I use Debian netinst on my own machines. I don't disagree, but it's still awfully gnarly, with a lot of cruft (and dependencies which can break--bad but not terrible on a desktop, game-breaking on a consumer "toy" computer like this). Easier in a lot of ways to construct your own.
Um, yes, and how does that have anything to do with what I said? I told him to stop bitching that people were still using IE because nobody is going to pay attention to his little "you should upgrade!111" disclaimer.
add a disclaimer at the bottom, "If your user agent has MSIE in it, then this page was served as text/html. Maybe you should stop using MSIE if you are, or change your user agent if you aren't." Or...you can make it work for them and stop bitching.
Nobody really cares what work you have to do in order to make a site work for them. Your whining doesn't serve the purpose you want it to.
It has. But unfortunately people who do not understand the issues are the ones making the choices. There are still a number of things it lacks. And don't you like how anyone criticizing lamps automatically get marked down. Especially the M, and P part. Well, yeah. Slashthink.
And of course MySQL has problems. It really is too bad that the people making decisions are the clueless ones. OTOH, MySQL does at least one huge thing better than PostgreSQL: clustering. That is a very good reason not to use pgsql...
I maintain that there's nothing wrong with PHP, though. It has problems if you hire bad coders, but even average coders can quickly write clean, secure PHP.
Mind you, I use Linux. I write OSS code. And I'll still say you're an idiot.
I have not seen a single bluescreen on Windows XP that wasn't related to hardware problems. Those same bluescreens caused kernel panics on Linux.
Linux supports more hardware out of the box, but supports much of it poorly. While you often need drivers on Windows, the drivers tend to be of much higher quality. Don't start whining "well, the hardware guys should open their spec"--that's irrelevant, it's an excuse, and no user gives a shit about excuses.
Windows also has better applications in general--and most of the good OSS stuff has freeware equivalents on Windows, if the stuff isn't directly ported! OpenOffice, The GIMP (oh, wait, we're talking about good applications, my bad)...the list is pretty long. The Linux UI is still bad; even KDE, the best of the lot, has a bunch of sharp edges out there and the difference between Qt and GTK applications is enough to confuse and piss off a lot of people.
Windows is also generally easier to administer. Linux is more powerful, but most folks don't need that power. Even on a desktop system (remember, they're going to have hundreds of these), it's easier for most sysadmins to manage Windows clients, too.
And since Windows comes by default with just about all the computers out there (making its effective cost $0, and don't bother boring anyone with the "Windows tax" blather), nobody has a good reason to switch.
Stop trashing Windows and make Linux better, and you'll see improvements in usage. The corporate market is arguably a lot smarter than you. They know what works well for them. If it didn't work acceptably compared to the alternatives, they'd switch.
No community service requirement in the real world. Ahahah. That's funny.
We're forced to fork over more and more tax money every year for idiotic social programs and wealth redistribution. We may not be serving time, but our money sure is.
MySQL is just a database wannabe, and php is the shits for security MySQL has made great strides in recent years, and is getting to the point where it's difficult to choose between it and PostgreSQL for most tasks--especially web-based work where you don't need a high-end database.
PHP is perfectly secure if you aren't a bad programmer.
You're not quite right here.. You don't have to pay "out the wazoo" for Microsoft's documentation. The MSDN documentation for Win32,.NET, DirectX, et al. is available for free. (I don't know about Apple and OS X; I prefer to have a working computer, not a pretty one.)
While having the API available could be nice in some edge cases, it's meaningless (and a bit dangerous, given Linux's habit of changing things without much warning) for most programmers to be mucking about in the API.
There's still no money going back to the original programmers when UncleTogie installs Ubuntu on a user's PC. That is what makes it infeasible for small developers to make a living on code--either you contract out to or work directly for a company that has the technical wherewithal to support Linux development (IBM, Red Hat, whoever) or you starve. With closed-source software you can at least make a living wage off your work.
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While your point is good, I lol'd at this from McAfee: "excessive pop-up ads."
"Excessive" pop-up ads? How about any pop-up ads?
Canadian Shield.
There's a difference?
I use Debian netinst on my own machines. I don't disagree, but it's still awfully gnarly, with a lot of cruft (and dependencies which can break--bad but not terrible on a desktop, game-breaking on a consumer "toy" computer like this). Easier in a lot of ways to construct your own.
How's text/html slower?
And...I should believe that why?
Politicians are untrustworthy until proven dead.
Um, yes, and how does that have anything to do with what I said? I told him to stop bitching that people were still using IE because nobody is going to pay attention to his little "you should upgrade!111" disclaimer.
Well put.
Nobody really cares what work you have to do in order to make a site work for them. Your whining doesn't serve the purpose you want it to.
Sad, but true.
Wow, Microsoft just can't win with retards like you. I don't assume good faith with Microsoft, but I give them credit for trying to unfuck themselves.
Fucking morons...
Uh-huh. The funny thing is that these people scream "I won't use it", but I'd bet long odds they're the ones still using IE or Firefox on Windows...
And of course MySQL has problems. It really is too bad that the people making decisions are the clueless ones. OTOH, MySQL does at least one huge thing better than PostgreSQL: clustering. That is a very good reason not to use pgsql...
I maintain that there's nothing wrong with PHP, though. It has problems if you hire bad coders, but even average coders can quickly write clean, secure PHP.
Because those are very large distros, and customizing them is not terribly easy.
It's 800x480, champ. On a 7" screen, that's not bad. Also take into account how cheap the thing is.
Mind you, I use Linux. I write OSS code. And I'll still say you're an idiot.
I have not seen a single bluescreen on Windows XP that wasn't related to hardware problems. Those same bluescreens caused kernel panics on Linux.
Linux supports more hardware out of the box, but supports much of it poorly. While you often need drivers on Windows, the drivers tend to be of much higher quality. Don't start whining "well, the hardware guys should open their spec"--that's irrelevant, it's an excuse, and no user gives a shit about excuses.
Windows also has better applications in general--and most of the good OSS stuff has freeware equivalents on Windows, if the stuff isn't directly ported! OpenOffice, The GIMP (oh, wait, we're talking about good applications, my bad)...the list is pretty long. The Linux UI is still bad; even KDE, the best of the lot, has a bunch of sharp edges out there and the difference between Qt and GTK applications is enough to confuse and piss off a lot of people.
Windows is also generally easier to administer. Linux is more powerful, but most folks don't need that power. Even on a desktop system (remember, they're going to have hundreds of these), it's easier for most sysadmins to manage Windows clients, too.
And since Windows comes by default with just about all the computers out there (making its effective cost $0, and don't bother boring anyone with the "Windows tax" blather), nobody has a good reason to switch.
Stop trashing Windows and make Linux better, and you'll see improvements in usage. The corporate market is arguably a lot smarter than you. They know what works well for them. If it didn't work acceptably compared to the alternatives, they'd switch.
No community service requirement in the real world. Ahahah. That's funny.
We're forced to fork over more and more tax money every year for idiotic social programs and wealth redistribution. We may not be serving time, but our money sure is.
PHP is perfectly secure if you aren't a bad programmer.
You have documentation for that in the MSDN, so obviously using I/O, network, et al. isn't a problem with closed-source software.
It's fucking useless for most programmers to be screwing with the environment's code.
Are you retarded?
Yes, I am.
Is it Wednesday? I have it on good authority that Wednesday is Rob's turn to enact trollan gaemz.
Mods: you done got trolled, idiots. That line does not exist in the article.
Tip: If the fucktarded anonymous coward CAN'T SPELL, that's generally a good indication.
Right. See PHP6 for details (holy shit, PHP doing something right?!).
You're not quite right here.. You don't have to pay "out the wazoo" for Microsoft's documentation. The MSDN documentation for Win32, .NET, DirectX, et al. is available for free. (I don't know about Apple and OS X; I prefer to have a working computer, not a pretty one.)
While having the API available could be nice in some edge cases, it's meaningless (and a bit dangerous, given Linux's habit of changing things without much warning) for most programmers to be mucking about in the API.
There's still no money going back to the original programmers when UncleTogie installs Ubuntu on a user's PC. That is what makes it infeasible for small developers to make a living on code--either you contract out to or work directly for a company that has the technical wherewithal to support Linux development (IBM, Red Hat, whoever) or you starve. With closed-source software you can at least make a living wage off your work.
CAN/CVE numbers from the last three months please.