You know, considering that there are about four hundred percent more Linux systems in the world than MS Windows systems and that every Windows user is also an unwitting user of multiple Linux switches, routers and servers and probably has a Linux powered cell phone or PDA in his pocket, why exactly would a Linux user be 'above' others - the Linux user and the others, being the same people?
(According to IBM marketing, there are about 2 billion Linux devices in the world - mostly cell phones and routers - versus only 600 million MS Windows desktops)
"Everybody's already trained and comfortable with MS office quirks."
So what training do you need to use a word processor??? I know the world is full of stupid people, but damn...
Yeah, but you need a Microsoft Passport to access that site and the local passport office doesn't know what that is and can't find the Republic of Microsoft in the UN official list of countries either...
If anyone would bother to go to court, the city's claims will be thrown out. Photographing statues is allowed under copyright law. The photographer is NOT copying the statue. A photo is not, never has been and never will be a statue. Taking a photo of it is fair use.
So, now they proved that the whole test was redundant and they could have carried a different piece of observation gear, or saved a lot of money or development, or...
This guy is a retired exec - he never purchased any computers himself, he obviously doesn't know the ropes and his comparison simply doesn't apply to corporations:
A really big company phones Dell/HP/IBM, tells them what they want and gets it built to specification, with the OS (Linux/Windows/Whatever) and desktop software all preconfigured, exactly the way they need it to be.
A medium size company buys ONE PC from Dell/HP/IBM, installs it exactly the way they want it to be, then sends the manufacturer the disk drive and tells them to make more.
A small company goes to the Dell web site and searches for FreeDOS, then buys some PCs without anything pre-installed and configures the lot themselves.
Joe Sixpack, goes to Best Buy and gets a preloaded machine with Windoze...
You have two options as a small company: Go to the Dell site and search for "FreeDOS" to get an OS less PC - these are cheaper than PCs with MS Windows.
Alternatively, you can buy one machine, configure it the way you want it, then send Dell the disk drive and tell them to load that on *all* your machines - try getting HP to do that...
You can certainly talk to a Dell sales rep about 70 PCs, you can even talk to a Dell sales rep about 5 PCs - I haven't tried talking to them about 1 PC yet though.
Exactly - till some @$$h0le broke into my office and stole my beloved Stinkpad, 650MHz and 128MB RAM with a 10GB HDD worked just fine for me - though I must add that I mostly ran IceWM, not KDE, though KDE worked OK too.
Most people who complain about speed, complains about start-up times, which isn't a problem on Linux, since you can start all the applications you need and leave them running forever. There is no need to quit an application - just switch desktops.
If you use Linux, then you should think Linux - if you use Linux in single tasking mode as if it is a MS Winblows machine and is forever starting and quitting programs, then you deserve to suffer...
Well, it is really easy to make one yourself. See this guide (Google cache): http://tinyurl.com/4chb9
All you need is a 10GB partition and 2GB swap to mess around in.
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The source code is the documentation. The system conforms very closely to that - give or take the odd bug in GCC...
Nah ROT is soooo passe. I use Double DES.
http://www.anewidentity.com No big deal...
(According to IBM marketing, there are about 2 billion Linux devices in the world - mostly cell phones and routers - versus only 600 million MS Windows desktops)
already. Just a stream of samples. If you want to do anything else with it, you have to encode it. So what exactly do they want to change?
Oracle should charge per MFLOP. That will drive many more people to Postgres and GNU.
Well gee, you said you are on the 1.x branch and you still think it wise to complain?
"Everybody's already trained and comfortable with MS office quirks." So what training do you need to use a word processor??? I know the world is full of stupid people, but damn...
Yeah, but you need a Microsoft Passport to access that site and the local passport office doesn't know what that is and can't find the Republic of Microsoft in the UN official list of countries either...
If anyone would bother to go to court, the city's claims will be thrown out. Photographing statues is allowed under copyright law. The photographer is NOT copying the statue. A photo is not, never has been and never will be a statue. Taking a photo of it is fair use.
it is the galaxy that is moving.
So, now they proved that the whole test was redundant and they could have carried a different piece of observation gear, or saved a lot of money or development, or...
A really big company phones Dell/HP/IBM, tells them what they want and gets it built to specification, with the OS (Linux/Windows/Whatever) and desktop software all preconfigured, exactly the way they need it to be.
A medium size company buys ONE PC from Dell/HP/IBM, installs it exactly the way they want it to be, then sends the manufacturer the disk drive and tells them to make more.
A small company goes to the Dell web site and searches for FreeDOS, then buys some PCs without anything pre-installed and configures the lot themselves.
Joe Sixpack, goes to Best Buy and gets a preloaded machine with Windoze...
Alternatively, you can buy one machine, configure it the way you want it, then send Dell the disk drive and tell them to load that on *all* your machines - try getting HP to do that...
You can certainly talk to a Dell sales rep about 70 PCs, you can even talk to a Dell sales rep about 5 PCs - I haven't tried talking to them about 1 PC yet though.
You can find the OS less PCs on the Dell site by searching for "FreeDOS". For example this one:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspThese things *are* cheaper than the MS Windows versions.
Also, if you need a large number of machines, then you can send Dell a preconfigured disk drive and they will load that image on all your machines.
Most people who complain about speed, complains about start-up times, which isn't a problem on Linux, since you can start all the applications you need and leave them running forever. There is no need to quit an application - just switch desktops.
If you use Linux, then you should think Linux - if you use Linux in single tasking mode as if it is a MS Winblows machine and is forever starting and quitting programs, then you deserve to suffer...
in my porn!
Make one yourself! All you need is a 10GB partition and 2GB swap (Google cache of howto): http://tinyurl.com/4chb9
Well, it is really easy to make one yourself. See this guide (Google cache): http://tinyurl.com/4chb9 All you need is a 10GB partition and 2GB swap to mess around in.
Quicken and Quickbooks runs perfectly on Wine/CxOffice. I've been doing my company books on Linux for many years.
Yeah, but #define TRUE 0; #define FALSE 1; makes C far more readable when you have that awkward situation.
Computer models have always been fun and games, so it is gospel...
It is time someone writes a Java virus. Write once, run anywhere...
So... You are jealous of Portland?
Whoah... they actually have a 'pop-up killer standard'. Whackamole man, whackamole...