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Nope. I have first hand accounts that Bill Gates is a pariah at parties and social events. He mostly sits in the corner alone because nobody will talk to him.
I can't believe that. From a geek standpoint, I'd think that BG would rock. It'd be cool to invite him over to a LAN party or something like that. Eat pizza a frag friends with Bill... and it would definately rock if Torvalds was there too....
Geek paradise. Fast computers and network, Bill and Linus, Unreal Tournament, greasy pizza....
>>> Linux geeks and other developers, who have been conditioned to think like the computer because of the work they do...
Since we are the ones programming them, doesn't that mean that they've been conditioned to think the way that we do? After all, they're running our logic. Kind of like a small section of our minds...
Great.... Now if we could just convience all users to buy and use copys of Windows Server 2003, then we can all sit by a camp fire and sing of days when we still had viruses and bad people and things...
>>> like it happened to open source icons SourceForge and VIA a coupla years ago. Remember?
a couple of years ago... should it be a compliment to Linux or an insult to your memory that you couldn't think of anything more recent than "a couple of years ago"...
But there is no reason that Windows should not work with Windows Media Player. All of the functions of the operating system should be in the operating system, not in all the applications that ship with it.
Well, if you knew that a platform had WMP and might have Quicktime, which would you develop for? WMP. Is it wrong to include WMP? No, unless they are doing it solely for anticompetitive reasons. Also, I know this part is no matter for the government, but wouldn't it be nicer to have a product win on it's merits instead of marketing?
I agree. Let them bundle whatever they want. But when they sell it to me, make it easy for me to remove and customize anything I want to customize. If I want to remove WMP or IE, let me. If I want to replace explorer with something else, let me. When I buy the OS, let me use it how I want.
How about not letting them distribute any software until they come to an agreement and remove WMP from Windows. Plus a fine or two and something nice things...
>> According to the latest round of leaked information to reach The Register, the Virginia Tech Big Mac has reached 10.28 teraflops. A solid #3 win, 'This places it behind the 5,120 processor Earth Simulator system - 35.9 teraflops - and the 8,160 processor ASCI Q system - 13.8 teraflops.
Now I can have the worlds most powerful "Hello World" ever!
This gaming console not only plays games, but it lets you browse the internet, rip mp3s, play dvds, burn cds, run microsoft office (or open office), record your favorite tv shows, let you talk to friends via VoIP, and even run down a dumbed down version of __INSERT OS HERE__!
I call it the computer. I'll sell it to you now, if you have $699 licencing fee for SCO...
Now, electronic voting has something in common with slashdot polls!
And I quote...
# Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
# Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
# This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
Good to see the legal system is getting some ideas from the fine folks of slashdot!
Don't they realize that doing this is suicide? If they were to determine that the GPL is enforcable, SCO just shot themselves in the foot. It they decide that the GPL is not enforcable, every kernel contributor, even everyone who has worked on a package that has appeared in Caldera or SCO Linux could sue SCO. In just a few weeks, they could bankrupt the company.
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You can sell it if you advertise it as filtered or mountain air.... oh yeah... they'll but it.....
Windows has included some BSD source in windows. Next year SCO might sue BSD. If they won, would that mean SCO has rights to Windows?
I can't believe that. From a geek standpoint, I'd think that BG would rock. It'd be cool to invite him over to a LAN party or something like that. Eat pizza a frag friends with Bill... and it would definately rock if Torvalds was there too....
Geek paradise. Fast computers and network, Bill and Linus, Unreal Tournament, greasy pizza....
Since we are the ones programming them, doesn't that mean that they've been conditioned to think the way that we do? After all, they're running our logic. Kind of like a small section of our minds...
a couple of years ago... should it be a compliment to Linux or an insult to your memory that you couldn't think of anything more recent than "a couple of years ago"...
And when I want to make a significant change to Windows I....
a) Buy $100 to $200 to upgrade....
or
b) Try to change anything, including hardware then call Microsoft to reactivate my OS...
Mod parent up.
That's what encryption is for. So people reading the logs can't see your IMs.
Slashdot. News for Nerdy Lawyers.
Uhhh..... Aren't you pointing that the wrong direction....
Now I can have the worlds most powerful "Hello World" ever!
I call it the computer. I'll sell it to you now, if you have $699 licencing fee for SCO...
And I quote...
# Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
# Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
# This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
Good to see the legal system is getting some ideas from the fine folks of slashdot!