Gui makes learning faster. 2 clicks and check results.
You are an idiot. You are not learning by clicking, you are doing something that someone else learned and gave you a button to use. You have obviously never used Linux either, since you believe it's so user unfriendly.
Funny thing is if you install Linux and actually tried to use it you would find it's just as easy to use as Windows for doing what ever it is you do on a computer (you can even watch pr0n on it!). In most cases it's easier. I have converted thousands of people to Linux in the last few years, and none have ever said it was harder to use than Windows. What it lacks however is Game support.
People can't play the latest version of The Sims on their computer and rally miss those cartoons peeing themselves as they try to figure out how to get from the living room to the bathroom. That is the attraction to Windows.
It's not that you "have to", but that you "can" which is the difference.
Building a kickstart network, I have numerous ISO files. Every time I get a new version, I can either run windows and mount a new folder with the GUI, and of course I'm F%^&ked when I need something after a Z drive, or you can do what I do.
Write a loop that lists the ISO files, creates directories and mounts them automagically. If I add a new ISO, the mount is made, and if I take one away, the mount goes away. It's called "dynamic support" which is something that Windows lacks. I have a fully automated kickstart network supporting netbsd, ubuntu, fedora, redhat, and freebsd. Of course it's a large corporate network and I get paid well to build environments like this. But these options are simply not available in Windows. Oh, and I'm pretty sure I make more than 3 times what a Microsoft admin makes.
And now that I talked all technical you can go cry and pee yourself because you don't understand us Geeky people.
Microsofties are always so funny. Did you learn nothing from your MSCE training? Good lord it's at least 100 multiple guess questions that costs over $ 1,000.00 (guaranteed at most locations) to pass.
Before I get there, you can change the control in Linux to allow users to mount any thing from USB drives, to old DOS file systems. It's rather simple, though you won't find a GUI to make the change for you. Want a user to blow everything up? You can do that!
Now to the point of why it's not a default in Linux. Even a Microsoft person should know that portable media is the easiest way of bringing malicious software on to your network, and it's second in use for exploits only to email (where Microsoft has done an exceptional job of auto-executing various file types without user knowledge.. hence thousands and thousands of exploits).
In Microsoft land, you can change the policy to match Linux. It's a backward mentality though from those of us that realize that "user convenience" and "safety" often collide and sometimes the default should be "security".
Really, that's what is going to matter. M$ always does things their way, and to a Microsoftie they will always think it's the best. The problem with Microsoft is, and has been for a very long time, that they not only believe that they invented everything but also submit patent requests for everything. Of course with the mess that is our patent system, it's a challenge to get them revoked (Thank the BitLords for the Open Source Patent fighting squads!).
KDE has build in point click for those to retarded to know the benefits of using the command line. I believe Gnome has an add on as well, but I hate Gnome so don't care if it does.
Look, even Microsoft started realizing (15 years to late) the benefits and power of the command line vs. depending on a GUI for everything that's done. Hence they released "Power Shell".
It is always refreshing to see an idiot fan boy that thinks it's hard to do things without a GUI though, so thanks for the laugh!
Honestly I stopped buying music for a long long time until there was a 99c a song option. A band comes out, has a CD full of shit and 1 descent song. Paying 13-15 bucks for a CD to get one song is simply idiocy, so I stopped buying all together. The preview option is also beneficial. I may end up downloading, hence buying, something I did not want before because of the sample. The MPAA and RIAA both want samples taken away as well.
This is something that works, take the hint and run with it!
When it comes to TV shows, the number 1 reason I know of people pirating is because the industry does not make the shows available. This is not a country restriction, or ratings issue. Something that runs today or ran last year is probably not available through normal means. The only option is to find illegal copies. It's the digital age, put things in digital format and let people purchase!
Movies, I just wait for them to come out on HBO or regular TV. Even those have been shit for the last 10 years or so, I won't pay 15.00 to see a movie at a theater. Add in the 10 bucks for a small popcorn and 5oz of soda, the lie that the movie starts at 7PM and really it starts at 7:30 because they run a half hour of advertisements and previews. Improve the experience and maybe people would want to sit in a theater again!
Do you understand what a Monopoly is? I believe that you have something wrong in your concept.
Did Google stop anyone at Mapquest from updating their product to be as good or better than Google's products? No
Did Google stop vendors from using APIs and Hooks from other vendor codes? No
Did Google say "Anything we ever do will be free of charge."? No
Did Google stop any company from using Mapquests products? No
Did Google tell the Internet that no other vendor could put products out there? No
You are ranting about other companies going out of business and saying it happened because of Google "Stealing". Then you claim that Google owns a monopoly on another product. I'm assuming you mean search engines. It's pretty obvious that you have a burr up your ass about Google. Who knows, maybe you dream of bedding down the Ballmer.
Just because a company has majority of market share does not mean they have a monopoly. If BING was as good as Google, the billions that Microsoft spent in advertising would have eaten more in to that market share. Well guess what? Microsoft's product is NOT as good as Google's product. Neither was Mapquests, or Yahoo or anyone else that has struggled because of Google's products.
Google is not stopping anyone from making a better product. They are not making consumers pay for their products directly. They are asking high volume users to pay for API's to bypass Google's revenue stream!
Let me reiterate this has fuck all to do with the free Google Maps service.
To say that the API for Google Maps is not related to Google Maps is absurd. The APIs are directly related to Google Maps. They have no value without Google maps.
Are you seriously not getting this? Google Maps API was introduced into the market free of charge to everyone. Customers who used to pay companies like Bottin Cartographes for their map service switch to Google Maps since it's free. After stealing marketshare and customers, in October 2011 Google begins charging for its service. How is this not textbook antitrust?
Stealing market share? Really? Providing an exceptional products and services to gain customers is stealing?"
I guess you are entitled to free health care, the Government owes you a house and a job, and people that work for a living are idiots right?
And we wonder why the US is so F%^&Uked up right now.
Need an analogy? Here ya go. The Church gives away wrapped sandwiches to people every day. Do you have the right to demand that they give you as many Ziplock bags as you want for free? I mean, wholly crap they give away sandwiches every day to people. The only reason they won't give you as many Ziplock bags as you want is discriminatory and bigotry?
Well, my answer to that is "Good, don't eat a sandwich!"
When they start charging for you to use Google Maps, then start complaining. Until then, don't bitch about getting hand outs from them.
Sorry, but you miss the very obvious point I made: What is Google charging for? It's not the Google Map service. It's the APIs so that you can access the Google data without Google services.
Comparing that to what Microsoft did, and does is simply ignorant. Sorry, no other way to put it. Ignorance can always be cured with education though.
Microsoft took technology that already existed and people already used and paid for and gave it away free until the competition died out. (Word/Word Perfect Anti-trust suit ??). With Browser technology they forced Windows VARS to install IE and play by a set of rules that said no competitive products could be installed (initial Anti-trust suit) even if the customer requested it. When busted, they spit in the courts face and forced vendors by forcing vendors to only install old unsupported versions of the product (Anti-trust suit number 3).
Google Maps on the other hand was a new business. It became extremely popular, and is still FREE to use for anyone. Google started charging for the APIs (which were initially free) to connect to Google Map data, without the Google service.
How about you search the US DOJ and EU Courts for Anti-trust suites and compare again. While I'm not saying Google is innocent of everything they are accused of they are actually way better than the shitbags we know as Microsoft.
RedHat and Suse are both a success because it's not just a distro. It's also a support structure for the OS, which is what businesses need.
Many times, a technical person looks at it and does not care. "Let me use my favorite distro this week.". But what happens when that person leaves the company and a new guy comes in with experience in a different distro? Sure, we can catch on as techies.. it's what we do. But it's a gap to get there in time, which can cost a whole lot of money.
I'm sure Redmond does not mind as many fragments as possible. Honestly it's hurt Linux much more than it's helped as far as business adaptation.
Lets face facts: Execs want numbers, not quirks. Show them how much money they can save by going with RedHat, response time on support issues, security information for SOX and E&Y auditors, etc.. and that's your ticket in. "My Gnome tool bar roxxors in Favlinux 6.0zers" is not something businesses want, need, or look at.
Frags are fine for the geeks that want to play. I'm sure there are some good things that come out of those and get added back in to the stream for Business Linux. I can't count any, but I'm sure someone has some. Just keep it out of the VP's office, and get them a supported version of Linux.
I know someone who continues to argue that the takedown of MegaUpload shows that the existing laws are not adequate and that we *need* SOPA/PIPA to protect the movie/music industries from offshore (non-US) piracy. I keep trying to inform him of the history the *AA's have brought to bear on the copyright laws and how these bills are something that will continue the abuse of copyright instead of ending piracy as they are claiming. He has no grasp on how DNS works, much less the internet in general. What can I do to show him how destructive these bills actually are, preferably with something that is as unbiased as possible?
FACTS:
Megaupload is shut down.
The company and it's owners are in court.
If nothing was done and Megaupload were still able to operate with impunity, it would show that we do need SOPA/PIPA. Obviously this is not the case, we are just fine without.
Forget the dangers involved for a moment. Lets look at what we in the US as a Constitutional rights. We have the right to a fair trial, and the right to due process. SOPA/PIPA are attempts at creating legal ways of bypassing both of those.
It's hard to come up with an analogy to show how bad this is since we in the US follow due process for everything else. Even if someone commits a murder the police can't make an arrest without following due process. Warrant needs to be issued, or someone is caught in the act of committing a crime, or they were caught at the scene of the crime right after it occurred. We do this because by law we are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty.
SOPA/PIPA not only deny the right to due process, and not only deny due process, but they allow massive punishment to anyone else associated with the criminal. It would be like you getting hauled off to jail, only to find out days later that the reason you are in jail is because an acquaintance of yours ran a red light last month. Worse, you are stuck in jail until the court decides to hear your case on why you shouldn't be in jail any more. Of course after months in jail waiting, you will lose your house, your wife, your job, and society will deem you a criminal.
I showed up for Jury duty in Michigan as I am required every day at 9AM for a week. Every day the lawyers would visually inspect us and relieve the ones they did not want. Everyone that brought a book was dismissed. Those that were smart enough to figure out that "reading" will get you dismissed started bringing in books about mid week. It was really the same people over and over again on every jury, those not bright enough to correlate some very basic information.
Sadly, in our legal methods of jury stacking, that's exactly what each side wants.
Groklaw I believe is where I read a brief summary. The judge in at least one of those cases said that while there was infringement there was no possible way that damages were caused because of the nature of the patent. I like smart Judges personally.
In several other cases (again see if you can find them on Groklaw) the MFR was given time to work around the patent. Again no damages were awarded.
Which is which case? No idea off the top of my head. I read way to much to know sources this long after reading them.
I agree, but think that a part of SOPA and PIPA had merit. Where that is exactly? Dealing with non-US countries that ignore US copyrights, patents, and laws. Happens all the time in China, Russia, Taiwan, etc..
I can only assume that other countries run in to the same issues.
Some people are generally "bad" people. It is a minority, but to believe that everyone is Good given the right motivation is ignorance. As long as they are in your jurisdiction, you can stop them from doing "bad" things to a large extent. When they are not in your jurisdiction, you have to be able to sever their connection to you somehow.
The question you avoid in your response (and what I guess I did not spell out well enough) is: "Why are people choosing Business and Law degrees over Science?"
Answer: That is the only way to make lots of money in the current US scheme.
Sure you can be a scientist and struggle to stay in the middle class. That's about the best you will get. Okay, Medical doctors can make a decent wage. But the guys making huge pay checks moving in to the upper class are the Lawyers suing them for malpractice, the Insurance executives raping everyone for Malpractice insurance, the stock holders for all of the above, and the Politicians making sure it's all a legal process.
If your own citizens are inept, uneducated and incapable of doing the work required, companies have to fill the skilled positions somehow. When I last posted anything on education on Slashdot, I was greeted to calls of "you can quit school at 15 and do anything". Well, apparently "anything" doesn't include anything that actually makes money, makes new products or makes new industries, and if there's a strong feeling amongst even the geeks in the US that being uneducated is cool and acceptable, then I can't say I can blame manufacturers for going to the geeks that think being educated is cool instead.
Up to here, I'm with you. It is a problem to a point that some people don't want to be educated. The bigger area of concern is that in the US, if you are a scientist you make no money compared to a manager of some type. We have way to many Business graduates, and this has nothing to do with the desire to learn. It's the choice people are making because if you are a Science major.
1. Extremely difficult to find a job
2. Jobs are very low pay. The best paying science jobs are as teachers, not scientists. And no, unfortunately I'm not talking about College Professors, I'm taking required education.
3. Constant threats of job loss because it's cheaper to send things overseas.
The same exact problem that exists with Manufacturing also exists with Science. The difference is mainly that it does not cost you $100,000US to work on an assembly line. It will cost you that much to get a Masters in Math or a Doctorates in Psychology.
We are also in a global economy now. A global village. There is no enemy but ourselves.
Great rhetoric when you are stock holder or executive shipping jobs overseas to increase profits. In reality, the economy of a country must have space for all ranks, not just the upper class.
The consequence here is that global business cannot run on nationalism or pride, it needs talent. And it ain't finding that talent here. Blaming Asia for having better universities is idiotic and blaming businesses for preferring the results of the better-trained is futile.
Sorry, I call poppycock! It is not about not finding talent in the US. It's about not looking in the US because it's much cheaper to pay Asian rates for everything.
As to the "Global" comment, if we are truly global and it's not about money: Why are US companies not paying the same rates to Asians as they would have to in the US, or for that matter more money because the talent pool is better? They don't, and they wont as long as there is a massive economic advantage for shipping jobs overseas.
The people making money put out lots of BS justifying what they do. Politicians receive piles of cash from rich lobbyists to tell you the same crap. It's really to bad people are not smart enough to figure it out.
Having a "made in the US" label on every employee might sound cool to America in times of high unemployment but it would kill businesses or force them overseas. And that means losing even more jobs, not to mention both corporate and income revenue for the government.
*golf clap* more propaganda from the wealthy, I'm impressed that you buy in to it. As I said before, and economy must support all classes and not the wealthy. Want working proof of how Capitalism works? Q: Was Detroit poor when Ford hired Detroit workers at high wages? Answer: Hell no, it was booming and everyone and their mother wanted to be there. Q: Did Detroit start to go bankrupt after they decided to move everything possible to China and Mexico to increase profits? A: That pretty much sums up the collapse of the big 3 and Detroit.
Before you start spewing garbage about how the Unions did it, here's one more question for you. Q: Outside of Lee Iacocca working for a dollar a year, can you show me 1 White Collar person at any of the big 3 that gave back or refused their hu
You got it! Don't you know that we are all supposed to be:
a) Clergy
b) Stock Brokers
c) Politicians
Okay, you can sneak in some support classes like Insurance Salesmen, or CEO but not a Science major! Science majors make horrible wages, work horrible hours, and receive no rewards.
As a consumer, you not only have the right to be a customer but a you have the right to boycott. Live it, and Love it! I have for years boycotted all Microsoft products, and continue to do so. If we all give up something to make the point we can make changes for the better. This is the power of the consumer in our Economy.
Take this or something similar, and send it to those that back SOPA and PIPA. Be Vocal, make noise! A boycott is not simply you stopping a money exchange, but persuading others to stop exchanging money also.
Dear Business,
For years I have been a customer of yours. As a customer, I provide free advertising to family, friends and acquaintances of your goods and services. This free advertising has gained you additional customers, increased your sales, and allowed you to maintain your business.
Since you are backing legislation that disregards my rights as granted by the Constitution and Law of the United States of America that ends today! The legislation you are backing is known as SOPA and PIPA.
As of today, I am boycotting your business and will continue to boycott your business until such time as you stop pushing for legislation that damages my rights and liberties as granted under the US Constitution and Laws of the United States of America.
A boycott is not just me refusing to purchase your goods and services. A boycott is also me requesting to my family, friends and acquaintances that they no longer purchase your goods and services.
In the past I have helped your business as a customer, I will now harm your business with boycott. This is my right as a consumer, and I choose to exercise that right to the fullest of my abilities.
I know I'm late to the game, but when you say you are going to dump 20K in to MSSQL, I hope you realize that the 20K is a down payment, and you won't get much for it. You also need to consider AV solutions on your Windows Servers which you probably don't have with Linux, as well as the additional licenses you need for the Windows servers. My last assignment, they ran 2 Win2K8 servers and MSSQL in HA mode. Annual licensing to just MS was double what you mention with ease.
Stick with Linux and OpenSource, and find Dev's that are not prone to move everything to Microsoft when they fail to perform tasks. A lot of the time, that's what it boils down to.
Either you failed to read anything other than Microsoft's propaganda, er.. literature regarding the history of DirectX or you are an imbecile.
Microsoft refused to port OpenGL libraries to Windows. Mostly because they were "OPEN" standards available to all developers. Microsoft still refuses to port OpenGL to Windows. Probably because OpenGL is still.. well.. Open. The Port and distribution of OpenGL is up to vendors, and has always been up to vendors. There have been numerous publications where Microsoft explicitly states that they will never ship OpenGL because it is not their standard.
Microsoft created and distributed DirectX to create Lock in. In many cases large software houses were given 50-70% of their development costs by Microsoft to port to DirectX. This was done with the largest commercial CAD products, and most likely still happens today to ensure it's a "preferred" development platform.
DirectX is still inferior in performance to OpenGL, and still uses cheats to increase rendering performance at the expense of viewing real math. As an example, OpenGL does some funny things with you look at a surface with an inverted attachment point, generally splaying a prism across your screen. DirectX can not handle this mathematics, and will not show the prism. Instead you will see a nice smooth surface. While this may help a game developer release sloppy code, it explains why institutions that require real math to display use OpenGL.
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Funny, I say the same thing regarding people that are to ashamed to post with an account that people could trace to a person.
Some of us actually make a living knowing how the shell works, and how code works, and what linking and debugging is, etc...
Enjoy flipping them burgers Skippy!
Gui makes learning faster. 2 clicks and check results.
You are an idiot. You are not learning by clicking, you are doing something that someone else learned and gave you a button to use. You have obviously never used Linux either, since you believe it's so user unfriendly.
Funny thing is if you install Linux and actually tried to use it you would find it's just as easy to use as Windows for doing what ever it is you do on a computer (you can even watch pr0n on it!). In most cases it's easier. I have converted thousands of people to Linux in the last few years, and none have ever said it was harder to use than Windows. What it lacks however is Game support.
People can't play the latest version of The Sims on their computer and rally miss those cartoons peeing themselves as they try to figure out how to get from the living room to the bathroom. That is the attraction to Windows.
It's not that you "have to", but that you "can" which is the difference.
Building a kickstart network, I have numerous ISO files. Every time I get a new version, I can either run windows and mount a new folder with the GUI, and of course I'm F%^&ked when I need something after a Z drive, or you can do what I do.
Write a loop that lists the ISO files, creates directories and mounts them automagically. If I add a new ISO, the mount is made, and if I take one away, the mount goes away. It's called "dynamic support" which is something that Windows lacks. I have a fully automated kickstart network supporting netbsd, ubuntu, fedora, redhat, and freebsd. Of course it's a large corporate network and I get paid well to build environments like this. But these options are simply not available in Windows. Oh, and I'm pretty sure I make more than 3 times what a Microsoft admin makes.
And now that I talked all technical you can go cry and pee yourself because you don't understand us Geeky people.
Microsofties are always so funny. Did you learn nothing from your MSCE training? Good lord it's at least 100 multiple guess questions that costs over $ 1,000.00 (guaranteed at most locations) to pass.
Before I get there, you can change the control in Linux to allow users to mount any thing from USB drives, to old DOS file systems. It's rather simple, though you won't find a GUI to make the change for you. Want a user to blow everything up? You can do that!
Now to the point of why it's not a default in Linux. Even a Microsoft person should know that portable media is the easiest way of bringing malicious software on to your network, and it's second in use for exploits only to email (where Microsoft has done an exceptional job of auto-executing various file types without user knowledge.. hence thousands and thousands of exploits).
In Microsoft land, you can change the policy to match Linux. It's a backward mentality though from those of us that realize that "user convenience" and "safety" often collide and sometimes the default should be "security".
Really, that's what is going to matter. M$ always does things their way, and to a Microsoftie they will always think it's the best. The problem with Microsoft is, and has been for a very long time, that they not only believe that they invented everything but also submit patent requests for everything. Of course with the mess that is our patent system, it's a challenge to get them revoked (Thank the BitLords for the Open Source Patent fighting squads!).
KDE has build in point click for those to retarded to know the benefits of using the command line. I believe Gnome has an add on as well, but I hate Gnome so don't care if it does.
Look, even Microsoft started realizing (15 years to late) the benefits and power of the command line vs. depending on a GUI for everything that's done. Hence they released "Power Shell".
It is always refreshing to see an idiot fan boy that thinks it's hard to do things without a GUI though, so thanks for the laugh!
Honestly I stopped buying music for a long long time until there was a 99c a song option. A band comes out, has a CD full of shit and 1 descent song. Paying 13-15 bucks for a CD to get one song is simply idiocy, so I stopped buying all together. The preview option is also beneficial. I may end up downloading, hence buying, something I did not want before because of the sample. The MPAA and RIAA both want samples taken away as well. This is something that works, take the hint and run with it!
When it comes to TV shows, the number 1 reason I know of people pirating is because the industry does not make the shows available. This is not a country restriction, or ratings issue. Something that runs today or ran last year is probably not available through normal means. The only option is to find illegal copies. It's the digital age, put things in digital format and let people purchase!
Movies, I just wait for them to come out on HBO or regular TV. Even those have been shit for the last 10 years or so, I won't pay 15.00 to see a movie at a theater. Add in the 10 bucks for a small popcorn and 5oz of soda, the lie that the movie starts at 7PM and really it starts at 7:30 because they run a half hour of advertisements and previews. Improve the experience and maybe people would want to sit in a theater again!
Do you understand what a Monopoly is? I believe that you have something wrong in your concept.
Did Google stop anyone at Mapquest from updating their product to be as good or better than Google's products? No
Did Google stop vendors from using APIs and Hooks from other vendor codes? No
Did Google say "Anything we ever do will be free of charge."? No
Did Google stop any company from using Mapquests products? No
Did Google tell the Internet that no other vendor could put products out there? No
You are ranting about other companies going out of business and saying it happened because of Google "Stealing". Then you claim that Google owns a monopoly on another product. I'm assuming you mean search engines. It's pretty obvious that you have a burr up your ass about Google. Who knows, maybe you dream of bedding down the Ballmer.
Just because a company has majority of market share does not mean they have a monopoly. If BING was as good as Google, the billions that Microsoft spent in advertising would have eaten more in to that market share. Well guess what? Microsoft's product is NOT as good as Google's product. Neither was Mapquests, or Yahoo or anyone else that has struggled because of Google's products.
Google is not stopping anyone from making a better product. They are not making consumers pay for their products directly. They are asking high volume users to pay for API's to bypass Google's revenue stream!
Let me reiterate this has fuck all to do with the free Google Maps service.
To say that the API for Google Maps is not related to Google Maps is absurd. The APIs are directly related to Google Maps. They have no value without Google maps.
Are you seriously not getting this? Google Maps API was introduced into the market free of charge to everyone. Customers who used to pay companies like Bottin Cartographes for their map service switch to Google Maps since it's free. After stealing marketshare and customers, in October 2011 Google begins charging for its service. How is this not textbook antitrust?
Stealing market share? Really? Providing an exceptional products and services to gain customers is stealing?"
I guess you are entitled to free health care, the Government owes you a house and a job, and people that work for a living are idiots right?
And we wonder why the US is so F%^&Uked up right now.
Need an analogy? Here ya go. The Church gives away wrapped sandwiches to people every day. Do you have the right to demand that they give you as many Ziplock bags as you want for free? I mean, wholly crap they give away sandwiches every day to people. The only reason they won't give you as many Ziplock bags as you want is discriminatory and bigotry?
Well, my answer to that is "Good, don't eat a sandwich!"
When they start charging for you to use Google Maps, then start complaining. Until then, don't bitch about getting hand outs from them.
Sorry, but you miss the very obvious point I made: What is Google charging for? It's not the Google Map service. It's the APIs so that you can access the Google data without Google services.
Comparing that to what Microsoft did, and does is simply ignorant. Sorry, no other way to put it. Ignorance can always be cured with education though.
Apples to Bananas comparison.
Microsoft took technology that already existed and people already used and paid for and gave it away free until the competition died out. (Word/Word Perfect Anti-trust suit ??). With Browser technology they forced Windows VARS to install IE and play by a set of rules that said no competitive products could be installed (initial Anti-trust suit) even if the customer requested it. When busted, they spit in the courts face and forced vendors by forcing vendors to only install old unsupported versions of the product (Anti-trust suit number 3).
Google Maps on the other hand was a new business. It became extremely popular, and is still FREE to use for anyone. Google started charging for the APIs (which were initially free) to connect to Google Map data, without the Google service.
How about you search the US DOJ and EU Courts for Anti-trust suites and compare again. While I'm not saying Google is innocent of everything they are accused of they are actually way better than the shitbags we know as Microsoft.
RedHat and Suse are both a success because it's not just a distro. It's also a support structure for the OS, which is what businesses need.
Many times, a technical person looks at it and does not care. "Let me use my favorite distro this week.". But what happens when that person leaves the company and a new guy comes in with experience in a different distro? Sure, we can catch on as techies.. it's what we do. But it's a gap to get there in time, which can cost a whole lot of money.
I'm sure Redmond does not mind as many fragments as possible. Honestly it's hurt Linux much more than it's helped as far as business adaptation.
Lets face facts: Execs want numbers, not quirks. Show them how much money they can save by going with RedHat, response time on support issues, security information for SOX and E&Y auditors, etc.. and that's your ticket in. "My Gnome tool bar roxxors in Favlinux 6.0zers" is not something businesses want, need, or look at.
Frags are fine for the geeks that want to play. I'm sure there are some good things that come out of those and get added back in to the stream for Business Linux. I can't count any, but I'm sure someone has some. Just keep it out of the VP's office, and get them a supported version of Linux.
I know someone who continues to argue that the takedown of MegaUpload shows that the existing laws are not adequate and that we *need* SOPA/PIPA to protect the movie/music industries from offshore (non-US) piracy. I keep trying to inform him of the history the *AA's have brought to bear on the copyright laws and how these bills are something that will continue the abuse of copyright instead of ending piracy as they are claiming. He has no grasp on how DNS works, much less the internet in general. What can I do to show him how destructive these bills actually are, preferably with something that is as unbiased as possible?
FACTS:
Megaupload is shut down.
The company and it's owners are in court.
If nothing was done and Megaupload were still able to operate with impunity, it would show that we do need SOPA/PIPA. Obviously this is not the case, we are just fine without.
Forget the dangers involved for a moment. Lets look at what we in the US as a Constitutional rights. We have the right to a fair trial, and the right to due process. SOPA/PIPA are attempts at creating legal ways of bypassing both of those.
It's hard to come up with an analogy to show how bad this is since we in the US follow due process for everything else. Even if someone commits a murder the police can't make an arrest without following due process. Warrant needs to be issued, or someone is caught in the act of committing a crime, or they were caught at the scene of the crime right after it occurred. We do this because by law we are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty.
SOPA/PIPA not only deny the right to due process, and not only deny due process, but they allow massive punishment to anyone else associated with the criminal. It would be like you getting hauled off to jail, only to find out days later that the reason you are in jail is because an acquaintance of yours ran a red light last month. Worse, you are stuck in jail until the court decides to hear your case on why you shouldn't be in jail any more. Of course after months in jail waiting, you will lose your house, your wife, your job, and society will deem you a criminal.
Maybe all that crap on prisonplanet.tv really has some merit?
Of course getting people to read and rationalize for themselves is something else all together...
I showed up for Jury duty in Michigan as I am required every day at 9AM for a week. Every day the lawyers would visually inspect us and relieve the ones they did not want. Everyone that brought a book was dismissed. Those that were smart enough to figure out that "reading" will get you dismissed started bringing in books about mid week. It was really the same people over and over again on every jury, those not bright enough to correlate some very basic information.
Sadly, in our legal methods of jury stacking, that's exactly what each side wants.
Groklaw I believe is where I read a brief summary. The judge in at least one of those cases said that while there was infringement there was no possible way that damages were caused because of the nature of the patent. I like smart Judges personally.
In several other cases (again see if you can find them on Groklaw) the MFR was given time to work around the patent. Again no damages were awarded.
Which is which case? No idea off the top of my head. I read way to much to know sources this long after reading them.
Truth hurts sometimes doesn't it?
To me, nothing wrong with comparing to steaming piles on occasion. Especially if you are forced to smell them by law (IP Patent Law that is).
I agree, but think that a part of SOPA and PIPA had merit. Where that is exactly? Dealing with non-US countries that ignore US copyrights, patents, and laws. Happens all the time in China, Russia, Taiwan, etc..
I can only assume that other countries run in to the same issues.
Some people are generally "bad" people. It is a minority, but to believe that everyone is Good given the right motivation is ignorance. As long as they are in your jurisdiction, you can stop them from doing "bad" things to a large extent. When they are not in your jurisdiction, you have to be able to sever their connection to you somehow.
The question you avoid in your response (and what I guess I did not spell out well enough) is: "Why are people choosing Business and Law degrees over Science?"
Answer: That is the only way to make lots of money in the current US scheme.
Sure you can be a scientist and struggle to stay in the middle class. That's about the best you will get. Okay, Medical doctors can make a decent wage. But the guys making huge pay checks moving in to the upper class are the Lawyers suing them for malpractice, the Insurance executives raping everyone for Malpractice insurance, the stock holders for all of the above, and the Politicians making sure it's all a legal process.
If your own citizens are inept, uneducated and incapable of doing the work required, companies have to fill the skilled positions somehow. When I last posted anything on education on Slashdot, I was greeted to calls of "you can quit school at 15 and do anything". Well, apparently "anything" doesn't include anything that actually makes money, makes new products or makes new industries, and if there's a strong feeling amongst even the geeks in the US that being uneducated is cool and acceptable, then I can't say I can blame manufacturers for going to the geeks that think being educated is cool instead.
Up to here, I'm with you. It is a problem to a point that some people don't want to be educated. The bigger area of concern is that in the US, if you are a scientist you make no money compared to a manager of some type. We have way to many Business graduates, and this has nothing to do with the desire to learn. It's the choice people are making because if you are a Science major.
1. Extremely difficult to find a job
2. Jobs are very low pay. The best paying science jobs are as teachers, not scientists. And no, unfortunately I'm not talking about College Professors, I'm taking required education.
3. Constant threats of job loss because it's cheaper to send things overseas.
The same exact problem that exists with Manufacturing also exists with Science. The difference is mainly that it does not cost you $100,000US to work on an assembly line. It will cost you that much to get a Masters in Math or a Doctorates in Psychology.
We are also in a global economy now. A global village. There is no enemy but ourselves.
Great rhetoric when you are stock holder or executive shipping jobs overseas to increase profits. In reality, the economy of a country must have space for all ranks, not just the upper class.
The consequence here is that global business cannot run on nationalism or pride, it needs talent. And it ain't finding that talent here. Blaming Asia for having better universities is idiotic and blaming businesses for preferring the results of the better-trained is futile.
Sorry, I call poppycock! It is not about not finding talent in the US. It's about not looking in the US because it's much cheaper to pay Asian rates for everything.
As to the "Global" comment, if we are truly global and it's not about money: Why are US companies not paying the same rates to Asians as they would have to in the US, or for that matter more money because the talent pool is better? They don't, and they wont as long as there is a massive economic advantage for shipping jobs overseas.
The people making money put out lots of BS justifying what they do. Politicians receive piles of cash from rich lobbyists to tell you the same crap. It's really to bad people are not smart enough to figure it out.
Having a "made in the US" label on every employee might sound cool to America in times of high unemployment but it would kill businesses or force them overseas. And that means losing even more jobs, not to mention both corporate and income revenue for the government.
*golf clap* more propaganda from the wealthy, I'm impressed that you buy in to it. As I said before, and economy must support all classes and not the wealthy. Want working proof of how Capitalism works? Q: Was Detroit poor when Ford hired Detroit workers at high wages? Answer: Hell no, it was booming and everyone and their mother wanted to be there. Q: Did Detroit start to go bankrupt after they decided to move everything possible to China and Mexico to increase profits? A: That pretty much sums up the collapse of the big 3 and Detroit.
Before you start spewing garbage about how the Unions did it, here's one more question for you. Q: Outside of Lee Iacocca working for a dollar a year, can you show me 1 White Collar person at any of the big 3 that gave back or refused their hu
You got it! Don't you know that we are all supposed to be:
a) Clergy
b) Stock Brokers
c) Politicians
Okay, you can sneak in some support classes like Insurance Salesmen, or CEO but not a Science major! Science majors make horrible wages, work horrible hours, and receive no rewards.
As a consumer, you not only have the right to be a customer but a you have the right to boycott. Live it, and Love it! I have for years boycotted all Microsoft products, and continue to do so. If we all give up something to make the point we can make changes for the better. This is the power of the consumer in our Economy.
Take this or something similar, and send it to those that back SOPA and PIPA. Be Vocal, make noise! A boycott is not simply you stopping a money exchange, but persuading others to stop exchanging money also.
Dear Business,
For years I have been a customer of yours. As a customer, I provide free advertising to family, friends and acquaintances of your goods and services. This free advertising has gained you additional customers, increased your sales, and allowed you to maintain your business.
Since you are backing legislation that disregards my rights as granted by the Constitution and Law of the United States of America that ends today! The legislation you are backing is known as SOPA and PIPA.
As of today, I am boycotting your business and will continue to boycott your business until such time as you stop pushing for legislation that damages my rights and liberties as granted under the US Constitution and Laws of the United States of America.
A boycott is not just me refusing to purchase your goods and services. A boycott is also me requesting to my family, friends and acquaintances that they no longer purchase your goods and services.
In the past I have helped your business as a customer, I will now harm your business with boycott. This is my right as a consumer, and I choose to exercise that right to the fullest of my abilities.
Sincerely,
-your-name-
I know I'm late to the game, but when you say you are going to dump 20K in to MSSQL, I hope you realize that the 20K is a down payment, and you won't get much for it. You also need to consider AV solutions on your Windows Servers which you probably don't have with Linux, as well as the additional licenses you need for the Windows servers. My last assignment, they ran 2 Win2K8 servers and MSSQL in HA mode. Annual licensing to just MS was double what you mention with ease.
Stick with Linux and OpenSource, and find Dev's that are not prone to move everything to Microsoft when they fail to perform tasks. A lot of the time, that's what it boils down to.
Either you failed to read anything other than Microsoft's propaganda, er.. literature regarding the history of DirectX or you are an imbecile.
Microsoft refused to port OpenGL libraries to Windows. Mostly because they were "OPEN" standards available to all developers. Microsoft still refuses to port OpenGL to Windows. Probably because OpenGL is still.. well.. Open. The Port and distribution of OpenGL is up to vendors, and has always been up to vendors. There have been numerous publications where Microsoft explicitly states that they will never ship OpenGL because it is not their standard.
Microsoft created and distributed DirectX to create Lock in. In many cases large software houses were given 50-70% of their development costs by Microsoft to port to DirectX. This was done with the largest commercial CAD products, and most likely still happens today to ensure it's a "preferred" development platform.
DirectX is still inferior in performance to OpenGL, and still uses cheats to increase rendering performance at the expense of viewing real math. As an example, OpenGL does some funny things with you look at a surface with an inverted attachment point, generally splaying a prism across your screen. DirectX can not handle this mathematics, and will not show the prism. Instead you will see a nice smooth surface. While this may help a game developer release sloppy code, it explains why institutions that require real math to display use OpenGL.