Any attempt to put a back-door time-bomb kill-switch in it would result in massive lawsuits.
Yes, but does your average script kiddie operate under such constraints? The bits will continue to work until the malware hits. What do you do then if Microsoft no longer supports XP?
the ability to keep your profile on a USB Key... allowing your Windows experience to be independent of the actual physical hardware you log into...
I don't believe that having the same profile will ever allow your Windows experience to be independent of the actual physical hardware. Does using a 17" monitor provide the same experience as a 25" monitor?
I'm using OpenSuSe 11.4. As for Raenex, you may want to point out that the GPL only applies to works derieved from GPLed software. Including the Linux version of Adobe Acrobat in a Linux distro does not violate the GPL because Adobe Acrobat was not (I presume) based on GPLed software. I don't know if that will help. To answer Raenex's "when you distribute GPLed bits with your bits" issue, I would say that unless your bits were derived from GPLed code, there is no issue. Basically the GPL says that you can do anything with the code except distribute binaries based on altered GPLed code without making the altered source code itself available. There may also be issues with linking to GPLed libraries. I suspect neither applies to typical proprietary software for Linux, and the cases that do wind up in court.
Why argue with someone who views the FSF's interpretation of the GPL as bizarre?
I've already countered that argument in this post [slashdot.org]. Am I in Groundhog Day or something?
The only way you can counter that argument is to show that I am not that close to an outlet. What, did you think this was about you? Again, the OP's question was why anyone would a laptop, not why nooone would want a tablet.
As for not being able to do serious work in two hours? Are you kidding? You can't work on a document? Write some code? Make a web page? Even if I'm not doing serious work, I can play a CD. Which tablets even have optical drives? What do you do that you can't use two hours productively?
I may not have Platonic mobility with my laptop, but it's enough. Indeed, I once had a usable laptop with very low (10 minutes) battery life. I could take it to the library and use WiFi.
There is a difference between immediate and within two hours. Also, while my case may not always apply, it applies more often than the original poster would allow. In addition, one could get a netbook.
It's portable enough for me to take into work, where we a "typical" corporate Windows setup. Good luck trying to get LaTeX on those things. Besides, most of the places I'd take my laptop have outlets.
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Government work, yes. Xe, no. That's Xe the former Blackwater, not xenon.
Jesus, next you'll tell me Siri can't locate abortion clinics!
Oh, wait ...
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2011/12/01/siri-total-misogynist/
If Microsoft just does it for the money, is it really bias?
Any attempt to put a back-door time-bomb kill-switch in it would result in massive lawsuits.
Yes, but does your average script kiddie operate under such constraints? The bits will continue to work until the malware hits. What do you do then if Microsoft no longer supports XP?
The linux desktop is a total fubar (latest examples are the mass migration going on from Ubuntu to Mint.
Then why are they switching to a Linux desktop?
Using Excel as a replacement for a database? Hmm. . . perhaps not the best idea.
the ability to keep your profile on a USB Key... allowing your Windows experience to be independent of the actual physical hardware you log into...
I don't believe that having the same profile will ever allow your Windows experience to be independent of the actual physical hardware. Does using a 17" monitor provide the same experience as a 25" monitor?
Telling me it's OK is like telling a VI use that EMACS is OK
Emacs actually has a VI mode. Does Metro have a "classic" mode?
How about GPLed and BSDed software being distributed together?
Some people are excited by 10+ hours of battery life, but others aren't.
I'm using OpenSuSe 11.4. As for Raenex, you may want to point out that the GPL only applies to works derieved from GPLed software. Including the Linux version of Adobe Acrobat in a Linux distro does not violate the GPL because Adobe Acrobat was not (I presume) based on GPLed software. I don't know if that will help. To answer Raenex's "when you distribute GPLed bits with your bits" issue, I would say that unless your bits were derived from GPLed code, there is no issue. Basically the GPL says that you can do anything with the code except distribute binaries based on altered GPLed code without making the altered source code itself available. There may also be issues with linking to GPLed libraries. I suspect neither applies to typical proprietary software for Linux, and the cases that do wind up in court.
Why argue with someone who views the FSF's interpretation of the GPL as bizarre?
And where did I say this?
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I've already countered that argument in this post [slashdot.org]. Am I in Groundhog Day or something?
The only way you can counter that argument is to show that I am not that close to an outlet. What, did you think this was about you? Again, the OP's question was why anyone would a laptop, not why nooone would want a tablet.
As for not being able to do serious work in two hours? Are you kidding? You can't work on a document? Write some code? Make a web page? Even if I'm not doing serious work, I can play a CD. Which tablets even have optical drives? What do you do that you can't use two hours productively?
I may not have Platonic mobility with my laptop, but it's enough. Indeed, I once had a usable laptop with very low (10 minutes) battery life. I could take it to the library and use WiFi.
If you haven't turned on a TV in five years, how do you know it works? Does it have a digital converter?
I'm usually not two hours away from an outlet.
There is a difference between immediate and within two hours. Also, while my case may not always apply, it applies more often than the original poster would allow. In addition, one could get a netbook.
I never said that no one would want a tablet.
I don't believe that I'm the only one who avoids the TSA. And is it really an issue to have "only" 2+ hours of charge at a conference?
I'm not tied to an outlet all of the time. I still have 2+ hours between charges.
I try to avoid airports (TSA) and conferences (boredom).
Then I use another esoteric, futuristic piece of technology, a power strip.
It's portable enough for me to take into work, where we a "typical" corporate Windows setup. Good luck trying to get LaTeX on those things. Besides, most of the places I'd take my laptop have outlets.
And I want to use an onscreen keyboard?
My laptop has 2+ hours of battery life. How long am I supposed to be away from an outlet?
Or I may want to do it on a laptop while I'm out.
That's borderline lazy...
So according to Larry Wall, that's borderline virtuous.
More popular iOS games remain unported to Linux than popular Linux games remain unported to iOS.
And how important are games?