I would never pay, but I'm sure will be enough corporate users that would.
The issue here is not that there are not enough potential clients, the issue is that MS would lose a piece of monopoly, that would hurt them the most, the economic factors will steamroll Windows as soon as Linux would be a perfect replacement, they cannot beat $0 price, not to mention the freedom that Linux bring to the table.
Personally I'd never pay for it. I'd rather use free software like Abiword and Gnumeric.
I can do with these programs whatever I need, but even if there would be a "feature" that is missing I would still use free software as a matter of principle and being confident that someone will develop an extension that solve my problem. Firefox is the best example, if you have a need -- most likely someone has already done a extension that solve it, or someone is working on it, or in the worst case as a company you can pay someone to develop the extension. This is the great advantage of free software.
If you have a good connection it's just as easy to use KPackage to browse for software on the Internet as it is to use KPackage to browse the CDs
If you install all the programs from 2-3 CDs than the problem is that you overwhelm the newbies with redundant programs and choices.
Why would you need 2, 3 or 7 CD when you can apt-get any package that you want... (this is about "business desktop" therefore I assume broadband... few businesses use dial-ul)
I was thinking to put a huge poster like this in my room to make my guests sick, but than I realized that my room would make any "potential" guest sick anyway.
Weren't they payed before by Microsoft to come up with a "study" of TCO.
Do a search on Google: "Microsoft payed Gartner" and you'll see.
"Is the Gartner Group just a Microsoft Mouthpiece?" this is an article from 1999 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-10 -20-006-04-OP&tbovrmode=3
Companies and "groups" don't change, they evolve;)
I think that the idea is that we become accustomed with this kind of life and we don't know what we are missing if we were not hooked online....kind of what happened in Simpsons when they forbid Itchy & Scratchy and all the kids went outside and started to play.... if we take a break from the Internet maybe we'd descover a more interesting world outside the doors and we'd feel more relaxed and happier.
It's good that your OS is supported by a serious company, Microsoft. What would you do if you'd have used Linux which is backed up by nobody... Oops that was Microsoft argument.... GOOD argument!
It's good that your OS is supported by a serious company, Microsoft... what would you do if you'd have used Linux which is backed up by nobody... oops that was Microsoft argument.... GOOD argument!
Opera has a crispier feeling, faster initial loading (not as fast as it should though). I can assign whatever key, mouse gesture to whatever action I want, much easier that in Firefox, it has a integrated RSS and mail client and all these in half size than the Firefox and without installing any extension that might or might not work with the new version of FF.
Why don't they launch an operating system and finish it with Microsoft?
They beat them at search, they beat them at e-mail, I'm sure their browser will be better, why don't they come up with their own Linux distribution that will kick MS ass?
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How is this the fastest supercomputer in the world at "only" 42.7 teraflops when NEC has already launched a 65 teraflops supercomputer?
http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0410/2001.html
I confirm, it's Romanian, I translated in other post, nothing important, the writer is an idiot.
echo "Inca un root frate belea: "
/tmp/mama :user bash" you know
/tmp/mama | mail -s "Inca o roata"
-translation: one more "root" brother trouble
echo "user bash stii tu" >>
-translation:
cat
-translation: one more wheel (roata -- root... it sounds alike)
It doesn't say anything meaningful, the guy is an idiot.
It's Romanian.
Are we getting closer to create an artificially made conscious being No, "we" got some cells from a brain, we didn't "create" anything.
I would never pay, but I'm sure will be enough corporate users that would.
The issue here is not that there are not enough potential clients, the issue is that MS would lose a piece of monopoly, that would hurt them the most, the economic factors will steamroll Windows as soon as Linux would be a perfect replacement, they cannot beat $0 price, not to mention the freedom that Linux bring to the table.
Personally I'd never pay for it. I'd rather use free software like Abiword and Gnumeric.
I can do with these programs whatever I need, but even if there would be a "feature" that is missing I would still use free software as a matter of principle and being confident that someone will develop an extension that solve my problem. Firefox is the best example, if you have a need -- most likely someone has already done a extension that solve it, or someone is working on it, or in the worst case as a company you can pay someone to develop the extension. This is the great advantage of free software.
From what I know Office runs without problems under CrossOver Office. Am I wrong?
Doesn't work on Linux.
If you have a good connection it's just as easy to use KPackage to browse for software on the Internet as it is to use KPackage to browse the CDs If you install all the programs from 2-3 CDs than the problem is that you overwhelm the newbies with redundant programs and choices.
Why would you need 2, 3 or 7 CD when you can apt-get any package that you want... (this is about "business desktop" therefore I assume broadband... few businesses use dial-ul)
I would think that the crowd around here would be better educated.
New here, right?
I was thinking to put a huge poster like this in my room to make my guests sick, but than I realized that my room would make any "potential" guest sick anyway.
and apparently my tag handling on slashdot sucks too...
Of course if you look for "Microsoft [b]paid[/b] Gartner" with the right spelling you'll find more... Sorry, my spelling sucks.
Weren't they payed before by Microsoft to come up with a "study" of TCO.
0 -20-006-04-OP&tbovrmode=3
;)
Do a search on Google: "Microsoft payed Gartner" and you'll see.
"Is the Gartner Group just a Microsoft Mouthpiece?" this is an article from 1999 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-1
Companies and "groups" don't change, they evolve
Maybe a catastrophic success....
Than I guess we'll see bugs that have evolved to provide features. Microsoft is a good example.
I think that the idea is that we become accustomed with this kind of life and we don't know what we are missing if we were not hooked online. ...kind of what happened in Simpsons when they forbid Itchy & Scratchy and all the kids went outside and started to play.... if we take a break from the Internet maybe we'd descover a more interesting world outside the doors and we'd feel more relaxed and happier.
It's good that your OS is supported by a serious company, Microsoft. What would you do if you'd have used Linux which is backed up by nobody... Oops that was Microsoft argument.... GOOD argument!
It's good that your OS is supported by a serious company, Microsoft... what would you do if you'd have used Linux which is backed up by nobody... oops that was Microsoft argument.... GOOD argument!
I am a hacker, you insensitive clod...
My address is joe@mailinator.com
Opera has a crispier feeling, faster initial loading (not as fast as it should though). I can assign whatever key, mouse gesture to whatever action I want, much easier that in Firefox, it has a integrated RSS and mail client and all these in half size than the Firefox and without installing any extension that might or might not work with the new version of FF.
Why don't they launch an operating system and finish it with Microsoft?
They beat them at search, they beat them at e-mail, I'm sure their browser will be better, why don't they come up with their own Linux distribution that will kick MS ass?