Maybe I'm just speaking my mind.. but why not adopt the same business approach to Apple. Mac OS X (Darwin Linux) is nothing more than a an altered distro compiled for specific hardware of their choosing.
Dell can write code and support their existing hardware because all components are generic to their specifications.
1.intrusion of privacy
2.administration of law outside legal jurisdiction
3.stealing computing time
4.stealing bandwidth from us who need it.
5.intellectual property compromise
wrong.fuckers.misguided.immoral.
lets reverse engineer this and use it on them! see how they fucking like it.
another bunch of politicians that decide our everyday freedoms.
that is one very good scenario; if only we had more users like that, it would be a more open source world. but until then, people that use their machine for more then a few simple tasks will just have to settle for the ride with ms because of compatibility issues(games, aplications):(
some distros that would be written from sratch and oriented towards usability might turn the balance upside down (glad to see that real and novell are doing their part)
why would someone want to migrate from a primarily gui and user friendly environment to one that requires an unlimited amount of time (at least from their perspective)? yes, i know we have kde and gnobe they would use first, BUT the existing gui is not enough (at least in my opinion from selling linux desktop machines) without knoledge of command line. ms's oses can be used without knoledge of/etc
this is not in perticular to the prev. w98 users, but a large amount of users seeking alternatives.
USERS WANT EASY - granted linux is going in that direction (especially the suse distro) but we still haven't reached the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; people might preffer usability, compatibility and to be able to get by with existing knowhow.
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Maybe I'm just speaking my mind.. but why not adopt the same business approach to Apple. Mac OS X (Darwin Linux) is nothing more than a an altered distro compiled for specific hardware of their choosing.
Dell can write code and support their existing hardware because all components are generic to their specifications.
My 2c worth.
so what this article is trying to explain is that its not the slow, old, asian, female or tired people to blame it on?
1.intrusion of privacy
2.administration of law outside legal jurisdiction
3.stealing computing time
4.stealing bandwidth from us who need it.
5.intellectual property compromise
wrong.fuckers.misguided.immoral.
lets reverse engineer this and use it on them! see how they fucking like it.
another bunch of politicians that decide our everyday freedoms.
but they dont' have computer viruses in africa!
STANDARDISE THIS!
hello hackers-do you need more of an open invitation than that?
I am sorry, you have damaged your front fender; would you like to pay $2.95 for a new one? *bring up the payment option*
lol! and lets not forget the price of upgrading your machine...
might be cheaper to buy a car in real life X>)
advertising causes me therapy
what about global dimming ( wiki dimming)?? theres more than one side to this story
no evidence; in my personal opinion i don't thing their were being serial (not the cereal you eat for breakfast lol)
lol they'll have to do better than that!
leave the research alone; we're not meant to live forever by nature!
we would run out of new and interesting porn to check out!
some distros that would be written from sratch and oriented towards usability might turn the balance upside down (glad to see that real and novell are doing their part)
lets look at this from an end-user's perspective:
/etc
why would someone want to migrate from a primarily gui and user friendly environment to one that requires an unlimited amount of time (at least from their perspective)? yes, i know we have kde and gnobe they would use first, BUT the existing gui is not enough (at least in my opinion from selling linux desktop machines) without knoledge of command line. ms's oses can be used without knoledge of
this is not in perticular to the prev. w98 users, but a large amount of users seeking alternatives.
USERS WANT EASY - granted linux is going in that direction (especially the suse distro) but we still haven't reached the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; people might preffer usability, compatibility and to be able to get by with existing knowhow.