... the Open-source marketing droids.
If we managed to get some of Microsoft's marketing department staff into open-source, and have them promoting it, we would have a faster-growing marketshare than what we have now.
The problem with Microsoft is that the so-called "Independent Studies" aren't independent, and they only look at the short-term expenses. Migrating to Linux may be expensive for a business, e.g. buying new hardware if the selection you have is incompatible, training staff to use the new system, etc. but if you look at the long term benefits, you'll find that costs are reduced dramatically.
Windows IIS web servers are more likely to be defaced than Apache servers, although IIS is a small fraction of the servers on port 80 out of the entire internet!
Security? Pah! The only reason that there is more security patches is that they are found and fixed quicker. I am using Mandrake 10.0 and I download the updates in bulk. There is a batch every to download and when I have finished there is no more to download for the rest of the week!
Read http://opensource.org/, ESR's article Get The FUD in the Halloween documents section. Its just brilliant.
If we had some of Microsoft's droids working for us, the open-source community in promoting open-source software, we may possibly have a big market share (as if we haven't got a growing one already).
Fine, Linux may be expensive in the short-term, i.e. upgrading and replacing some incompatible hardware, training staff, etc. but as ESR says, pay-per-seat Microsoft licensing fees are forever.
Why not burn all the Evil Anti-*nix companies' patents, then get the goodies (i.e. RedHat, Novell, etc.) to register all the Anti'Nix's patents for themselves. Then patent the idea of writing a program. Etc. Etc. Etc.
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Accidental. I thought the first one didn't go. When I posted the original, it threw up an error message.
I reckon somebody should take out full-page ads in all the computer mags. "Get the REAL facts"?
... the Open-source marketing droids. If we managed to get some of Microsoft's marketing department staff into open-source, and have them promoting it, we would have a faster-growing marketshare than what we have now. The problem with Microsoft is that the so-called "Independent Studies" aren't independent, and they only look at the short-term expenses. Migrating to Linux may be expensive for a business, e.g. buying new hardware if the selection you have is incompatible, training staff to use the new system, etc. but if you look at the long term benefits, you'll find that costs are reduced dramatically. Windows IIS web servers are more likely to be defaced than Apache servers, although IIS is a small fraction of the servers on port 80 out of the entire internet! Security? Pah! The only reason that there is more security patches is that they are found and fixed quicker. I am using Mandrake 10.0 and I download the updates in bulk. There is a batch every to download and when I have finished there is no more to download for the rest of the week! Read http://opensource.org/, ESR's article Get The FUD in the Halloween documents section. Its just brilliant.
If we had some of Microsoft's droids working for us, the open-source community in promoting open-source software, we may possibly have a big market share (as if we haven't got a growing one already).
Fine, Linux may be expensive in the short-term, i.e. upgrading and replacing some incompatible hardware, training staff, etc. but as ESR says, pay-per-seat Microsoft licensing fees are forever.Just my two pence.
su root /mnt/windows /mnt/windows
umount
rm -rf
Why not burn all the Evil Anti-*nix companies' patents, then get the goodies (i.e. RedHat, Novell, etc.) to register all the Anti'Nix's patents for themselves. Then patent the idea of writing a program. Etc. Etc. Etc.
And snitches who are bitches deserve to get stitches. While still concious.
WOWWW!!!!! $0.00 USD!!!! I thought you had to pay $199.00 to get it!!!!
Bah.
Humbug.Porn sites??!! What would your mother say???
Don't forget that!!!
Aww, come on! I'm using Mandrakelinux right now to type this message!!
Copy + Paste works like a dream in Firefox for Linux and Windows, thank you very much.
*cough* http://www.odeon.co.uk/ *cough*
Damn.