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Microsoft foists beta software on customers
Yesterday, I spent the day doing technical jobs at my sister-in-law's, who just moved house. One of my jobs was to set up the computer and the Internet connection. Fixing...
Microsoft foists beta software on customers 5747
Op Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:46:02 +0100, schreef Mark Kent: Nah, the indemnity is about being sued for using "intellectual property" belonging to a third party, and which may have...
Microsoft foists beta software on customers 5748
Op Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:45:38 +0100, schreef Mark Kent: Indeed. And the more I think about it, the more...
Microsoft foists beta software on customers 5749
Richard Rasker That got me worried, it took me long enough to persuade my users to...
PC buttemblers Urged to Sell Dualboot Systems 5750
Roy Schestowitz There are a number of anti-trust monopoly issues that attack this. All the big vendors like Dell$, HP$, Lenov$ have been forced by micoshaft to sign...
PC buttemblers Urged to Sell Dualboot Systems
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rex Ballard wrote on 6 Jun 2006 11:52:14 -0700 Why not just have the *machine* run them more or less concurrently, and flip between them? One...
PC buttemblers Urged to Sell Dualboot Systems 5752
The Ghost In The Machine on Tuesday 06 June 2006 22:00 Not enough. It's closer, but...
BBC Open Source Documentary Available Online
Mathew P. on Wednesday 07 June 2006 07:55 I don't dream of elephants, but oddly enough, last night I dreamt that I...
Time to Use the GNU Open Encryption Tools 5754
Larry Qualig And if you are ever challenged as to your use of these things, you...
Time to Use the GNU Open Encryption Tools 5755
Rex Ballard on Thursday 08 June 2006 01:52 Good point. If someone wants to gain insight into what I write or read, s-he can ask me nicely and I will open up. Doing...
Time to Use the GNU Open Encryption Tools 5756
Roy Schestowitz This is a regulatory requirement in brokerage firms, where brokers are expected to monitor traffic that might include...
Microsoft Paying Google to Troll Linux 5758
wrote on Wed, 7 Jun 2006 13:39:08 +0000 (UTC) There's a notion. A used computer salesman (who came over from a dealership) is trying to sell a machine: Customer: So...
Microsoft Paying Google to Troll Linux 5759
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mathew P. on Wednesday 07 June 2006 05:29 It definitely is *NOT*. Google will stay...
Lawmakers took millions in free trips: study
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:39:54 +0100, Roy Schestowitz There's a difference between serious discussions...
Linux is Dead 5761
Frank Yea, nice piece, nowhere is the methodology or data documented nor is what is considered a "failure...
Linux is Dead 5762
Frank Ok, here is the fault list from my 7 linux servers and my HPUX server from the last 5 years. Hard drives - replaced 3 Tape drive...
Linux is Dead 5763
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-06-06, Frank spake thusly: Not that this is a big deal, because Linux users know different, but here is an excerpt: "On average, individual enterprise Windows, Linux, and...
Linux is Live and Kicking
ray on Wednesday 07 June 2006 01:37 It's just pure FUD from Didiot. I'm sure she got-will get some under-the-table dough for this...
The question about adding graphic facilities in future versions of Linux Kernel
In order to achieve the goal that we all of us have in mind ,ie Linux becoming a mainstream O.S - used by a majority of users...
The question about adding graphic facilities in future versions of Linux Kernel 5766
Tue, June 6 2006 23:41: That is an interesting way to state the "goal" that you buttume all of us have in mind. Linux is mainstream, today: You can say...
The question about adding graphic facilities in future versions of Linux Kernel 5767
Michael B. Trausch on Wednesday 07 June 2006 16:46 Part of this should be attributed to the flawed contention that popularity implies divinity...
The question about adding graphic facilities in future versions of Linux Kernel 5768
Warning, this one is probably not going to be trimmed (much, if at all). It will be a longish read. 7 2006 12:12: Yes, I would have to say that I agree with...
The question about adding graphic facilities in future versions of Linux Kernel 5768 plus 1
Justin on Wednesday 07 June 2006 04:41 The issue is similar, albeit even worse, when it comes to DRM. You can always find ways around it. While...
MSFT Alert Jump Ship
Roy Schestowitz First question. Are you anything other than a "guy in a diner" as far as the market is concerned? The big drop probably had to do more with the...
MSFT Alert Jump Ship
Colin Day on Wednesday 07 June 2006 21:39 The US stock market, is general, is declining. This...
Dell to Ship Linux Servers to Google
John Bailo If only they had chosen a server that wasn't *Dell*. I have a Dell Poweredge next to me that doesn't even make a good...
Getting the Parents to Use Free Software
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:37:37 +0100 The context of this article is a woman visiting her mother, and trying Mom's laptop while staying there for a couple...
Gartner: DB Market up 8%, Linux up 84
Mark Kent on Wednesday 31 May 2006 08:43 I believe that Ellison started Oracle when working for some governmental...
Word Crippled to 'Safe Mode
May 24 2006 08:48: Yeah, that can be said again. The real problem, however, is not just one...
linux pro audio" an oxymoron
Professional audio is yet another area where linux has proven to be an abject failure. Just look at the sad and pathetic...
linux pro audio" an oxymoron 5777
Anal Fissure What is wrong with those applications?I can do pretty much the same functions with Rosegarden as I can with Cubase SX3 and...
linux pro audio" an oxymoron 5778
Anal Fissure What is wrong with those applications?I can do pretty much the same functions with Rosegarden as I can with...
linux pro audio" an oxymoron 5779
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flatfish+++ wrote on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:05:44 -0500 No. The Linux kernel can barely boot, and needs help fromsbin-init or a shell. Perhaps you'd like to rephrase that question? :-) For...
linux pro audio" an oxymoron 5780
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:12:07 +0000, Ryan Eibling Actually it depends. If you are installing Windows from scratch you have to locate all the driver...
linux pro audio" an oxymoron 5781
And isn't even strictly true with Linux nowadays. Recently my wife said she needed a copier for her church school work; we were tired of...
linux pro audio" an oxymoron 5782
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:24:48 +0000, Ryan Eibling Those drivers are present on: PCLinuxOS. Ubuntu Suse 10.1 Fedora Mandriva.... It is very common for the same...
linux pro audio" an oxymoron 5783
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:46:24 -0700, Gunnar The original post didn't make my server but I would suggest giving PCLinuxOS a try...
as if the industry wasn't being decimated by offshoring already... 5785
I suppose it would be hopeless point out that there have in fact been studies done on the economic impact of immigrants by actual economists using actual statistics. As opposed to radio talk-show clowns...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5786
Ray Ingles on Tuesday 30 May 2006 16:03 Yes, of course. Vista's ability to sell itself will not be discounted. However, IT departments are unlikely to embrace it any...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5787
Hmmm. I think there will be a fair number of purchases, and the traditional little niggling incompatibilities that 'encourage' people to bring all their systems 'up to the mark'. I...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5788
So anyway, it was like, 12:59 CEST May 30 2006, you know? Oh, and, yeah, Erik Funkenbusch was all like, "Dude, Well, if that is the case...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5789
May 28 2006 13:57: Item #1: Not really. There are a number of consumer-oriented distributions out there, and they are getting better...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5790
An interesting poll on what applications ported to Linux would convince people to maybe switch to Linux...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5791
On Sun, 28 May 2006 10:57:45 -0700, asj Yes, please do tell... If this were 10 or even 5 years ago I would tend to agree with you, but desktop Linux has come along way...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5792
rapskat When a Consumer Debt looks for an alternative to windows, they most likely will look at the mac, not linux...there are mac stores all over the place, the...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5793
For the people who consider me their personal technical advisor, it's not merely a matter of software installed by default, but rather the universe of all possible software...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5794
When I said "Outlook", I was referring to "Outlook" as opposed to "Outlook Express". What OSS software exist which does allows...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5795
On Tue, 30 May 2006 14:47:17 +0000, Oliver Wong It can be configured to use an external POP or IMAP server for email, which...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5796
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-05-28, asj spake thusly: LOL It's not so much a matter of "making money is evil", (well, unless you were in the...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5797
on Fri, June 2 2006 22:53: It is similar to calling Linux, UNIX. Linux is not UNIX, and the X Window System is not "X Windows...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5798
On Tue, 30 May 2006 14:42:18 +0000, Oliver Wong My kids like it, but the software seems so bloated to me and it takes over the entire computer at least so...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5799
snips On Sun, 28 May 2006 10:57:45 -0700, asj No marketing in the commercial space? Perhaps not... but then, so what? Put it...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5800
Roy Schestowitz server - friday. i was the one who pushed the company to linux servers.desktop - early this morning. I have all 3 desktop OS. Great for corporate market, useless for consumer...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5801
asj No one has claimed that Linux is the equal of windows for gaming. We are talking...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5802
Actually, most Consumer Debt software packages for Linux are maintained on hundreds (more?) of various repositories around the world...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5803
Yes, this is part of the OSS dynamic that is often underestimated, the persistence of end product. Commercial software has the...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5804
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 28 May 2006 18:58:53 -0700, You are talking about *commercial...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5805
asj None except personal experience. However, I recently made a post that might explain your experience in software shops partially : Considering the range of free software that exists at far higher levels of complexity, it...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5806
Here are poll results from a poll taken in late January this year by joystiq.com. This was well before E3, when most people thought the PS3 and...
Windows Vista Will Lose to Linux 5807
asj There have been numerous entries from advocates like me that discuss embedded Linux and its dominance in certain segments. Many network and security appliances have been built for years on Linux kernels, including Barracuda...
Why Ubuntu is Better than Mac OS X
Yes, I posted this yesterday and managed to get into the front page of Digg, but here is the most...
Microsoft's AntiGoogle FUD
asj on Wednesday 07 June 2006 14:07 When they don't ignore you, but choose to ridicule you instead, you have got to be doing something right! They...
Is "Linux" usable for granny
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:23:36 -0700, tab tab has gone from just lying to ... still lying. Provide the Newsletter link. BTW...found from a link on Distrowatch ... "Dapper also comes with...
Linux as a Labor of....Love 5811
forget the roses, gimme the thorns :D Masochistic is running Windows 3.1 so that you...
Linux as a Labor of....Love 5812
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rex Ballard wrote on 24 May 2006 20:45:10 -0700 3.1?? You really need to upgrade. That way...
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