They all have been in some sort of legal trouble.
And it usually involves extortion, scam or theft. I wish the media would concentrate more on their criminal past. Maybe then people would get a clue and not do any business with them.
It's interesting to see the different distributions slowly moving towards Debian's release policies.
My first thought was that they were going Redhat's biz model, not Debian's. I immediately thought "OK... how long before they start charging more for the polished version?". Paranoid? Perhaps, but I have Redhat to thank for getting me to think it.
... most likely comes from backward third world places like Saudi and Venezuela, or perhaps Canada.
I don't think I've ever heard of Canada being referred to as third world (other than in jokes).
I've got Dish Network in the SF bay area and I pay just over 100 a month. But that 100 a month gets me WAY more than I ever got with TCI/ATT/Comcast/whatever the company is this month. For the money I pay, I get the 150 channels, 5 HBOs, 5 Showtimes, 9 Encores and other movie channels I never seem to watch. But the kicker for me was the ability to get overseas programming. I get Italian, Spanish and French on their "a la carte" plan, meaning each channel is 5 bucks more a month. As far as I know, no cable company inthe US offers European programming.
In the bay area at least, the best you can do is the one multinational channel plus the three or four Spanish (US-based) channels.
Back in the early 80's I remember DEC had reported that a couple of their VAXs somehow shoed up in the USSR. Stealing technology had to be faily common then. I don't imagine it's let up much now either.
How would this be any different than a service provider supporting only certain distributions? And if that's the case, why are you getting so bent out of shape that he once said he couldn't support KDE and now he's willing to for a customer (since you yourself have said that Perens LLC is basically UL)?
Honestly, with the number of postings you've done on this subject - today alone - I can't help but wonder what your agenda is.
I remember a long time ago, Linus being quoted as saying the primary reason for creating Linux was because he couldn't afford a Sun workstation. Microsoft had nothing to do with it. In fact, Microsoft was nothing more than a blip in 1991.
My point, which you seem to have missed, is that it can be made to work flawlessly in more than one browser. Or are you saying your employer is explicitly saying "Make this not work flawlessly in any other browser"?
then that's their choice, but then it's also their choice to live worrying overtly about things like income.
You're absolutely right about the choice of having kids. However, worrying about income isn't really all it's about with kids. It's human nature to want your offspring to have more/do more than you have/do. You want your kids to see things you've never seen - other countries, cultures (although it's quite easy to get that knowledge online nothing can replace first-hand experience), good education, etc. It all takes money. And this goes beyond mere existence.
Because if you had a family, you'd NEVER go for what you just posted, even if you simply multiplied x each person. Once you have a kid, things change quite a bit. Your economics are also a bit skewed as far as internet/transportation costs. You're saying that a year's worth of bus service equals one month of internet. I don't know anywhere in the US that you can get a year's worth of bus for 50 bucks. Factor in the time it takes to get to work on public transportation. Again, once you have a kid, your priorities would be different.
Sure there is enough business. I am a translator in addition to doing sys admin work. I can tell you first hand there is a real need for good translsation memory/glossary management/project management software that either an agency or an individual translator could use, Linux, Windows or Mac. I could (and have) cobble(d) together various open source pieces to do my translating projects, but would love to see something more cohesive.
Another real need in the Linux community is PDA sync - Palm stuff is there, but there is NO option for Zaurus sync. IBM is rolling out Zaurus PDAs supposedly, but with Windows sync only.
I guess my point is: take a look at what you do everyday with your PC (or any device that uses some form of OS, embedded or not). Chances are you'll see a need for either invention or improvement.
People like Windows. If they didn't, they wouldn't buy it.
Let's repeat one more time...
People don't buy Windows. They buy computers that happen to have Windows installed.
Only now in the US are we starting to see places offer PC's with Linux pre-installed. I don't know of ANY big stores that do that in Europe (admittedly, my knowledge is restricted to Spain and Italy).
Go ahead, apply for every job THAT YOU'RE QUALIFIED FOR, and sort through the results yourself.
I don't think you're disagreeing all that much, really. If you're sending out 100+ resumes a day THAT YOU'RE QUALIFIED FOR, then you should have NO trouble finding a job, determination or not.
If, on the other hand, you're sending out 100+ resumes to places you're not qualified for, all you're doing is wasting everybody's time, yours included.
You must not read the latest news...
Intel is now on record as saying their behind Linux. They've promised Linux Centrino drivers - I think I remember reading 2nd quarter '04. That's all fine and good that MS has been in bed with Intel over the years, but perhaps you're not aware of their latest deal with AMD. It's no longer a single partnership world.
Three days ago (Jan. 19) he posted on his site the news of the offer from Deafening-urge.net.
You posted this today, the 22nd. I can't help but point the self-serving disinformation finger back at you.
I think SUSE's main market is the server market. They've got a greata desktop, but if this year's Linuxworld is any indication of where the collective SUSE/Novell connection wants to position themselves, it's in the server market. They're heavily pushing Enterprise Server, not Professional. Add to that OpenExchange. Linuxworld in general this year really is about the desktop, but I haven't seen it from SUSE. Maybe once they get Ximian more integrated into the company, yes, but right now it's all about hte server market for them.
I should note that I use SUSE Professional as my main desktop/laptop.
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They all have been in some sort of legal trouble.
And it usually involves extortion, scam or theft. I wish the media would concentrate more on their criminal past. Maybe then people would get a clue and not do any business with them.
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but didn't Prop 63 pass in 1986? That made English the official language of California.
Isn't that decided at the state level? It is at least in California.
If you're bent on sharing movies or other types of files, you use your own hardware. Not everything in this world is free for the taking.
Pocket PC.
You'd think they'd run into problems with that.
And why would you want your market to be confused by the name (which is what would happen)?
Whatever. I'll still reply:
You DO realize that KDE isn not a Windows program, don't you?
You don't "click to install on windows".
My first thought was that they were going Redhat's biz model, not Debian's. I immediately thought "OK... how long before they start charging more for the polished version?". Paranoid? Perhaps, but I have Redhat to thank for getting me to think it.
... most likely comes from backward third world places like Saudi and Venezuela, or perhaps Canada. I don't think I've ever heard of Canada being referred to as third world (other than in jokes).
I've got Dish Network in the SF bay area and I pay just over 100 a month. But that 100 a month gets me WAY more than I ever got with TCI/ATT/Comcast/whatever the company is this month. For the money I pay, I get the 150 channels, 5 HBOs, 5 Showtimes, 9 Encores and other movie channels I never seem to watch. But the kicker for me was the ability to get overseas programming. I get Italian, Spanish and French on their "a la carte" plan, meaning each channel is 5 bucks more a month. As far as I know, no cable company inthe US offers European programming. In the bay area at least, the best you can do is the one multinational channel plus the three or four Spanish (US-based) channels.
Back in the early 80's I remember DEC had reported that a couple of their VAXs somehow shoed up in the USSR. Stealing technology had to be faily common then. I don't imagine it's let up much now either.
How would this be any different than a service provider supporting only certain distributions? And if that's the case, why are you getting so bent out of shape that he once said he couldn't support KDE and now he's willing to for a customer (since you yourself have said that Perens LLC is basically UL)?
Honestly, with the number of postings you've done on this subject - today alone - I can't help but wonder what your agenda is.
You are free to use any distribution you like.
That said, I believe that both should be offered from the get-go.
I remember a long time ago, Linus being quoted as saying the primary reason for creating Linux was because he couldn't afford a Sun workstation. Microsoft had nothing to do with it. In fact, Microsoft was nothing more than a blip in 1991.
My point, which you seem to have missed, is that it can be made to work flawlessly in more than one browser. Or are you saying your employer is explicitly saying "Make this not work flawlessly in any other browser"?
"A web app that requires a single brand of browser is not a web app... it's a client/server app".
You're absolutely right about the choice of having kids. However, worrying about income isn't really all it's about with kids. It's human nature to want your offspring to have more/do more than you have/do. You want your kids to see things you've never seen - other countries, cultures (although it's quite easy to get that knowledge online nothing can replace first-hand experience), good education, etc. It all takes money. And this goes beyond mere existence.
Because if you had a family, you'd NEVER go for what you just posted, even if you simply multiplied x each person. Once you have a kid, things change quite a bit. Your economics are also a bit skewed as far as internet/transportation costs. You're saying that a year's worth of bus service equals one month of internet. I don't know anywhere in the US that you can get a year's worth of bus for 50 bucks. Factor in the time it takes to get to work on public transportation. Again, once you have a kid, your priorities would be different.
Another real need in the Linux community is PDA sync - Palm stuff is there, but there is NO option for Zaurus sync. IBM is rolling out Zaurus PDAs supposedly, but with Windows sync only.
I guess my point is: take a look at what you do everyday with your PC (or any device that uses some form of OS, embedded or not). Chances are you'll see a need for either invention or improvement.
Let's repeat one more time...
People don't buy Windows. They buy computers that happen to have Windows installed.
Only now in the US are we starting to see places offer PC's with Linux pre-installed. I don't know of ANY big stores that do that in Europe (admittedly, my knowledge is restricted to Spain and Italy).
I don't think you're disagreeing all that much, really. If you're sending out 100+ resumes a day THAT YOU'RE QUALIFIED FOR, then you should have NO trouble finding a job, determination or not.
If, on the other hand, you're sending out 100+ resumes to places you're not qualified for, all you're doing is wasting everybody's time, yours included.
You must not read the latest news... Intel is now on record as saying their behind Linux. They've promised Linux Centrino drivers - I think I remember reading 2nd quarter '04. That's all fine and good that MS has been in bed with Intel over the years, but perhaps you're not aware of their latest deal with AMD. It's no longer a single partnership world.
Redhat 4.2. (didn't he say that was his favorite at one time? :-))
Three days ago (Jan. 19) he posted on his site the news of the offer from Deafening-urge.net.
You posted this today, the 22nd. I can't help but point the self-serving disinformation finger back at you.
I should note that I use SUSE Professional as my main desktop/laptop.