Of course people who are going to loose money are going to complain...sounds like Microsoft. However, the world will be better off because of this. It would be amazing if the US, China and Russia would do the same thing. Just think of how many problems could be solved if more agencies did this. Mankind would benefit tremendously.
When you look at all the services Google has that they offer for free, and some of their paid services, Google really has filled a needed market. Go to one place for everything. It will be interesting to see what effect Google has on YAHOO over the next year. I like Yahoo's main page, but Google simply rocks.
While I don't care for the update process, I am exceedingly impressed that Mozilla makes fixes so quickly, and doesn't try to hide them (like another browser company has done in the past). Professionalism...very nice to see this from Mozilla. Kudos!
Thank you. I really never wanted to upset anyone, and I know this can be a very sensative topic. I'm happy to agree to disagree, and don't fault anyone for thier beliefs one way or another. Good discussion is what makes life interesting.
Java works, and works well. However, I can see the point about OpenOffice being totally *free.* However, Since OpenOffice is essentially StarOffice, which, if I am not mistaken, comes from SUN, why not use it?
That is crazy cheap. Maybe I should take back what I said. Then again, I'm looking for an external burner that I can use on my laptop at work and take home too.
As stated previously, when they decide on a standard, let me know. I'd really like to get a burner, and I know that it will probably work well and be compatable for some time. However, I don't want to buy something and then have it become obsolete just after I buy it. Guess I'm just too cheap.
Who are they trying to kid here? They pushed that Reael ID thing though last night and it was headlines on CNN and Fox News this morning. I'm not sure who said this, but I saw a saying that I think fits right in here:
"Only a Government afraid of its citizens tries to control them."
I agree 110% that the Shuttle programs needs to be overhauled, and that it is WAY over-due. However, if I was going up in one of those things, I'd want them to spend as much as humanly necessary to ensure I was going to come back in one piece. I feel that way was a business traveler on airplanes. How much more for an Astronaut.
Sure...I might not choose to run Windows, but that doesn't mean I won't chosoe to run Office or something else from Microsoft that Wine will enable. I run a Linux Desktop at work but use CrossOver to run Office, and at home I have to use Wine for some of my kids games. I think Microsoft would say "well, we might not get all of their business, but we'll take what we can get." From a business standpoint, that would seem to make more sense. But then again, we're talking about Microsoft.
I taught a computer class for a large group of home school students and private school kids this year. They were, at the beginning, interested in learning to program. However, when it came down to actually doing it, and learning to code, they all, except for one, said "We're just more interested in playing games." The sad part about this is that some of the parents were just fine with that as long as they did their other work.
My grandfather, my mother, and her family overseas could all use them because all they want to be able to do is send email and visit our website to see picutres. They could care less about anything else. I think this is a good thing as long as the quality is there.
I re-read the article that got her fired. I also went back and read some of her other postings.
I stand corrected when I called Linux World "Big Brother". They did the right thing by getting rid of her.
Thank you to those of you who called me a troll for my original posting...you were accurate, and I earned it.
IF they do dump M$ and go to Linux / Open Source and Free Software, the students will be better off because they will be able to understand something other than Windows, and they will learn how to do something else besides point, double-click, and reboot.
This excites me because I have seen first-hand what happens when students learn on a Linux desktop, and then take their skills elsewhere. It is a very good thing indeed.
Microsoft come to accept that everyone would be happy to tollerate sub-standard products. Blue screens, resource intensive products that lock up more often than not, viruses, security holes, etc. When you are asleep at the wheel you're going to get passed. The fact is that Microsoft isn't going to be the reigning king forever. I fully expect Open Source / Linux to eventually take a majority of the marketshare. Firefox and Thunderbird will go a long way toward introducing others to Open Source, and the benefits of it.
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Of course people who are going to loose money are going to complain...sounds like Microsoft. However, the world will be better off because of this. It would be amazing if the US, China and Russia would do the same thing. Just think of how many problems could be solved if more agencies did this. Mankind would benefit tremendously.
When you look at all the services Google has that they offer for free, and some of their paid services, Google really has filled a needed market. Go to one place for everything. It will be interesting to see what effect Google has on YAHOO over the next year. I like Yahoo's main page, but Google simply rocks.
While I don't care for the update process, I am exceedingly impressed that Mozilla makes fixes so quickly, and doesn't try to hide them (like another browser company has done in the past). Professionalism...very nice to see this from Mozilla. Kudos!
25 years later I'm still playing this mindless game and eating ghosts. Good lord I need to grow up.
Thank you. I really never wanted to upset anyone, and I know this can be a very sensative topic. I'm happy to agree to disagree, and don't fault anyone for thier beliefs one way or another. Good discussion is what makes life interesting.
If my kids hear about this, I'm screwed!
Java works, and works well. However, I can see the point about OpenOffice being totally *free.* However, Since OpenOffice is essentially StarOffice, which, if I am not mistaken, comes from SUN, why not use it?
That is crazy cheap. Maybe I should take back what I said. Then again, I'm looking for an external burner that I can use on my laptop at work and take home too.
As stated previously, when they decide on a standard, let me know. I'd really like to get a burner, and I know that it will probably work well and be compatable for some time. However, I don't want to buy something and then have it become obsolete just after I buy it. Guess I'm just too cheap.
Who are they trying to kid here? They pushed that Reael ID thing though last night and it was headlines on CNN and Fox News this morning. I'm not sure who said this, but I saw a saying that I think fits right in here:
"Only a Government afraid of its citizens tries to control them."
I agree 110% that the Shuttle programs needs to be overhauled, and that it is WAY over-due. However, if I was going up in one of those things, I'd want them to spend as much as humanly necessary to ensure I was going to come back in one piece. I feel that way was a business traveler on airplanes. How much more for an Astronaut.
Sure...I might not choose to run Windows, but that doesn't mean I won't chosoe to run Office or something else from Microsoft that Wine will enable. I run a Linux Desktop at work but use CrossOver to run Office, and at home I have to use Wine for some of my kids games. I think Microsoft would say "well, we might not get all of their business, but we'll take what we can get." From a business standpoint, that would seem to make more sense. But then again, we're talking about Microsoft.
I taught a computer class for a large group of home school students and private school kids this year. They were, at the beginning, interested in learning to program. However, when it came down to actually doing it, and learning to code, they all, except for one, said "We're just more interested in playing games." The sad part about this is that some of the parents were just fine with that as long as they did their other work.
My grandfather, my mother, and her family overseas could all use them because all they want to be able to do is send email and visit our website to see picutres. They could care less about anything else. I think this is a good thing as long as the quality is there.
I need a pet that my kids will like that will actually listen to me and do what I say instead of giving me the paw.
I re-read the article that got her fired. I also went back and read some of her other postings. I stand corrected when I called Linux World "Big Brother". They did the right thing by getting rid of her. Thank you to those of you who called me a troll for my original posting...you were accurate, and I earned it.
Word, Excel, etc...that's all well and good. But can I run my favorite software from the FSF on this new OS? Me thinkist not.
Censorship...pure and simple. Linux World just lost my business.
IF they do dump M$ and go to Linux / Open Source and Free Software, the students will be better off because they will be able to understand something other than Windows, and they will learn how to do something else besides point, double-click, and reboot.
This excites me because I have seen first-hand what happens when students learn on a Linux desktop, and then take their skills elsewhere. It is a very good thing indeed.
Microsoft come to accept that everyone would be happy to tollerate sub-standard products. Blue screens, resource intensive products that lock up more often than not, viruses, security holes, etc. When you are asleep at the wheel you're going to get passed. The fact is that Microsoft isn't going to be the reigning king forever. I fully expect Open Source / Linux to eventually take a majority of the marketshare. Firefox and Thunderbird will go a long way toward introducing others to Open Source, and the benefits of it.
Hey...Microsoft said it would do it, so I guess it must be true.
Not worth squart when it comes to anything objective.
Heck, even dinosaurs can get constipation from time to time? Did you see Jurassic Park?
Since I put Linux into my son's old school, NO MORE PROBLEMS! Go figure.
When the word gets out that you can pilot a penguin down the hill like a mad man...watch out Bill Gates!