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Someone explain to me what these things are that I "have to do myself" to use Linux? I've been on it for six years, it's been pretty easy. Sure, there are occasional things I CAN optionally do to "sup up" my install with some cutting edge whizbangs, but using it …
I don't have omniscient knowledge of all organizations, and maybe I'm just being cynical, but I'll tell you this: If someone said their organization was 100% Windows, it wouldn't shock me. If someone said even their server room was 100% Unix, Linux, or anything else non-Windows, I would be pretty …
iLinux will never happen. Linux and Apple are opposed on so many levels, I can't see Apple ever going there. - Apple is the epitomy of Cathedral development. They surround everything with secrecy and only unveil products that are fully-formed. Contrast this to open development. It's no surprise when Ubuntu …
As much as you write about FOSS, Ken, surely you understand the difference between the phrase "Free software" and "freeware"? Surely you realize that giving away freeware with strings attached is a zillion miles away from anything the Free Software Foundation stands for? As for Microsoft's behavior, is it really …
I hear this sort of argument from people all the time, and what it amounts to is turning the Bazaar into a Cathedral. Why would we want that? Now, I'm not one to needlessly split hairs over terminology, nor am I one to get "politically correct" about saying "GNU/Linux", but …
I don't know if you intended this, but your federal trade commission link links to "feed the children". Probably a better place to head anyway. ;)
The scary question to ponder is why? There is money to be made in search through advertising and so forth, but there's money to be made in a lot of tech areas that Microsoft is not strong in or even involved in. Why are they so worried about competing with …
I detect yet another Ubuntu remix on the way. But why task the *young* entrepreneurs with this; surely some enterprising seniors would have a better (and less cynical/stereotypical) handle on what their peers need?
What about the OIN and SFLC?
I expect someday to understand what the heck the cloud is, and how it's fundamentally different from anything anyone's done to date. I hope my expectations will be met; so far no matter how much I read about it I still don't get it.
It's kumo, not kumar. Not that I can see myself using either one any more than I would windows live anything. Google understands what people want in a search engine. No flashy graphics, no banner ads, no crap. Just a white page that says "google" and has a textbox to …
@jbennet: that 30 year old architecture you refer to is what's known as a "standard"; I know you folks on the Windows side don't see many of those, so you can be forgiven for not knowing that. As for portable... ugh, never mind. It's not worth the trouble explaining it.
And do you have any great ideas? Look at how the KDE developers are being tarred and feathered for relatively *minor* adjustments to the classic WIMP model. It's not enough to be different, it has to actually be a good idea as well. About the only really compelling interface design …
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