Asteroid collisions are like hard disks crashes. May it happen? Yes, in theory. But the chance that it will actually happen is extremely low. So it is not something to be so worried abo#`%${%&+'$`%& NO CARRIER
I'll bet this sentence is not going to go over too well with the slashdot crowd.
Not really. Nobody can deny that Microsoft is successful. Now, do they deserve said success? Now that's debatable.
And let's be realistic: not all of it comes from unethical business practices. Despite the security issues and mediocre design, Windows was "good enough" for most people. And they cheated sometimes, sure, but their rivals mostly failed by themselves. For example, back in the early 90s, I recall that IBM sold PCs loaded with Windows rather than their own OS/2. Seriously, what the hell?
True, it's there, and I found it with Google, but my point is that the help system simply wasn't helpful at all. Also, there are so many ways to customize the interface and the options are not very intuitive to set... I'd take GNOME over KDE, it has that "Mac feel" of a clean, streamlined design.
* They usually don't come with a printed manual. * Reading an on-screen guide is a chore. * Most people don't read manuals anyway.
But even if you try to read, there's another problem: poor documentation -- that lacks the information you want, or makes it too hard to search. For example, I was trying a Kubuntu live CD, read the help files for maybe half an hour... and simply couldn't find the info on how to put the menu bar on the top of the screen (Mac style). Alright, I'm a bit of a n00bon Linux, but I knew the feature is there, so why was it so hard to find?
I know how it feels... reminds me of the time I went to a Viper concert, and the opening acts were some awful local thrash bands. Even if they didn't suck, that's a completely different style.
"So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"
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He made it, he can sell for as much as he wants.
Will anyone buy it? Now that's a different question.
Asteroid collisions are like hard disks crashes. May it happen? Yes, in theory. But the chance that it will actually happen is extremely low. So it is not something to be so worried abo#`%${%&+'$`%& NO CARRIER
Not really. Nobody can deny that Microsoft is successful. Now, do they deserve said success? Now that's debatable.
And let's be realistic: not all of it comes from unethical business practices. Despite the security issues and mediocre design, Windows was "good enough" for most people. And they cheated sometimes, sure, but their rivals mostly failed by themselves. For example, back in the early 90s, I recall that IBM sold PCs loaded with Windows rather than their own OS/2. Seriously, what the hell?
True, it's there, and I found it with Google, but my point is that the help system simply wasn't helpful at all. Also, there are so many ways to customize the interface and the options are not very intuitive to set... I'd take GNOME over KDE, it has that "Mac feel" of a clean, streamlined design.
Problems:
* They usually don't come with a printed manual.
* Reading an on-screen guide is a chore.
* Most people don't read manuals anyway.
But even if you try to read, there's another problem: poor documentation -- that lacks the information you want, or makes it too hard to search. For example, I was trying a Kubuntu live CD, read the help files for maybe half an hour... and simply couldn't find the info on how to put the menu bar on the top of the screen (Mac style). Alright, I'm a bit of a n00bon Linux, but I knew the feature is there, so why was it so hard to find?
I know how it feels... reminds me of the time I went to a Viper concert, and the opening acts were some awful local thrash bands. Even if they didn't suck, that's a completely different style.
...can be found HERE.
"So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"
How about VirtualBox + ReactOS ?
Why do they write the most important parts ALL IN UPPERCASE? It only makes it harder to read... it's like it's meant to do that!