there could possibly be an upside, more users discover Linux as a viable alternative, so they use xandros or novell for a while and as they learn the capabilities of Linux they find that one of the free distros are just as good and even better so they kick xandros or novell to the curb and switch debian or slackware or any of the other free distros (all four freedoms as per RMS)...
back during the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan there was a documentary about the neighboring Pakistan and its involvement with the Taliban & the then Ousama Bin Laden who was considered a good guy back then that was financed by the CIA to battle the Soviets in Afghanistan? and there were several machine shops that were making AK47 knockoffs that looked & functioned identical to the Soviet version...
and doesn't China make a knockoff AK47 too?
the Russians might get away with squeezing some former Soviet satellites, but i doubt they are going to squeeze some back woods frontier muslem militia garage/machine shops...
making business deals with microsoft is sort of like stepping in dog poo, it always stinks and nobody wants to be near you afterwards, and nobody wants you in their house or place of business with that on your shoes...
sure, and when is microsoft actually going to build a secure and stable operating system that is opensource so i can rebuild the kernel and any other part of the OS by editing the sourcecode & rebuilding, i want an OS that is literally bulletproof against viruses because i dont want to spend money on crappy third party anti-virus software, i want a firewall built in to the kernel, i want to choose how i want my kernel rebuilt leaving out completely what is unwanted and unneeded, i want an OS that does not call home to the mother ship giving them personal information, i want an OS that does not keep a registry i prefer to keep individual config files within the application's directory as this is much more safer against system wide failure in the event of file corruption...
since microsoft is not going to produce what i want i refuse to buy or use their products, Linux gives me what i want and just because it is free does not mean it is of less value = to me Linux has more value than ms-windows...
Linux communist? dont make me laugh, Linux is more democratic in nature than anything else, microsoft is run by a corporate entity that is run more like a totalitarian dictatorship than anything else = users have no say in what can be done to the OS they have to accept what microsoft dictates if they want to use microsoft's kludgeware...
this could be great for smoking meats if the temperature can be finely controlled, as any meat smoker knows getting the wood too hot will make the meat taste like carbon & turpentine, and with several acres of wooded land (mostly oak & about 20% hickory) i would love to have an infrared meat smoker...
my bookmarks collection got so big that i removed them from my firefox profile and created several html pages (categorized) with only the links (without all the other meta info) and bookmarked the pages...
be specific microsoft, is this "so-called" infringement in the Linux kernel? or some other piece of software that make up the average GNU/Linux disto...
so far it seems like a generalization or FUD spewing, unless specific infringement is shown & proved i call it FUD...
i do not trust computers & the internet & the websites that offer goods & services for sale, almost every day you hear about some server getting cracked open & vital personal data getting ripped off identity theft, some lame brained government official getting his laptop full of SSN#s and other vital personal info on hundreds of thousands of people ripped off, banks and other financial institutions requiring MS-Windows & Internet Exploiter only which has the worst track record when it comes to being a secure platform, when a hardened Linux or BSD would be better...
and you expect me to trust this? with banking/finance and making purchases? or doing anything with my vital personal information? NOT A CHANCE!!!
i am tempted to move to Canada, i rather have a stupid & docile government than a schizo/paranoid government that panders to corporate greed while squashing the constitution & rights of the people...
thats a lot of webcams,he was probably as busy as a one-armed paper hanger for a long time. i bet horny teenage boys around the world appreciate this, personally i have no use for a webcam...
Slashdot Mirror
i can see this thing beaten in to junk metal from all the asteroids...
Match.com and Yahoo's personals were both caught and fined for creating fake identities...
would you trust match.com and yahoo? not me...
there could possibly be an upside, more users discover Linux as a viable alternative, so they use xandros or novell for a while and as they learn the capabilities of Linux they find that one of the free distros are just as good and even better so they kick xandros or novell to the curb and switch debian or slackware or any of the other free distros (all four freedoms as per RMS)...
--my penguin as a penguin on his shoulder
Oops, my bad :)
back during the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan there was a documentary about the neighboring Pakistan and its involvement with the Taliban & the then Ousama Bin Laden who was considered a good guy back then that was financed by the CIA to battle the Soviets in Afghanistan? and there were several machine shops that were making AK47 knockoffs that looked & functioned identical to the Soviet version...
and doesn't China make a knockoff AK47 too?
the Russians might get away with squeezing some former Soviet satellites, but i doubt they are going to squeeze some back woods frontier muslem militia garage/machine shops...
making business deals with microsoft is sort of like stepping in dog poo, it always stinks and nobody wants to be near you afterwards, and nobody wants you in their house or place of business with that on your shoes...
about:config
change from true to false on the two following items:
browser.chrome.favicons
browser.chrome.site_icons
sure, and when is microsoft actually going to build a secure and stable operating system that is opensource so i can rebuild the kernel and any other part of the OS by editing the sourcecode & rebuilding, i want an OS that is literally bulletproof against viruses because i dont want to spend money on crappy third party anti-virus software, i want a firewall built in to the kernel, i want to choose how i want my kernel rebuilt leaving out completely what is unwanted and unneeded, i want an OS that does not call home to the mother ship giving them personal information, i want an OS that does not keep a registry i prefer to keep individual config files within the application's directory as this is much more safer against system wide failure in the event of file corruption...
since microsoft is not going to produce what i want i refuse to buy or use their products, Linux gives me what i want and just because it is free does not mean it is of less value = to me Linux has more value than ms-windows...
Linux communist? dont make me laugh, Linux is more democratic in nature than anything else, microsoft is run by a corporate entity that is run more like a totalitarian dictatorship than anything else = users have no say in what can be done to the OS they have to accept what microsoft dictates if they want to use microsoft's kludgeware...
for smoking meats the infrared would be great as you can control the temp of the wood ...
this could be great for smoking meats if the temperature can be finely controlled, as any meat smoker knows getting the wood too hot will make the meat taste like carbon & turpentine, and with several acres of wooded land (mostly oak & about 20% hickory) i would love to have an infrared meat smoker...
my bookmarks collection got so big that i removed them from my firefox profile and created several html pages (categorized) with only the links (without all the other meta info) and bookmarked the pages...
i agree, microsoft is not a threat because they are such good guys, they are not a threat because there is no infringing code in Linux...
the microsoft/novell deal was just a model for FUD & extortion...
i doubt GNU/Linux & FOSS has any infringing code...
microsoft's marketing and press dept. are famous for sensationalist comments and should be taken with a wheel barrow full of salt...
i think this is just SCO-2.0
RE:["No wonder Microsoft is scared and trying to pull FOSS patent issues out of their sleeve"]
you can just call that SCO-2.0
be specific microsoft, is this "so-called" infringement in the Linux kernel? or some other piece of software that make up the average GNU/Linux disto...
so far it seems like a generalization or FUD spewing, unless specific infringement is shown & proved i call it FUD...
you were modded as funny, when you should have been modded up as insightful or informative...
i do not trust computers & the internet & the websites that offer goods & services for sale, almost every day you hear about some server getting cracked open & vital personal data getting ripped off identity theft, some lame brained government official getting his laptop full of SSN#s and other vital personal info on hundreds of thousands of people ripped off, banks and other financial institutions requiring MS-Windows & Internet Exploiter only which has the worst track record when it comes to being a secure platform, when a hardened Linux or BSD would be better...
and you expect me to trust this? with banking/finance and making purchases? or doing anything with my vital personal information? NOT A CHANCE!!!
well I'll be a monkey's uncle...
i am switching to FreeBSD...
i am tempted to move to Canada, i rather have a stupid & docile government than a schizo/paranoid government that panders to corporate greed while squashing the constitution & rights of the people...
i agree, miguel has lost his way...
putting WinXP in OLPC would be like trying to stuff a hippopotamus in to a compact car...
thats a lot of webcams,he was probably as busy as a one-armed paper hanger for a long time. i bet horny teenage boys around the world appreciate this, personally i have no use for a webcam...