Agree and one can also not discount the WIN32 API and Visual Basic either. I loath them both at this stage in my career but they are what I and many others started on and there are thousands, if not more then a million, internal business apps running on both these technologies. The lure of easy was just too hard to resist, not to mention marketed brilliantly, (criminally even!) by MS.
You're right,./ers hate to hear it, I hate to hear it or say it, but your right.
Calm down, he's not +5, he's +1 and since Mike Buddha was marked Troll he has since been modded +5 insightful.
Give it time, this article is new. Given the situation now I think it's safe to say that most readers will see the first comment, go "what an ass" and then see the second and go "yeah, OK, I was going to post but Mike took care of it../ moderation is not real time but it, for the most part, works really well as shown by these two comments.
But I think it would have been better had he left out things like the "NSFW" acronym, the "bold" quotes (*sure*) and the ??? at the end of a couple of questions. I hate nothing more then those annoying emails that come from a coworker asking "Where are the files you just showed me two minutes ago!?? I can't find them?????"
I mean, like OMG, are we *really sure* that the target audience knows what these very web based conventions are and mean????
I'm totally serious and I love Linux or wouldn't be sitting here talking about it 13 years after I found the aforementioned sites.
What's wrong with linux.org? You don't like red? There is no flash, no ani-crap of any kind. There are a few discreet ads to the side that actually offer products I may be interested in buying. (books ftw!)
The page is neatly laid out to provide you links to news about Linux, documentation for Linux, applications for Linux, etc. Glancing at it for a quick minute shows a wealth of useful starting points for both new users and experienced gurus.
IMHO there is still room on the web for pages that don't dance in your face and just provide useful information.
The LDP? Yes, it's pretty messy. But it is also a mountain of documentation on the use and history of Linux and other free software. To me it's warts are a lot easier to handle then this chaotic soup.
Actually, she sued(not that I agree with it) because the lid was not on when the coffee was handed to her and it spilled. She went back inside to see if she could have another cup of coffee. She was denied, so then she sued. Penny wise, pound foolish I say.
It's not obvious from browsing around the OLPC/SC site what software the XO laptops will be running; but by following links one gets the impression that they will be powered by Linux, not XP.
Forgive me if I take a wait-and-see approach on this until I hear what MS's PR department has to say about the project...
Maybe, and this is typical of them, they are just hoping hardware improves enough in the time running up to the final release that people won't notice.
Where were all these protesters during the last 8 years when Bush was acting like an idiot?
I'd say a lot of them were a bit scared off by the "Protesting the war? That's terrorist talk. Why do you hate America?" rhetoric so popular since 9/11. It seems we are again seeing an attitude that doesn't automatically paint you as a potential threat to America just becasue you don't agree with the Republican party.
This reminds of what Bill G. said about people illegally using Windows in China. MS would rather give you the first hit free so you get hooked. When you come crawling back for more to feed your habit then they'll charge you for it.
Sorry but MS has violated the publics trust so many times I just can't ever see anything good in their marketing attempts.
What I really think we're about to see is conservative whites in America learning what it's like to be a minority in a democracy - what they derided as "whining" by blacks and other minorities for all these years.
Agreed, like John Stewart said...
You're in the minority now. It's supposed to taste like a sh!t taco.
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Agree and one can also not discount the WIN32 API and Visual Basic either. I loath them both at this stage in my career but they are what I and many others started on and there are thousands, if not more then a million, internal business apps running on both these technologies. The lure of easy was just too hard to resist, not to mention marketed brilliantly, (criminally even!) by MS.
You're right, ./ers hate to hear it, I hate to hear it or say it, but your right.
Calm down, he's not +5, he's +1 and since Mike Buddha was marked Troll he has since been modded +5
insightful.
Give it time, this article is new. Given the situation now I think it's safe to say that most readers ./ moderation is not real time but it, for the most part, works really
will see the first comment, go "what an ass" and then see the second and go "yeah, OK, I was going to
post but Mike took care of it.
well as shown by these two comments.
... what could possibly go wrong?
No way, Google changed their logo for this! It *has* to be real!
and then of course there's the roads, And the sanitation. Hmm, and wine. Of course it's very safe these days, there is the safety.
Well besides the roads, the wine, the safety and the sanitation I ask again, what have the Romans ever done for us?
But I think it would have been better had he left out things like the "NSFW" acronym, the "bold" quotes (*sure*) and the ??? at the end of a couple of questions. I hate nothing more then those annoying emails that come from a coworker asking "Where are the files you just showed me two minutes ago!?? I can't find them?????"
I mean, like OMG, are we *really sure* that the target audience knows what these very web based conventions are and mean????
Yeah, I saw it after I replied. No need to apologize, I shouldn't have bothered with
my comment.
Also, it's "clamouring" or "clamoring".
WTF are you talking about?
I'm totally serious and I love Linux or wouldn't be sitting here talking about it 13 years after I found the aforementioned sites.
What's wrong with linux.org? You don't like red? There is no flash, no ani-crap of any kind. There are a few discreet ads to the
side that actually offer products I may be interested in buying. (books ftw!)
The page is neatly laid out to provide you links to news about Linux, documentation for Linux, applications for Linux, etc. Glancing
at it for a quick minute shows a wealth of useful starting points for both new users and experienced gurus.
IMHO there is still room on the web for pages that don't dance in your face and just provide useful information.
The LDP? Yes, it's pretty messy. But it is also a mountain of documentation on the use and history of Linux and other free software.
To me it's warts are a lot easier to handle then this chaotic soup.
and having a soft spot in my heart for them since I discovered Linux in 1995 I still think linux.org and The LDP are way better then this...
Seconded. Just checked a Vista box installed here at the office. It was Vista Ultimate.
Does version make a difference?
Wow, two comments and /.'ed already. Who knew MS-DEBUG had such power to make people want to actually RTFA!
Actually, she sued(not that I agree with it) because the lid was not on when the coffee was handed to her and it spilled. She went back inside to see if she could have another cup of coffee. She was denied, so then she sued. Penny wise, pound foolish I say.
[citation needed]
They just put the fear of god into srjc_p1mp69.
I think srjcSuxors is going to have a hard time too...
It's not obvious from browsing around the OLPC/SC site what software the XO laptops will be running; but by following links one gets the impression that they will be powered by Linux, not XP.
Forgive me if I take a wait-and-see approach on this until I hear what MS's PR department has to say about the project...
Maybe, and this is typical of them, they are just hoping hardware improves enough in the time running up to the final release that people won't notice.
Where were all these protesters during the last 8 years when Bush was acting like an idiot?
I'd say a lot of them were a bit scared off by the "Protesting the war? That's terrorist talk. Why do you hate America?" rhetoric so popular since 9/11.
It seems we are again seeing an attitude that doesn't automatically paint you as a potential threat to America just becasue you don't agree with the
Republican party.
Actually there was a time when Microsoft was hailed as the white knight in the shiny armor freeing us from the evil IBM empire.
Yeah but that was ~twenty years ago, which is like two hundred in do^H^H computer years.
Since then Lancelot has screwed the king's wife and is off in the wilderness slowly going insane.
IE8, Office 2007 SP2. Only difference is that it only works in Firefox.
There, fixed that for you.
OK, I'll bite.
This reminds of what Bill G. said about people illegally using Windows in China. MS would rather give you the first hit free
so you get hooked. When you come crawling back for more to feed your habit then they'll charge you for it.
Sorry but MS has violated the publics trust so many times I just can't ever see anything good in their marketing attempts.
What I really think we're about to see is conservative whites in America learning what it's like to be a minority in a democracy - what they derided as "whining" by blacks and other minorities for all these years.
Agreed, like John Stewart said ...
You're in the minority now. It's supposed to taste like a sh!t taco.
Great. Thanks. Now I have to RTFA to find out if your serious or not.
Why do you hate /.?
Ah, did not know that... Was thinking of Quake when I wrote it . :-)
you can smile with me.
:-)
I predict Frack, Frell and Frag are coming soon...