Yes, I completely understand condemning the hypothetical greed of imaginary people who are reminiscent of my overbearing father. Also as a/. commenter I have no qualms about posting comments that have nothing to do with the story to which they are attached.
On the other hand space exploration is just a silly academic exercise until we come up with some way to make it profitable. Reality, unlike the Star Trek universe, requires that we boldly go and bring back something useful so that we can afford to boldly go back and do some silly academic science-ing.
Deciding which open source organization to give 20G's to is no small matter indeed. Myself I'm partial to the GNU or XFree86 or KDE. I use the spoils of all of these projects every day and have never had to pay a cent. There are also the lower profile projects like cdrecord and mkisofs that most of us couldn't get along without. Then there are guys like Utah-GLX who are making it possible for me to play Quake. The list goes on and on as you well know.
The trick is to think about where open source is headed. Find the one project that nobody will be able to live without a year from now. Of course that is much easier to say than to do.
Just think about where you were x years ago when you started using open source. Find somebody that is in that same place right now. Dump some cash on them. The rewards to the community and to yourself will be great!
Linux has nothing to do with the stock market. Linux will live on long after the last day trader is long dead in the cold ground. Linux will survive because I say it will and so do thousands of other people around the world. I'm getting kind of sick of all the talk about Linux INC. Linux is not a corproation it is a community. I personally don't care if RedHat dies tomorrow and if LinuxOne carried the casket, it would not mean a thing to me. How many people that use Linux have shares of VA or RedHat? I would bet it's somewhere around 3% or less. Ask yourself why you use Linux. If you use it because RedHat and/or VA and/or LinuxOne and/or LinuxTwo and/or LinuxEtc is listed on the stock exchange then you are a short sighted fool and should switch back to NT. When you are serious about wanting stable software systems you get Open Source, and when you get serious about Open Source you get Linux. Why? Becuase Linux delivers on the promises it makes. It is fast and stable despite what Microsoft says, It is free despite what TurboLinux says, and it is a full desktop ready operating environment despite what every newspaper hack in the world says. Linux changes everything. The media doesn't see it, the Wall Street wolves don't see it, but I do. If an under-educated carpenter from nowhere USA can see it then surely all you college grads must have some clue. What does Linux mean to me? It means I will never have to pay for software again! Is this gready? YES. Is it short sighted? PROBABLY. Is it true? YES. The truth is that right now anything that carries the Linux stamp onto Wall Street will be devoured with disgusting lust. Soon that will change and if all it costs me is a couple of day traders, that's a price I am willing to pay. This is not the last of the Linux crooks! Get over the shock! If you have web space, use it to speak out against the crooks and praise the honest man. If you have a penny, send it to the honest man. If you have a voice speak, out for the honest man. If you are an honest man, thank you.
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Yes, /. commenter I have no qualms about posting comments that have nothing to do with the story to which they are attached.
I completely understand condemning the hypothetical greed of imaginary people who are reminiscent of my overbearing father. Also as a
On the other hand space exploration is just a silly academic exercise until we come up with some way to make it profitable. Reality, unlike the Star Trek universe, requires that we boldly go and bring back something useful so that we can afford to boldly go back and do some silly academic science-ing.
Teachers + (Money + Health Insurance) = Smarter Kids
...
...is based on the same mathamatical principal as
Kids + (iPads + Internet Connections) = Smarter Kids
At least that's what I learned in public school.
Actual, 50-60.
Sucks
We could also combine that info with Amazon.com cookies and direct people to websites that suit their economic standing. What a great idea!
What a great problem to have!
Deciding which open source organization to give 20G's to is no small matter indeed. Myself I'm partial to the GNU or XFree86 or KDE. I use the spoils of all of these projects every day and have never had to pay a cent. There are also the lower profile projects like cdrecord and mkisofs that most of us couldn't get along without. Then there are guys like Utah-GLX who are making it possible for me to play Quake. The list goes on and on as you well know.
The trick is to think about where open source is headed. Find the one project that nobody will be able to live without a year from now. Of course that is much easier to say than to do.
Just think about where you were x years ago when you started using open source. Find somebody that is in that same place right now. Dump some cash on them. The rewards to the community and to yourself will be great!
grep -i -r virus /usr/src/linux
Linux has nothing to do with the stock market. Linux will live on long after the last day trader is long dead in the cold ground. Linux will survive because I say it will and so do thousands of other people around the world. I'm getting kind of sick of all the talk about Linux INC. Linux is not a corproation it is a community.
I personally don't care if RedHat dies tomorrow and if LinuxOne carried the casket, it would not mean a thing to me. How many people that use Linux have shares of VA or RedHat? I would bet it's somewhere around 3% or less.
Ask yourself why you use Linux. If you use it because RedHat and/or VA and/or LinuxOne and/or LinuxTwo and/or LinuxEtc is listed on the stock exchange then you are a short sighted fool and should switch back to NT.
When you are serious about wanting stable software systems you get Open Source, and when you get serious about Open Source you get Linux. Why? Becuase Linux delivers on the promises it makes. It is fast and stable despite what Microsoft says, It is free despite what TurboLinux says, and it is a full desktop ready operating environment despite what every newspaper hack in the world says.
Linux changes everything. The media doesn't see it, the Wall Street wolves don't see it, but I do. If an under-educated carpenter from nowhere USA can see it then surely all you college grads must have some clue.
What does Linux mean to me? It means I will never have to pay for software again! Is this gready? YES. Is it short sighted? PROBABLY. Is it true? YES.
The truth is that right now anything that carries the Linux stamp onto Wall Street will be devoured with disgusting lust. Soon that will change and if all it costs me is a couple of day traders, that's a price I am willing to pay.
This is not the last of the Linux crooks! Get over the shock! If you have web space, use it to speak out against the crooks and praise the honest man. If you have a penny, send it to the honest man. If you have a voice speak, out for the honest man. If you are an honest man, thank you.