I use this to claim ignorance of how to solve any Windows problems (especially on anything newer than WinXP, which I have less than a couple of hours' worth of practical experience).
They don't ask me for help anymore. I offer Ubuntu as an alternative which I am familiar with and note the lack of such malware issues as a carrot if they choose.
I would do the same for OS X if I had any experience with it.
True. Many people fail to distinguish the objectives of a government from the objectives of a corporation, especially a multinational corporation.
The government is mandated to serve the best interests of the voting majority of its citizens
The corporation is mandated to serve the interests of the voting majority of shareholders.
The two are rarely compatible and it is far easier for a multinational to coerce a few politicians to their favour than the voting public. It don't matter if you're liberal or conservative, nobody short of sainthood seems willing to put the interests of the public above their own greed.
Any talk of a global rebalancing and redistribution of wealth is secondary (by a long shot) to the continued funneling of wealth from the lower and middle class to the mega-wealthy majority shareholders of these multinational corporations.
I think the question to ask is if you think Linux would be better off without the contributions of Canonical. Even if they contributed nothing more than a brand and marketing, they've done their fair share in making Linux more successful, usable and accessible.
There's more to the success of an operating system than the kernel.
By and large it is an asshole-ridden community (countdown leavers, feeders, rage leavers, pubstomps, lone wolfs, trolls, flamers, etc). However, it's the only game I play anymore (it's that good, IMO), so I just develop a thick skin, try to play to the best of my abilities and work with teammates that are willing to cooperate and ignore the noise.
The nature of a pub game is that the matchup is random. That's part of what makes it so addictive, as no two games are the same.
And ss our economy becomes increasingly information-based, we can look forward to increasing outsourcing of such industries offshore and the need for further downsizing of our cities until equilibriums is reached (i.e. more affluent nations begin outsourcing to North America).
The U.S. will counter with a rocket with Chuck Norris strapped to the front.
The footprints are probably already gone due to the sheer magnitude of all those Chuck Norris drop kicks over the past few decades. I'm sure they're rippling throughout the solar system to this day.
Any organization that makes use of open source projects/code contributes, as they are now a vested stakeholder in the success of the project and code. This may not translate into direct monetary or code contribution, but may translate into general project popularity, de-facto beta testing of the code and, if push comes to shove, the need to actively contribute in some manner if/when a gap or issue with the code translates into a commercial need on behalf of the organization using the code.
Nothing is free, as the user has now staked their business in some form on the success and continuation of the open-source project and source code unless/until they decide to invest elsewhere in alternate solutions.
He's titled to his opinion, as naive and self-serving as it may be (and incredibly poor P.R.).
I don't think anything good has come out of Sony, period.
I know little of the Australia specifics and motivations, but at least this is an infrastructure investment that has some long term potential (as opposed to funding mortar and brick make-work projects to lift economies out of the recession).
Bottom line, the region that can demonstrate the most capacity in moving and handling data efficiently and securely is going to draw a lot of business in the information sector.
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I get my internet through my cable provider you insensitive clod!
I use this to claim ignorance of how to solve any Windows problems (especially on anything newer than WinXP, which I have less than a couple of hours' worth of practical experience).
They don't ask me for help anymore. I offer Ubuntu as an alternative which I am familiar with and note the lack of such malware issues as a carrot if they choose. I would do the same for OS X if I had any experience with it.
The government is mandated to serve the best interests of the voting majority of its citizens
The corporation is mandated to serve the interests of the voting majority of shareholders.
The two are rarely compatible and it is far easier for a multinational to coerce a few politicians to their favour than the voting public. It don't matter if you're liberal or conservative, nobody short of sainthood seems willing to put the interests of the public above their own greed.
Any talk of a global rebalancing and redistribution of wealth is secondary (by a long shot) to the continued funneling of wealth from the lower and middle class to the mega-wealthy majority shareholders of these multinational corporations.
There's more to the success of an operating system than the kernel.
How close to C does this probe reach during the journey?
FYI, the Beatles catalog hasn't undergone a remaster since their CD debut in 87/88. Perhaps you are confusing them with The Doors.
No thanks, not interested...
typo - substitue "pre-HTML" with previous "(i.e. HTML 4)"
Midiclorians?
1) Harvest snakes 2) Press them 3) Sell "snake oil" 4) Profit!
then kill the person and hide the body.
Now that I've told you all, step a little closer to the screen, please...
sorry, I've been spending too much time with Product Managers today.
The nature of a pub game is that the matchup is random. That's part of what makes it so addictive, as no two games are the same.
Then again, just the simple fact that it's "DOTA on Linux" does have appeal in-and-of itself.
I play DoTA on Linux everyday. It works very well under Wine.
And ss our economy becomes increasingly information-based, we can look forward to increasing outsourcing of such industries offshore and the need for further downsizing of our cities until equilibriums is reached (i.e. more affluent nations begin outsourcing to North America).
Until the wild animals invade his territory, then it's survival of the fittest. Think the mailman has issues with dogs?
Abandon Manhatten so Kurt Russel can finally complete the trilogy.
Who says Oracle shares the same enthusiasm for JavaFX as Sun did?
That's just his back-handed way of saying the rest of us are drooling mouth-breathers, relatively speaking.
The footprints are probably already gone due to the sheer magnitude of all those Chuck Norris drop kicks over the past few decades. I'm sure they're rippling throughout the solar system to this day.
Nothing is free, as the user has now staked their business in some form on the success and continuation of the open-source project and source code unless/until they decide to invest elsewhere in alternate solutions.
worse case, he develops a strip club/hooker habit, but at least he's getting some.
He's titled to his opinion, as naive and self-serving as it may be (and incredibly poor P.R.). I don't think anything good has come out of Sony, period.
You are correct. Last I checked, viruses are free of charge.
Bottom line, the region that can demonstrate the most capacity in moving and handling data efficiently and securely is going to draw a lot of business in the information sector.