...vote with your wallet. There's more to life than the utter crap that is beamed down to the boob-tube. Granted there are a few things worth watching from time to time but you still have the 'old' way of watching it and it's paid for already.
If adoption for restrictive technologies is slow they might get the message.
Just like Ken Lay is sitting in prison for running Enron into the ground and ruining over 4500 employees' retirement plans?
If the reward is great enough someone will take the risk.
You're correct - most Americans are either too busy living in fear, war lust or a state of consumeristic frenzy. These are the new opiates of the masses. They don't want to take time out of their 'busy schedules' to stop and question where this country is going under the present leadership. Before they know it the landscape will have changed radically, and it won't matter how many SUVs they own, or how big their house is...
At that point I will be long gone - over the border to Canada or beyond.
How can anyone call America a democracy after 9/11 with the Bush regime in charge? If Patriot II gets passed we will have to come up with a new name, because democracy will definitely NOT fit!
S**t like this makes me wonder why I stay in the US. The thought of being an ex-pat gets more appealing every day I spend under the Bush administration.
Amen! Finally someone who thinks like I do!
Besides, if you take a lower-paying job that makes you happy, that's less tax $$$ you're pumping into the bloated US Government.
(1) Even if Office comes out for Linux, it will still be an overpriced pig. I wouldn't spend $400/$500 for it even if it ran on Linux. If Redmond decides to get REAL and sell it (not RENT it) for $79/$89 I might even give it a try.
(2) Even the rumor of MS backoffice products being ported to Linux *might* cause projects to be put off (if people think they have a possible alternative to MS server operating systems)- this article is a good thing if even in a small way. the article might slow the spread of Windows (backoffice) servers.
(3) The open source community has to keep coming up with better applications (we have quite a few already) before MS ports their apps to Linux (if this happens). MS bringing Exchange and such to Linux will bring attention to those apps as alternatives and might steer people away from the MS apps. Hell, if the MS apps are good on Linux and the licensing becomes more agreeable then I'm for running the MS apps where they make sense. It would take a major attitude change in Redmond before I drink the Kool Aid though.
If there is any hint of truth to this article's claims, it's a pretty exciting thing. It means that Microsoft is being forced to consider Linux as part of their strategy. The genie is out of the bottle and there's no putting him back in.
No matter what happens, we all still have to remember who we're dealing with here (a convicted monopolist that has a rather large investment in many politicians) and take the appropriate precautions.
I know this isn't the solution most people want, but if you don't like what the industry is doing then stop doing business with them. I know everyone likes their movies and music but if the industry feeding them to you is acting reprehensibly then don't give it your hard-earned dollars. If you must, build your back-catalog now and then when you can't stand their conduct anymore (the next time the government gets on their knees and gives them another stupid law to allow them to keep their antiquated business models) STOP GIVING THEM YOUR BUSINESS.
I know there will always be plenty of people who WILL continue to do business with them but we can lobby to our friends that might care and if enough of us stop buying the crap (and most of it is crap - it's the new opiate of the masses, designed to keep you from questioning what the terrorist regime in Washington, DC is up to) then maybe those new measures won't be worth the cost (lobbying, bribing, implementation costs, etc.) of putting them in place.
I agree - another refugee here seeking asylum! I guess my response to Corporate America is - f**k your products, I don't need them. If you're going to make consumerism painful I'd rather NOT participate. I'm taking my "Fat Wallet" and going elsewhere.
T
I love my vinyl collection!
My turntable kicks my CD players ass, and I'm not giving a dime to any player in the RIAA regime!
Lest you criticize my reliance on old tech, I do own several hundred CDs, most purchased used. If you must, buy used.
T
I agree. I've been re-discovering my CD catalog and building my vinyl collection. I haven't spent a dime on CDs in over a year. I've spent a little on used LPs and even some new ones and have been the recipient of many LPs from friends' collections (duplicates, etc.).
If I spend anything on recorded music related items it will be on a record-cleaning machine!
T
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MOD PARENT UP!
See this link - http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=1622&t= 1089896040
Some useful advice from DHS - if not years too late!
Do it for yourself, not someone else.
...vote with your wallet. There's more to life than the utter crap that is beamed down to the boob-tube. Granted there are a few things worth watching from time to time but you still have the 'old' way of watching it and it's paid for already. If adoption for restrictive technologies is slow they might get the message.
Not yet.
Just like Ken Lay is sitting in prison for running Enron into the ground and ruining over 4500 employees' retirement plans? If the reward is great enough someone will take the risk.
You're correct - most Americans are either too busy living in fear, war lust or a state of consumeristic frenzy. These are the new opiates of the masses. They don't want to take time out of their 'busy schedules' to stop and question where this country is going under the present leadership. Before they know it the landscape will have changed radically, and it won't matter how many SUVs they own, or how big their house is...
At that point I will be long gone - over the border to Canada or beyond.
How can anyone call America a democracy after 9/11 with the Bush regime in charge? If Patriot II gets passed we will have to come up with a new name, because democracy will definitely NOT fit! S**t like this makes me wonder why I stay in the US. The thought of being an ex-pat gets more appealing every day I spend under the Bush administration.
Yeah, and you didn't mention Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) or IRAK! That's not a Bu$h speech!
How are Catholic priests like tuna? They both come in small cans.
Amen! Finally someone who thinks like I do! Besides, if you take a lower-paying job that makes you happy, that's less tax $$$ you're pumping into the bloated US Government.
It's all your fault!/sarcasm.
Hey, that's about what I'm paying! And I live in the US!
...is a scam.
(1) Even if Office comes out for Linux, it will still be an overpriced pig. I wouldn't spend $400/$500 for it even if it ran on Linux. If Redmond decides to get REAL and sell it (not RENT it) for $79/$89 I might even give it a try.
(2) Even the rumor of MS backoffice products being ported to Linux *might* cause projects to be put off (if people think they have a possible alternative to MS server operating systems)- this article is a good thing if even in a small way. the article might slow the spread of Windows (backoffice) servers.
(3) The open source community has to keep coming up with better applications (we have quite a few already) before MS ports their apps to Linux (if this happens). MS bringing Exchange and such to Linux will bring attention to those apps as alternatives and might steer people away from the MS apps. Hell, if the MS apps are good on Linux and the licensing becomes more agreeable then I'm for running the MS apps where they make sense. It would take a major attitude change in Redmond before I drink the Kool Aid though.
If there is any hint of truth to this article's claims, it's a pretty exciting thing. It means that Microsoft is being forced to consider Linux as part of their strategy. The genie is out of the bottle and there's no putting him back in.
No matter what happens, we all still have to remember who we're dealing with here (a convicted monopolist that has a rather large investment in many politicians) and take the appropriate precautions.
I know this isn't the solution most people want, but if you don't like what the industry is doing then stop doing business with them. I know everyone likes their movies and music but if the industry feeding them to you is acting reprehensibly then don't give it your hard-earned dollars. If you must, build your back-catalog now and then when you can't stand their conduct anymore (the next time the government gets on their knees and gives them another stupid law to allow them to keep their antiquated business models) STOP GIVING THEM YOUR BUSINESS.
I know there will always be plenty of people who WILL continue to do business with them but we can lobby to our friends that might care and if enough of us stop buying the crap (and most of it is crap - it's the new opiate of the masses, designed to keep you from questioning what the terrorist regime in Washington, DC is up to) then maybe those new measures won't be worth the cost (lobbying, bribing, implementation costs, etc.) of putting them in place.
Only you can break the cycle.
Nice priorities. Open Source never killed anyone...
I agree - another refugee here seeking asylum! I guess my response to Corporate America is - f**k your products, I don't need them. If you're going to make consumerism painful I'd rather NOT participate. I'm taking my "Fat Wallet" and going elsewhere. T
I love my vinyl collection! My turntable kicks my CD players ass, and I'm not giving a dime to any player in the RIAA regime! Lest you criticize my reliance on old tech, I do own several hundred CDs, most purchased used. If you must, buy used. T
...he said, "Penetration", huh huh...
...outhouses have been around longer!
I agree. I've been re-discovering my CD catalog and building my vinyl collection. I haven't spent a dime on CDs in over a year. I've spent a little on used LPs and even some new ones and have been the recipient of many LPs from friends' collections (duplicates, etc.). If I spend anything on recorded music related items it will be on a record-cleaning machine! T
...I stopped buying CDs!
If the EU sticks it to MS and there is widespread Linux adoption I WILL move.