The home desktop crowd is support intensive and aren't willing to pay for support, period. What RedHat is saying is "Please, these customers we can never make money on, go buy Windows, bitch to BillG and friends, and by that you do us a favor".
"I consider myself to be very technically inclined having programmed in
VB for the last 8 years doing kernel level programming. I don't
believe in C programming because contrary to popular belief, VB can go
just as low level as C and the newest VB compiler generates code
that's every bit as fast."
"Kernel" level programming in VB? hahahahaha
His "Triumph of the Nerds" (now on DVD!)and "Nerds 2.0.1" are just fabulous. However, after watching his most recent effort ("Plane Crazy") I think he described himself with the title of that last production. This latest bit about Apple and IT pretty much ices it for me.
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" ... before ADSL it was a pain in the arse ..."
Another thing:
Unix guys say "arse".
Windows guys say "ass".
OK, shit, I fell for it, he got me.
The home desktop crowd is support intensive and aren't willing to pay for support, period. What RedHat is saying is "Please, these customers we can never make money on, go buy Windows, bitch to BillG and friends, and by that you do us a favor".
"I consider myself to be very technically inclined having programmed in VB for the last 8 years doing kernel level programming. I don't believe in C programming because contrary to popular belief, VB can go just as low level as C and the newest VB compiler generates code that's every bit as fast." "Kernel" level programming in VB? hahahahaha
His "Triumph of the Nerds" (now on DVD!)and "Nerds 2.0.1" are just fabulous. However, after watching his most recent effort ("Plane Crazy") I think he described himself with the title of that last production. This latest bit about Apple and IT pretty much ices it for me.