When I first read of a possible MS breakup, I panicked. The first thought in my head: "National Operating System." Think about it.
If the giant from Redmond were indeed split, into say, an OS branch and an applications branch, this would be the government's way of acknowledging that Windows is in complete dominance of our computing systems. The public will see it this way as well. Private sector would of course standardize on an OS with the government's blessing.
I see a future where corporations and middle-of-the-roaders flock to the newly blessed baby MS. Linux will stay in the musty world of hackers and script kiddies, its aspirations of greatness shriveled like a baby human power-pod plucked too soon from the robotic nuturing vine.
Take the red pill, folks. Come to the real world, where market forces should be allowed to shape the future, not unnatural government intervention.
I recently installed a copy of Caldera 2.2 and I must say that the installation routine seems to have progressed a long way from 1.3. It's graphical, did a pretty good job of finding my _ancient_ hardware, and even lets you play tetris while the software installs itself! Also, the new version gives you a graphical KDE login screen by default (which you can't CANCEL like a certain other OS's login dialog...)
Look, this digital standard is intended as a transport mechanism. The sound is still being produced by good old fashioned humbuckers. It's then transported (w/ greater than CD quality) to the amp where it can be reproduced. That amp can be filled with all the cheery tubes you want, man. The digital cable just makes sure there's no signal loss on the way from your ax to the amp. sounds pretty sweet to me.
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Names are easy to remember, 'specially if everyone already knows them. For instance, my little subnet uses:
The scientist names are easy to remember, professional-sounding, and a neat tribute to those who have come before.
If i get any more comps i'll try
That newton guy is on his own. :-)
When I first read of a possible MS breakup, I panicked. The first thought in my head: "National Operating System." Think about it.
If the giant from Redmond were indeed split, into say, an OS branch and an applications branch, this would be the government's way of acknowledging that Windows is in complete dominance of our computing systems. The public will see it this way as well. Private sector would of course standardize on an OS with the government's blessing.
I see a future where corporations and middle-of-the-roaders flock to the newly blessed baby MS. Linux will stay in the musty world of hackers and script kiddies, its aspirations of greatness shriveled like a baby human power-pod plucked too soon from the robotic nuturing vine.
Take the red pill, folks. Come to the real world, where market forces should be allowed to shape the future, not unnatural government intervention.
I recently installed a copy of Caldera 2.2 and I must say that the installation routine seems to have progressed a long way from 1.3. It's graphical, did a pretty good job of finding my _ancient_ hardware, and even lets you play tetris while the software installs itself! Also, the new version gives you a graphical KDE login screen by default (which you can't CANCEL like a certain other OS's login dialog...)
Tetris rules.
Look, this digital standard is intended as a transport mechanism. The sound is still being produced by good old fashioned humbuckers. It's then transported (w/ greater than CD quality) to the amp where it can be reproduced. That amp can be filled with all the cheery tubes you want, man. The digital cable just makes sure there's no signal loss on the way from your ax to the amp. sounds pretty sweet to me.