If, instead of saying "open source has taken out $60 billion of traditional software revenues," the article said "open source has saved businesses over $60 billion in expense compared to traditional software," don't you think people might view it differently? You have a point, but, this might be compared to you save your money at your "home safe-box" vs. putting your money into bank and bank takes it to work, invest etc..
money at the bank creates more wealth, money at home safe box does nothing.
money paid to another software firm, ensures employment, those employees then goes on to buy shoes that your company produce, and dines at your cousins restaurant.
money flow is critical for economy, static money is disaster.
If Windows 3.1 gets thrown away because Windows 95 is on the scene, and you have to spend another $100 for the same functionality, something was most definitely lost This applies to almost everything in life. If I buy a printer, then i can only use it for certain number of pages or number of years whichever comes 1st.
when you buy an OS, you are agreeing to pay to the state of that code, and functionality it provides. if you need more/different functionality you have to pay more.
in theory this is no different than buying a car or a house.
Even getting a girl/boyfriend is same as the love lost, and look for new one and that means loss of money and time.
well, yes but, we wanna have all that new features OPEN too.. imagine RedHat tomorrow saying, "yo guys, RH engineers gonna add new advanced features closed source.."
"average person understand that the CPU isn't the entire box under their desk"
Well, as far as that average person is concerned, it SHOULD be.. in this age one wander why in the hell we need computer boxes under our desk at the size of a water tank?
I have noticed lately that I was subconsciously searching google with keyword + wikipedia, such as web based cms wikipedia because i was getting better results that way.
"Then there are complex issues with people - our fragile minds and bodies. How do we react to the stress of space-travel, can we do it?"
Probably this _is_ the deal breaker, because of that I believe such distant travelers, at least in the beginning, will be intelligent-enough man made creations.
"Yes, it's nice to have bells and whistles but I think that it's just as important to have a browser that doesn't require me to close it and reopen it so that my machine doesn't grind to a halt every other day if I don't."
Well, I have to disagree with you on this one.
I rather close and reopen my browser every other day then to have crippled browser. For instance, its is such a blessing to have a function that checks my spelling as I type this message. Well done Mozilla!
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money at the bank creates more wealth, money at home safe box does nothing.
money paid to another software firm, ensures employment, those employees then goes on to buy shoes that your company produce, and dines at your cousins restaurant.
money flow is critical for economy, static money is disaster.
when you buy an OS, you are agreeing to pay to the state of that code, and functionality it provides. if you need more/different functionality you have to pay more.
in theory this is no different than buying a car or a house.
Even getting a girl/boyfriend is same as the love lost, and look for new one and that means loss of money and time.
RedHat Linux Documentations are very good.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
there are PDF downloads too for you to print.
it looks ready alright...
I got this white box where i test Linux distros as available, there was Fedora 8 before and running fine.
moments ago I have installed Ubuntu Hardy 8.04
installation was fine and smooth..
after installation ended it asked me to reboot, so i did.
next i now see on boot screen is:
GRUB Loading, please wait...
Error 18
end freeze there..
now i'm wandering what went wrong..
This is not one of your best moves, especially at a time everyone is watching you due to Sun buyout.
dual licensing? - fine!
some code closed for payers? - not fine!
why? coz we, the average IT guy got the impression that we will not be seeing some new cool code as you will be closing it.
don't turn your back to the people who made you so popular so that you can get $1b paycheck from Sun.
comeon guys..
regards from my basement..
well, yes but, we wanna have all that new features OPEN too.. imagine RedHat tomorrow saying, "yo guys, RH engineers gonna add new advanced features closed source.."
this is not good, not good at al...
Guy n Gals.. Lets just fork the thing.., then we can call it iSQL
"average person understand that the CPU isn't the entire box under their desk"
Well, as far as that average person is concerned, it SHOULD be.. in this age one wander why in the hell we need computer boxes under our desk at the size of a water tank?
"what secret pot of gold does yahoo management think they have that's worth so much?"
a CEO that does not jump on stage and throw chairs
Forgive my ignorance, English is my 3rd language.
"Because the iPhone was a flop outside North America."
I live in Hong Kong, it's amazing to see just so many jailbreaked IPhones are on sale here, and people are buying it.
I have noticed lately that I was subconsciously searching google with keyword + wikipedia, such as web based cms wikipedia because i was getting better results that way.
you are probably right, but one wanders why youtube works nicely on iphone
...ummh, I've got a bad feeling, something is not right.
And again, I wander why this too is scored +5 "funny" /. gone weird..
Apologies, misplaced post.
Microsoft sees others' pastures are greener and wants a piece of it, thats all.
I wander why this is "mod +5 funny"
Microsoft seem to actually admire Google and thinks its pasture is greener and wants a piece of it.
>>or for free if they're willing to put up with ads on their pages.
;)
Or completely free with no ads whatsoever http://pages.google.com/
This one is even better: WYSIWYG ;)
"Then there are complex issues with people - our fragile minds and bodies. How do we react to the stress of space-travel, can we do it?"
Probably this _is_ the deal breaker, because of that I believe such distant travelers, at least in the beginning, will be intelligent-enough man made creations.
"then I wouldn't trust that machine to handle my taxes, let alone any really critical tasks"
Many agree that in the US getting your tax properly paid is pretty much the most difficult task one can have.
"Yes, it's nice to have bells and whistles but I think that it's just as important to have a browser that doesn't require me to close it and reopen it so that my machine doesn't grind to a halt every other day if I don't."
Well, I have to disagree with you on this one.
I rather close and reopen my browser every other day then to have crippled browser. For instance, its is such a blessing to have a function that checks my spelling as I type this message. Well done Mozilla!