I wonder if Mr. Gates gets a stiffy by a brutal demonstration of his powers, by crushing the life of a simple teacher.
Did you read the article you posted? It's a CRIMINAL case, being brought by local law enforcement, not Bill Gates, you dolt. Besides, if MS did call up the local prosecutor to ask them to back down, then MS would be *flooded* with requests for amnesty from people all over the planet. I think that if anybody, Gorbachev is going a bit soft in the head. It was a ridiculous request.
Just go Linux; be free. Especially Ubuntu; easy, free, capable and no threats.
That's a lot of FUD in one line! Ubuntu is certainly NOT easier than XP. It's NOT free, since we'd have to hire administrators that we currently don't need to use Windows. It's not capable of doing anything we need it to do (other than email), because there's no real business software available for it that's not designed for Fortune 500 companies. No threats? Really? You wanna bet?
And who is forcing you to consume this media, exactly? Most of my music comes from either live bootlegs or local independent musicians. DRM isn't even on my radar (not that DRM frightens me). If you want to listen to Shitney Spears and friends, and the only way it's available is on some proprietary format that you have to have a special reader for, then that's the product. The assumption that anybody should be able to use any information any way they want is where the whole DRM argument falls apart. If you don't like it, then don't buy it. It's that simple.
The cable TV network just became a lot more like an internet, and the Internet just became a lot more like a TV network.
Not really. You're STILL paying your cable or satellite provider to watch commercials. It's very easy to use the Net and not be subjected to advertising. Anybody who *pays* to watch commercials is a sucker.
Wow. You watch a LOT of television! Personally, I don't understand what is appealing about ANY TV programming today. Is there really that much stuff worth watching on the "idiot box"?
I challenge you to name one web service/site/business that has NOT been compromised in some way. It's virtually impossible to make a hack-proof web site that does any more than display static pages.
Well, $600 million in investment is pointless for the town/county/state if they can't collect taxes on it. 200 low paying admin-monkey jobs won't generate anywhere near $89M in taxes.
Good point. My gaming rig is a PS2 for action games (GTA, etc.) and my laptop for strategy games (Warcraft 3, Civ 4, etc.). That was my first XBox game. Maybe you're right. Maybe the XBox just sucks. That could be true. I haven't played a lot of other XBox games.
I got a used copy of Halo for my GF's XBox to see what all the hype was all about. Not only was it boring, but the graphics were terrible to the point of not being able to see what the hell you're shooting. The sound was a joke. The controls made me feel like I was perpetually drunk when I was playing, it was so sloppy. Halo was actually the worst FPS I've ever played, and luckily, I was able to return it. I don't know why people bought this piece of shit game. It was truly terrible.
I thought it was a whole philosophy. You know, Cathedral and the Bizarre, information wants to be free... all that jazz. Otherwise, it's just people developing software without any compensation for big companies to sell ("voluntary slavery"?).
Big companies making deals behind closed doors with each other. Is that "Open"? Sounds like regular business to me. Standards are what Linux desperately needs, but I certainly don't like hearing about big companies having secret meetings about supposedly "Open" and "Free" software projects.
Actually, that comment is indicative of a well run business. They identified problems with their own products, they identified their competitors' strengths, and they moved to address those issues. Realizations like that are part of the reason that they're the #1 software company on the planet.
The reader is beyond crap. Last I checked, the reader was a 60+ meg install, and it's such a pig that PDF's take MINUTES to open on some of our machines, if the perpetually updating/crap installing reader doesn't hang trying to do an update. I shouldn't need a work around for a simple text file. It's absurd. That, and the file format itself is so bloated that it makes MS Word files look trim by comparison.
It's simply unacceptable. It's bad software. It's a bad file format. We won't use it. It's that simple. If more people refused to accept bad software, I think that we'd have less bad software floating around out there.
That's true in some countries, but in most countries, even SIGNING a contract with illegal parts of it doesn't make those items valid, contractually. You could sign a contract with somebody else to kill their mother, but since murder is illegal, that contract would be void and not legally binding.
Nothing to see here. Please move along, everybody.
I'm sorry, but suggesting that Microsoft could sue users is one of the most absurd things I've read this morning (with Slashdot, there are new absurdities to read all of the time). I can't imagine Microsoft suing a customer over some small print in the EULA. That's just dumb.
Rumor has it that all of the major bit torrent sites have all of the Daily Shows soon after they are aired, complete and ad-free. But, that's just a rumor I heard...
Wi-Fi is unreliable enough with regular PC connections. I can't imagine what a headache it would be to try to make a phone call via Wi-Fi. Ugh. It must be like sucking glue through a straw.
Unfortunately, right now, those customers are people who only need to check their email and check out EBay, and those people with teams of administrators to set up complex servers.
Why would you want to advocate it? What does it matter to you what that guy uses? If he asks you how to use it, and you know how, sure it'd be nice to help him, but really, why should you care of Linux is used by 1,000,000 or 100 people? If it works for you, good for you. Whether or not other people use it has no impact on your use of it.
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I wonder if Mr. Gates gets a stiffy by a brutal demonstration of his powers, by crushing the life of a simple teacher.
Did you read the article you posted? It's a CRIMINAL case, being brought by local law enforcement, not Bill Gates, you dolt. Besides, if MS did call up the local prosecutor to ask them to back down, then MS would be *flooded* with requests for amnesty from people all over the planet. I think that if anybody, Gorbachev is going a bit soft in the head. It was a ridiculous request.
Just go Linux; be free. Especially Ubuntu; easy, free, capable and no threats.
That's a lot of FUD in one line! Ubuntu is certainly NOT easier than XP. It's NOT free, since we'd have to hire administrators that we currently don't need to use Windows. It's not capable of doing anything we need it to do (other than email), because there's no real business software available for it that's not designed for Fortune 500 companies. No threats? Really? You wanna bet?
And who is forcing you to consume this media, exactly? Most of my music comes from either live bootlegs or local independent musicians. DRM isn't even on my radar (not that DRM frightens me). If you want to listen to Shitney Spears and friends, and the only way it's available is on some proprietary format that you have to have a special reader for, then that's the product. The assumption that anybody should be able to use any information any way they want is where the whole DRM argument falls apart. If you don't like it, then don't buy it. It's that simple.
Wow. I had no idea that there were still "Netscape" browsers being made today. That's cute.
The cable TV network just became a lot more like an internet, and the Internet just became a lot more like a TV network.
Not really. You're STILL paying your cable or satellite provider to watch commercials. It's very easy to use the Net and not be subjected to advertising. Anybody who *pays* to watch commercials is a sucker.
Wow. You watch a LOT of television! Personally, I don't understand what is appealing about ANY TV programming today. Is there really that much stuff worth watching on the "idiot box"?
I challenge you to name one web service/site/business that has NOT been compromised in some way. It's virtually impossible to make a hack-proof web site that does any more than display static pages.
Well, $600 million in investment is pointless for the town/county/state if they can't collect taxes on it. 200 low paying admin-monkey jobs won't generate anywhere near $89M in taxes.
Good point. My gaming rig is a PS2 for action games (GTA, etc.) and my laptop for strategy games (Warcraft 3, Civ 4, etc.). That was my first XBox game. Maybe you're right. Maybe the XBox just sucks. That could be true. I haven't played a lot of other XBox games.
I got a used copy of Halo for my GF's XBox to see what all the hype was all about. Not only was it boring, but the graphics were terrible to the point of not being able to see what the hell you're shooting. The sound was a joke. The controls made me feel like I was perpetually drunk when I was playing, it was so sloppy. Halo was actually the worst FPS I've ever played, and luckily, I was able to return it. I don't know why people bought this piece of shit game. It was truly terrible.
I thought it was a whole philosophy. You know, Cathedral and the Bizarre, information wants to be free... all that jazz. Otherwise, it's just people developing software without any compensation for big companies to sell ("voluntary slavery"?).
Big companies making deals behind closed doors with each other. Is that "Open"? Sounds like regular business to me. Standards are what Linux desperately needs, but I certainly don't like hearing about big companies having secret meetings about supposedly "Open" and "Free" software projects.
That's nice.
It's not just to make text available, but to make documents (including images, and in some cases 3D content) that will look the same on ANY platform.
That's what DHTML and CSS is for.
Actually, that comment is indicative of a well run business. They identified problems with their own products, they identified their competitors' strengths, and they moved to address those issues. Realizations like that are part of the reason that they're the #1 software company on the planet.
The reader is beyond crap. Last I checked, the reader was a 60+ meg install, and it's such a pig that PDF's take MINUTES to open on some of our machines, if the perpetually updating/crap installing reader doesn't hang trying to do an update. I shouldn't need a work around for a simple text file. It's absurd. That, and the file format itself is so bloated that it makes MS Word files look trim by comparison.
It's simply unacceptable. It's bad software. It's a bad file format. We won't use it. It's that simple. If more people refused to accept bad software, I think that we'd have less bad software floating around out there.
Can anyone find any non-PDF versions of these? I don't allow PDF's in my biz...
Then why is it there?
You haven't spent much time working with lawyers, have you? It's just a CYA.
And if he/she/it's successful,
I'd say it's more likely that we'll all simultaneously win the lottery at the same time. I'm not too worried about it.
That's true in some countries, but in most countries, even SIGNING a contract with illegal parts of it doesn't make those items valid, contractually. You could sign a contract with somebody else to kill their mother, but since murder is illegal, that contract would be void and not legally binding. Nothing to see here. Please move along, everybody.
I'm sorry, but suggesting that Microsoft could sue users is one of the most absurd things I've read this morning (with Slashdot, there are new absurdities to read all of the time). I can't imagine Microsoft suing a customer over some small print in the EULA. That's just dumb.
Rumor has it that all of the major bit torrent sites have all of the Daily Shows soon after they are aired, complete and ad-free. But, that's just a rumor I heard...
Wi-Fi is unreliable enough with regular PC connections. I can't imagine what a headache it would be to try to make a phone call via Wi-Fi. Ugh. It must be like sucking glue through a straw.
Let it sell itself to the right customer.
Unfortunately, right now, those customers are people who only need to check their email and check out EBay, and those people with teams of administrators to set up complex servers.
Why would you want to advocate it? What does it matter to you what that guy uses? If he asks you how to use it, and you know how, sure it'd be nice to help him, but really, why should you care of Linux is used by 1,000,000 or 100 people? If it works for you, good for you. Whether or not other people use it has no impact on your use of it.