...this is just further evidence of microsoft stroking the current administration's pecker by diluting the labor supply to make it cheaper for big business.
the more widespread the use of open technologies, the harder it will be for asshats like microsoft to snuff it out. including "legally", through patents etc. it's one thing if MS pisses off a handful of basement-dwelling geeks with "i grok spock" t-shirts; it's another thing if they piss off a large swathe of the general public.
which means the software i prefer, for technical and philosophical reasons, is safer.
stupid question: is there any security risk associated with the fact that debian's assets (presumably including the build machines) are scattered everywhere? i'm sure it's a non-issue, but i use debian binaries and have idly wondered about it, but never really asked...
i'm not making a recommendation, just curious. i like the idea of a web-based accounting system, but haven't the qualifications to evaluate it. it sounds like you might.
very few people are suggesting that a linux server can be just dropped in to replace *any* windows server running *any* combination of software. however, most linux advocates would say that, given similar requirements and assuming there are packages available for both platforms for the task at hand, linux runs circles around windows, slaps it in the face, and takes its lunch money away. all without the irritation of monetary cost and idiotic licensing terms.
This is why I have parted ways with Linux. Its fanclub is too fucking stupid for me to deal with. Throw around the word proprietary like it's an insult all you want. Then try to eliminate EVERYTHING proprietary from your life. You can't do it. Fucking deal with it.
perhaps not, but thanks to a lot of cool, smart, good-hearted people, i can eliminate proprietary software from my life. in fact, i've done just that.
Can you afford a book on Linux? How about a CBT course?
huh? i searched for CBT on google and found mostly "cock-and-ball torture". i didn't get it until i tried to set up cross-platform single-signon on a linux box, and then it made sense.
It's 2005. A GUI is not a burden on any modern computer, and I expect that to be a basic part fo any modern OS. Sure, I don't *need* a windshield on a car, but would you spend your hard-earned money on a car with no windshield just because it did something else better? It also really says something about a product if they can't have working 1990 level capability right out of the box.
you know, this is really over the top. a GUI on a server is just *stupid*, assuming you know how to use the CLI.
i've been following your posts, and fine, linux was too difficult for you. that said, you did try installing it several times. that's actually encouraging - it shows you at least have a nagging curiosity about the OS. linux is getting easier to use all the time. try a new distro every now and then until you hit the particular distro at the particular degree advancement that happens to be in your comfort zone.
On the flipside of that, there are many corporations who go out of their way to find people that know Linux and can get a Linux server running in no time, and do all their Linux support in-house. They actively train those who don't know it as well, and are proficient at providing all sorts of in-house Linux support.
Uhm, I wouldn't admit that here. Makes people question your bona fides.
some things are definitely harder on the F/OSS side. compare active directory to getting single signon with openldap/etc to work on linux. fucking nightmare.
that's still not enough to make me use windows - i'm just sayin.
His constant droning on serves to impress himself and those who are not aware of the history. Mind you, I still have great respect for his code, I just think that he should go back to writing code and stop trying to play politician. He's good at one of those.
well, i've never used emacs, but if it weren't for stallman i may not have gotten involved with F/OSS at all. don't underrate his contributions on the philosophical side.
This whole 'ethical' line of argumentation. A more mainstream economic argument holds a lot more water.
there is no economic corollary to the ability to control your own technology, and the ability to legally interact with others without being beholden to third-parties.
hehe, that is funny... but it should be noted that in this case RMS is actually talking specifically about linux, the kernel, and not gnu/linux, the operating system.
I've learned to never trust a government or quasi-government spokesperson.
actually i don't think the "american dietetic association" is government - i think it's a professional organization. still susceptible, perhaps, but...
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lobbying for some divine intervention, apparently.
patent protection on a fucking user interface. makes me wretch.
much like they're stroking the administration by paying ultra-reactionary ultra-religious RALPH REED $20,000 per month.
i wonder what that's for. maybe the bush administration is going to expedite patent protection for microsoft.
this is perhaps the only thing thurrot has ever written that i've liked.
which means the software i prefer, for technical and philosophical reasons, is safer.
stupid question: is there any security risk associated with the fact that debian's assets (presumably including the build machines) are scattered everywhere? i'm sure it's a non-issue, but i use debian binaries and have idly wondered about it, but never really asked...
what's your opinion of sql-ledger?
i'm not making a recommendation, just curious. i like the idea of a web-based accounting system, but haven't the qualifications to evaluate it. it sounds like you might.
my, you are bitter. did you you just have a bad experience with linux, or did it gang-rape your dad or something? christ.
This is why I have parted ways with Linux. Its fanclub is too fucking stupid for me to deal with. Throw around the word proprietary like it's an insult all you want. Then try to eliminate EVERYTHING proprietary from your life. You can't do it. Fucking deal with it.
perhaps not, but thanks to a lot of cool, smart, good-hearted people, i can eliminate proprietary software from my life. in fact, i've done just that.
huh? i searched for CBT on google and found mostly "cock-and-ball torture". i didn't get it until i tried to set up cross-platform single-signon on a linux box, and then it made sense.
you know, this is really over the top. a GUI on a server is just *stupid*, assuming you know how to use the CLI.
i've been following your posts, and fine, linux was too difficult for you. that said, you did try installing it several times. that's actually encouraging - it shows you at least have a nagging curiosity about the OS. linux is getting easier to use all the time. try a new distro every now and then until you hit the particular distro at the particular degree advancement that happens to be in your comfort zone.
are they hiring?
the fucking CD key alone.
that's a pretty foolish reason for abandoning an entire operating system.
some things are definitely harder on the F/OSS side. compare active directory to getting single signon with openldap/etc to work on linux. fucking nightmare.
that's still not enough to make me use windows - i'm just sayin.
well, i've never used emacs, but if it weren't for stallman i may not have gotten involved with F/OSS at all. don't underrate his contributions on the philosophical side.
there is no economic corollary to the ability to control your own technology, and the ability to legally interact with others without being beholden to third-parties.
they're called visionaries because they have the insight to see things the average person cannot see.
in ten years, we will all be thanking RMS for his foresight - or lamenting that too few people took him seriously enough to avert disaster...
hehe, that is funny... but it should be noted that in this case RMS is actually talking specifically about linux, the kernel, and not gnu/linux, the operating system.
actually i don't think the "american dietetic association" is government - i think it's a professional organization. still susceptible, perhaps, but...
what? and bless an open file format, and set the example that the way to get out from under patents is to use free, open formats?
no way. MS would much rather own JPG.
...according to katherine tallmadge of the american dietetic association. sorry, no link, it was on c-span this morning.
this seems pretty clear to me. if you care about about open formats / open source / free software, buy a canon instead of nikon.
i know that ufraw for gimp supports canon cameras just fine.
unenlightened windows user: I JUST WANT IT TO FUCKING WORK!
MS marketing jim: "hmm, well, bob, it seems they want something that 'just works'. try put that in the commercials and see if they buy it."
MS marketing bob: "come on, bob. these fucking idiots always end up buying it."
MS marketing jim: "that's true. it's miller time. let's roam the neighborhood and shoot people's pets!"
MS marketing bob: "HELL YEAH!"