"Let's not forget the billions and billions poured into bogus Star Wars missile defense technology R&D over the last 20 years. It doesn't work. It never did work. It never will work. Ande even if it DID work it's easily defeated"
I can certainly appreciate your point but I don't think this is a case of OSS FUD. This article doesn't have that "astroturf" ring to it that comes from all the MS propaganda.
TFA mentions that some employees still needed to use MS Office and that a lot of PowerPoint files could not be converted. These are genuine issues, not just thrown in to appear like a balanced article.
I also didn't see any MS slamming going on. They mentioned that the software would be cheaper (self evident) and that they needed to upgrade from Office 97 (I'm sure even MS reps would tell them that). These are fair points, not attacks.
Contrast that with the MS-funded (FUDded?) articles where Windows, Office, IIS, etc. are everything to everyone. So much cheaper, easier to use, more secure, no reason to buy any non-MS branded product (HORAY!).
Again, I hate to see the blind OSS fervor that gets published sometimes, too, but I don't see this as being an example of that.
I agree. I understand the need for security, but privacy about what you do in a library seems sacred to me. We keep shutting down liberties there.
Freedom to read what you want without scrutiny seems like something Americans should hold dear. Using the public computers there seems like a natural extension.
I would love to dismiss this story as alarmist, but I fear the threat is real. These liberties we keep surrendering are starting to stack up. It's time to start using your votes on these issues while we still can.
All the wishing and speaking engagements in the world aren't going to make this statement true unless someone can do better. MS thinks they can, but I haven't been impressed by anything from MS in a long time.
Those with the lowest piracy rates were the United States, New Zealand, Austria, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
I'm guessing that's a percentage. I wonder what the actual number of pirated software users are for those countries compared to the ones mentioned as having the highest rates. I'd bet the US andother developed countries still have higher numbers.
As has already been pointed out, MS is not going to acquire another competitor this big with all the heat they are getting for their near-monopoly status.
Also, no self-respecting Linux user would continue to use Red Hat if it were owned by MS; they know this, they would just run it into the ground. This is not all bad for MS except that they'll solidify SUSE's place at the table. With Mandriva/Mandrake trying to redefine itself and RH part of the evil empire, there would be one distro to rule them all. Suddenly all the support/money being spread among the major commercial distros is focused into SUSE. That's traction MS won't want to give anyone.
I'm not taking anything away from the other Linux distros, just being realistic about how much weight SUSE currently has among the commercial Linux world.
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Yeah, see here's the thing. After I posted that I went and looked at it again and realised that my blue pill-deprived brain interpreted "register.com" as "theregister.co.uk".
So rather than explain how I thought "msn.co.uk" could have been registered by the reg and draw more attention to my slashdot-esque fact checking, I decided to just let it go and hope no one called me out.
That obviously didn't work.
Hey look, someone posted a dumber comment than me over there, let's go flame him, come one guys!
I hate to point this out, but it would be easy enough to test if that fund works. Just go find the guy that runs the website and kill him. If you do manage to kill him, it doesn't work.
Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting anyone try to injure this guy, I'm just sayin...
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TFA mentions that some employees still needed to use MS Office and that a lot of PowerPoint files could not be converted. These are genuine issues, not just thrown in to appear like a balanced article.
I also didn't see any MS slamming going on. They mentioned that the software would be cheaper (self evident) and that they needed to upgrade from Office 97 (I'm sure even MS reps would tell them that). These are fair points, not attacks.
Contrast that with the MS-funded (FUDded?) articles where Windows, Office, IIS, etc. are everything to everyone. So much cheaper, easier to use, more secure, no reason to buy any non-MS branded product (HORAY!).
Again, I hate to see the blind OSS fervor that gets published sometimes, too, but I don't see this as being an example of that.
I guess if you're reading this, it's likley too late, but TFA is a pdf...
Here's a related story from the 11th on an IBM article with instructions on installing Yellow Dog on an mini.
Dear God! It could catch figure?
Freedom to read what you want without scrutiny seems like something Americans should hold dear. Using the public computers there seems like a natural extension.
I would love to dismiss this story as alarmist, but I fear the threat is real. These liberties we keep surrendering are starting to stack up. It's time to start using your votes on these issues while we still can.
All the wishing and speaking engagements in the world aren't going to make this statement true unless someone can do better. MS thinks they can, but I haven't been impressed by anything from MS in a long time.
The proof's in the puddin'.
I'm guessing that's a percentage. I wonder what the actual number of pirated software users are for those countries compared to the ones mentioned as having the highest rates. I'd bet the US andother developed countries still have higher numbers.
It wasn't clear in TFA either, but do they mean a little pr0n surfing/p2p going on or active hack attempts were found?
Before any of you heartless bastards point it out, I misspelled "Mecca" and "its".
So San Franscisco is going to solidify it's position as a Meca for those "outside the mainstream"?
Picking up the FF franchise will swing a lot of people away from Sony over to Xbox. The only new games my wife and I get anymore are FF and GTA.
Also, no self-respecting Linux user would continue to use Red Hat if it were owned by MS; they know this, they would just run it into the ground. This is not all bad for MS except that they'll solidify SUSE's place at the table. With Mandriva/Mandrake trying to redefine itself and RH part of the evil empire, there would be one distro to rule them all. Suddenly all the support/money being spread among the major commercial distros is focused into SUSE. That's traction MS won't want to give anyone.
I'm not taking anything away from the other Linux distros, just being realistic about how much weight SUSE currently has among the commercial Linux world.
Thank God for that Quicktime link!
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So rather than explain how I thought "msn.co.uk" could have been registered by the reg and draw more attention to my slashdot-esque fact checking, I decided to just let it go and hope no one called me out.
That obviously didn't work.
Hey look, someone posted a dumber comment than me over there, let's go flame him, come one guys!
Very cute.
A /. story from Australia and no Australians have made fun of Americans for drinking Fosters yet?
I ran yes for a while but decided I was being wasteful; now I'm using it to run seti.
It looks like the editors were able to get the publishers to listen; she is no longer welcome at LinuxWorld.
Free ...?Book?...?Comic...Day?
They often have contracts that state that any work done on their respective OSS projects is not the IP of the company, even if done on company time.
Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting anyone try to injure this guy, I'm just sayin...
This is great! Now my two least favorite web plugins are under the same roof. I only have to hate one company now.