I'm the opposite. I celebrate the diversity of Linux distributions. That diversity is what allows for many different to desktops, configuration managers, update methods, etc. By "decision maker", I assume you mean someone like a CIO/CTO. In that case, the decision maker has choices ranging from rolling his or her own to buying support from Novell/SUSE or Red Hat. Are you saying that that is a bad thing?
I couldn't get the link to work, but I wonder. Your post says "computer", so if I have a dual-boot box, do these restrictions apply when I boot in Linux?
What, you only had to spend an hour and a half riding to work in a car? We could only *dream* of riding to work in a car. I had to ride a bicycle for two hours in the snow.
What, ride a bicycle in the snow? We couldn't even *imagine* having a bicycle. We had to walk three hours in the freezing rain, trying to avoid the packs of rabid dogs.
What, walking to work in the rain? We couldn't even *conceive* of rain while we spent four hours crawling through the tunnels by the light of flickering candles.
You can download precompiled ISO files and burn them to CD, and then install them in the usual way. You can also get the CD/DVD's in some Linux periodicals.
If you want those like you to be paid, then why not just download Linux and donate the money to the developers directly, cutting out the middlemen?
How do you test those domain-using apps on XP Home? Also, your pice for XP Home was for an upgrade, not the full OS.
Also, is XP (either Home or Pro) comparable to Linux at all? What compilers/interprets do they include? What web servers do they include? Oh, so even XP Pro has less for developers than SUSE Linux 10.0. Maybe we should compare it to a server version.
And how do Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word prevent unauthorized users from opening documents in xpdf and/or OpenOffice.org? Or running strings foo.doc?
It's relevant in terms of the price difference. Or did you mean that the distinction between XP Home and XP Pro is irrelevant to most people? Perhaps it is irrelevant for many people, but the difference between the boxed SUSE Linux 10.0 and SUSE Linux 10.0 from, say, Linux Format, would also be irrelevant.
No. They believed that destroying American forces at Pearl Harbor and elsewhere would enable them to annex the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), whose oil resources would allow the Japanese to ignore the American boycott. They were able to get that oil out of the ground, but American subs sank many of the ships transporting it to Japan.
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Reduce the price perhaps, but the cost? How much more would it cost to include the features?
I'm the opposite. I celebrate the diversity of Linux distributions. That diversity is what allows for many different to desktops, configuration managers, update methods, etc. By "decision maker", I assume you mean someone like a CIO/CTO. In that case, the decision maker has choices ranging from rolling his or her own to buying support from Novell/SUSE or Red Hat. Are you saying that that is a bad thing?
I couldn't get the link to work, but I wonder. Your post says "computer", so if I have a dual-boot box, do these restrictions apply when I boot in Linux?
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What, you only had to spend an hour and a half riding to work in a car? We could only *dream* of riding to work in a car. I had to ride a bicycle for two hours in the snow.
What, ride a bicycle in the snow? We couldn't even *imagine* having a bicycle. We had to walk three hours in the freezing rain, trying to avoid the packs of rabid dogs.
What, walking to work in the rain? We couldn't even *conceive* of rain while we spent four hours crawling through the tunnels by the light of flickering candles.
What, your tunnels had light? . . .
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I just viewed some PDFs in xpdf, and the typography seemed OK. They didn't have any line drawings, so I couldn't check on that.
You can download precompiled ISO files and burn them to CD, and then install them in the usual way. You can also get the CD/DVD's in some Linux periodicals.
Are you saying that kpdf or xpdf fail to display pdf's correctly?
If you want those like you to be paid, then why not just download Linux and donate the money to the developers directly, cutting out the middlemen?
How do you test those domain-using apps on XP Home? Also, your pice for XP Home was for an upgrade, not the full OS.
Also, is XP (either Home or Pro) comparable to Linux at all? What compilers/interprets do they include? What web servers do they include? Oh, so even XP Pro has less for developers than SUSE Linux 10.0. Maybe we should compare it to a server version.
And how do Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word prevent unauthorized users from opening documents in xpdf and/or OpenOffice.org? Or running strings foo.doc?
It's relevant in terms of the price difference. Or did you mean that the distinction between XP Home and XP Pro is irrelevant to most people? Perhaps it is irrelevant for many people, but the difference between the boxed SUSE Linux 10.0 and SUSE Linux 10.0 from, say, Linux Format, would also be irrelevant.
So how are Apple's update tools better than yum, apt, etc? Or do they just have prettier UIs.
Also, why would Linux's UIs have been copied from Microsoft instead of Apple or Xerox?
The system therefore just knew what a file was, and just knew which application to use to open it
Could one associate files with more than one application?
I said XP Pro, not Home. And I meant to do that, as SUSE 10.0 has some stuff that XP Home lacks.
Some people here spell it "rediculous".
But eth1 connects to the rest of my local network. What, you don't have a second NIC?
Which cable company is that? Mine (Time-Warner) doesn't do that (I have cable internet without cable TV).
My ISP (Time-Warner) assigns dynamic IP addresses. Also, I can use "ifconfig eth0 down" if I don't want to be connected.
What about ifconfig eth0 down?
The editorial standards of the National Enquirer?
/. posters will have to spell "ridiculous" correctly?
Does this mean that
You tell us to stop using acronyms for computer terms, but you are perfectly willing to use the acronym "PC".
From Best Buy, Harbison, SC. Prices in American dollars:
SUSE Linux 10.0: $59.99
Microsoft Windows XP Pro: $199.99 (upgrade), $299.99 (full)
Where do you get that they cost the same?
Do the advertisers know that you've blocked their ads?
According to this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lantos [wikipedia.org], he has stood up for Tibetans.
No. They believed that destroying American forces at Pearl Harbor and elsewhere would enable them to annex the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), whose oil resources would allow the Japanese to ignore the American boycott. They were able to get that oil out of the ground, but American subs sank many of the ships transporting it to Japan.
Kirk: But you are both half human, half machine.
Other guy: But I am human on the left half, and he is human on the right half.