Hmmmm..... For calling the grandparent flamebait the parent got modded as flamebait. So if I call the parent flamebait for calling the grandparent flamebait do I become flamebait or insightful?
Or here is another amazing idea.... Maybe slide presentations just aren't the best form for the information to be presented in. Truthfully, I don't see why most people use any form of slide presentation. Most of the time the data put on the slide isn't suited for that form of media. Most of the time it's too complex.
Of course this isn't Microsoft's fault. Nor Open-Office. This is the fault of people who decide to start using new technology (or new at the time) without really thinking if it helps or hinders the information being presented. And for years I was one of those people.
True as it is, I seriously doubt you want to install XP on a semi-old PC. 98 will run on a number of PCs just fine, but try to add XP and it becomes an almost unusably slow machine.
>> Anyone who says that the name "Lindows" doesnt violate the trademark of "Windows" is a real hypocrite. If MS came out with a program called Winix, you guys would be going apeshit.
Uh? Hello? Minix, Linux. Let's think about this for just a second.... Hmmm.... Linux was made to be like minix, which coincidentally rhymes. Hmmmm... No, I think I'd be the hypocrite if I got mad at Lindows when I use an OS whose name ryhmes with what it was modeled after.
No, I'm not saying it's okay to trademark words you don't know. I just thought it was about time to toss in a joke.
Wasn't Dell the Guy's last name? Could he sue all the other members of his family for trademark infringement? Of course, he parents probably have prior art....
>> I have trouble imagining _any_ political viewpoint where the most pressing use for $100 is to fund Michael Robertson's quest to prove how deeply he can infringe on a Microsoft trademark with and get away with it.
Uh.... a Window is one component of the GUI. How can you trademark something that's generic across almost any GUI, even one that's been in use by your competitors longer than you've been using your own?
But don't worry about the data they collect! They're probably using 2-bit encryption! It's the only thing you can use with their 2-bit security measures......
If they keep all of their Unix source code on their webserver, they deserve to have it deleted. and stolen... and any other bad thing I could think of.
>>> When are these people going to realize that they need to get the input of someone that at least represents the people that they are going to 'govern'?
Forget people they will govern. At least get input from the people who know how it works. Try and put someone there that has any idea what the internet does. Someone that knows the boundaries of the technology. Not someone that knows the best way to tax people.
That makes a lot of sense. If the GPL was considered unconstitutional, wouldn't that also make the Microsoft's license (the ones that say "you will only use this on one computer") unconstitutional as well?
But I'm not worried. The GPL is here to stay. (Unlike SCO....)
Some people would try to create advanced versions of Windows. That's a given. Of course, some people would get a kick out of optimizing the code to give a higher frame rate at _Insert_Amazing_Game_Here_. Or the ability to run XP with _Amazing_Feature_. I'd go for it.
Of course, we don't want to do that..... Someone might take out the NSA backdoor....:P
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I will not use it here nor there
I will not put in on my x86
I will not use it, I'm not Darl's B*tch
I will not use it use Darl's UnixWare
I don't like SCO, I really don't care
Wait.. You're telling me that they're a software company now?! Wow! When did that happen?!
Ever stop to think that maybe that's why you were non-profit? :P
Uh... isn't that the same reason all the Microsoft zealots use for saying Windows is better?
Of course this isn't Microsoft's fault. Nor Open-Office. This is the fault of people who decide to start using new technology (or new at the time) without really thinking if it helps or hinders the information being presented. And for years I was one of those people.
Not only is it "No Free Lunch... No Free Linux", but if you try to view the keynote speech, it's only in Windows Media Video!
Uh? Hello? Minix, Linux. Let's think about this for just a second.... Hmmm.... Linux was made to be like minix, which coincidentally rhymes. Hmmmm... No, I think I'd be the hypocrite if I got mad at Lindows when I use an OS whose name ryhmes with what it was modeled after.
(Long Live Linux!)
Wasn't Dell the Guy's last name? Could he sue all the other members of his family for trademark infringement? Of course, he parents probably have prior art....
Yeah! For real! I can't believe anyone would infringe on Microsoft's infringement
Dell? Like "Farmer in the Dell"? Dell is common? Wow.... I guess my slashdot eduMacation wasn't as good as I thought...
Even worse. I think the article said "...a name from the WSIS website of attendees." No cracking, unless you consider surfing the web "cracking".
Forget people they will govern. At least get input from the people who know how it works. Try and put someone there that has any idea what the internet does. Someone that knows the boundaries of the technology. Not someone that knows the best way to tax people.
But I'm not worried. The GPL is here to stay. (Unlike SCO....)
Some people would try to create advanced versions of Windows. That's a given. Of course, some people would get a kick out of optimizing the code to give a higher frame rate at _Insert_Amazing_Game_Here_. Or the ability to run XP with _Amazing_Feature_. I'd go for it.
Of course, we don't want to do that..... Someone might take out the NSA backdoor.... :P