Now is the time to tell your contacts to use an open document, which IS a standard for both ISO and OASIS (ISO/IEC 26300), and is not sensible to the threats of Microsoft Word document.
Maybe something like for the people who keep sending Word files:
"Please use OpenDocument for your document exchange, because it's
- open,
- a standard (ISO/IEC 26300)
- it protects you and me from security threats.
Please look for details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument"
At the end, it may work.
Why not just hire some more geeks and do your own flavor of linux?
You have enough money to give a competition to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu showed that by creating something with features and simplicity, crowds intfollow.
Try to innovate and propose new opensource applications and race for better opensource software.
This will benefit to everyone and if done well, you'll get the reputation you're looking after.
some of the best developers in the world work on open source stuff
In most cases, high quality contributions come from the main developpers.
Opensourcing would probably bring them few high-value improvements to their codebase and a marginal gain in popularity.
The solution is to develop opensource hardware!
I deeply follow you on that point: so-called general studies are too complex (and then boring) for many, though at the same time too easy (and then boring) for others. I see one solution: make the system much more selective (let's say only half may end high-school), and increase the level. Those who would not keep up would be oriented to shorter specialized (e.g. more technical or artistic) studies.
Whatever they paid to SCO, when SCO loses its actions, then the official price ($699 by machine) should then go from SCO to the right owners (FSF/ IBM / RH) !
Hope that when this story is over, finally free software will benefit from it.
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Now is the time to tell your contacts to use an open document, which IS a standard for both ISO and OASIS (ISO/IEC 26300), and is not sensible to the threats of Microsoft Word document.
Maybe something like for the people who keep sending Word files:
"Please use OpenDocument for your document exchange, because it's
- open,
- a standard (ISO/IEC 26300)
- it protects you and me from security threats.
Please look for details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument"
At the end, it may work.
The 8th edition : MS Windows Vista $hareware
It's a nearly useless app with nearly no users. But it's still worth to have a look for both Koffice, gnome office and openoffice devs.
Next ally? Don't wait any longer and hire some nigerians to fill google base with some brand new laptops and dslrs.
Now that you failed to buy MySQL, try debian - it's easier.
Why not just hire some more geeks and do your own flavor of linux? You have enough money to give a competition to Ubuntu. Ubuntu showed that by creating something with features and simplicity, crowds intfollow. Try to innovate and propose new opensource applications and race for better opensource software. This will benefit to everyone and if done well, you'll get the reputation you're looking after.
some of the best developers in the world work on open source stuff In most cases, high quality contributions come from the main developpers. Opensourcing would probably bring them few high-value improvements to their codebase and a marginal gain in popularity. The solution is to develop opensource hardware!
This may be a strategy for MS. In the settlement, they agreed to pay $60M if the money is spent taking legal actions against MS competitors.
He found an Ipod along with some porno magazines !
The poster applied to work at Google, got rejected and just wants to show his anger to the slashdot crowd!
Tell them to use Firefox's history and bookmarks and Thunderbird emails in Google Desktop !
This is appears to be frequent in close-sourced corporate world. Oracle does it too. They don't want anyone to advertise he's faster...
I deeply follow you on that point: so-called general studies are too complex (and then boring) for many, though at the same time too easy (and then boring) for others.
I see one solution: make the system much more selective (let's say only half may end high-school), and increase the level. Those who would not keep up would be oriented to shorter specialized (e.g. more technical or artistic) studies.
having an ugly old gimp in their only newest screenshot is probably not the nicest way to show your job, guys ! in another story, gimp 2.0 released
Whatever they paid to SCO, when SCO loses its actions, then the official price ($699 by machine) should then go from SCO to the right owners (FSF/ IBM / RH) ! Hope that when this story is over, finally free software will benefit from it.
Please stop. I never managed to understand the Star Wars script and you're getting me confused.
a very decent (panasonic TH-42PWD6UY) can be found for 2400$ delivered... your 50% are already here !
so many _own_ sco that they use it as a chat