Linux *is* generally faster for equivalent functionality. Those "reduced" window managers you're disparaging actually do about as much as the Windows GUI, and the full-featured desktop environments like KDE do far, far more than the Windows GUI does.
But that's impossible... Linux isn't Ready For The Desktop!
The same thing could have been said about Netscape. The point is that this gives people a point to rally around, and something to improve. It's classic Cathedral&Bazaar stuff.
You have to give the Notepad guys credit for the fact that it is an incredibly easy product when it comes to configuring it for your needs. For me, out of college, going to Vim was a culture shock because the process of learning Vim was so convoluted and drawn out for simple stuff. I know that Vim and Emacs can be much more powerful than Notepad, but there is something to be said for how easy it is for a developer to install Notepad and just start working with it.
Sure, but personal conviction is irrelevant here. I want to question the methods used to arrive at those personal convictions. So far, all I have is an ancient version of Darl McBride's rants based on his personal convictions that Linux infringes on SCO's copyrights. Sure, he might be convinced, but I have a higher standard of evidence.
Sure, to be homeless in a welfare state, you'd have to be mentally ill. That doesn't mean you're not an edge case; It just means that the system has done a crappy job of keeping the mentally ill from falling through the cracks.
That sounds almost like Alberta. Well, except Alberta's economy was been booming under Klein's regime, and nobody has accused him of murdering his opponents, but that's still a pretty high approval rating. Why is it so high? The impression the media here gives us is that Putin is a ruthless dictator and enemy of the people. (Media bias, anyone?)
Enthusiasm doesn't equate with truth. It might indicate a particular set of beliefs, but people have been and continue to be mistaken in their beliefs. See James Randi's website for numerous examples. If you don't like those, there's always Google.
Well, some people expected "either version 2 or (at your option) any later version". That would have been more desirable, from the standpoint of everyone except Sun (and perhaps even Sun, if others follow with their own "GPLv2 only" licensing schemes---cf. what happened with the BSD advertising clause), but this will do for now.
Do wealthier people consume more of a country's police, military, health care, subsidized education, and welfare services than middle-class people do, that justifies having them pay more for those services?
I'm not necessarily arguing in favour of regressive taxation, but I'm curious as to why you seem to think it's something that can be summarily dismissed.
Read what I wrote, not what you'd like to believe I wrote. The vast majority of people who use computers use Windows, and the vast majority of people in general are swayed by computer-related propaganda, mostly because:
They don't have much first-hand knowledge about computers, free software, or DRM; and
They aren't accustomed to doing research and using sound reasoning to draw conclusions
I'm not claiming that "all people who don't use Linux are dumb", as you would like to believe. I'm simply stating what is a fact of life in 2006.
Most computer-savvy people already know about (and generally dislike) DRM. As I said, this campaign doesn't seem to be targeted at them, and it doesn't really need to be.
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It looks awfully familiar.
You misspelled "gigawatt".
5 mm / second * 604800 seconds = 3024 m circumference = 963 m diameter
This building is going to be nearly a full kilometre in the diagonal??
Point taken.
It's been 10 seconds since you hit 'reply'.
... multi-platform office suite that excels in Microsoft Office compatibilityHar har!
hahahhahahhahaha oh MAN that's a good one. never woulda thought of that! my hat to you, sir!
(Repeated because it applies just as well to the parent as to the grandparent.)
Because they got rid of most of their Jewish population.
But that's impossible ... Linux isn't Ready For The Desktop!
The same thing could have been said about Netscape. The point is that this gives people a point to rally around, and something to improve. It's classic Cathedral&Bazaar stuff.
It sounds like my example cut exactly the way I intended it to.
You have to give the Notepad guys credit for the fact that it is an incredibly easy product when it comes to configuring it for your needs. For me, out of college, going to Vim was a culture shock because the process of learning Vim was so convoluted and drawn out for simple stuff. I know that Vim and Emacs can be much more powerful than Notepad, but there is something to be said for how easy it is for a developer to install Notepad and just start working with it.
It's a bloody pain in the ass to port UNIX/POSIX/Linux software to it, unlike OS X.
Why not? It won him another election, and you only get two in the US.
Dumb compared to the average American? Of course not. Dumb compared to other presidents? You bet.
Simple: Now you can be blamed for crimes committed with a clone of your passport, because obviously such passports are impossible to clone.
Sure, but personal conviction is irrelevant here. I want to question the methods used to arrive at those personal convictions. So far, all I have is an ancient version of Darl McBride's rants based on his personal convictions that Linux infringes on SCO's copyrights. Sure, he might be convinced, but I have a higher standard of evidence.
Huh? GNU classpath and libstdc++ are GPLv2 "or any later version", with the linking exception. I don't follow your reasoning.
Sure, to be homeless in a welfare state, you'd have to be mentally ill. That doesn't mean you're not an edge case; It just means that the system has done a crappy job of keeping the mentally ill from falling through the cracks.
That sounds almost like Alberta. Well, except Alberta's economy was been booming under Klein's regime, and nobody has accused him of murdering his opponents, but that's still a pretty high approval rating. Why is it so high? The impression the media here gives us is that Putin is a ruthless dictator and enemy of the people. (Media bias, anyone?)
Enthusiasm doesn't equate with truth. It might indicate a particular set of beliefs, but people have been and continue to be mistaken in their beliefs. See James Randi's website for numerous examples. If you don't like those, there's always Google.
In many communities, they're extreme edge cases. Yes, they have to be considered, but they by no means refute the parent's post.
Well, some people expected "either version 2 or (at your option) any later version". That would have been more desirable, from the standpoint of everyone except Sun (and perhaps even Sun, if others follow with their own "GPLv2 only" licensing schemes---cf. what happened with the BSD advertising clause), but this will do for now.
So says a witness who, conveniently, can't be questioned.
Do wealthier people consume more of a country's police, military, health care, subsidized education, and welfare services than middle-class people do, that justifies having them pay more for those services?
I'm not necessarily arguing in favour of regressive taxation, but I'm curious as to why you seem to think it's something that can be summarily dismissed.
Read what I wrote, not what you'd like to believe I wrote. The vast majority of people who use computers use Windows, and the vast majority of people in general are swayed by computer-related propaganda, mostly because:
I'm not claiming that "all people who don't use Linux are dumb", as you would like to believe. I'm simply stating what is a fact of life in 2006.
Most computer-savvy people already know about (and generally dislike) DRM. As I said, this campaign doesn't seem to be targeted at them, and it doesn't really need to be.