your conclusions are wrong. just because there are some distros that make linux easier to use, etc, shouldn't mean anything to someone who doesnt want to use that distro. they are not putting this stuff in the linux kernel you know. there will always be slackware (or something like it) for those who really want to or have the time to get into linux (read geeks). for the rest, why not let them get a glimpse of linux?
you never know, maybe some little kid is gonna look at his dads computer running cnets linux, and wonder about it and learn more about linux in general, and even someday end up writing code thats useful for you (or at least me anyway) if it hadnt been for that maybe the kid would have ended up writing really bad code for m$.
if everyone in the world used linux, there would still be a core of geeks who had a less user friendly version or whatever. this wouldnt be splintering or fragmenting or whatever. there would still be one kernel.
i personally am pretty geeky, and wish i had time to learn enough about linux to write my own software. but i dont, so i installed redhat and gnome. but who knows, maybe someday ill have a chance to write some cool open source software, ill be glad that redhat was around when i got started
Is this testing style in keeping with the spirit of Open Source software distribution? Yes. The recruitment of outside Beta testers is part of the initial development process of Corel LINUX and will allow Corel to release the first version of Corel LINUX to the general public at an earlier date than would be possible if Corel relied only on its internal testing resources. Once Corel LINUX is ready for general distribution, it will be distributed in accordance with the criteria for Open Source software. --by which they probably mean the GPL
and if 70% of people want the internet to be good clean and wholesome, 30% either dont care or want it to be full of smut violence and hate just to piss the majority off. maybe if kids are exposed to this and actually have parents around to give them guidance theyll appreciate it later in life
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I must be completely missing something. BWP had to be one of the worst, most boring movies i've ever seen. there wasn't anything scary about it at all. All i could think was "the real world" goes camping. No cheesy ending? how about no ending at all? in other words, a lame cop-out. Why is everybody so against the high expense high tech movies, i would have thought they would be popular here. even a bad movie can be fun to watch if a bazillion dollars is spent on it. high tech effects are a good thing in my book!
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your conclusions are wrong. just because there are some distros that make linux easier to use, etc, shouldn't mean anything to someone who doesnt want to use that distro. they are not putting this stuff in the linux kernel you know. there will always be slackware (or something like it) for those who really want to or have the time to get into linux (read geeks). for the rest, why not let them get a glimpse of linux?
you never know, maybe some little kid is gonna look at his dads computer running cnets linux, and wonder about it and learn more about linux in general, and even someday end up writing code thats useful for you (or at least me anyway) if it hadnt been for that maybe the kid would have ended up writing really bad code for m$.
if everyone in the world used linux, there would still be a core of geeks who had a less user friendly version or whatever. this wouldnt be splintering or fragmenting or whatever. there would still be one kernel.
i personally am pretty geeky, and wish i had time
to learn enough about linux to write my own software. but i dont, so i installed redhat and
gnome. but who knows, maybe someday ill have a
chance to write some cool open source software, ill be glad that redhat was around when i got started
Is this testing style in keeping with the spirit of Open Source software distribution?
Yes. The recruitment of outside Beta testers is part of the initial development process of Corel LINUX and will allow Corel to release the first version of Corel LINUX to the general public at an earlier date than would be possible if Corel relied only on its internal testing resources. Once Corel LINUX is ready for general distribution, it will be distributed in accordance with the criteria for Open Source software.
--by which they probably mean the GPL
and if 70% of people want the internet to be good clean and wholesome, 30% either dont care or want it to be full of smut violence and hate just to piss the majority off.
maybe if kids are exposed to this and actually have parents around to give them guidance theyll appreciate it later in life
I must be completely missing something. BWP had to be one of the worst, most boring movies i've ever seen. there wasn't anything scary about it at all. All i could think was "the real world" goes camping. No cheesy ending? how about no ending at all? in other words, a lame cop-out.
Why is everybody so against the high expense high tech movies, i would have thought they would be popular here. even a bad movie can be fun to watch if a bazillion dollars is spent on it. high tech effects are a good thing in my book!
jump off the bandwagon