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Firefox market share bounces back 6684
I would say never is a rather strong term. Samba seems rather popular. I've personally replaced windows file-print servers with samba on linux in three different...
Firefox market share bounces back 6685
You are absolutely ignoring the facts here. Linux is close to 30 percent of the market in unit server sales, number two after MS and growing fast. Linux has denied Microsoft...
Firefox market share bounces back 6686
You are going in circles, Ray, and it shows. The issue was, as you say "lock-in". I think that you are referencing some notion that a user...
Firefox market share bounces back 6688
Pretty much par for the course with billwg. Get used to a lack of replies to any substantive point. I've got a file...
Firefox market share bounces back 6689
I think that it is cute that you smurfs continually impute a life or rest struggle to Microsoft's ongoing market activities. Responding to compebreastive acts is...
Firefox market share bounces back 668 plus 10
Are you saying Microsoft lied when it described the peril it was in during the DOJ anbreastrust trial? If so, they are at their...
Firefox market share bounces back 668 plus 11
On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:45:11 +0000, billwg Guess you forgot, Mr. Bill - Linux isn't a company. It's an operating system that...
Firefox market share bounces back 668 plus 12
OK, hows this for metrics: The article is breastled "Linux leads global OS revenue and unit growth". In summary, it...
Firefox market share bounces back 668 plus 13
When Microsoft first released Internet Explorer, the only way to get it was to download it from Microsoft. It was a loss leader intended to steal market share away from Netscape and...
Firefox market share bounces back 668 plus 14
You are deviating from the COLA party line, thad! The more useful definition is that Microsoft makes...
Firefox market share bounces back 668 plus 15
Actually, Judge Jackson did agree that Microsoft had engaged in illegal product tying. You do recall that Microsoft was found guilty, right? As for IE being a loss leader...
Firefox market share bounces back 668 plus 16
You are ever so correct, nut! Sorry about that. It is just that your reply was as insipid as his and that got me...
Firefox market share bounces back 668 plus 17
After takin' a swig o' grog, billwg belched out this bit o' wisdom: No. See below. No. I'm not dealing...
Firefox market share bounces back 668 plus 19
On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:05:33 +0000, billwg Really? How long have you benchmarked the two? We run FF and IE both at my...
Firefox market share bounces back 6701
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:20:38 GMT Why aren't we using NetBEUI-IX? Is Microsoft giving us superior protocols, or just crap? Perhaps Microsoft will simply take over the 'Net...
Firefox market share bounces back 6702
After takin' a swig o' grog, Kier belched out this bit o' wisdom: Chuckle. I hadn't noticed that...
Firefox market share bounces back 6703
Ah, nut, you are ever so much sharper than the drudge-like Kier! Certainly my comment was in the...
Firefox market share bounces back 6704
There's also trademark law, which is different from both of the others. In a (crude) nutshell: 1. You can own a trademark forever, but only in a particular industry (e.g. Apple Music vs. Apple...
Firefox market share bounces back 6705
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate RMS's accomplishments and share many of his views. But when you plot out viewpoints on copyright and the like...
Firefox market share bounces back 6706
begin oeprotect.scr Well, you could define any scale you liked and get the result you want, I suppose, so using your definition, you're right. I don't think that...
Firefox market share bounces back 6707
Good point. You don't find MS filing mbutt lawsuits against their customers (though there is the occasional BSA raid). I was only attempting to show why the property metaphor has...
Firefox market share bounces back 6708
I suggest you talk to a patent attorney about this for the authoritative word on it. I'll relate from memory as best I can how...
Firefox market share bounces back 6709
On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:11:02 -0600, Linønut No, I'm not. If anything, Ray was. The...
Firefox market share bounces back 6710
On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:48:25 -0600, Linønut I see. To take an extreme example, if your interests were served...
Firefox market share bounces back 6711
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:38:41 -0600, Linønut While I don't believe the FSF is doing evil, I don't think they're doing good. Then they're not ethics. The whole point of ethics is that...
Firefox market share bounces back 6712
Kier It's OK if you use it for a while and give it a chance. Pluses: * you can get things done pretty readily. It's actually easy to...
Firefox market share bounces back 6713
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:29:18 -0500, DFS As with any new environment. Not everyone will like every feature, but that's life. At least with Linux, if you don't...
Firefox market share bounces back 6714
Polluting what idea specificially? Not in my experience, but let's buttume, for the moment, that that's true. If that's the case...
Firefox market share bounces back 6715
After takin' a swig o' grog, billwg belched out this bit o' wisdom: You're talking about companies...
Firefox market share bounces back 6716
These companies may use linux instead of unix for their server needs, I will agree, but the issue was in using GPL code as a starting for...
Firefox market share bounces back 6717
Google doesn't use Linux for their products? Are you really trying to claim that? No, Stallman (and others using...
Firefox market share bounces back 6718
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Linønut wrote on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:30:46 -0600 Because BMP is far more to their liking, of course. Or was it GIF? The former of course is...
Firefox market share bounces back 6719
OK, that is more clear to me. I would buttert, however, that the *payment* you make for GPL...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6720
On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 07:26:22 -0800, John Bailo This is not really surprising. They only tested...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6721
On Tuesday 06 December 2005 19:57, William Poaster stood up and spoke the following words to...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6722
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 19:16, Erik Funkenbusch stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: We don't always have to disagree, Erik. Every once...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6723
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:43:57 GMT, Aragorn I don't drink coffee. Guess our agreeing days...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6724
On Thursday 08 December 2005 01:40, Erik Funkenbusch stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: Well, I'm...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks Desktop: KDE 3.5.0 Level "a" OS: SuSE 10 OSS GM 64bit
Once upon a Wed, 07 Dec 2005 02:04:17 +0000 dreary, as I laboured tired & weary, came a...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6726
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:02:32 GMT ^^^ No, he's not. Not that any of this is worth crap without at least some substantiating data, but he's got it covered. Apparently, he's...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6727
I don't have any openings for him, do you? THAD PHETTEPLACE GLACI, Inc. P.O. Box 26354 Wauwatosa, WI 53226 ...................................... Phone: (414)405-6388 EDUCATION 1986 - 1990...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6728
DFS It is always easy to say thing, it is far more problematic to prove them. By what criteria? What study? Site? Supporting arguments? I'll concede gaming, but I don't really...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6729
On Monday 05 December 2005 17:09, CptDondo stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: All in his head. Negative...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6730
DFS This goes counter to my experiences and most reports of Windows "stability," so site a source for this number, or...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6731
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, mlw wrote on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:44:00 -0500 99.999% is an old Microsoft ad campaign. Of course, it's probably referring to something entirely different...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6732
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:36:06 -0500 It has to be reliable. Viruses use it. :-) Yes, we should just shut down this Linux thingy outright, and have everyone...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6733
The Ghost In The Machine So do 600,000,000 or so human organisms... It goes far beyond quirks and hbuttles, to the root cause: slopware. I admit I've never heard of a 'standard...
AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6734
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:44:43 -0500 X is fairly standard; at this point it's...
Another Knoppix Rescue
wrote on Mon, 5 Dec 2005 22:49:35 +0000 (UTC) The simplest method I can think of involves a "trusted computing center" implemented in...
Intel to invest $1B in India 6736
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, GreyCloud wrote on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:58:59 -0700 I for one find the notion of "America first" rather...
Intel to invest $1B in India 6737
mlw It doesn't work like that any more. The third world as it used to be known has enormous amount of talent and...
Did he Mention Mbuttachusetts
Rhodin lays it on the line in this letter, supporting Quinn by showing that open standards and open source can save significant money – something Quinn was questioned...
Microsoft sued over alleged Xbox 360 glitch 6739
chrisv snip Not fully true. Misleading advertising *is* illegal. If someone sells a product that does...
Microsoft sued over alleged Xbox 360 glitch 6740
begin oeprotect.scr The law's been like that here for as long as I've been around. We have an organisation called the "Advertising Standards Authority", the ASA, whose role it is...
Microsoft sued over alleged Xbox 360 glitch 6741
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Culley wrote on Fri, 9 Dec 2005 00:46:43 +0100 A valid comparison, in some cases, but 'twere best it honestly done...
Boyfriend troubles 6742
On Thursday 08 December 2005 19:48, Cantharus Violens Marinus stood up and *lied* to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy,stating that... Nymshifting, stalking...
Boyfriend troubles 6743
Trolls like that aren't trying to communicate, they are playing a game where the goal is to anger someone else...
The blank page that is usenet
I have a friend who is a child psychologist. When she talks about the behavior of her more troubled patients...
Bullies
On Thursday 08 December 2005 22:16, Ray Ingles stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...
OT "The Evil That Men Do
On Friday 09 December 2005 22:16, John A. Bailo stood up and spoke the following words to the...
The Evil That Men Do
On Sunday 11 December 2005 04:29, santo stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...
OT "The Evil That Men Do" 6748
On Saturday 10 December 2005 22:55, Nick P. Spota stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: Quite honestly, I would...
OT "The Evil That Men Do" 6749
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:55:23 GMT, Aragorn While I understand how traumatic your school years probably were, bullying is...
OT "The Evil That Men Do" 6751
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:33:05 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch That's the standard excuse of the people who...
OT "The Evil That Men Do" 6752
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:06:24 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch How can going to school be putting oneself in harm's way? Do you suppose someone goes to school with a sign on their...
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