I think it's hilarious that the only praise the Linux/FOSS community gives MS is that its marketing is great, and that it can drive competitors out of business.
The reality is that Windows operating systems are light-years ahead of any open source OS. The problem is that the most rabid anti-MS voices haven't actually worked on both to be able to compare. They've only done some Linux kernel hacking, and are certain that it's the best thing since sliced-bread. Seriously, has anyone else done significant work on both? If you have, are you still a Linux fan? Point is, if you've only ever seen the Linux kernel source code, then you only have half the story. (Yet, I'm sure that won't stop you from responding to my post.)
Linux is free. Windows costs a lot of money. Yet, Windows dominates in the home, in business, and all over the world.
Yeah, I'm *sure* it's all "marketing."
Troll me up, Linux fanboys.
Of course it's not all marketing.
Driving competitors out of business is also a very important part.
This also requires that the Linux community respects Microsoft rather than ridicule it. "There are some things that Windows does pretty well," Zemlin said. Microsoft for instance has excelled in marketing the operating system, and has a good track record in fending off competition.'"
And both of these things are a sign of quality code, or what?
The article almost had me going - right to this point, where I started laughing.
I do, however, agree with this style of ridiculing them - what we don't say may speak louder than what we do say.
We need more people to stand up against the global warming onslaught. That's right! I vote that global warming isn't true, I'm a heretic, a rebel. We need more people to do the same.
If enough people are heretics and say that it isn't true, then it isn't true.
That's how science works, right?
According to my (rather feeble) understanding of the Quantum Theory, I don't see why not.;)
Or, in the semi-proper form of a limercik...
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There once was a CEO called McBride
Who thought he could take on Linux in stride.
But the creep from Santa Cruz
Was destined to lose
And get fscked in the ass by New York Gay Pride.
I wrote this:
Subject: You have an error on your website...
Message: It says, "SCO owns the core UNIX operating system, originally developed by AT&T/Bell Labs and is the exclusive licensor to Unix-based system software providers."
NO, YOU DON'T! HA! HA!
Now get those lies off your website.
Cheers!
And then I got the message: Thank you for your feedback.
And in smaller print: You will be hearing from us soon.
And since the levy/tax/whatever is ultimately collected by our RIAA equivalent, who represents virtually none of the artists I support, I feel that they are stealing the money I could have given to the artists I like.
Now, if I were rich enough to simply buy all the music, I would; however, I am not, so I do not. And I've already paid for it once.
By the way, what has happened to the slashdot effect? Not so long ago the first thing I did when reading about something on slashdot was finding a coral or google cache link to the actual article on the comments section. Nowadays - and I haven't really even thought about it - the articles usually just work. Are the webservers better now, or has the power of slashdot effect declined?
Or have I just been lucky?
It is now known as the Slashdot Quantum Paradox.
Previously, the Slashdot Paradox meant that although nobody ever read TFA, the servers were still swarmed and brought down to their knees by the sheer force of discussion.
Nowadays, due to several breakthroughs in quantum science and technology, the Slashdot Quantum Paradox ensures that as long as nobody actually goes to RTFA, the servers stay online. However, should anybody actually go and try to RTFA, the Slashdot Effect would affect it in full.
Since you are an Anonymous Coward, you're practically nobody; you went to RTFA and the server was, of course, online.
In my personal opinion, uTorrent is a fine piece of software; it's a shame it's closed source and Windows-only.
Wasn't it only recently that the latest version (1.7?) of uTorrent was being banned from some trackers, as it contained some code that phoned home, supposedly to MAFIAA?
Fine piece of software it may be, but every now and then I hear things like this, and redouble my conviction to use F/OSS whenever possible.
Yeah. But CD burner lasers are infrared so they won't look as cool (and you won't know that you are aiming it at your eye until you hear the boiling sound).
And be very very careful with these lasers, they are strong enough to cause permanent eye damage and blindness even at very short exposure times.
And now all we need is one asshole who'll set out to blind people with an infrared laser.
You don't know what he's done until you're already blind, and then it's too late... And good luck finding him, too.
When Java is so bad even Sun prevents it's use for their internal projects, you have to wonder what they know about it which they aren't saying.
As it happens, I just stumbled upon Sun's Looking Glass project. I don't know what stage it's in, I don't know which hoops I'll have to jump through to make it work on my laptop after I'm done installing Gentoo on it (cue Gentoo compile jokes; actually, I've only just started, and I think making the MacBook Pro keyboard work properly is going to take me most of the time). However, from what I see, it's Sun's project and it's Java based.
And in the dark depths of a Microsoft coders' dungeo^Wbaseme^Wlounge, there was a soft chuckle of an aged coder. His slavedr^Wsupervisor pulled out his wh^H^Hchair and approached him menacingly.
S: "What is so funny?"
C: "Look at this comment! If only they knew..."
S: "What are you blabbering about, old fool? Has all that caffeine rotted your brain? It's true, Windows itself is not compiled with GCC."
C: "True, it is not. It is compiled with the Visual C compiler. But haven't you ever wondered what was the Visual C compiler compiled with? Ever since we ditched Borland's compiler, we had to use something...
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Actually, some of those people are quite rich and would only need your assistance with getting vast sums of money from their corrupt countries...
You haven't read the first post, have you?
In China, people have to sleep with at least one eye open.
... is that a good thing or a bad thing?
I do know there are few bloggers worse than the vast majority of Croatian journalists; I can't say much about the rest of the world.
And if you're a hot girl, too, then everybody watching wins as well.
The reality is that Windows operating systems are light-years ahead of any open source OS. The problem is that the most rabid anti-MS voices haven't actually worked on both to be able to compare. They've only done some Linux kernel hacking, and are certain that it's the best thing since sliced-bread. Seriously, has anyone else done significant work on both? If you have, are you still a Linux fan? Point is, if you've only ever seen the Linux kernel source code, then you only have half the story. (Yet, I'm sure that won't stop you from responding to my post.)
Linux is free. Windows costs a lot of money. Yet, Windows dominates in the home, in business, and all over the world.
Yeah, I'm *sure* it's all "marketing."
Troll me up, Linux fanboys.
Of course it's not all marketing.
Driving competitors out of business is also a very important part.
And we've already admitted that.
And both of these things are a sign of quality code, or what?
The article almost had me going - right to this point, where I started laughing.
I do, however, agree with this style of ridiculing them - what we don't say may speak louder than what we do say.
You don't want to do that.
Bergholt Stuttley (a.k.a. Bloody Stupid) Johnson once created a machine which forced the value of Pi to exactly 3.
The resulting amount of spam collapsed the universe at one point.
If enough people are heretics and say that it isn't true, then it isn't true.
That's how science works, right?
According to my (rather feeble) understanding of the Quantum Theory, I don't see why not. ;)
There once was a CEO called McBride
Who thought he could take on Linux in stride.
But the creep from Santa Cruz
Was destined to lose
And get fscked in the ass by New York Gay Pride.
So how do you think that applies to RedHat's suit against SCO?
Will RedHat gain anything but satisfaction?
Somehow, I'd expected a less matter-of-fact headline.
And much more gloating.
You can send them feedback from here.
I wrote this:
Subject: You have an error on your website...
Message: It says, "SCO owns the core UNIX operating system, originally developed by AT&T/Bell Labs and is the exclusive licensor to Unix-based system software providers."
NO, YOU DON'T! HA! HA!
Now get those lies off your website.
Cheers!
And then I got the message: Thank you for your feedback.
And in smaller print: You will be hearing from us soon.
Do you think that was a threat?
Well, my bad...
In that case, I have two things ro wonder about:
1. Why wasn't it included in the test? and
2. WTF was my original post moderated Funny for?
Actually, I remember an article about the lack of compatibility between Windows and WINE.
Of the four viruses thrown at it, WINE couldn't run one properly.
Truly, Wine Is Not an Emulator.
Well, I haven't noticed a NOD32 for Linux... have you?
My government recently decided to do just that.
And since the levy/tax/whatever is ultimately collected by our RIAA equivalent, who represents virtually none of the artists I support, I feel that they are stealing the money I could have given to the artists I like.
Now, if I were rich enough to simply buy all the music, I would; however, I am not, so I do not. And I've already paid for it once.
Or have I just been lucky?
It is now known as the Slashdot Quantum Paradox.
Previously, the Slashdot Paradox meant that although nobody ever read TFA, the servers were still swarmed and brought down to their knees by the sheer force of discussion.
Nowadays, due to several breakthroughs in quantum science and technology, the Slashdot Quantum Paradox ensures that as long as nobody actually goes to RTFA, the servers stay online. However, should anybody actually go and try to RTFA, the Slashdot Effect would affect it in full.
Since you are an Anonymous Coward, you're practically nobody; you went to RTFA and the server was, of course, online.
See?
Wasn't it only recently that the latest version (1.7?) of uTorrent was being banned from some trackers, as it contained some code that phoned home, supposedly to MAFIAA?
Fine piece of software it may be, but every now and then I hear things like this, and redouble my conviction to use F/OSS whenever possible.
And be very very careful with these lasers, they are strong enough to cause permanent eye damage and blindness even at very short exposure times.
And now all we need is one asshole who'll set out to blind people with an infrared laser.
You don't know what he's done until you're already blind, and then it's too late... And good luck finding him, too.
George Lucas was way ahead of you...
As it happens, I just stumbled upon Sun's Looking Glass project. I don't know what stage it's in, I don't know which hoops I'll have to jump through to make it work on my laptop after I'm done installing Gentoo on it (cue Gentoo compile jokes; actually, I've only just started, and I think making the MacBook Pro keyboard work properly is going to take me most of the time). However, from what I see, it's Sun's project and it's Java based.
So pray tell, did I get something wrong?
Use Repagination and download all the pages at once.
Beats clicking Next over and over and over again.
Well, duh, Captain Obvious...
And in the dark depths of a Microsoft coders' dungeo^Wbaseme^Wlounge, there was a soft chuckle of an aged coder. His slavedr^Wsupervisor pulled out his wh^H^Hchair and approached him menacingly.
S: "What is so funny?"
C: "Look at this comment! If only they knew..."
S: "What are you blabbering about, old fool? Has all that caffeine rotted your brain? It's true, Windows itself is not compiled with GCC."
C: "True, it is not. It is compiled with the Visual C compiler. But haven't you ever wondered what was the Visual C compiler compiled with? Ever since we ditched Borland's compiler, we had to use something...