If trusted computing does become a reality, I hope that it is successful in enforcing one thing... preventing the pirating of large commercial applications like Photoshop, MS Office, and Windows itself. How many "Joe Users" do you think would actually be using MS Office if they actually had to PAY for it? I'm sick of my friends/collegues saying, "Why would I use The Gimp or Openoffice for free when I can use Photoshop or MS Office for free?". I'd like to see how quick they are to dismiss OSS alternatives when they actually have to PAY for the software they are so used to stealing.
I'm not saying that Trusted Computing isn't without a myriad of faults, I just think it will be a big eye opener for the general populus when they realize how much they would be getting ripped off if they were actually playing by the rules.
Why is it that all these "new" operating systems (read skyOS, Syllable, etc) always just look like some crappy KDE theme? I mean, if you're going to write an entirely new operating system, and then just use *nix apps on top of it, why even bother?
Sorry, but if you think that Linux is the Ford, and MS is the Toyota, then you either know little about operating systems or know little about vehicles;)
lol, might want to do a quick spellcheck before you get on your soapbox, or does MS notepad not have a spellchecker? And also, if you find any errors in this post... I don't give a shit... so HA!
Spam is 100 years old today! But, surprisingly, the first spam wasn't sent via e-mail
Surprisingly? And I thought everyone had a computer 100 years ago.
Homer - What? They have internet on computer now???
Slashdot Mirror
If it were not possible to get most software without buying it
Where I come from, we call that stealing, but I'm not about to get into a pissing contest over symantics.
If trusted computing does become a reality, I hope that it is successful in enforcing one thing... preventing the pirating of large commercial applications like Photoshop, MS Office, and Windows itself. How many "Joe Users" do you think would actually be using MS Office if they actually had to PAY for it? I'm sick of my friends/collegues saying, "Why would I use The Gimp or Openoffice for free when I can use Photoshop or MS Office for free?". I'd like to see how quick they are to dismiss OSS alternatives when they actually have to PAY for the software they are so used to stealing.
I'm not saying that Trusted Computing isn't without a myriad of faults, I just think it will be a big eye opener for the general populus when they realize how much they would be getting ripped off if they were actually playing by the rules.
What do you think?
Of course I looked at the screenshot... did you? If you can't see KDE in this:
n g
;)
http://syllable.org/screenshots/michael_newdesk.p
then whatever you're smoking... can I have some?
Why is it that all these "new" operating systems (read skyOS, Syllable, etc) always just look like some crappy KDE theme? I mean, if you're going to write an entirely new operating system, and then just use *nix apps on top of it, why even bother?
It means the speech starts getting all yellow and shit
"I am a professional speaker" followed by "he is one tough sucker"
Here's some friendly advice... you suck!
You got the "freely distributable" part right -- wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
Sorry, but if you think that Linux is the Ford, and MS is the Toyota, then you either know little about operating systems or know little about vehicles
"but is seriously irks me"
Is it? Is it seriously irk you?
lol, might want to do a quick spellcheck before you get on your soapbox, or does MS notepad not have a spellchecker? And also, if you find any errors in this post... I don't give a shit... so HA!
I don't know how the fuck those links do that, but how the hell do I disable the ability of those sites to take over my browser like that?
Mozilla Firefox on Debian Linux
Not as sorry as we are, fucktard
Are you trying to sound:
A. Funny?
B. Stupid?
C. A little from A and a little from B?
And that crappy formatting will teach me for not previewing my first post on /. :)
Spam is 100 years old today! But, surprisingly, the first spam wasn't sent via e-mail Surprisingly? And I thought everyone had a computer 100 years ago. Homer - What? They have internet on computer now???