Microsoft wins because they make a better product. Saving $500 million a year is meaningless if you can't get what you need to do done.
It's time to face the facts people, Linux on the desktop just isn't as good as Windows. Windows (and OSX) sell because they are better. Really the only thing Linux on the desktop has going for it is that it doesn't cost anything. Unfortunately free just isn't enough to make the pain worth while.
So let me get this straight, you're suggesting we not spend hours to secure Windows in order to spend hours configuring Linux? Aren't I still out several hours and now I've created something that only I can support? What is Grandma going to do when her PC dies and you're not in your parent's basement? Can she call anyone or at least take it to the Geek Squad?
All I got out of your post is that it's ok to spend hours making Linux work because it is free.
Preach it brother!
So far this entire string has been useless (which means it conforms with all of the other Ask Slashdot articles). How about some real tips and not the typical *nix love fest that these always seem to devolve into.
Since HP appears to only offer their business machines with XP Pro pre-installed it makes their XP outselling Vista statistic completely meaningless. Horse drawn carriages would outsell cars 2-1 if the major dealers only allowed you to buy carriages.
Gyration makes a mouse that can do what you describe. Having used one while trying to game (trying is the keyword here) I can tell you it isn't as wonderful as it sounds. Tilting a controller isn't precise enough to use in any video game and is at best cumbersome in Windows. It works well when lounging back in your chair and surfing but isn't much good for anything else.
I agree that most new music is crap but perhaps the reason people are buying fewer CDs is due to cost?
I can think of several albums that I wouldn't mind getting but I'm to cheap to spend the $13-$16. The online services that offer an album for around $10 are only slightly more reasonable and the DRM handicap doesn't make them worth while. Instead of buying the music or downloading it I simply go without. Other things are more important then CDs (mortgage, food,...)
If the price of the album was closer to reality (say in the $4-$5 range) I would defiantly purchase more. Personally I think the decline in CD sales has more to do with CD-R media costs then P2P. When you can buy a 100 pack of CD-Rs for almost the same price as 2 CDs it makes you start to wonder what planet the RIAAs member companies are on since they can't seem to find the same deals. Granted there is some setup cost to creating CDs but you can't tell me they haven't found a way to lower it since CDs where invented. To me it's simple price gouging.
The RIAA needs to pull its head out of its ass and realize that we don't buy their claim that P2P is causing a decline in CD sales. Apparently all the years of raping us has made them believe that we are all morons and will believe anything their hype machine spews out. Who will they blame next? Unicorns and the Easter bunny?
"You know, you talk a lot without even thinking. Just because you can't see the obvious solutions doesn't mean there aren't any. You're a dangerous person who passes judgement without being informed. And if you're truly in charge of a network, I'm scared that you didn't know some of these answers, whether you implement them or not. It sounds to me like your network is absolutely unrestricted chaos."
This last paragraph is great! Your response was pretty good until you threw that in there.
You seem to have taken my response as a direct attack at you. Don't be some damn sensitive and egocentric. I was referring to the idea that a "good" admin blocks everything that they don't deem work related. Chill out and lay off the flames.
As for all of your warm and cuddly responses, perhaps you should have elaborated in your post instead of quick one sentence ivory tower remarks.
This has been fun but I have to go play around in my "unrestricted chaos" that I call a network.
"E-Mail Timers
Yeah. Okay. Most users barely know how to send regular e-mail."
- He has a point here; most people don't have a clue how to use the features of email software. Of course a "good" admin and a "good" IT department make it their job to teach people this stuff.
"BlackBerry
That's why bb mailboxes are separate from regular mailboxes."
- Hmm sounds like that investment in BlackBerry devices is going down the drain since users can't access their work email. Congratulations "good" admin you just wasted a butt load of money, way to go!
"GoToMyPc.Com
Aside from probably getting you fired, every good admin blocks crap like this at the firewall. The only out from your PC is through the proxy and firewall. The only way in leads to the DMZ."
- This one I have to agree with, for security reasons the only way into a corporate PC should be through an IT controlled connection.
"Instant Messaging
Also blocked at the firewall. Get to work!"
- I take it that all of the companies that using IM aren't working? Has any one told them this?
"Yahoo By Phone
You can't forward your mail an SMTP address, only local accounts."
- So users that don't have a laptop because the "good" admin doesn't think they need one have no way of getting their email remotely? Way to go "good" admin, keep up the good work!
"Call Forwarding
Not our phones."
- Yes call forwarding is bad! Who wants to call someone and actually reach who they called? How silly!
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Microsoft wins because they make a better product. Saving $500 million a year is meaningless if you can't get what you need to do done.
It's time to face the facts people, Linux on the desktop just isn't as good as Windows. Windows (and OSX) sell because they are better. Really the only thing Linux on the desktop has going for it is that it doesn't cost anything. Unfortunately free just isn't enough to make the pain worth while.
So let me get this straight, you're suggesting we not spend hours to secure Windows in order to spend hours configuring Linux? Aren't I still out several hours and now I've created something that only I can support? What is Grandma going to do when her PC dies and you're not in your parent's basement? Can she call anyone or at least take it to the Geek Squad? All I got out of your post is that it's ok to spend hours making Linux work because it is free.
Preach it brother! So far this entire string has been useless (which means it conforms with all of the other Ask Slashdot articles). How about some real tips and not the typical *nix love fest that these always seem to devolve into.
Since HP appears to only offer their business machines with XP Pro pre-installed it makes their XP outselling Vista statistic completely meaningless. Horse drawn carriages would outsell cars 2-1 if the major dealers only allowed you to buy carriages.
This is what passes for news? Someone should clue this retard in that it is a g*dd*mn beta product. As in, it hasn't been released yet. F*cking idiot!
Gyration makes a mouse that can do what you describe. Having used one while trying to game (trying is the keyword here) I can tell you it isn't as wonderful as it sounds. Tilting a controller isn't precise enough to use in any video game and is at best cumbersome in Windows. It works well when lounging back in your chair and surfing but isn't much good for anything else.
I second this request. PDF links suck!
Hahaha!! Are they still there? Did they help your reception?
No DRM. Whatever format you want. http://www.allofmp3.com/
He's nice enough to respond and then gets bombarded with snide and bitter responses.
Dammit now I need to get a BMW 745i to go with my Pentium M 745.
The way most people drive I think more monitoring would be a good thing. Better yet, take the human factor out and let computers drive.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/automotive/202941
Man was drunk, driving way to fast through a suburb, killed 2 young women. 30 years in prison.l ack_box_nails/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/03/air_bag_b
Similar situation as the Canadian. Man was speeding, ran into another car. 4 years.a ckbox.shtml
http://www.lowcountrynow.com/stories/032003/LOCbl
I agree that most new music is crap but perhaps the reason people are buying fewer CDs is due to cost?
I can think of several albums that I wouldn't mind getting but I'm to cheap to spend the $13-$16. The online services that offer an album for around $10 are only slightly more reasonable and the DRM handicap doesn't make them worth while. Instead of buying the music or downloading it I simply go without. Other things are more important then CDs (mortgage, food,...)
If the price of the album was closer to reality (say in the $4-$5 range) I would defiantly purchase more. Personally I think the decline in CD sales has more to do with CD-R media costs then P2P. When you can buy a 100 pack of CD-Rs for almost the same price as 2 CDs it makes you start to wonder what planet the RIAAs member companies are on since they can't seem to find the same deals. Granted there is some setup cost to creating CDs but you can't tell me they haven't found a way to lower it since CDs where invented. To me it's simple price gouging.
The RIAA needs to pull its head out of its ass and realize that we don't buy their claim that P2P is causing a decline in CD sales. Apparently all the years of raping us has made them believe that we are all morons and will believe anything their hype machine spews out. Who will they blame next? Unicorns and the Easter bunny?
Could be worse. They could be ME machines.
Sorry about the projector.
:)
You know us geeks, have projector and porn it's only natural to combine the two.
Besides we didn't know that it was a PG-13 LAN Party since there was more porn on the network then the Playboy channel.
You don't have to worry about it anymore. Someone took the projector apart and ruined it.
"You know, you talk a lot without even thinking. Just because you can't see the obvious solutions doesn't mean there aren't any. You're a dangerous person who passes judgement without being informed. And if you're truly in charge of a network, I'm scared that you didn't know some of these answers, whether you implement them or not. It sounds to me like your network is absolutely unrestricted chaos."
This last paragraph is great! Your response was pretty good until you threw that in there.
You seem to have taken my response as a direct attack at you. Don't be some damn sensitive and egocentric. I was referring to the idea that a "good" admin blocks everything that they don't deem work related. Chill out and lay off the flames.
As for all of your warm and cuddly responses, perhaps you should have elaborated in your post instead of quick one sentence ivory tower remarks.
This has been fun but I have to go play around in my "unrestricted chaos" that I call a network.
Let's break this down shall we;
"E-Mail Timers
Yeah. Okay. Most users barely know how to send regular e-mail."
- He has a point here; most people don't have a clue how to use the features of email software. Of course a "good" admin and a "good" IT department make it their job to teach people this stuff.
"BlackBerry
That's why bb mailboxes are separate from regular mailboxes."
- Hmm sounds like that investment in BlackBerry devices is going down the drain since users can't access their work email. Congratulations "good" admin you just wasted a butt load of money, way to go!
"GoToMyPc.Com
Aside from probably getting you fired, every good admin blocks crap like this at the firewall. The only out from your PC is through the proxy and firewall. The only way in leads to the DMZ."
- This one I have to agree with, for security reasons the only way into a corporate PC should be through an IT controlled connection.
"Instant Messaging
Also blocked at the firewall. Get to work!"
- I take it that all of the companies that using IM aren't working? Has any one told them this?
"Yahoo By Phone
You can't forward your mail an SMTP address, only local accounts."
- So users that don't have a laptop because the "good" admin doesn't think they need one have no way of getting their email remotely? Way to go "good" admin, keep up the good work!
"Call Forwarding
Not our phones."
- Yes call forwarding is bad! Who wants to call someone and actually reach who they called? How silly!
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