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Creating their own problems 1903
On Monday 14 March 2005 07:45 Snit See the several excellent replies you've had already. However, in all this people rarely debate actual costs, or what might be considered to be "fair...
Creating their own problems 1904
What we have is pricing based on value to the user, goat, pure and simple. That's the perfect form of the business. If I use your product and profit from it, I...
Creating their own problems 1905
You never ask the correct question, goat! Are you confused or just being a silly sophomore? I...
Creating their own problems 1906
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:45:00 -0700, Snit It does sound odd at first. The point is, it's a different kind of business model. I'll try and explain a bit, to the...
Creating their own problems 1907
Makes sense... if Red Hat is bought almost exclusively for such purposes... And, of course, selling *support* makes...
Creating their own problems 1908
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:51:37 -0700, Snit These days, I believe it mostly is. I think that *is* probably an option, or something like it. But for an enterprise clbutt...
Windows just sucks
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, mlw wrote on Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:00:29 -0500 Gotta love that industry "standard". First, it's deficient crapware ("WHAT?! No browser tabs!?"), which means Average Businessman probably needs to get...
Bill Gate$ Most Brilliant Move 1910
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Kier wrote on Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:20:00 +0000 Well, for whatever reason we might have a problem here. Presumably...
Bill Gate$ Most Brilliant Move 1911
The Ghost In The Machine Good job, those leaps of Linux logic. You're admitted into the cola club. Now call MS evil three times and kick your heels...
Bill Gate$ Most Brilliant Move 1912
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:17:38 -0500 You're now tagged as a "Winopologist". :-) Huh? Whose side are you...
Bill Gate$ Most Brilliant Move 1913
The Ghost In The Machine Haven't heard that one yet. Not sure I get your ... gist... My side. The side of truth. But I didn't mean to sound so bleepin' positive, and give you any...
Bill Gate$ Most Brilliant Move 1914
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:19:50 -0500 That I'll vouch for. I'm mildly surprised you lurk in that group. What do you think? For the record, I'm employed as a software...
Bill Gate$ Most Brilliant Move 1915
But I *have* paid for my DVDs. Why doesn't the MPAA want me to play them...
Bill Gate$ Most Brilliant Move 1916
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ray Ingles wrote on 15 Mar 2005 15:44:45 -0500 Because you didn't pay the weregild to the OS monopoly (one...
Bill Gate$ Most Brilliant Move
begin trojan.vbs It was on Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:20:00 +0000, that Kier The only thing that smells round here is...
Bill Gate$ Most Brilliant Move 1918
9 Way His site content and aesthetics suck, as do the pitiful issues that you think consbreastute "substance." Half the site...
Biggest like and dislike of Linux 1919
Snit Most... hmm... there's so much. Let me list a few of the top things. It's open source. Among other things, this means nobody...
Biggest like and dislike of Linux 1920
I do not doubt this - what I am looking for is a distro that does not suffer from the...
Biggest like and dislike of Linux 1921
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Snit wrote on Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:14:34 -0700 Good question. Likes: - the ability to play games that I happen to like...
Biggest like and dislike of Linux 1922
I was using CLI on Unix in '87. Not sure what you are getting at. I have tinkered with Linux...
Biggest like and dislike of Linux 1923
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:14:34 -0700, Snit Okay, I'll bite :-) I like linux being both Free and free, meaning I can get it easily, and use it just how...
Biggest like and dislike of Linux 1924
Snit I like being able to have a fully loaded and configured system from scratch within an hour. I like being able to...
Biggest like and dislike of Linux 1925
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:14:34 -0700, I like the flexibility, especially that which lets me set up a rigidly restricted or configured...
Bose Personalized Amplification System R_O_C_K_S
Now wait a minute, I'm no Bose fan, but saying this gentleman is no sr pro because...
More reasons why open source is better 1927
In order for that to occur, the start up would have to be in a...
More reasons why open source is better 1928
billwg I see where you missed the boat. First off: Software any kind is coded to address a person-companies needs or...
More reasons why open source is better 1929
I think you are all wet, Phil. All the successful products out there were designed from the beginning to be sold to a large number...
More reasons why open source is better 1930
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, rapskat wrote on Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:44:39 -0500 They won't do it with *that* patent. 1 Open OpenOffice Writer. (I'm using 1.1.4...
This is ridiculous
These discriminatory sites that insist that their viewers must use some sort of M$ technology really get me heated! There is no reason...
This is ridiculous! 1932
begin KillFileMe.vbs 1. Make it work with IE. 2. Make it work with everything else, It's harder to have to deal with the people complaining about it being screwed, pointing out (truthfully...
Linux is ridiculous
rapskat felt left out and cried: Excesive anger? Instead of "projecting" your mental issues and blaming MS, deal with it, get professional help. The problem is...
Lockin is ridiculous
begin Error log for Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:20:19 +0000 - Kelsey Bjarnason details as follows .vbs Precisely! Thank you for expressing that. It's not even an...
This is ridiculous! 1935
William Poaster doesn't really work unless they are a small company in a small market where every customer counts... Most of...
The Keystone Predator
Ecology has a concept called the "keystone predator". Predators often have a major influence on the ecology...
The Keystone Predator 1937
Peter Köhlmann Your atbreastude is showing again, Peter! But if you put it aside for a moment, if that is at all...
The Keystone Predator 1938
Ray Ingles I don't think that linux had this kind of feature in the Win2K development timeframe, Ray, but...
The Keystone Predator 1939
Ray Ingles Which was much too late for a non-leader. I might even say that almost all of Microsoft's curent position is due to marketing rather than...
The Keystone Predator 1940
billwg But they are charging for *support*. The thing about OSS is allows the customer to determine how they want to allocate their money and time. You can spend...
The Keystone Predator 1942
Does your place of employment allow the sending of raw executables in email, or do you have to zip them up? If the...
The Keystone Predator 1943
Ray Ingles They don't allow executables in email period, zipped or not. Amongst employees, files are relayed via...
The Keystone Predator 1944
Philip Callan Oh quit being such a silly jackbutt, Phil! We're not talking about religion or...
The Keystone Predator 1945
Ray Ingles Only because it has a relatively low share compared to Windows 2K3. Windows servers grew "more" but not "faster...
Distro for my Grandma
Ad Install? Probably none, exposing a octagenarian to a computer, and making her perform an installation is qualified as cruel and unusual punishment in most countries ;) What distro should sheUsethats a whole other...
Kohlmann calls his wife "ignorant
Good point. I think it is just a cover so Kohlmann can use Windows himself. He calls his wife "ignorant...
SLAX experience
Well, I know that some have no interest in a new users experiences, but others do... so if you...
SLAX experience 1949
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:44:26 -0700, Snit Yes, and you can easily just boot and let it take care of...
SLAX experience 1950
It did... but I had to enter some command line instructions - but even that was...
SLAX experience 1951
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:54:33 -0700, Snit One good thing about a Live CD, if you get it wrong...
SLAX experience 1952
Ok, I did not know if there was a "standard" for such things... I did not find one in...
Turn off your damned home computers 1953
begin KillFileMe.vbs Mine's a server. It serves my mail, news, web-browsing, etc. My wife's is a server...
Turn off your damned home computers 1954
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greyfrog Global warming is a fact, the cause behind it is much in dispute. True, and what we see now would fit into a natural...
Turn off your damned home computers 1955
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 9 Way Actually there has been. Quite a bit of...
Turn off your damned home computers 1956
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, General Protection Fault wrote on Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:08:52 GMT Depends on the unit. I do have a couple of Optiplex that...
Turn off your damned home computers 1957
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, ralph wrote on Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:37:37 -0800 Anything that is required to perform a service on demand is a server. Even many Linux home computers might...
Turn off your damned home computers 1958
The Ghost In The Machine That could mean Anything. A word processor is "required to perform a service on demand". But let's take a look at...
Turn off your damned home computers 1959
ralph this is all the more relevant nowadays anyway as Bill Gates is doing his level best to position ms...
What distro would Jesus use
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, djp wrote on 15 Mar 2005 16:49:29 -0600 This has to be one of the stranger questions I've seen recently. But OK...I'll counter with another question: Which distro would...
More playing with Slax
OK, did some more playing on Slax, and had a relatively novice user play with it - though not someone who is...
More playing with Slax 1962
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:07:21 -0700, Snit Per my own recollection, yes, but I can't recall off-hand how to do it, it'll probably be in the...
More playing with Slax 1963
I looked on the site and did not see a GUI way to do it - though I may have missed it. Odd... wonder why that would not be a default. The setting...
More playing with Slax 1964
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:41:55 -0700, Snit I've wondered too, as usually, scroll wheels work fine in Linux. A quirk of Slax-Slackware, it would see. Annoying...
What's your favourite Eula
begin eula.scr 'This device is provided without warranty of any kind as to reliability, accuracy, existence or otherwise or fitness for any particular purpose and Bioalchemic Products specifically does not warrant, guarantee...
beware ASP.NET is not cross browser compatible
beware - .NET is not cross browser compatible hi there, this is an important warning for developers who need...
Kubuntu, a brief review
Okay, finally found a bit of time to try out the Kubuntu Live CD, so I thought I'd give my impressions of it. Boot-up is straight-forward, with...
Sound. As if I were right there... 1968
I think you magpies have overlooked the simple answer in your eagerness to show your astuteness. What he was describing is the Windows Remote Desktop Connection that just...
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