. The only too I've seen Linux offer to administer Microsoft clients is rdesktop. 7. Microsoft dominates 96% of desktop OSs. Linux certainly does not. 8. TCPA will eliminate Linux from the desktop, making it impossible for coders to write server applications for Linux servers. 9. Microsoft is politically savvy. The Linux community is not. 10. Microsoft Operating Systems are simply better in every aspect that Linux Operating Systems. They've had 2 decades to perfect the desktop environments. Linux has not, and will not, thanks to the TCPA. I've seen the future. Make Mine Microsoft.
Sheesh, go get a fat pipe already...
/. has turned into one of the lamest tech sites. Completely biased, insanely boring (because only a tiny handful are allowed the *privilege* of posting), and so mentally unchallenging I feel like I'm in Junior High again every time I surf to the site. I've been a loyal reader for years now, but the vanilla flavor the site and the intellectually stunted stance the maintainers have taken has worn thin. Zdnet is more informative... Adios, Slashdot. You were great when your maintainers had talent!
Maybe because nobody but CmdrTaco, michael and timothy are allowed to post?
Yeah, really. Maybe if /. posted stories from someone besides timothy, michael or CmdrTaco they might end up with something interesting to read instead of refurbished stupidity...
Doesn't CowboyNeal ever have to go to the bathroom?
At least that's what the errors on /. said last night...
After spending 2 weeks installing and configuring Mandrake 8.2 and Squid proxy for my organization and having it crap out after 2 days of use, I decided to deploy ISA server from Microsoft. At $1500, this would have saved us a ton of money in time alone had we gone with it at the outset. Not to mention all the added perks like seamless integration into AD, the ability to deny resources based on group membership, etc. Sorry to say, but Linux still sucks and is still more expensive than Microsoft to deploy, and anyone who thinks otherwise is an obvious fanatic with a sweaty, precarious grip on reality.
What about that annoying bug that keeps non-root users from renaming shortcuts on their desktop? But seriously, If any distro ever wants to even attempt to come within spitting distance of challenging MS on the desktop, they're going to need to do a lot more than RedHat has so far...
Until Linux produces a single desktop scheme better than Gnome or KDE complete with working management utilities, working multimedia applications, working SMB integration (like the capability to see shares on a Win32 server by typing \\servername\sharename somewhere) and of course, better than average support for games, Linux will continue to be a fourth place OS, after Microsoft, MacOS and BeOS, in that order. Until the Linux community decides to beat Microsoft by duplicating every ounce of integration, functionality and usability that are Microsoft's claim to fame, I will keep Linux on the server where it belongs and continue to Make Mine Microsoft on the desktop, because, hey, I want to USE my computer, not be USED by it =]
Sorry, Linux STILL sucks
What about that annoying bug that keeps non-root users from renaming shortcuts on their desktop? But seriously, If any distro ever wants to even attempt to come within spitting distance of challenging MS on the desktop, they're going to need to do a lot more than Mandrake has so far...
Until Linux produces a single desktop scheme better than Gnome or KDE complete with working management utilities, working multimedia applications, working SMB integration (like the capability to see shares on a Win32 server by typing \\servername\sharename somewhere) and of course, better than average support for games, Linux will continue to be a fourth place OS, after Microsoft, MacOS and BeOS, in that order. Until the Linux community decides to beat Microsoft by duplicating every ounce of integration, functionality and usability that are Microsoft's claim to fame, I will keep Linux on the server where it belongs and continue to Make Mine Microsoft on the desktop, because, hey, I want to USE my computer, not be USED by it =]
Sorry, Linux STILL sucks on the desktop