I WAS a Bush supporter...but this bugs the doo doo out of me. Of all the things that are going on in the country why has this become a priority? What about gas prices Mr. President? What about the healthcare fiasco Mr. President? What about all these children that are being kidnapped and nurdered by sex offenders Mr. President? What about the crappy education system in which our children score well below the rest of the world in nearly every category Mr. President?
Maybe I expect too much for our elected officials...like concentrating on things that will make life better for Americans, and for the rest of the world.
I'm not such an idiot (although someone out there will argue that point, I'm sure) to assume that Open Source software is the end-all. But the fact is that most of it really rocks, and when you have the control that you, the end-user SHOULD have, that is a good thing.
Why do I care? Because my friends / family / clients deverve the best. Fact...Firefox is faster, more secure, more configurable and more user-friendly than Internet Exploder. Fact...Thunderbird is a clean, non-intrusive application that exceeds Outlook in nearly every category, with the exception of the lack of a calendar. When my wife was running outlook on her machine it took nearly 45 seconds to start up. Once I switched her to Thunderbird that time went to 7 seconds...no kidding.
It also comes down to cost. The Redmond Mafia wants to charge you top-dollar for products that require more patches and hot-fixes than any other product on the market. The technical support you get while good, can take FOREVER to actually get.
The fact is that once I have moved people over to Open Source applications I have NEVER had one person switch back to what they were using before. Don't take my word for it...listen to those who have made the switch.
One of the complaints I hear from Windows people is how long it takes to actually start working once the login has taken place. I know my WinblowsXP partition on my company laptop takes friggin' forever to get going because of all the crap that Winblows starts at boot time. Red Hat has gotten worse and worse as they release newer distros. Hello...Red Hat...are you in there?
Screw it...I'm going back to my Debian box.
I'm somewhat of a right-winger, and, hold on to your hat folks, this is just wrong. People are people, and whether you agree with their lifestyle they have the RIGHT to be who and what they are. Supporting a bill PROTECTING someone from discrimination is a good thing all the way around for humanity. Pulling your support sends the wrong message to everyone.
We all know those whirlwinds, which some will undoubtedly try to claim are "naturally occurring" are really caused by Global Warming on Mars caused by the Mars Lander emissions. An attempt at humor, yes. Just wait though, someone will actually end up claiming this before it is all over.
"Airbus A380 Lands Successfully..."
When I saw this I was thinking that as a business traveler I like to think that every plane that I might travel on will land successfully. I'm sure Airbus appreciates Fox's optimism.
Quoting RMS, "We should not forget the lesson we have learned from it: Non-free programs are dangerous to you and to your community. Don't let them get a place in your life."
All right all you parents with grade-school aged kids...The Jumpstart series is dangerous to your kids. It teaches them to do things like read, write, add, subtract and oh...it teaches them to think. Yes, RMS is right once again.
Dear Microsoft Employees:
It has come to my attention that some of you are under the impression that there is another web server other than IIS. Please know this is not true. It is about as silly as this rumor that there is another browser besides Internet Exploder and another email program besides Outlook and Outlook Express.
The EVIL Linux / Open Source movement has it out for us. However, upon review of the data collect from our super-worm, it appears that Linux and Open Source may too be a big hoax. We can find no evidence that either one exists.
So, please continue on making your software as insecure and unstable as possible. Our marketing records indicate that such "features" such as the "Blue Screen of Death" actually cause people up upgrade their older versions of Windows to our newer, more intrusive versions.
Thank you for your hard work. Until we rule the world,
Bill Gates
I watched the video and even signed up for the FREE poster they offered, which they NEVER sent me!!!!
I wonder if my working for a competitor had something to do with that?
I also need to point out that when I worked on the computers at my son's school I put OpenOffice on 40 desktop systems (30 of them were Linux desktops) and the students / teachers loved it.
It really comes down to font issues really. StarOffice corrects 99% of this. I get resumes all the time at work that are done in OpenOffice (and look good in OpenOffice) but when you read them in word, the formatting is all off.
This may have changes in OO 2, but as I said, StarOffice takes care of most of this.
Also, Power Point has major issues with anything created in Open Office. I have to use Power Point to create the presentation and then show it in Open Office. At least I know when I create it in PPT it will be viewable on either product. Not the same if created in OO.
I use both. At work I just have too many instances where the compatability just isn't there. However, I believe you should use OpenOffice in schools. Why? The biggest problem with people adopting open source in my mind is that they are afraid to try something new. Introduce them to something new in the beginning and they will use it. Chances are they will stick with it. If they move to Word later, at least they gave it a chance.
From the standpoint of a Bible-believing Christian, let me share with you that I have no problem with the theory that there may well be life out there somewhere. At the same time I do not get upset at those that INSIST there is no life out there. If you look at the universe and how big it is you have to wonder. I mean, for goodness sake, how could you not wonder...even the most devout Christian.
Also, not all of us Bible Thumpers are anti-science. I have no problem with the coexisitance with science and Christianity. My kids love science, and if nothing more, mixing the two only makes them think more.
I just don't get too bogged down in the debates. I know what I believe, but I respect your right to believe anything you want. We can still be friends when the day is done.
Once I see Microsoft offder support for Commodore 64 and TRS80 on Virtual Server, then I will say "Wow...Windows Virtual Server Rocks." However, Microsoft is still running the great "Get the Facts" website, which is pure BS all the way around, yet they think enough of Linux to support it in their Virtual Server.
Sometimes ya gotta love them. They are good for a laugh even if you need to wrap your head in Duct Tape from time to time to keep it from exploding. Perhaps in their next big move Microsoft will name Richard Stallman as CEO.
I'm not a CA basher, but the fact here is that those things that can, in Mr. Greenblatt's opinion, make Linux unstable can be removed, or simply not added in the first place. I know a few people that install everything, which I consider to be a poor practice. I install what I need and nothing more, and I have had no problems with my 2.6 kernel systems. They are stable on the server and the desktop. Perhaps a FULL install could make an Enterprise server unstable, but I don't see it. I'm not a Windows person, but I am told the Windows kernel is MUCH bigger than the Linux kernel, and companies have been accepting the crashes and blue screens for a long time...yet Windows didn't change, and people didn't line up to dump Microsoft stuff in the streets.
Are you sure this isn't an April Fools Joke? I suppose it is very necessary as VMware has the market cornered, and without supporting Linux and other OS's Microsoft can't hope to touch the market share that VMware enjoys. I think the key here though is that Microsoft is saying, whether or not they want to admit it, that Linux is for real, and that they MUST support it in some manner if they hope to continue the strong position they hold now. Not to support it shows how ignorant they really are when it comes to what their customers want, so I take this as a positive sign.
This is correct. I travel OFTEN (unfortunately) and had an interesting discussion with a guy from the FAA who was telling me that even though you get out of range fairly quickly in the air, the spped of the aircraft causes the phone to try sending and receiving signals over a VERY wide area, and that can disrupt signals. This is why they tell you to wait until you're over 10,000 feet before you can activate any electronic devices, because you are now not able to access any signal from a cell tower, and thus teh chance of causing problems drops quite a bit when that happens.
It seems that Macromedia has done a much better job of keeping up with Linux that Adobe did. It is only recently that they caught up with support for their Acrobat Reader for Linux. It used to lag one or two versions behind their Windows versions.
This is getting old really fast. I know it has been brought up before, but I think that we geeks ought to start organizing in some manner. If someone can pull a barge three miles out and call that off-shoring, what is next? Flying Call Centers?
The LSB might be attractive to some, but the real issue is creativity and the ability to innovate withouot having to worry about "standards." That is one of the things that attracted me to Linux in the first place. I say LSB might be good for some, but I don't think that Linux or Open Source as a whole will benefit from it. Microsoft sure as hell doesn't have a "standard" unless that standard is to suck as many resources from your system and leaving you as vulnerable as possible is a standard.
Actually, yes, I have. It works quite well actually...but then again, you need to have somewhat of a basic idea about computing. (That was supposed to be sarcastic, and not pointed directly at you...please take it as a joke.)
In all seriousness, bash away if you want...but before you bash, look at all CA is doing in Linux and Open Source. They are one of the few companies to put their money where their mouth is.
They can't be good at everything, but at least give them a fair chance at least. Let's see where they go with this. It could well be a good thing.
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Yes...but should we vote now on who will be who's bitch?
I WAS a Bush supporter...but this bugs the doo doo out of me. Of all the things that are going on in the country why has this become a priority? What about gas prices Mr. President? What about the healthcare fiasco Mr. President? What about all these children that are being kidnapped and nurdered by sex offenders Mr. President? What about the crappy education system in which our children score well below the rest of the world in nearly every category Mr. President? Maybe I expect too much for our elected officials...like concentrating on things that will make life better for Americans, and for the rest of the world.
I'm not such an idiot (although someone out there will argue that point, I'm sure) to assume that Open Source software is the end-all. But the fact is that most of it really rocks, and when you have the control that you, the end-user SHOULD have, that is a good thing. Why do I care? Because my friends / family / clients deverve the best. Fact...Firefox is faster, more secure, more configurable and more user-friendly than Internet Exploder. Fact...Thunderbird is a clean, non-intrusive application that exceeds Outlook in nearly every category, with the exception of the lack of a calendar. When my wife was running outlook on her machine it took nearly 45 seconds to start up. Once I switched her to Thunderbird that time went to 7 seconds...no kidding. It also comes down to cost. The Redmond Mafia wants to charge you top-dollar for products that require more patches and hot-fixes than any other product on the market. The technical support you get while good, can take FOREVER to actually get. The fact is that once I have moved people over to Open Source applications I have NEVER had one person switch back to what they were using before. Don't take my word for it...listen to those who have made the switch.
One of the complaints I hear from Windows people is how long it takes to actually start working once the login has taken place. I know my WinblowsXP partition on my company laptop takes friggin' forever to get going because of all the crap that Winblows starts at boot time. Red Hat has gotten worse and worse as they release newer distros. Hello...Red Hat...are you in there? Screw it...I'm going back to my Debian box.
I'm somewhat of a right-winger, and, hold on to your hat folks, this is just wrong. People are people, and whether you agree with their lifestyle they have the RIGHT to be who and what they are. Supporting a bill PROTECTING someone from discrimination is a good thing all the way around for humanity. Pulling your support sends the wrong message to everyone.
Note to self: "Ask the JetBlue Flight Attendant on Tuesday if there are parachutes and hand-rails available so I can ditch if need be"
We all know those whirlwinds, which some will undoubtedly try to claim are "naturally occurring" are really caused by Global Warming on Mars caused by the Mars Lander emissions. An attempt at humor, yes. Just wait though, someone will actually end up claiming this before it is all over.
As a parent of three kids who like frogs & toads, this concerns me. My children are handling explosives!
"Airbus A380 Lands Successfully..." When I saw this I was thinking that as a business traveler I like to think that every plane that I might travel on will land successfully. I'm sure Airbus appreciates Fox's optimism.
Quoting RMS, "We should not forget the lesson we have learned from it: Non-free programs are dangerous to you and to your community. Don't let them get a place in your life." All right all you parents with grade-school aged kids...The Jumpstart series is dangerous to your kids. It teaches them to do things like read, write, add, subtract and oh...it teaches them to think. Yes, RMS is right once again.
Dear Microsoft Employees: It has come to my attention that some of you are under the impression that there is another web server other than IIS. Please know this is not true. It is about as silly as this rumor that there is another browser besides Internet Exploder and another email program besides Outlook and Outlook Express. The EVIL Linux / Open Source movement has it out for us. However, upon review of the data collect from our super-worm, it appears that Linux and Open Source may too be a big hoax. We can find no evidence that either one exists. So, please continue on making your software as insecure and unstable as possible. Our marketing records indicate that such "features" such as the "Blue Screen of Death" actually cause people up upgrade their older versions of Windows to our newer, more intrusive versions. Thank you for your hard work. Until we rule the world, Bill Gates
I watched the video and even signed up for the FREE poster they offered, which they NEVER sent me!!!! I wonder if my working for a competitor had something to do with that?
I also need to point out that when I worked on the computers at my son's school I put OpenOffice on 40 desktop systems (30 of them were Linux desktops) and the students / teachers loved it.
It really comes down to font issues really. StarOffice corrects 99% of this. I get resumes all the time at work that are done in OpenOffice (and look good in OpenOffice) but when you read them in word, the formatting is all off. This may have changes in OO 2, but as I said, StarOffice takes care of most of this. Also, Power Point has major issues with anything created in Open Office. I have to use Power Point to create the presentation and then show it in Open Office. At least I know when I create it in PPT it will be viewable on either product. Not the same if created in OO.
I use both. At work I just have too many instances where the compatability just isn't there. However, I believe you should use OpenOffice in schools. Why? The biggest problem with people adopting open source in my mind is that they are afraid to try something new. Introduce them to something new in the beginning and they will use it. Chances are they will stick with it. If they move to Word later, at least they gave it a chance.
From the standpoint of a Bible-believing Christian, let me share with you that I have no problem with the theory that there may well be life out there somewhere. At the same time I do not get upset at those that INSIST there is no life out there. If you look at the universe and how big it is you have to wonder. I mean, for goodness sake, how could you not wonder...even the most devout Christian. Also, not all of us Bible Thumpers are anti-science. I have no problem with the coexisitance with science and Christianity. My kids love science, and if nothing more, mixing the two only makes them think more. I just don't get too bogged down in the debates. I know what I believe, but I respect your right to believe anything you want. We can still be friends when the day is done.
Once I see Microsoft offder support for Commodore 64 and TRS80 on Virtual Server, then I will say "Wow...Windows Virtual Server Rocks." However, Microsoft is still running the great "Get the Facts" website, which is pure BS all the way around, yet they think enough of Linux to support it in their Virtual Server. Sometimes ya gotta love them. They are good for a laugh even if you need to wrap your head in Duct Tape from time to time to keep it from exploding. Perhaps in their next big move Microsoft will name Richard Stallman as CEO.
I'm not a CA basher, but the fact here is that those things that can, in Mr. Greenblatt's opinion, make Linux unstable can be removed, or simply not added in the first place. I know a few people that install everything, which I consider to be a poor practice. I install what I need and nothing more, and I have had no problems with my 2.6 kernel systems. They are stable on the server and the desktop. Perhaps a FULL install could make an Enterprise server unstable, but I don't see it. I'm not a Windows person, but I am told the Windows kernel is MUCH bigger than the Linux kernel, and companies have been accepting the crashes and blue screens for a long time...yet Windows didn't change, and people didn't line up to dump Microsoft stuff in the streets.
Are you sure this isn't an April Fools Joke? I suppose it is very necessary as VMware has the market cornered, and without supporting Linux and other OS's Microsoft can't hope to touch the market share that VMware enjoys. I think the key here though is that Microsoft is saying, whether or not they want to admit it, that Linux is for real, and that they MUST support it in some manner if they hope to continue the strong position they hold now. Not to support it shows how ignorant they really are when it comes to what their customers want, so I take this as a positive sign.
This is correct. I travel OFTEN (unfortunately) and had an interesting discussion with a guy from the FAA who was telling me that even though you get out of range fairly quickly in the air, the spped of the aircraft causes the phone to try sending and receiving signals over a VERY wide area, and that can disrupt signals. This is why they tell you to wait until you're over 10,000 feet before you can activate any electronic devices, because you are now not able to access any signal from a cell tower, and thus teh chance of causing problems drops quite a bit when that happens.
It seems that Macromedia has done a much better job of keeping up with Linux that Adobe did. It is only recently that they caught up with support for their Acrobat Reader for Linux. It used to lag one or two versions behind their Windows versions.
This is getting old really fast. I know it has been brought up before, but I think that we geeks ought to start organizing in some manner. If someone can pull a barge three miles out and call that off-shoring, what is next? Flying Call Centers?
The LSB might be attractive to some, but the real issue is creativity and the ability to innovate withouot having to worry about "standards." That is one of the things that attracted me to Linux in the first place. I say LSB might be good for some, but I don't think that Linux or Open Source as a whole will benefit from it. Microsoft sure as hell doesn't have a "standard" unless that standard is to suck as many resources from your system and leaving you as vulnerable as possible is a standard.
Actually, yes, I have. It works quite well actually...but then again, you need to have somewhat of a basic idea about computing. (That was supposed to be sarcastic, and not pointed directly at you...please take it as a joke.)
In all seriousness, bash away if you want...but before you bash, look at all CA is doing in Linux and Open Source. They are one of the few companies to put their money where their mouth is.
They can't be good at everything, but at least give them a fair chance at least. Let's see where they go with this. It could well be a good thing.