Purged from the center of the islamic world means moved to someplace else. He has already asked both Germany and the US to host the nation of israel. Nevertheless they both refused, they don't want the state of israel in their midst any more then anybody else does. The arabs got it and now they are stuck with it. Sucks for them.
"Well, Microsoft delivered. I can write a script (in my choice of languages) that opens up a Word document, finds any bold text at the start of paragraphs and then HTTP POSTs it to a URL. And if I feel really annoying, I'll increase the volume level on the sound device, and read it to you. In a page of code."
You could do this with linux. Not with word docs of course which have propritary formats but with OO docs you can. Hell you could probably do it on a command line with sed and wget.
Why does.net deserve admiration? It's just another VM. There are lots of them out there. It's not even that great of a VM.
Sure the fanbois love it because it's better then the crap they are used to but it's nothing remarkable. Just a ripoff of java with a couple of additions. Yawn. Who cares.
I don't know about him but in my utopia 95% of the people don't exist either. In fact I can't think of any utopia which would not limit itself to the top 5% of some slice of the population.
So you used to be an FOSS zealot, then somebody waved a shiny toy in front of you and you instantly abandoned all your firmly held beliefs and spent a few thousand dollars.
I guess you were not that much of a zealot were you? Since you obviously didn't care at all about open source why were you using linux in the first place? Wasn't windows shinier then linux?
First of all I would like to thank you for pointing out that every linux user is a zealot. After all there can be no rational reason ever to use linux.
As for quality I will take konq over finder any day, any week, any year. I will also take apt over anything apple has including the open source projects that attempt to make up for the fact that there is no package management in apple.
Look if you think that one statement from the german office of MS is the actual MS policy worldwide then go ahead. Until MS actually produces a press release I will believe otherwise.
The GPL destroyed the SCO lawsuit. GPL3 will have the same kind of power to defend free software from the corporations that want to kill it.
There is a reason why there are so many astro turfers here pissing on the GPL, RMS, and the FSF every time the topic comes up. They are deadly afraid of it.
Chances are baystar didn't lose a cent on the deal. First of all they had hedges, secondly they were merely a conduit for MS money. MS will make sure they get re-imbursed one way or another.
Don't tar up anything. Put the binaries on your ftp server, give people permission to package it up and they will do the work for you. Open source is like that.
I have a ton of management stories. They mostly involve insane waste of taxpayers money, screwing customers, screwing employees, screwing vendors, and of course screwing creditors. Any corporation is like a septic tank. The really big chunks rise to the top.
I will take an open source programmer over a manager any day. Hell I would not let a manager dogsit lest he screw the dog and burn my house down trying to tie his shoe laces.
You don't have to do anything like that. If you just provide the binaries and give people permission they will happily package the thing up according to their distro.
Gimme gimme gimme. Open source will die when too many people are whinging and not enough people are doing. Open source only works when YOU contribute. Find a way to help.
LArge organizations like that tend to have an IT team. The IT team tends to dictate which printers are bought.
Have you ever worked for a company? Check with you school. You will see that they too make centralized decisions about which printers are bought and installed.
Anyway most printers are supported by linux. There are few windows only printers but they are pretty rare because the printer companies want to sell to mac users too (mac and linux use the same printer subsystem)
It sounded like you were giving him no credit at all.
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On the other hand these guys got to be luminaries because they are smart, hard working and know how to get things done, not because they are heris to a hotel fortune.
Who says there is a correlation between working hard and manking money? Some of the richest people in the world haven't worked a day in their lives. I can guarantee you the average janitor works harder then Paris Hilton.
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"purged from the center of the Islamic world"
Purged from the center of the islamic world means moved to someplace else. He has already asked both Germany and the US to host the nation of israel. Nevertheless they both refused, they don't want the state of israel in their midst any more then anybody else does. The arabs got it and now they are stuck with it. Sucks for them.
"Would you care to enlighten me as of why is .NET a "not even that great of a VM"?"
Because it doesn't support multiple inheritance like the python VM does.
"If you can make a better product by taking features from another and adding and improving then you should do it."
Yes but that doesn't make it admirable does it.
"Well, Microsoft delivered. I can write a script (in my choice of languages) that opens up a Word document, finds any bold text at the start of paragraphs and then HTTP POSTs it to a URL. And if I feel really annoying, I'll increase the volume level on the sound device, and read it to you. In a page of code."
You could do this with linux. Not with word docs of course which have propritary formats but with OO docs you can. Hell you could probably do it on a command line with sed and wget.
Why does .net deserve admiration? It's just another VM. There are lots of them out there. It's not even that great of a VM.
Sure the fanbois love it because it's better then the crap they are used to but it's nothing remarkable. Just a ripoff of java with a couple of additions. Yawn. Who cares.
I don't know about him but in my utopia 95% of the people don't exist either. In fact I can't think of any utopia which would not limit itself to the top 5% of some slice of the population.
So you used to be an FOSS zealot, then somebody waved a shiny toy in front of you and you instantly abandoned all your firmly held beliefs and spent a few thousand dollars.
I guess you were not that much of a zealot were you? Since you obviously didn't care at all about open source why were you using linux in the first place? Wasn't windows shinier then linux?
First of all I would like to thank you for pointing out that every linux user is a zealot. After all there can be no rational reason ever to use linux.
As for quality I will take konq over finder any day, any week, any year. I will also take apt over anything apple has including the open source projects that attempt to make up for the fact that there is no package management in apple.
Look if you think that one statement from the german office of MS is the actual MS policy worldwide then go ahead. Until MS actually produces a press release I will believe otherwise.
One quote from the german arm of MS does not establish a blanket policy. Sorry.
Xbox can run linux but only if you break the law. That's the thing. In order to get linux to run on the xbox you are risking jail time.
The GPL destroyed the SCO lawsuit. GPL3 will have the same kind of power to defend free software from the corporations that want to kill it.
There is a reason why there are so many astro turfers here pissing on the GPL, RMS, and the FSF every time the topic comes up. They are deadly afraid of it.
That's good for all of us.
I look forward to reading about you in the press. Please drop me a line when the article about you get's written just in case I miss it.
Chances are baystar didn't lose a cent on the deal. First of all they had hedges, secondly they were merely a conduit for MS money. MS will make sure they get re-imbursed one way or another.
Don't tar up anything. Put the binaries on your ftp server, give people permission to package it up and they will do the work for you. Open source is like that.
LOL. I got a stalker!!!!! Cool as hell.
Perhaps you could do better.
I have a ton of management stories. They mostly involve insane waste of taxpayers money, screwing customers, screwing employees, screwing vendors, and of course screwing creditors. Any corporation is like a septic tank. The really big chunks rise to the top.
I will take an open source programmer over a manager any day. Hell I would not let a manager dogsit lest he screw the dog and burn my house down trying to tie his shoe laces.
What exactly is preventing you from delivering a binary file? Binary files are delivered on linux all the time.
You don't have to do anything like that. If you just provide the binaries and give people permission they will happily package the thing up according to their distro.
Gimme gimme gimme. Open source will die when too many people are whinging and not enough people are doing. Open source only works when YOU contribute. Find a way to help.
LArge organizations like that tend to have an IT team. The IT team tends to dictate which printers are bought.
Have you ever worked for a company? Check with you school. You will see that they too make centralized decisions about which printers are bought and installed.
Anyway most printers are supported by linux. There are few windows only printers but they are pretty rare because the printer companies want to sell to mac users too (mac and linux use the same printer subsystem)
It sounded like you were giving him no credit at all.
On the other hand these guys got to be luminaries because they are smart, hard working and know how to get things done, not because they are heris to a hotel fortune.
So you are saying that the MS sales reps are just as incompetent as MS management and MS programmers.
Who says there is a correlation between working hard and manking money? Some of the richest people in the world haven't worked a day in their lives. I can guarantee you the average janitor works harder then Paris Hilton.