...X is unsupported hardware, non-existent game availability, complicated multimedia support or anything else that Linux has or is perceived to have problems doing...
See what he thinks about X? I stopped reading right there.
... and simply used Google to look through them all.
Hey dude, thanks for the link. That site is very much to the point and does wonderful search. May be we should feature a Slashdot article about them, what do u think ?
Ah, I was planning to suggest a filtering program based on similar idea for Slashdot. Then I saw your post and, heck, they haven't even figured out how to filter dupes, sigh!
This guy should be nuts. I mean, come on, why would anyone even say NO to an offer of 30% of US$10,000,000 ( Ten Million US Dollars only ) and FREE Pills(TM) to improve Sex Life(TM) ?
If we didn't have the internet, or as quickly available a framework of information gathering, we couldn't all see for ourselves the veracity (or lack of it) of SCO's claims against linux
Dear/. user,
The internet is based on IP and we own rights to all IP in the world. In other words, SCO owns the internet. Stealing our IP-based internet to check validity of our claims is hence extremely unfair, shockingly unethical and plain wrong. Please send us a sum of $699 to protect yourself from our IP lawyers.
I was interested in checking it out, but at $50/seat/year it's a little to much for me to suggest setting up on all the machines
Actually, the $50/employee/year pricing is only if you have the Java Enterprise System also. Otherwise, it is $100/Desktop/Year. If you take a look at the Sun Network Computing 03-Q3 web cast, Jonathan Schwartz justified their pricing mainly on following points:
1. A company looking for a Microsoft upgrade will find it has to pay $179 for Windows XP and $279 for Office. So, they are primarily targetting companies that are looking for an upgrade.[I am not too sure about the prices, but Sun's offering is way cheaper).
2. The cost also includes the cost for migration and support. They will assist and even indemnify against SCO-like lawsuits.
3. A phone system for an employee costs $300 to buy + $300 per year for maintenance. Sun demonstrated software that uses VoIP and existing networks to integrate the telephone with this desktop. Lucent is providing the technology for this.
4. Even the $100 is chosen so that CIOs can calculate the amount spent on IT in their head. 1000 desktops, the spending is $100,000. That's it.
If anyone's interested, the presentation also shows Looking Glass 3D desktop and compatibility demonstrations using Office documents from Microsoft's website.
Indexing count
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· Score: 2, Interesting
3.1 billion web pages indexed
A search for 'the' on Google gives 5,140,000,000 results, indicating their index is above 5 billion. The results are very interesting. Strangely, the first result is theonion.com, America's finest news service, indeed!
IPSwitch and Plesk now have to pay SCO $699 per
page view
Close. But, according to SCO's logic, every veiwer has to pay them $699 per page view. All viwers are otherwise liable for copyright infringement. Well, thats for viewers who viewed the page with one eye. Those who used two eyes have to pay $1399. Those with three eyes.... uhm, never mind.
In giving out the details, the researchers mentioned that the full name is Williamy Henry Goat III. They also announced that a helper software code-named Steward "Monkey" Bawlmer will be released soon.
As a longtime Microsoft watcher, I have to jump in at this point and wonder why, if the technology was of no interest, Microsoft took seven meetings over two years to decide this?
So, the seven meetings occured in a period of 2 years. Actually, Cringely is right. It's 5 weeks per meeting and it all adds up to 35 weeks.
There were literally no messages from approximately one week before until about a month after all seven meetings between the two companies. This meant that either Microsoft completely suspended its corporate e-mail culture for an aggregate period of 35 weeks...
...or it's high time Cringely brushed up his Math.:)
IMHO, we should not worry about the managers who still don't "get it". They eat all the FUD MS/SCO/IDC is feeding them. All these managers will eventually realise their mistake when their competition adopting Linux/Open Source tools is able to offer better price for same product/service. When they start losing business, they will really "get it". Seriously, there is a change at hand here and the economics will play its part. only question is 'How soon ?'
Excellent!
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· Score: -1, Redundant
Brings an all new meaning to dropping packets [from the roof-top].
The official code-name for Windows XP was Whistler. However, it is safe to say that the name XP is an intended pun referring to the early 90s project Cairo. The actual Cairo project was only hyped and never came to light. Apparently, Windows XP had all the features that were promised in Cairo.
Slashdot Mirror
See what he thinks about X? I stopped reading right there.
Oh, wait...
ok
Hey Georgy, is that you ?
"The EM8500 is designed around the system-on-chip concept with an internal 150 Mhz RISC CPU"
In this context, of course, RISC stands for "Rodents in Spiny Coats."
Hey dude, thanks for the link. That site is very much to the point and does wonderful search. May be we should feature a Slashdot article about them, what do u think ?
Ah, I was planning to suggest a filtering program based on similar idea for Slashdot. Then I saw your post and, heck, they haven't even figured out how to filter dupes, sigh!
This guy should be nuts. I mean, come on, why would anyone even say NO to an offer of 30% of US$10,000,000 ( Ten Million US Dollars only ) and FREE Pills(TM) to improve Sex Life(TM) ?
GoogleBot69: guess what, i have one dick and 100 balls.
GoogleBot70: me too!!
If we didn't have the internet, or as quickly available a framework of information gathering, we couldn't all see for ourselves the veracity (or lack of it) of SCO's claims against linux
Dear
The internet is based on IP and we own rights to all IP in the world. In other words, SCO owns the internet. Stealing our IP-based internet to check validity of our claims is hence extremely unfair, shockingly unethical and plain wrong. Please send us a sum of $699 to protect yourself from our IP lawyers.
Yours Truly,
Darl McBride
CEO, SCO Group
The term "any key"... particular key on the keyboard
That's fine. But, where's the "particular key" ?
In other news, SCO sues Intel for the use of their na... SLLLLLLLAAAAAAPPP!!!
Ouch, that hurt!
I was interested in checking it out, but at $50/seat/year it's a little to much for me to suggest setting up on all the machines
Actually, the $50/employee/year pricing is only if you have the Java Enterprise System also. Otherwise, it is $100/Desktop/Year. If you take a look at the Sun Network Computing 03-Q3 web cast, Jonathan Schwartz justified their pricing mainly on following points:
1. A company looking for a Microsoft upgrade will find it has to pay $179 for Windows XP and $279 for Office. So, they are primarily targetting companies that are looking for an upgrade.[I am not too sure about the prices, but Sun's offering is way cheaper).
2. The cost also includes the cost for migration and support. They will assist and even indemnify against SCO-like lawsuits.
3. A phone system for an employee costs $300 to buy + $300 per year for maintenance. Sun demonstrated software that uses VoIP and existing networks to integrate the telephone with this desktop. Lucent is providing the technology for this.
4. Even the $100 is chosen so that CIOs can calculate the amount spent on IT in their head. 1000 desktops, the spending is $100,000. That's it.
If anyone's interested, the presentation also shows Looking Glass 3D desktop and compatibility demonstrations using Office documents from Microsoft's website.
3.1 billion web pages indexed
A search for 'the' on Google gives 5,140,000,000 results, indicating their index is above 5 billion. The results are very interesting. Strangely, the first result is theonion.com, America's finest news service, indeed!
IPSwitch and Plesk now have to pay SCO $699 per page view
Close. But, according to SCO's logic, every veiwer has to pay them $699 per page view. All viwers are otherwise liable for copyright infringement. Well, thats for viewers who viewed the page with one eye. Those who used two eyes have to pay $1399. Those with three eyes.... uhm, never mind.
In giving out the details, the researchers mentioned that the full name is Williamy Henry Goat III. They also announced that a helper software code-named Steward "Monkey" Bawlmer will be released soon.
It looks like you are infected with the Programmer.NoJob.FUD32 virus. Please apply this patch immediately.
Regards,
admin@trollingfud.com
MS has more money than GOD
No, you are wrong. However, by GOD if you mean Linus, as in Linus "The God" Torvalds, then you are probably right...
As a longtime Microsoft watcher, I have to jump in at this point and wonder why, if the technology was of no interest, Microsoft took seven meetings over two years to decide this?
So, the seven meetings occured in a period of 2 years. Actually, Cringely is right. It's 5 weeks per meeting and it all adds up to 35 weeks.
Ok, I get it now. Grace me with a (-1, Silly) mod, please!
There were literally no messages from approximately one week before until about a month after all seven meetings between the two companies. This meant that either Microsoft completely suspended its corporate e-mail culture for an aggregate period of 35 weeks...
IMHO, we should not worry about the managers who still don't "get it". They eat all the FUD MS/SCO/IDC is feeding them. All these managers will eventually realise their mistake when their competition adopting Linux/Open Source tools is able to offer better price for same product/service. When they start losing business, they will really "get it". Seriously, there is a change at hand here and the economics will play its part. only question is 'How soon ?'
Brings an all new meaning to dropping packets [from the roof-top].
Will roof-top pigeons be used to rank the packets according to relevance ?
The official code-name for Windows XP was Whistler. However, it is safe to say that the name XP is an intended pun referring to the early 90s project Cairo. The actual Cairo project was only hyped and never came to light. Apparently, Windows XP had all the features that were promised in Cairo.