Those of us who don't want to be subjected to your advertisement feces will not be. It doesn't matter if you come to our houses with a loudspeaker and a jumbotron, we're not going to pay attention because we a capable of thinking for ourselves and we have shit to do. You are only increasing the amount of time it takes us to do what we need to, lowering our overall productivity, and slowing down the economy. But go ahead, do whatever you think you need to do to increase your "profits" in the short term, because in the long term, we'll find other places to go that don't try to force shit on us.
So how many versions did you upgrade at once? "Completely different?" I think not. Sure there are minor changes to how things look across consecutive versions, nothing is as drastic as you describe. You just sound like an old man waving his cane around.
Are you one of those "if they have nothing to hide, what are they afraid of?" anti-privacy douchebags? It's not fear that makes me not want any jerkoff with a keyboard to be able to find out anything about me. It's the simple fact that some things are nobody else's fucking business. If you want to live in a glass box, that's your business, more power to you.
Cost of being allowed to do business. Social responsibilities. They make use of the same public works and services the rest of us do, which have nothing to do with rights.
Then why bother with all the cloak-and-dagger accounting? Why not just pay it up front and get it over with, saving the expenses of all the book cooking? It's not as simple as you make it sound, and somebody is getting fucked in the ass because of it.
A 35% corporate tax is absolutely ridiculous. What does the government provide Google that it should be entitled to 35% of their profits?
The means of its existence, i.e., the internet. Invented and developed by government employees, remember? Maybe something about not biting the hand that feeds you?
A corporation is a legal entity, with almost as many rights as an individual, more all the time lately. It's not a situation I agree with but it is a reality.
Not in open advertising, no, but MS has an entire PR department they send out to businesses and government agencies who are looking at platform options. No such thing exists for linux, there isn't one overarching "Linux" conglomerate that could compete with the powerhouse of Microsoft. In that MS truly displays their monopolistic tendencies. And it's much more apparent overseas than here. And the big thing holding back profitable linux desktops: gaming. That's the market linux needs to get to really take off as a desktop platform.
It also isn't adequate having the people who make decisions such as this receiving "contributions" from Diebold and the like. A superior system could be ready now, just waiting for a go, but it wouldn't happen because open source isn't greasing palms.
It's still just marketing. No linux distro has ever had a solid marketing campaign behind it. And the availability of choice doesn't mean you have to make use of it. A default Ubuntu desktop would be perfectly fine for 90% of users. In fact, you could set it up with a windows theme and most people would never know the difference. As far as preinstalled systems go, nobody has ever made a real go at it. They've made half-assed attempts that offer it as an option without ever really explaining what it was.
I agree with that, it wasn't ready until about 2-3 years ago. I'd tried numerous linux distros over about a decade and they were all unusable disasters. Now though? I'd feel comfortable setting up a linux pc for my parents.
You're taking the analogy further than I intended. A viable replacement system could be ready in months, all it would take is someone with authority to say "do it."
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Those of us who don't want to be subjected to your advertisement feces will not be. It doesn't matter if you come to our houses with a loudspeaker and a jumbotron, we're not going to pay attention because we a capable of thinking for ourselves and we have shit to do. You are only increasing the amount of time it takes us to do what we need to, lowering our overall productivity, and slowing down the economy. But go ahead, do whatever you think you need to do to increase your "profits" in the short term, because in the long term, we'll find other places to go that don't try to force shit on us.
more like a microbrew, really
So how many versions did you upgrade at once? "Completely different?" I think not. Sure there are minor changes to how things look across consecutive versions, nothing is as drastic as you describe. You just sound like an old man waving his cane around.
Seriously. Their names get stupider every release.
screw that, I want to see cities on the moon
Insignificant. It would take millennia to remove that much mass from the moon.
You joke but that's exactly what we should do. If there is an adequate amount of the minerals present, there's our incentive to get back to the moon.
Have you ever posted anything that wasn't a troll?
You seem to be suffering from some sort of delusional psychosis. Further conversation can serve no purpose. Enjoy your "power."
Are you one of those "if they have nothing to hide, what are they afraid of?" anti-privacy douchebags? It's not fear that makes me not want any jerkoff with a keyboard to be able to find out anything about me. It's the simple fact that some things are nobody else's fucking business. If you want to live in a glass box, that's your business, more power to you.
How's your wife, Rachel?
Cost of being allowed to do business. Social responsibilities. They make use of the same public works and services the rest of us do, which have nothing to do with rights.
ouch...I'm hurt...
tell your mom to remember her fucking diaphragm next time
Then why bother with all the cloak-and-dagger accounting? Why not just pay it up front and get it over with, saving the expenses of all the book cooking? It's not as simple as you make it sound, and somebody is getting fucked in the ass because of it.
A 35% corporate tax is absolutely ridiculous. What does the government provide Google that it should be entitled to 35% of their profits?
The means of its existence, i.e., the internet. Invented and developed by government employees, remember? Maybe something about not biting the hand that feeds you?
wanna bet?
it appalls me that corporations have first amendment rights in the eyes of the law
A corporation is a legal entity, with almost as many rights as an individual, more all the time lately. It's not a situation I agree with but it is a reality.
insightful? are you shitting me?
too bad there's no "+1 painful reality" tag
Bad? No. Socially irresponsible? That's open for debate.
that won't stop them
Greedy fucking assholes.
Not in open advertising, no, but MS has an entire PR department they send out to businesses and government agencies who are looking at platform options. No such thing exists for linux, there isn't one overarching "Linux" conglomerate that could compete with the powerhouse of Microsoft. In that MS truly displays their monopolistic tendencies. And it's much more apparent overseas than here. And the big thing holding back profitable linux desktops: gaming. That's the market linux needs to get to really take off as a desktop platform.
It also isn't adequate having the people who make decisions such as this receiving "contributions" from Diebold and the like. A superior system could be ready now, just waiting for a go, but it wouldn't happen because open source isn't greasing palms.
I joined the listsrv, totally willing to see what happens.
It's still just marketing. No linux distro has ever had a solid marketing campaign behind it. And the availability of choice doesn't mean you have to make use of it. A default Ubuntu desktop would be perfectly fine for 90% of users. In fact, you could set it up with a windows theme and most people would never know the difference. As far as preinstalled systems go, nobody has ever made a real go at it. They've made half-assed attempts that offer it as an option without ever really explaining what it was.
I agree with that, it wasn't ready until about 2-3 years ago. I'd tried numerous linux distros over about a decade and they were all unusable disasters. Now though? I'd feel comfortable setting up a linux pc for my parents.
You're taking the analogy further than I intended. A viable replacement system could be ready in months, all it would take is someone with authority to say "do it."