I know someone will comment saying but but $OBSCURE_GAME does not work in it, or some stuff is slower and I totally agree with both those statements. A good option for gaming is wine, or if you are a new user or just feel like supporting wine, Codeweavers Crossover is pretty good for gaming. As an example they added L4D2 support the night the game shipped. They actually played it and added patches as they found issues.
use open source instead of closed source because it doesn't belong to someone else
That is easier to answer, you can make copies of open source, not closed. There for you own one and not the other. Seems simple enough, if you can't copy it you are just licensing it.
As a competent admin I can build packages from source if need be. If the application that it depends on is no longer supported at all, then alternatives will have to be found. Just like moving from XP to 7, or when MS started forcing IE7 on everyone.
Debian, with in place upgrades there is no need for a standing version. Gentoo as well. This whole one version thing is a hold over from proprietary licensing.
If you want to go that route XP has not been supported that long, XP SP1 is for instance no longer supported, I do not believe SP2 is either.
Then they would have to do a reinstall, just like with XP to 7. But again they would not be paying anything. Distros maintain software though, so unless a major distro folded which has not happened very often, this is mighty unlikely.
Postgresql can run on windows, no idea why anyone would do that though. It can take far more ram than that. I am sure pretty much all popular FOSS software on windows has 64 bit versions. It does on linux.
You can upgrade that Ubuntu to the latest version for 0 GBP. People love to claim MS prices are in line, but they forget that they did not get a free win 7 disk in the mail.
Ubuntu. You can just keep upgrading in place for 0. Debian is another, you could go get a 10 year old disk and if it would install dist-upgrade your way all the way up.
When did MS start giving XP users free win 7 disks?
But no other programmer can come in and fix XP, he would get his ass sued off. The electrician that installed the wiring in your home will not be suing any future electricians for working on your wires.
For the 0 dollars I paid for Ubuntu I am now running the latest and greatest version, and will upgrade again in two weeks. With no reinstalls. Did MS mail you a free Win 7 disk?
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Without any verification we have no idea what car had its speed measured.
To just trust that a private companies for profit speed measuring device is accurate is naiveté bordering on the childlike.
The Droid X can be rooted, what you cannot do is replace the bootloader.
This "but my friends are all doing it too" argument did not work when I was a kid and I don't see how it holds water now.
Really? Cool, I will start offering free FOSS disks you start offering free MS software, lets see who gets sued first.
IIS sucks.
MS SQL is better than MySQL, try comparing it to Postgresql.
Perl is at least cross platform. Perl has CPAN, what does this fake java have?
I know someone will comment saying but but $OBSCURE_GAME does not work in it, or some stuff is slower and I totally agree with both those statements. A good option for gaming is wine, or if you are a new user or just feel like supporting wine, Codeweavers Crossover is pretty good for gaming. As an example they added L4D2 support the night the game shipped. They actually played it and added patches as they found issues.
Canonical sells ubuntu phone support. They also sell on-site support if you have the money for it.
My house has heat so I can bake bread all year long.
Can you clear up the math for me?
150 / 12.75 = 11.76 GBP/year
0/5 = 0GBP/year.
To me the latter looks like a better deal.
The support packages you speak of are for things not included in an XP license, you know phone support.
Suse already does provide support for RHEL.
The recent situation with oo.org? You mean they changed the name and life goes on?
If you are willing to pay sure, but we are not comparing this to production support. XP comes with updates and that is it.
Way to compare production server support to desktop software upgrades only. Talk about apples to oranges, more like apples to orangutans.
For you it sure would. Lets see if you get the same deal for Win 8.
use open source instead of closed source because it doesn't belong to someone else
That is easier to answer, you can make copies of open source, not closed. There for you own one and not the other. Seems simple enough, if you can't copy it you are just licensing it.
As a competent admin I can build packages from source if need be. If the application that it depends on is no longer supported at all, then alternatives will have to be found. Just like moving from XP to 7, or when MS started forcing IE7 on everyone.
Sounds like a problem with you. I did this with debian for years before.
The windows license does not include support only updates. Phone support costs money, call MS and ask.
Not at all true, XP with IE6 is SP1 which does not have support anymore.
Debian, with in place upgrades there is no need for a standing version. Gentoo as well. This whole one version thing is a hold over from proprietary licensing.
If you want to go that route XP has not been supported that long, XP SP1 is for instance no longer supported, I do not believe SP2 is either.
Then they would have to do a reinstall, just like with XP to 7. But again they would not be paying anything. Distros maintain software though, so unless a major distro folded which has not happened very often, this is mighty unlikely.
Postgresql can run on windows, no idea why anyone would do that though. It can take far more ram than that. I am sure pretty much all popular FOSS software on windows has 64 bit versions. It does on linux.
You can upgrade that Ubuntu to the latest version for 0 GBP. People love to claim MS prices are in line, but they forget that they did not get a free win 7 disk in the mail.
Ubuntu. You can just keep upgrading in place for 0. Debian is another, you could go get a 10 year old disk and if it would install dist-upgrade your way all the way up.
When did MS start giving XP users free win 7 disks?
But no other programmer can come in and fix XP, he would get his ass sued off. The electrician that installed the wiring in your home will not be suing any future electricians for working on your wires.
Those only need patches, not real support. They should run software that does free in place upgrades to the latest version.
For the 0 dollars I paid for Ubuntu I am now running the latest and greatest version, and will upgrade again in two weeks. With no reinstalls. Did MS mail you a free Win 7 disk?