Open source - don't you love it? Imagine what would happen if open source sware could be suddenly transformed to "mainstream."
Sales dork: Hi. Want to buy some software?
Customer: Sure. I need email, word processing, and spreadsheets.
Sales dork: Great. Let me rattle off the really lame names of the distros (understatement.)
Customer: Those names are really stupid, and what are distros?
Sales dork: You have to pick from a variety of "same but different" operating systems called distros.
Customer: Why don't I just get Windows?
Sales dork: You don't want Windows. Windows desktop market share is only 90%.
Customer: So it's a standard.
Sales dork: Yeah, but you want to be challenged - especially by a lame-sounding OS.
Customer: I just want to write emails and letters and be able to add up numbers.
Sales dork: You should spent the better part of your life figuring out *nix.
Customer: Why?
Sales dork: If you don't, you'll be stupid.
Customer: I make three million dollars a year. I just want to write letters.
Sales dork: You're stupid.
Customer: You make $10/hour.
Sales dork: But I can compile kernels!
Customer: You're an idiot.
Sales dork: But I can compile kernels!
Customer: You are an uneducated, smelly, fat wanna-be.
Sales dork: But I can compile kernels!
Customer: I'm going somewhere else now.
Sales dork: But I can compile kernels!
Customer: Uh...yeah. Enjoy your mom's basement.
Sales dork: Standards suck! More distros! Down with Windows! I can compile kernels!
Customer: Bye.
Sales dork: Hey! What's so bad about Mom's basement?! It's been good for 32 years!
THAT is why Linux is doomed. Ironically, the very people so in love with *nux will bury it.
I'm a capitalist, BTW. When *nux is on 90% of desktops, I'll become an avid fan. Wait, that will never happen - too many distros and division. Hrm...well, should one ever become as easy to use as Windows, I'm sure I'll hear about it and care. Until then, keep stinking.
One question - why don't any of the *nux security flaws get widespread attention? Oh...'cause no one gives a damn, that's why. I guess if more people used it (or could), it would be different.
I don't have the time to be politically correct in my posting (hierarchically). Sorry for that.
Anyways, hippies take note: MS owns the desktop environment. OWNS. Does this make any sense at all to you? Apple's feeble attempt to appeal to the "hip, cool" sect is a waste of time. It's a joke, actually. I deal with a lot of clients, and they think it's an embarrassment. That's how businesses see the ads - as embarrassing pieces of garbage.
It's very wise of Apple to make their technology embarrassing to businesses. It's exactly what they've always done.
But hey! They can always give machines to schools! There's no better feeling than giving to "will one day be adults using PCs" Apples. Hah! Sheesh...they should be prosecuted.
Rock on, hippies!
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Open source - don't you love it? Imagine what would happen if open source sware could be suddenly transformed to "mainstream." Sales dork: Hi. Want to buy some software? Customer: Sure. I need email, word processing, and spreadsheets. Sales dork: Great. Let me rattle off the really lame names of the distros (understatement.) Customer: Those names are really stupid, and what are distros? Sales dork: You have to pick from a variety of "same but different" operating systems called distros. Customer: Why don't I just get Windows? Sales dork: You don't want Windows. Windows desktop market share is only 90%. Customer: So it's a standard. Sales dork: Yeah, but you want to be challenged - especially by a lame-sounding OS. Customer: I just want to write emails and letters and be able to add up numbers. Sales dork: You should spent the better part of your life figuring out *nix. Customer: Why? Sales dork: If you don't, you'll be stupid. Customer: I make three million dollars a year. I just want to write letters. Sales dork: You're stupid. Customer: You make $10/hour. Sales dork: But I can compile kernels! Customer: You're an idiot. Sales dork: But I can compile kernels! Customer: You are an uneducated, smelly, fat wanna-be. Sales dork: But I can compile kernels! Customer: I'm going somewhere else now. Sales dork: But I can compile kernels! Customer: Uh...yeah. Enjoy your mom's basement. Sales dork: Standards suck! More distros! Down with Windows! I can compile kernels! Customer: Bye. Sales dork: Hey! What's so bad about Mom's basement?! It's been good for 32 years! THAT is why Linux is doomed. Ironically, the very people so in love with *nux will bury it. I'm a capitalist, BTW. When *nux is on 90% of desktops, I'll become an avid fan. Wait, that will never happen - too many distros and division. Hrm...well, should one ever become as easy to use as Windows, I'm sure I'll hear about it and care. Until then, keep stinking. One question - why don't any of the *nux security flaws get widespread attention? Oh...'cause no one gives a damn, that's why. I guess if more people used it (or could), it would be different.
I don't have the time to be politically correct in my posting (hierarchically). Sorry for that. Anyways, hippies take note: MS owns the desktop environment. OWNS. Does this make any sense at all to you? Apple's feeble attempt to appeal to the "hip, cool" sect is a waste of time. It's a joke, actually. I deal with a lot of clients, and they think it's an embarrassment. That's how businesses see the ads - as embarrassing pieces of garbage. It's very wise of Apple to make their technology embarrassing to businesses. It's exactly what they've always done. But hey! They can always give machines to schools! There's no better feeling than giving to "will one day be adults using PCs" Apples. Hah! Sheesh...they should be prosecuted. Rock on, hippies!
It's great - a huge security flaw and it's treated as "whoops!" A typo, no less, treated as an oversight and no big deal.
Imagine what all you hippies would do if MS said something like this?
KF