Get a freakin' help system in place so that I don't have to waste time clicking at stuff, getting annoyed, and then decide to give up altogether because it didn't work.
Well, for a Unbuntu end user there is always just paying for real techsupport. I know Redhat can help out with getting Wine to work (saw it happen), dont know about Canonical.
For a business I would never even consider using a specific distro unless there was a live person on the other end of a phone line. It just wouldn't happen otherwise.
Redhat, Canonical, and Novell all offer excellent support for Linux, you cant go wrong.
You: "Well, sir. I think we should block out Internet Explorer users because their browser is unsafe."
Boss: "Is it unsafe for us or them?"
You: "Them. It would'nt really effect us. They are just more likely to become victims of identity theft through a virus."
Boss: "Can they also get the same virus through an email attachment? Or by someone digging through their trash?"
You: "... yes."
Boss: "How many of our customers use IE?"
You: "About 80%"
Boss: "And what is there to prevent them from moving to another bank that DOES support their browser?"
You: "Well, that would be a lot of trouble for them to go through. It's easier to just download a safe browser."
Boss: "And what would we do about the advertisements our competitors would air stating that we don't properly support internet banking because we dropped support for IE? Getting new customers might become difficult."
You: "Well... we tell them that it is foolish of them to use Windows and Internet Explorer and that they should switch to something else."
(Long Pause)
Boss: "While we are at it, why don't we refuse entry to SUVs in the drive-thru ATM because the customer is more likely to scratch his paint and he is wasting the gas he paid for? You should stick to IT, you don't know jack about how a business works. "
I think what he was talking about was the reaction most people here on/. had to this.
Instead of 'From reading this article I have concluded that libel and slander laws could/would not apply here and the company is in error'/.ers just start going 't3h c0rp0ration is trying to s|_|pr355 fr33 speach! First Ammendement! OMGWTFBBQ'
Ultimately Microsoft would find themselves overwhelmed by sheer numbers much like the US-led forces were overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of Chinese crossing the Korean border when the Korean war really got going.
Bad example as the UN forces threw the Chinese and Koreans back into North Korea and lead to a 50 year stalemate.
I don't want the status quo for the next half century when it comes to MS.
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Only if you don't vote, you damn hippy.
Google is your friend. http://www.google.com/search?hs=d4H&hl=en&lr=&safe =off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aof ficial_s&q=OS+X+%22X+server%22&btnG=Search
You want to choose X11.
Staring at a screen is almost the equivalent to staring into a low powered flashlight for hours at a time.
Unless there is a fundamental change in screen technology, hurting eyes will remain.
... welcome our new face swapping overlords.
Yes, because we all know the only time planes run into buildings is by accident.
... from staring at a screen for six hours reading a book.
How does that sound?
Get a freakin' help system in place so that I don't have to waste time clicking at stuff, getting annoyed, and then decide to give up altogether because it didn't work.
Well, for a Unbuntu end user there is always just paying for real techsupport. I know Redhat can help out with getting Wine to work (saw it happen), dont know about Canonical.
For a business I would never even consider using a specific distro unless there was a live person on the other end of a phone line. It just wouldn't happen otherwise.
Redhat, Canonical, and Novell all offer excellent support for Linux, you cant go wrong.
... phone block you!
Why are they going to start colonizing other planets the same year I start to hit a midlife crisis? I'll never make it off this rock at this rate!
They are mostly worried about the fancy stuff that no one but secretarys ever use. It's mostly there, but the shortcuts might be different, ect.
Can you imagine what most geeks would do if copy went from ctrl-c to ctrl-k or something like that?
Just a thought.
Oh yeah, I can see you at the board meeting now:
... we tell them that it is foolish of them to use Windows and Internet Explorer and that they should switch to something else."
You: "Well, sir. I think we should block out Internet Explorer users because their browser is unsafe."
Boss: "Is it unsafe for us or them?"
You: "Them. It would'nt really effect us. They are just more likely to become victims of identity theft through a virus."
Boss: "Can they also get the same virus through an email attachment? Or by someone digging through their trash?"
You: "... yes."
Boss: "How many of our customers use IE?"
You: "About 80%"
Boss: "And what is there to prevent them from moving to another bank that DOES support their browser?"
You: "Well, that would be a lot of trouble for them to go through. It's easier to just download a safe browser."
Boss: "And what would we do about the advertisements our competitors would air stating that we don't properly support internet banking because we dropped support for IE? Getting new customers might become difficult."
You: "Well
(Long Pause)
Boss: "While we are at it, why don't we refuse entry to SUVs in the drive-thru ATM because the customer is more likely to scratch his paint and he is wasting the gas he paid for? You should stick to IT, you don't know jack about how a business works. "
IBM announced the world is, in fact, ROUND.
OOOH, gotta love the tinfoil hatters.
Everyone knows the nuclear bomb is a myth perported by the Free Masons and the Grey Aliens
I think what he was talking about was the reaction most people here on /. had to this.
/.ers just start going 't3h c0rp0ration is trying to s|_|pr355 fr33 speach! First Ammendement! OMGWTFBBQ'
Instead of 'From reading this article I have concluded that libel and slander laws could/would not apply here and the company is in error'
This is an interesting theory.
A less exotic explanation may be some sort of chemical reaction. An asteroid or somesuch reacting with the water.
Or did you just spend the night at a Holiday Inn?
Just use the HOV lanes, its not like Americans will ever carpool in great numbers.
A beowulf cluster of Sharks with Laser beams running Linux shipped in from Soviet Russia to burn away all the water for a profit.
I think you would be more lucky if you asked to have dedicated lanes set aside for the Robot cars.
Some lanes for the advanced cars, the rest for older cars and people who want to drive manually.
Everyone wins.
And here I thought it was sex.
Yeah! Screw Java, JavaScript, DHTML, CSS and HTML! If I can't read it with Emacs/Vi/NotePad, it's worthless!
/. is.
The fact that this is not recgonized as humor shows how truly lost
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Sorry.
... or maybe fermented cider?
They drink apple juice
Ultimately Microsoft would find themselves overwhelmed by sheer numbers much like the US-led forces were overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of Chinese crossing the Korean border when the Korean war really got going. Bad example as the UN forces threw the Chinese and Koreans back into North Korea and lead to a 50 year stalemate. I don't want the status quo for the next half century when it comes to MS.
Anyone see this and think that it meant Bill Gates?
Honestly, does anyone use an Apple server?