I personally believe that most people underestimate the impact of "PC Gamers" on the OS marketplace and I think that any move by Microsoft that makes it difficult to "Game" on their computer will open up the marketplace for other OS's. Right now the companies that write Games for the PC, target MicroSoft OS because of their dominance in the marketplace. If they are "forced" to choose another OS to write games for, then that OS will become instantly more popular. I do play computer games and don't care for the "console" anywhere near as much. If the majority of PC games were avaliable on a Linux platform, I would instantly switch my Home PC to that Platform. If Wine continues to get better and I find that I can play most/all of my games on Linux, I will at least set up a dual boot on my home system.
These studies all operate on the "presumption" that if they didn't "surf the web", they would be more productive. If they didn't have the Web, they would find some other way to occupy their time, and it most probably would not be work related.
No love lost here for SCO but I am absolutly and completely against the idea that a DDOS attack is a good thing. The open source community will be blamed for this and it would seem to me that a concerted effort by the resources in the "open source community' could actually find out who is responsible.
Besides...you don't want to keep them from receiving hate mail...you want to keep them from spewing FUD....in the days of CB radio...we would have "pinned" their coax:)
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Who are you kidding? That is the reason that they pass new laws.
I personally believe that most people underestimate the impact of "PC Gamers" on the OS marketplace and I think that any move by Microsoft that makes it difficult to "Game" on their computer will open up the marketplace for other OS's. Right now the companies that write Games for the PC, target MicroSoft OS because of their dominance in the marketplace. If they are "forced" to choose another OS to write games for, then that OS will become instantly more popular. I do play computer games and don't care for the "console" anywhere near as much. If the majority of PC games were avaliable on a Linux platform, I would instantly switch my Home PC to that Platform. If Wine continues to get better and I find that I can play most/all of my games on Linux, I will at least set up a dual boot on my home system.
These studies all operate on the "presumption" that if they didn't "surf the web", they would be more productive. If they didn't have the Web, they would find some other way to occupy their time, and it most probably would not be work related.
You obviously don't know your emperors. Ming was by far the most evil. Ask Buck Rogers.
No love lost here for SCO but I am absolutly and completely against the idea that a DDOS attack is a good thing. The open source community will be blamed for this and it would seem to me that a concerted effort by the resources in the "open source community' could actually find out who is responsible. Besides...you don't want to keep them from receiving hate mail...you want to keep them from spewing FUD....in the days of CB radio...we would have "pinned" their coax :)