microsoft may have the desktop/workstation pinned down for now but that will change, sometimes changes come fast - other times it moves slower, change does happen and it will happen to microsoft's dominance too, microsoft is not exempt/immune fluxuations in the market place any more than any other company, microsoft wont go broke overnight but their dominance could be lost that fast...
not like if they bought something like Mozilla that they could kill it, the code is already out there, look at what debian did with mozilla's software, debian has iceweasel (firefox), iceape (seamonkey) & etc, essentially microsoft would only be buying a name, the code is easily forked and if the code is not changed then only an icon & name...
OpenOffice is one application i would be concerned about, hopefully IBM & Sun will do something to protect OpenOffice since it is a high profile *nix application...
maybe if microsoft would actually build a good product and sold it with a reasonable price & without the dirty shenanigans and if they quit behaving like a bunch of white collar criminals they would have better success at being a software company = the harder you use force the more it slips thru your fingers...
heh, they should have concreted three sections of drill pipe in the in the ground at least 6 feet deep and used heavy log chain to stabilize it from three points...
You know I dated your big sister'
Oh, I took her to the show
I went for some candy
Along came Jim Dandy
And they slipped right out the door
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done
I used to pull down on your pigtails
Hey girl, and pinch your turned up nose
Oh, but baby you been growin'
And lately it's been showin'
From your head down to your toes
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done
Every time I see your sister
Lord, she's with somebody new
Aw, she's mean and she's evil
Like a little ol' boll weevil
Think I'll try my luck with you
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Hey, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
Well, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
Aw, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
once the black hole is created they do feed on gas, dust, meteoroids, comets, planets, other stars & etc whatever their intense gravity can suck up - this could explain why...
i agree lots of "user friendly" distros do this...
ubuntu created a perfectly good child of Debian and made a complete and total piece of crap out of it - (mod me down i don't care = i am entitled to my opinion)...
Main Entry: 1dupe
Pronunciation: 'düp also 'dyüp
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French duppe, probably alteration of huppe hoopoe
: one that is easily deceived or cheated
whether he means shorter articles or not you bring up a good point, i like articles that are short & to the point, when i see a long article with mostly opinionated blathering i open my bookmarks and open another page faster than you can say Jack Robinson...
i like Linux, the *BSDs do not support the perifrials i have, ever try to get sane & xsane to run a flatbed scanner? or how about a digital camera that wont mount like a usb mass storage device and needs gphoto2? and setting up a parallel port printer takes a few extra arcane steps, and rebuilding the BSD kernel is years behind in tools compared to Linux = what? no menuconfig? you mean i have to open DEFAULT with a text editor to make my adjustments and save as/root/MyKernel? hey the 1980's called and wants their OS back...
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now that microsoft owns facebook you will only receive microsoft approved spam...
they are thieves more interested in stealing money, they are not technophiles...
microsoft may have the desktop/workstation pinned down for now but that will change, sometimes changes come fast - other times it moves slower, change does happen and it will happen to microsoft's dominance too, microsoft is not exempt/immune fluxuations in the market place any more than any other company, microsoft wont go broke overnight but their dominance could be lost that fast...
not like if they bought something like Mozilla that they could kill it, the code is already out there, look at what debian did with mozilla's software, debian has iceweasel (firefox), iceape (seamonkey) & etc, essentially microsoft would only be buying a name, the code is easily forked and if the code is not changed then only an icon & name...
OpenOffice is one application i would be concerned about, hopefully IBM & Sun will do something to protect OpenOffice since it is a high profile *nix application...
maybe if microsoft would actually build a good product and sold it with a reasonable price & without the dirty shenanigans and if they quit behaving like a bunch of white collar criminals they would have better success at being a software company = the harder you use force the more it slips thru your fingers...
chisels & screwdrivers are interchangeable...
heh, they should have concreted three sections of drill pipe in the in the ground at least 6 feet deep and used heavy log chain to stabilize it from three points...
You know I dated your big sister' Oh, I took her to the show I went for some candy Along came Jim Dandy And they slipped right out the door
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice Tell me that it's nice and then you run Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done
I used to pull down on your pigtails Hey girl, and pinch your turned up nose Oh, but baby you been growin' And lately it's been showin' From your head down to your toes
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice Tell me that it's nice and then you run Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done
Every time I see your sister Lord, she's with somebody new Aw, she's mean and she's evil Like a little ol' boll weevil Think I'll try my luck with you
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice Tell me that it's nice and then you run Hey, little sister don't you do what your big sister done Well, little sister don't you do what your big sister done Aw, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
once the black hole is created they do feed on gas, dust, meteoroids, comets, planets, other stars & etc whatever their intense gravity can suck up - this could explain why...
are the RIAA going to sue next? the intertubes? sue electricity? the world?
the RIAA is losing it (mentally)...
that would be a good edition to xscreensaver, flying ballmer with flying chairs, (sort of like the flying toasters screensaver)...
i agree lots of "user friendly" distros do this...
ubuntu created a perfectly good child of Debian and made a complete and total piece of crap out of it - (mod me down i don't care = i am entitled to my opinion)...
whos next? are they going to sue automobile manufacturers because they dont make automobiles with accessibility for blind drivers?
and offer them free copies of *ubuntu, i am sure that will make microsoft happy...
A Chinese fire drill...
isnt fvwm, vtwm, mwm all some of the oldest window managers for the x-window-system on the *nixes? isnt that glaringly obvious prior art?
maybe this will make Novell/Linspire/Xandros a target for patent/IP lawsuits...
1.sue distros that sign with MS 2.MS steps in for the payoff 3.??? 4.profit!!!
a workaround wont be necessary, there is prior art...
maybe you can write a letter to the editor...
looks like Slashdot got duped...
Main Entry: 1dupe Pronunciation: 'düp also 'dyüp Function: noun Etymology: French, from Middle French duppe, probably alteration of huppe hoopoe : one that is easily deceived or cheated
instead of making cars that can fly, why not make a small private airplane that you can drive on the roads & highways...
whether he means shorter articles or not you bring up a good point, i like articles that are short & to the point, when i see a long article with mostly opinionated blathering i open my bookmarks and open another page faster than you can say Jack Robinson...
i like Linux, the *BSDs do not support the perifrials i have, ever try to get sane & xsane to run a flatbed scanner? or how about a digital camera that wont mount like a usb mass storage device and needs gphoto2? and setting up a parallel port printer takes a few extra arcane steps, and rebuilding the BSD kernel is years behind in tools compared to Linux = what? no menuconfig? you mean i have to open DEFAULT with a text editor to make my adjustments and save as /root/MyKernel? hey the 1980's called and wants their OS back...
"The United States is a nation of laws - poorly written and randomly enforced." - Frank Zappa
RE:["it would take several years before retailers could purge their systems and applications of credit card data, he said. Over the years,"]
give me a Linux live CD and access to the keyboard and i could purge them in just a very short time...
the foot should have been on top of gate's head...