Research has found that video games help kids improve their hand-eye coordination, and it is true that some are very violent. Meanwhile we can turn on the TV and see astounding violence, but helps improve no one except advertisers. Perhaps if they put ads for Nike in video games then the Democrats would like them more...
Here is the dirty secret about the FSF: they love big multinational corporations and it is very unlikely they will do anything about the GPL violations. Look at who has given the FSF their money and you will see is it the heavyweights of the industry: Dell, Oracle, IBM, Novel etc. These are companies that also give money to the likes of George W Bush.
I hate to say it, but open source software -- which usually costs nothing -- is really the best response to the anti-worker schemes of computer companies. Open source removes the paid worker, but it also removes the company. And that is a very good idea.
Would be a job. Seriously, the counterspin being put out by industry saying that only 500,000 tech workers are jobless is false from everything else I've read. Easily 4 out of 10 IT workers are unemployed according to one source.
But what is the solution, move to India like Colin from the Comedy Central Tough Crowd recently joked ?
I seriously doubt the Konqueror browser was completely unpaid. For a start, I know that some parts of KDE were written by students, whose activities in Europe are often subsidized. Furthermore KDE is based on software originally produced by a commercial company. Lastly, if Konqueror includes even an iota of code from Mosaic, then that too includes software not written by hobbyists but by a consortium.
Linux is an OS that was and will always be for a few academites plus thousands of system administrators. The path from OS to regular users is long and hard. Just look at OS/X...and notice, people were *paid* to do all that work.
Linux may need a better desktop, but this is too little too late. Motif worked fine and now both it and Lesstif are free. Why are we reinventing the wheel again and again, KDe, Gnome, now this new crap?
Why would anyone care about this stupid server OS? It clearly will never make it onto the desktop in any significant numbers, so who cares except for a few nasty multinational corporations and a few Unix-loving geeks.
I got tired long ago of using Linux--of programs not working because no one is paid to make them work, of constantly searching for programs that do what I want, and of writing my own code to suit my needs when I knew that Windows basically had what I needed out of the box.
So I switched to Windows. I tried XP at first, then sold that computer and now I use 98, which I hate.
I often feel that the problem is that "other people" have hijacked the hobbyist-OS idea, so that they can use it as a server or whatever, who cares what. I yearn for a simple multitasking OS that does what I want. Maybe TriDOS is a start.
But Linux and BSD don't capture the "spirit" of the hobbyist urge.
Anyway until someone does capture it in a new OS happens I'm just going to have to use Windows.
Slashdot Mirror
Research has found that video games help kids improve their hand-eye coordination, and it is true that some are very violent. Meanwhile we can turn on the TV and see astounding violence, but helps improve no one except advertisers. Perhaps if they put ads for Nike in video games then the Democrats would like them more...
Here is the dirty secret about the FSF: they love big multinational corporations and it is very unlikely they will do anything about the GPL violations. Look at who has given the FSF their money and you will see is it the heavyweights of the industry: Dell, Oracle, IBM, Novel etc. These are companies that also give money to the likes of George W Bush.
I hate to say it, but open source software -- which usually costs nothing -- is really the best response to the anti-worker schemes of computer companies. Open source removes the paid worker, but it also removes the company. And that is a very good idea.
India is not really at fault. American companies who have no loyalty or sense of responsibility are.
Would be a job. Seriously, the counterspin being put out by industry saying that only 500,000 tech workers are jobless is false from everything else I've read. Easily 4 out of 10 IT workers are unemployed according to one source.
But what is the solution, move to India like Colin from the Comedy Central Tough Crowd recently joked ?
I seriously doubt the Konqueror browser was completely unpaid. For a start, I know that some parts of KDE were written by students, whose activities in Europe are often subsidized. Furthermore KDE is based on software originally produced by a commercial company. Lastly, if Konqueror includes even an iota of code from Mosaic, then that too includes software not written by hobbyists but by a consortium.
Linux is an OS that was and will always be for a few academites plus thousands of system administrators. The path from OS to regular users is long and hard. Just look at OS/X...and notice, people were *paid* to do all that work.
Linux may need a better desktop, but this is too little too late. Motif worked fine and now both it and Lesstif are free. Why are we reinventing the wheel again and again, KDe, Gnome, now this new crap?
"I bet you are a commie bitch"
Did I hear you bark, little doggy?
I disagree: Linux is a free OS, which means no money . Untold riches won't be had by anyone.
Futhermore KDE Gnome are the suckiest GUIs I have ever seen, clearly examples of afterthoughtware, which is about as useful as vaporware.
Why would anyone care about this stupid server OS? It clearly will never make it onto the desktop in any significant numbers, so who cares except for a few nasty multinational corporations and a few Unix-loving geeks.
I mean really, you all can doodads galore but if the stupid thing crashes, what's the point?
If your only reason for using Linux is to prove to yourself how clever you think you are, perhaps you should see a psychologist.
Dear coward, FYI Windows comes free with most new computers.
Anybody ever been there? It's the definition of provincialism. All I've ever heard is that it's a place to AVOID.
What a sad life of pain you must live that you need to go online and behave like an idiot.
When the shit hits the fan and you need to actually get something done besides programming or webhosting, you switch to Windows and just do it.
It's like Fox suing Al Franken. I don't care for either but Fox was 100% wrong.
Same with that SunComm idiot.
Any OS that is owned by a company is by definition not a hobbyist OS.
I got tired long ago of using Linux--of programs not working because no one is paid to make them work, of constantly searching for programs that do what I want, and of writing my own code to suit my needs when I knew that Windows basically had what I needed out of the box. So I switched to Windows. I tried XP at first, then sold that computer and now I use 98, which I hate. I often feel that the problem is that "other people" have hijacked the hobbyist-OS idea, so that they can use it as a server or whatever, who cares what. I yearn for a simple multitasking OS that does what I want. Maybe TriDOS is a start. But Linux and BSD don't capture the "spirit" of the hobbyist urge. Anyway until someone does capture it in a new OS happens I'm just going to have to use Windows.
We all know Linux is pretty fast. Now let's have some useful data like comparing to Windows.