Does your website work correctly on a Mac? Despite that I know that Linux is far superior to a Mac (just joking;) I find it hard to believe that there are 6 times as many corporate desktops using Linux than using Macs.
Similarly if you sell software products, do they work on a Mac?
If your website doesn't function correctly on some platforms, it might explain the low figures for these platforms.
Why is it that just because my own government is trying to act criminal should it mean that I need to stick a bag over my head and pretend that other governments aren't being criminal even moreso?
First, it's not illegal to lie. Nor is censorship illegal. What 'criminal' acts are you referring to?
Second, perhaps the Chinese people like their government. Why shouldn't they be allowed to have a government that pleases them? Perhaps they don't care about censorship, but they probably believe that it is for their own protection, just as certain censorships here are believed to be 'A Good Thing'.
At one extreme there is sticking a bag over your head and not even knowing what happens in other countries. At the other extreme there is invading them and forcing them to use a government system that you agree with. In the middle there is learning about other countries and accepting that things are different there, and that's OK.
China are growing economically, and very quickly, so they must be doing something right. Perhaps we could learn a few things from them. (See the next article about piracy in China and how they handle it without suing teenage girls).
Because the people saying it are not only censoring, but they are lying.
This sounds just like the sort of things that happen here. Lots of things are censored in 'free' countries just because some minority* groups don't like it.
Lying is second nature to politicians no matter where they come from.
Don't you think you should be worrying about the lies from your own government before critising others?
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*or even majority groups... but what's the difference - it's still censorship.
i understand that this will help to push linux into the streets blabla, but is this really what we all want ? or is this the beginning of the end of linux as we know it ?
No. There will always be distributions that do it their own way despite what any standards organisations say. You will always be free to use these distributions. No-one can force standards into Free software (if you try, people can fork), but you can make the standards so good that distributions (and their users) want them. If people don't want them, they won't be successful.
You will be in trouble when it gets to the year 2010, because Windows 2000 will be EOL'ed. I'm sure you wouldn't want anything "bad" to happen to your machines, right? Sooner or later, you will be using Vista whether you like it or not.
I'm sorry to have to be the one to break the news to you.
It doesn't matter if Vista is good, bad or indifferent, it will get installed on millions of new machines and eventually the majority of users around the world will be using it. You better get used to it, because you will probably have to use it one day.
Better than having to try to make your product for a particular version of Linux and then right 20 pages of documentation detailing how to get it to work with another version.
This is FUD! You don't need to read the instructions to install programs - just 'emerge firefox', done! Could not be easier. Never had any problems, and everything works just fff#""!#%!"#%
Actually the next version of Gaim will remove a lot of the choices that were previously available. Why? To make things easier for users. There were so many choices that it was difficult to find what you wanted.
So, yes, removal of choice can be an upgrade, as long as it is for the benefit of the user. At least with Gaim you can tinker with the source code if you need really badly do need to change something.
many exploits are made by examining the patch, so in most cases, it's better if everyone gets the patch at the same time (crackers and legitimate users) rather than the crackers getting it ahead of business users.
If there is already an exploit in the wild (with freely available source code) I really don't see how releasing a patch earlier for home users makes it *easier* to exploit.
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Linux: 1.2%
;) I find it hard to believe that there are 6 times as many corporate desktops using Linux than using Macs.
Macintosh: 0.2%
Does your website work correctly on a Mac? Despite that I know that Linux is far superior to a Mac (just joking
Similarly if you sell software products, do they work on a Mac?
If your website doesn't function correctly on some platforms, it might explain the low figures for these platforms.
Then again, 3% isn't that far off for OS X + Linux.
3% each is much closer to the truth for desktop systems.
A megayear is a million years.
I even linked to Wikipedia so give me my Karma whoring points.
Every time you pirate a movie, the studios lose the cost of that movie.
So if I make 100 billion pirated copies of a movie, does that mean they will go bankrupt?
Why is it that just because my own government is trying to act criminal should it mean that I need to stick a bag over my head and pretend that other governments aren't being criminal even moreso?
First, it's not illegal to lie. Nor is censorship illegal. What 'criminal' acts are you referring to?
Second, perhaps the Chinese people like their government. Why shouldn't they be allowed to have a government that pleases them? Perhaps they don't care about censorship, but they probably believe that it is for their own protection, just as certain censorships here are believed to be 'A Good Thing'.
At one extreme there is sticking a bag over your head and not even knowing what happens in other countries. At the other extreme there is invading them and forcing them to use a government system that you agree with. In the middle there is learning about other countries and accepting that things are different there, and that's OK.
China are growing economically, and very quickly, so they must be doing something right. Perhaps we could learn a few things from them. (See the next article about piracy in China and how they handle it without suing teenage girls).
Because the people saying it are not only censoring, but they are lying.
This sounds just like the sort of things that happen here. Lots of things are censored in 'free' countries just because some minority* groups don't like it.
Lying is second nature to politicians no matter where they come from.
Don't you think you should be worrying about the lies from your own government before critising others?
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*or even majority groups... but what's the difference - it's still censorship.
i understand that this will help to push linux into the streets blabla, but is this really what we all want ? or is this the beginning of the end of linux as we know it ?
No. There will always be distributions that do it their own way despite what any standards organisations say. You will always be free to use these distributions. No-one can force standards into Free software (if you try, people can fork), but you can make the standards so good that distributions (and their users) want them. If people don't want them, they won't be successful.
The DMCA was designed to protect weak algorithms. If an algorithm is secure you don't need a law to stop people cracking it.
Sevfg cfbg
And why is that? I don't need no stinking Vista at my house!
How about at your workplace? (Maybe you are too young now for a job, but in 5 years time?)
What if your dad needs help removing viruses?
Unless you plan on sealing yourself in a cave you will probably be using a Vista system at some point.
You will be in trouble when it gets to the year 2010, because Windows 2000 will be EOL'ed. I'm sure you wouldn't want anything "bad" to happen to your machines, right? Sooner or later, you will be using Vista whether you like it or not.
I'm sorry to have to be the one to break the news to you.
Can anyone here name any Microsoft product that lived up to its hype? Anyone?
Word 2007 will easily live up to the hype. I've heard it's going to be absolutely amazing.
It doesn't matter if Vista is good, bad or indifferent, it will get installed on millions of new machines and eventually the majority of users around the world will be using it. You better get used to it, because you will probably have to use it one day.
Microsoft developed its own product-activation technologies well before z4 Technologies filed for its patent.
z4 Technologies also developed its product-activation technologies before it filed for its patent.
The question is, who was first?
charging $750 for copying one song.
So they finally they gave in to public pressure and reduced their prices.
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Even going to your own bank is risky if you type without consciously typo-checking the URL.
You only have to make sure you type it correctly the first time, then after that you can use auto-complete.
So do you have a link to the page?
Where are you getting 21?
Here.
Better than having to try to make your product for a particular version of Linux and then right 20 pages of documentation detailing how to get it to work with another version.
This is FUD! You don't need to read the instructions to install programs - just 'emerge firefox', done! Could not be easier. Never had any problems, and everything works just fff#""!#%!"#%
Exactly, all this is doing is splitting the online bookmarks sharing market into even smaller and smaller silos, subtracting value from end users.
Yes! Choice and competition are bad and evil! While we're at it, we should get rid of Firefox for splintering the web browser market.
In fact many viewers who watched the NCAA tournament aired by CBS on the Internet last month complained about the network being overloaded.
In other news... no-one goes to the beach any more because it's always overcrowded.
removal of choice is not an "upgrade"
Actually the next version of Gaim will remove a lot of the choices that were previously available. Why? To make things easier for users. There were so many choices that it was difficult to find what you wanted.
So, yes, removal of choice can be an upgrade, as long as it is for the benefit of the user. At least with Gaim you can tinker with the source code if you need really badly do need to change something.
many exploits are made by examining the patch, so in most cases, it's better if everyone gets the patch at the same time (crackers and legitimate users) rather than the crackers getting it ahead of business users.
If there is already an exploit in the wild (with freely available source code) I really don't see how releasing a patch earlier for home users makes it *easier* to exploit.
It's just a poor excuse for being slow to patch.
KDE is the leader when it comes to supporting the popular Indic languages like Urdu, Tamil, Hindi, and Bengali.
If you could link to some statistics it might be interesting to see.
According to Gnome's website.
Gnome v2.14
Hindi: 94.10% complete.
Tamil: 66.64% complete.
Benglai: 80.33% complete.
According to the KDE's website:
Kde stable:
Hindi: 57.06% complete.
Tamil: 66.13% complete.
Bengali: 23.93% complete.