>Meanwhile Microsoft EXTENDS support for another two years for three OSes that were developed and
> followed by another OS before this Linux variant even came out.
Dear Troll, whom somehow got modded as Interesting:
Microsoft has been milking billions and billions of dollars from an illegal monopoly for well over a decade. To date, they still have not suffered any retroactive punishment for a decade plus of illegal activity.
They have so much money in the bank, they could fund thousands of years of $100,000/yr open source effort... just with cash!
So you are lauding them for supporting Windows 98 for a few years, and then being pissy about Redhat, a company which GAVE AWAY those version of the operating systems to a lot of people, for finally discontinuing support on something that OTHERS CAN SUPPORT because they have access to the source code. (Gee, can't do that with Microsoft! Can't backport your patches for them!)
Get a clue! Redhat still has a free OS available to you. Go ask Bill Gates for a free copy of Windows 98.
> Why? I mean... why does RedHat have to be all corporate and crap now?
Well, they are a company that answers to shareholders. They have to 'be all corporate and crap now' because it costs them a money to backport stuff, manage and communicate the updates, etc. Unlike Microsoft, they don't have $50 billion in phat l00t sitting around to support an old OS like Windows 98. I salute them for supporting 7.0 and 8.0 for as long as they have. Truly commendable.
Currently I'm running Fedora, for free, with *very* quick update turn-around, again... free. Thanks Red Hat.
You had some good points, but I strongly disagree with that statement, unless by "someday" you mean far, far in the future.
Open Source is not a monoculture. There does not have to, nor should there be, "one true path". Should we have one file system type as well? Make "more" and "less" battle to the death?
People use the desktop they do because they WANT TO and can MAKE THE CHOICE. Why should we think that choice and preference will go away? Do we want to be like Microsoft as a community and force people to conform? Sorry, that's just not possible. Give the penguin a hug for that.
While I see the united themes and integration as a step forward to a somewhat consistant Linux desktop expierence, God (tm) help us if we limit the diversity that brings true innovation.
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My first computers were a Pet, Atari 400, and later an Apple ][+. Those computers, combined with the generous time of a volunteer teaching BASIC at my elementry school, have made my life all the more interesting by getting me on the "tech path".
In this season of giving, think of a kid who doesn't know a lot about computers, but has an interest. Sit down with them and explain the fundamentals. Teach them the basics of a programming language. If needed, build them a new system with your spare parts so they can experience what you enjoyed growing up.
In your nostalgia, remember there is probably someone you know who deserves to have similarly fond memories in 20 or 30 years.
> you better damn well believe > it's gonna be as secure as possible
Oh yes, like the wonderfully secure state of credit card use on the Net right now.
It won't be *secure as possible*... it will in fact, be as *secure as deemed needed* by beancounters. Those beancounters offset the minor inconvenience of a few hundred thousand people who have to deal with the shock & scare of being ripped off by holes in the new technology with the economic boost of a few more million people using their particular flavor of credit card.
Sure, the credit card companies might cover the losses (*might, after you fight*), but there's nothing like seeing a huge charge on your credit card, that you didn't make, and having to go through the hassle of getting it resolved.
Don't blindly think they make things "as secure as possible." That's not the economics of it.
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>Meanwhile Microsoft EXTENDS support for another two years for three OSes that were developed and > followed by another OS before this Linux variant even came out. Dear Troll, whom somehow got modded as Interesting: Microsoft has been milking billions and billions of dollars from an illegal monopoly for well over a decade. To date, they still have not suffered any retroactive punishment for a decade plus of illegal activity. They have so much money in the bank, they could fund thousands of years of $100,000/yr open source effort ... just with cash!
So you are lauding them for supporting Windows 98 for a few years, and then being pissy about Redhat, a company which GAVE AWAY those version of the operating systems to a lot of people, for finally discontinuing support on something that OTHERS CAN SUPPORT because they have access to the source code. (Gee, can't do that with Microsoft! Can't backport your patches for them!)
Get a clue! Redhat still has a free OS available to you. Go ask Bill Gates for a free copy of Windows 98.
> Why? I mean... why does RedHat have to be all corporate and crap now?
... free. Thanks Red Hat.
Well, they are a company that answers to shareholders. They have to 'be all corporate and crap now' because it costs them a money to backport stuff, manage and communicate the updates, etc. Unlike Microsoft, they don't have $50 billion in phat l00t sitting around to support an old OS like Windows 98. I salute them for supporting 7.0 and 8.0 for as long as they have. Truly commendable.
Currently I'm running Fedora, for free, with *very* quick update turn-around, again
Thank goodness it is Warp Records I get to reward for avoiding DRM, and not K-Tel.
> Someday one of Gnome and KDE will be obsolete.
You had some good points, but I strongly disagree with that statement, unless by "someday" you mean far, far in the future.
Open Source is not a monoculture. There does not have to, nor should there be, "one true path". Should we have one file system type as well? Make "more" and "less" battle to the death?
People use the desktop they do because they WANT TO and can MAKE THE CHOICE. Why should we think that choice and preference will go away? Do we want to be like Microsoft as a community and force people to conform? Sorry, that's just not possible. Give the penguin a hug for that.
While I see the united themes and integration as a step forward to a somewhat consistant Linux desktop expierence, God (tm) help us if we limit the diversity that brings true innovation.
My first computers were a Pet, Atari 400, and later an Apple ][+. Those computers, combined with the generous time of a volunteer teaching BASIC at my elementry school, have made my life all the more interesting by getting me on the "tech path".
In this season of giving, think of a kid who doesn't know a lot about computers, but has an interest. Sit down with them and explain the fundamentals. Teach them the basics of a programming language. If needed, build them a new system with your spare parts so they can experience what you enjoyed growing up.
In your nostalgia, remember there is probably someone you know who deserves to have similarly fond memories in 20 or 30 years.
Happy Holidays.
Here come the Kevin Costner jokes...
> you better damn well believe
... it will in fact, be as *secure as deemed needed* by beancounters. Those beancounters offset the minor inconvenience of a few hundred thousand people who have to deal with the shock & scare of being ripped off by holes in the new technology with the economic boost of a few more million people using their particular flavor of credit card.
> it's gonna be as secure as possible
Oh yes, like the wonderfully secure state of credit card use on the Net right now.
It won't be *secure as possible*
Sure, the credit card companies might cover the losses (*might, after you fight*), but there's nothing like seeing a huge charge on your credit card, that you didn't make, and having to go through the hassle of getting it resolved.
Don't blindly think they make things "as secure as possible." That's not the economics of it.
Oooh... you mean the other Sun. pfft