1 life is to short for grammer good an speiln czecherz 2 capitalization is irritating 3 maybe so. and if that is the case, then so be it. i don't consider myself the "target consumer" of most corporate marketing campaigns anyway. 4 if this is true (and trust me, i don't really care either way) it sounds to me like you spent far too much time concentrating on the degree in marketing, without rounding yourself properly. anyone can get a degree. 5 i never said you were dumb, and slashdot is a place of stating opinions. if you'd really spent half the time or resources you claim to have in studying the open-source community, then you would understand this 6 it's dirtmerchant
well dmg, as one of the "zealots" you so kindly refer to in the above excrement, i wish you luck. unlike most people in the us, i don't apply the same tyrannical connotations to the concept of communism, and as a user of the "communistic" os varity, i would like to point out to you that the internet has grown so enormous due to its "socialistic" practices and the gift economy it embraces (take a night class in sociology or poly-sci, it might actually help with your marketing strategies, plus you might also be able to discern between the two philosphies). i wish you good will, but i am afraid your ideas are a thing of the past. (and good ridance to bad rubbish)
There is one thing that alot of people keep forgetting when discussing Microsoft's plans for Linux, even though it has been discussed here several times. The final hurdle Linux has before becoming a major contender on the desktop is having a decent browser. Face it, Netscape is bloat, Mozilla might never be ready, and Opera and Lynx just don't have the features everyone wants. I can see Microsoft porting Office to Linux, without making the slightest dent on its Windows profits, because Office suites are not what people get a computer for anymore, the Internet is. The day Microsoft decides to port a free, full-featured version of IE to Linux (and I know they already did to Solaris) is the day that Microsoft has given up on fighting the open source movement.
Like that would be worse than a clone made by a big corporation. Imagine a salesman that knows exactly how to lure you in to buying useless crap, instead of ones that just guess.
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There are so many "lego" stories on slashdot, why not make a category and icon specifically for legos. I'll make the the icon if you want.
So now that Kevin Mitnick has been released, what do you think of the theory that you are the new "evil hacker" persona that the powers that be have decided to make an example of?
do not fear the bottom-feeders that threaten legal action. look to the example that mp3 technology has made of lawyers. mp3 has prospered. the bottom-feeders have backed off in search of bigger fish to fry. as soon as some large corporation figures some way to make money off of dvd copying this will all pass by the wayside. http://i.am/dirtmerchant/fuckthelawyers
You completely missed the point of this article. Who cares what kind of response he gets as long as there is a response. The problem with most people is they choose to just exist. They don't want to shake things up or expose themselves and others to new ideas. Take issue with the opinions in the article, not in the fact that he chose to write it.
I agree with you to a point. One of the many strengths of Linux though is that it is not controled by one source, so it is free to branch out in many directions. Keep the distros like slack and debian small and powerful for the purists and let the goons have redhat, mandrake, and caldera with all the rpms, auto installers and plugnpray bloat they want. Either way, Microsoft loses which is good for everyone.
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fire, rocks, water, and oxygen all being inventions.
great. yet another example of technology humanity is not mature enough for, yet keeps rushing into
well i'm not sure who said it, but "It's aboot friggin time!"
Wait until Amazon or somebody patents the Human Genome. I can just see it, a royalty for everytime you fuck with the intention of breeding.
1 life is to short for grammer good an speiln czecherz 2 capitalization is irritating 3 maybe so. and if that is the case, then so be it. i don't consider myself the "target consumer" of most corporate marketing campaigns anyway. 4 if this is true (and trust me, i don't really care either way) it sounds to me like you spent far too much time concentrating on the degree in marketing, without rounding yourself properly. anyone can get a degree. 5 i never said you were dumb, and slashdot is a place of stating opinions. if you'd really spent half the time or resources you claim to have in studying the open-source community, then you would understand this 6 it's dirtmerchant
well dmg, as one of the "zealots" you so kindly refer to in the above excrement, i wish you luck. unlike most people in the us, i don't apply the same tyrannical connotations to the concept of communism, and as a user of the "communistic" os varity, i would like to point out to you that the internet has grown so enormous due to its "socialistic" practices and the gift economy it embraces (take a night class in sociology or poly-sci, it might actually help with your marketing strategies, plus you might also be able to discern between the two philosphies). i wish you good will, but i am afraid your ideas are a thing of the past. (and good ridance to bad rubbish)
There is one thing that alot of people keep forgetting when discussing Microsoft's plans for Linux, even though it has been discussed here several times. The final hurdle Linux has before becoming a major contender on the desktop is having a decent browser. Face it, Netscape is bloat, Mozilla might never be ready, and Opera and Lynx just don't have the features everyone wants. I can see Microsoft porting Office to Linux, without making the slightest dent on its Windows profits, because Office suites are not what people get a computer for anymore, the Internet is. The day Microsoft decides to port a free, full-featured version of IE to Linux (and I know they already did to Solaris) is the day that Microsoft has given up on fighting the open source movement.
puh-lease don't say puh-lease. it is not puh-leasing to the eyes or ears and will cause my minions to get rather ticked off and take measures
Like that would be worse than a clone made by a big corporation. Imagine a salesman that knows exactly how to lure you in to buying useless crap, instead of ones that just guess.
There are so many "lego" stories on slashdot, why not make a category and icon specifically for legos. I'll make the the icon if you want.
So now that Kevin Mitnick has been released, what do you think of the theory that you are the new "evil hacker" persona that the powers that be have decided to make an example of?
do not fear the bottom-feeders that threaten legal action. look to the example that mp3 technology has made of lawyers. mp3 has prospered. the bottom-feeders have backed off in search of bigger fish to fry. as soon as some large corporation figures some way to make money off of dvd copying this will all pass by the wayside. http://i.am/dirtmerchant/fuckthelawyers
opera is multi-platform numbnutz
You completely missed the point of this article. Who cares what kind of response he gets as long as there is a response. The problem with most people is they choose to just exist. They don't want to shake things up or expose themselves and others to new ideas. Take issue with the opinions in the article, not in the fact that he chose to write it.
I agree with you to a point. One of the many strengths of Linux though is that it is not controled by one source, so it is free to branch out in many directions. Keep the distros like slack and debian small and powerful for the purists and let the goons have redhat, mandrake, and caldera with all the rpms, auto installers and plugnpray bloat they want. Either way, Microsoft loses which is good for everyone.