Eh... I would also make the finding, that I can find no one that I know of that uses Windows because it's better. It's always--it has more software, or it's the most popular, or it's the only platform that some piece of software someone needed would run on.
Want to know the #1 reason people use Windows?
A) Because its free. If that doesn't validate the free software model, i don't know what does. And yes, that is free as in beer.
A problem I have encountered using Win 2000 is that after you ghost the machines across the machines will fail to authenticate to the network, with a non-specific error. I suspect that there is some form of unique id being used in network logon.
If anyone has any ideas please reply, I don't use the system for large roll outs anymore, but someone might find it useful.
This is pretty much and open declaration of War: MS have declared an interest in the Big Iron market (IBMs home turf) and IBM are declaring support for Linux on desktop.
The gloves are off, SCO are irrelevant (OK, even more irrelevant) and even Novell and Red Hat will be only minor players in what is about to come forward.
Anyone noticed the strong ad campaigns for Windows server on TV recently?
I suspect that this speech would have been written before Red Hats announcement of the division of Red Hat Linux into Enterprise and Fedora.
As for your second question, Red Hat are charging for their time and expertise, and for other peoples ease of use. There are some people who just don't want to understand how their computers work.
To you or I that sounds like driving a car without knowing how to dip the oil and change the tyres, but not everyone cares, and if they would rather pay the fees, well, in the words of a great showman;
Socialism is not much different than feudalism. A small minority (the rulling class or govt.) comtrols all the wealth, and doles out enough for the proletariat to keep them alive.
I don't know what world you come from, but on my planet, Socialism is a community supporting essential services (health care, public parks, transportation) by taxation. What you describe is Total state ownership, which is a society that is basically a C+C game from the central command. And Feudalism is again different, as it relies on a small competing group (the aristocrats) negotiating amongst themselves for power.
All of that is very simplified, but it does explain where you are wrong.
She is writing about computer issues without knowing the difference between a hacker and a cracker. Tell me again why I should consider this persons opinion as even vaguely in touch with the real situation if she can't do some basic research?
I think Hitler and stalin were highly influential on the History of the 20th Century. I think the term I am looking for is 'learn from somebody elses mistakes'.
Mr McBride, on the other hand, seems simply to want to profit from a lot of other peoples success - and after the lawsuit, we can hope that others learn from his mistake too.
The mistake you made Mr McBride? You tried to fuck with the penguin. Do you know anything about charging Penguins, Mr McBride? No? Well, you are about to learn...
All of what you say is true, which makes me wonder why MS feel the need to bother - they are the only feasable choice for a home user PC (well, if you want to play games on it anyway, and lets face it, most Home PC's are prolly bought for kids) - so why does MS feel the need to go for looking cool? Threatened by Apple? Linux?
Does anyone seriously use anything other than an Award BIOS anyway? I must have built dozens of systems for the past few years and seen very few Pheonix BIOSes in that time - use quality parts, get quality workmanship I guess
Remember that what the client is paying for here is security. They want X feature by Y time - sometimes you might not like what they want, but they are paying you to put it in, even if other Open Source users will take it straight back out again.
Nor will anyone bother to develop one until itis too late, i.e. it has hit somewhere populous in the US or Western Europe, by which time it is much too late. Imagine if this thing had hit a towerblock in London, or an apartment complex in New York, possibly killing or injuring hundreds?
I only hope the wake up call isn't also the big bad one
I am nto so shure ti ahs to ahve teh frist and lsat lettres in teh rihgt placse if ti si a wrdo taht si splet worgn a lto, cos afert a whiel we bgeni to reocgnsie teh mis-splte wrdos.
UNIX desktop environments are a mess. The proliferation of incompatible and inconsistent user interface toolkits is now the primary factor in the failure of enterprises to adopt UNIX as a desktop solution.
The arguement here seems to be not that the inconsistency between who puts what tools onto a given system puts off the casual users, which tbh is a fair point. Use the custom tools for those that need them, but a generic interface makes the norms happy, which is what breaks market share monopolies
The small moons are probably fragments knocked off one of the larger moons and may be in descending spiral orbits. If they are permanent, then I would suspect that they would be in some sort of synchonicity with the larger moons, using the gravitation to help maintain a stable orbit (if they were not synchroeous they would be unstable, IIRC)
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If you are one of the people whose livelihood depends on tourism, there probably is :(
Mind you, people still belive Elvis is alive and the Turin shroud is genuine, so it might not make any difference
A) Because its free. If that doesn't validate the free software model, i don't know what does. And yes, that is free as in beer.
I know lots of people who use Windows because its free, even if it isn't better...
No, i hadn't heard of it. I no longer deal with client scale roll outs, but if i ever have to *shudder* i'll remember it, thanks :)
A problem I have encountered using Win 2000 is that after you ghost the machines across the machines will fail to authenticate to the network, with a non-specific error. I suspect that there is some form of unique id being used in network logon.
If anyone has any ideas please reply, I don't use the system for large roll outs anymore, but someone might find it useful.
This is pretty much and open declaration of War: MS have declared an interest in the Big Iron market (IBMs home turf) and IBM are declaring support for Linux on desktop.
The gloves are off, SCO are irrelevant (OK, even more irrelevant) and even Novell and Red Hat will be only minor players in what is about to come forward.
Anyone noticed the strong ad campaigns for Windows server on TV recently?
As for your second question, Red Hat are charging for their time and expertise, and for other peoples ease of use. There are some people who just don't want to understand how their computers work.
To you or I that sounds like driving a car without knowing how to dip the oil and change the tyres, but not everyone cares, and if they would rather pay the fees, well, in the words of a great showman;
Bet you wont see this until 1stQ 2005 at the earliest.
no MMPORPG ever gets finished on time.
Alcohol and cigarettes are legal, but you still get people offering black market (i.e. no tax) goods.
All of that is very simplified, but it does explain where you are wrong.
She is writing about computer issues without knowing the difference between a hacker and a cracker. Tell me again why I should consider this persons opinion as even vaguely in touch with the real situation if she can't do some basic research?
Over a year up for Linux, not bad guys. Now lets see if it survices the /. effect
It seems that LinuxJournal has succumbed :P
I think Hitler and stalin were highly influential on the History of the 20th Century. I think the term I am looking for is 'learn from somebody elses mistakes'.
Mr McBride, on the other hand, seems simply to want to profit from a lot of other peoples success - and after the lawsuit, we can hope that others learn from his mistake too.
The mistake you made Mr McBride? You tried to fuck with the penguin. Do you know anything about charging Penguins, Mr McBride? No? Well, you are about to learn...
This PDA needs an OS transplant!
All of what you say is true, which makes me wonder why MS feel the need to bother - they are the only feasable choice for a home user PC (well, if you want to play games on it anyway, and lets face it, most Home PC's are prolly bought for kids) - so why does MS feel the need to go for looking cool? Threatened by Apple? Linux?
Shit, my bad
/me looks very embarrassed
:P
So, that fucks that up.... anyone got the venture capital to start a new BIOS company?
Mmmmm, want to go and tell that to Valve?
Does anyone seriously use anything other than an Award BIOS anyway? I must have built dozens of systems for the past few years and seen very few Pheonix BIOSes in that time - use quality parts, get quality workmanship I guess
Remember that what the client is paying for here is security. They want X feature by Y time - sometimes you might not like what they want, but they are paying you to put it in, even if other Open Source users will take it straight back out again.
There is comment that this may actually be part of the SDK, not the main HL2 Engine code
Nor will anyone bother to develop one until itis too late, i.e. it has hit somewhere populous in the US or Western Europe, by which time it is much too late. Imagine if this thing had hit a towerblock in London, or an apartment complex in New York, possibly killing or injuring hundreds?
I only hope the wake up call isn't also the big bad one
...why there have been more serious windows spreading Virus attacks recently.
I am nto so shure ti ahs to ahve teh frist and lsat lettres in teh rihgt placse if ti si a wrdo taht si splet worgn a lto, cos afert a whiel we bgeni to reocgnsie teh mis-splte wrdos.
The small moons are probably fragments knocked off one of the larger moons and may be in descending spiral orbits. If they are permanent, then I would suspect that they would be in some sort of synchonicity with the larger moons, using the gravitation to help maintain a stable orbit (if they were not synchroeous they would be unstable, IIRC)