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Exactly why do I need Vista again 9249
I just watched enough to get the gist. I'm sure it will be useful to somebody. I'd imagine a number of people will find it to be an improvement. However, the vast majority...
Exactly why do I need Vista again 9250
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:23:52 GMT, Sinister Midget The biggest issue people have with computers is that they don't know how to find the stuff they've...
Exactly why do I need Vista again 9251
I don't have to understand why someone does what they do to be annoyed. At times the camera...
Exactly why do I need Vista again 9252
When Longhorn became a Steer, they called it Vista I guess they wanted the "Bull" to look prettier. Now they are just trying to put Lipstick on the pig and get the OEMs and...
Linux Certifications Become More Popular 9253
Linux Certifications are a good way of butturing minimum competency, especially in a ralatively young candidate, or one with...
Linux Certifications Become More Popular 9254
Here's one that includes * Fourteen (14) Days of Deluxe Hotel Accommodation * 24 Hour Lab and Instructor Access * Examination Vouchers & On-site...
The sheer hypocrisy and gall of an opensourcer 9255
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 16:21 DFS Two points:- 1. You are quoting what amounts the the footnote. The most part of the piece (before that) is a factual summary. Here...
The sheer hypocrisy and gall of an opensourcer 9256
B Gruff Yes. You can tell I quoted it; I put quote marks around the quote. That's one issue. My issue - the one that had me...
The sheer hypocrisy and gall of an opensourcer 9257
Welcome to the world of law. Different countries have different laws and different rules of evidence and enforcement, and Microsoft has some of the best lawyers in the world. The big...
The sheer hypocrisy and gall of an opensourcer 9258
Ah - OK. I was talking "straight landlines" - not VoIP, not mobiles. Here, we pay a "line rental" - about $18 a month per landline. We choose our...
Linux terminal OneLiners
The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 22 February 2006 17:00 Here's one of my latest script: cdtmp # need full path...
Server Share 9260
Roy Schestowitz (among others) of the its wrinkles.... Not that Windows isn't without wrinkles or problems but the server-side of MS seems to have their act together much better than the desktop-client...
Server Share 9261
Larry Qualig on Wednesday 22 February 2006 16:20 Before I move on, I should at least point out that Microsoft servers were shown to have critical problems. Their level of tolerance...
Another "First" for Linux
Here in the U.S. - most cable modems now have bandwidth in excess of 8 mb-sec. Videophones typically use very low resolution, typically 320x240...
Free software You can't just give it away 9263
Here's another... This is from the US. You Continental folks will have to comment on what might be happening over there. Over here, if you trade or receive value, you...
Free software You can't just give it away 9264
I didn't say that it was logical - just that I have a vast amount of confidence in a government to find stuff to tax. And if I...
Revenue Service Nearing Linux Migration
On Thursday 23 February 2006 15:20 Mark Kent Absolutely, Mark. However, I have come to believe that we here (all...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9266
Liam Slider "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!" - Jack Nickleson "Mach explored the concept that we now refer to as a microkernel. Instead of having all of the code for the operating...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9267
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:39:34 +0000, Edwin Not really. I'm the only one of the two of us showing any sign of intelligence...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9268
you have never "shown me" that, since i know full well it's not... but here's further info for your continued education none the less... With its open-source core based on FreeBSD...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9268 plus 1
I've never pretended... is it based on FreeBSD? yes... that's a fact. "is" it BSD, nope! glad you are starting to figure this out... don't see any marketing... only facts... maybe you need to...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9270
Oxford Why re-read a marketing release? That's really a very poor term for Apple to use, though I suppose they need all the good press they can get with the *nix users. I mean...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9271
it's certainly dying in the context of being compared to the growth of osx. 14,000 osx boxes...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9272
Oxford No, it doesn't. That's what the term 'marketshare' means, idiot. If Apple is moving 14,000 OS X boxes every 24 hours, then the rest of...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9273
you aren't very good at math, it's more like 4,661,999 windows machines since Apple is at 3% worldwide, around 5% in the US. and LInux is a...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9274
my bad, i have an extra digit in there, should be 3% of 466,199 sold...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9275
Oxford I'll trust IDC and Gartner over you, troll. If I were including embedded devices, Linux would have well over 5 times the marketshare OS X does...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9276
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:10:20 -0700, Oxford WTF? There are more Linux boxes in use than Mac boxes you stupid market droid. Where do you get off claiming that Linux is a tiny...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9277
As I've pointed out quite a few times, the whole OS X vs. Linux fight doesn't make a lot of sense from either side...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9278
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:28:29 -0700, Oxford Back up that claim. Oxford, those little white rocks...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
multiple virtual desktops are good for some folks who work on multiple projects where it is useful to group windows from different programs. They are not nearly as universally desired...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9280
Snit I bet that if Apple provided them, then the Apple camp would change their tune. Most have never used virtual desktops, such as...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
I, for one, have used them. I do not like them. This, of course, does not mean that they are wrong, bad, or useless - just not my preference...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Well, I admit I have no studies - but with working with hundreds if not thousands of students through the...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9283
Thanks for the info and the clarification. I was not aware of the Mac virtual desktop software, despite using Macs a fair bit around the timeframe...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9284
Well, Linux is really building on the existing traditions and technology of Unix, and that is important...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9285
snips On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:26:53 -0700, Snit Less productive than what, pray tell? Take a simple example. A...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9286
snips On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:14:38 +0000, Richard G. Riley So? Productivity only matters if you're Joe or Jane...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9287
Kelsey"posted the following on 2006-03-03: I used it for years : its an excellent email...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9288
snips On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:24:14 +0000, Richard G. Riley It may be many things; an excellent mail client is not one of them. Check...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9289
snips On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:15:12 -0700, Snit Good. So there are no OSX apps that do things differently, and OSX had managed to apply the fascist blockout approach to prevent, say, skinnable apps...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
I would love to see these studies. The anecdotal evidence I have seen has been in reference to limited use computers such as library stations and the like. For home use I...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9291
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:14:02 -0700, Snit I'll have to dig around for them a bit. I don't have them off hand, and it's been a while since I last...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9292
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:23:39 -0700, Oxford Wow, a chart! What's the source? Anyone can make a chart. And it's true.....I wasn'ty posting for several...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9293
Source: USENET Yes, you were gone for awhile, you had been beaten down pretty badly, just like Linux. spam affects groups roughly equally so that's...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9294
snips On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:58:56 -0700, Oxford Actually, all it really goes to show is that the anti-mac trolls are even worse than...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9295
There is no doubt that the Mac has a larger mindshare than Linux if only because it has been...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9296
Actually, they are meaningful as long as: A) you are using a broad enough sample that encompbuttes many...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9297
When you are using a sample to draw conclusions about the entire market, that is by...
Darwin is a BSD unix 9298
TheLetterK That requirement is met, regardless if one even disagrees with you that it is a requirement. As I...
Darwin is a BSD unix 9299
TheLetterK When they say the Xnu kernel is derived from FreeBSD 5.x, they mean the kernel in Free BSD 5.x is the source. I'll...
Darwin is a BSD unix 9301
Edwin The claim I used that against was substantially different from poo's "OS X is partially based...
Darwin is a BSD unix 9302
TheLetterK "FreeBSD v. Mac OS X: Again, we have nothing against Mac OS X. I (Kevin) have 2 systems in my home--my ThinkPad running...
Darwin is a BSD unix 9303
Edwin How do you provide negative attribution? Last time I checked, most open source projects didn't state the terms of licenses the code was *not* licensed under. As you are...
Darwin is a BSD unix
The problem, TLK, is that people are trusting different sources. I, Edwin, and others are trusting the large numbers of people and sources that we have been...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9305
TheLetterK "Like most modern day operating system implementations, Mac OS X uses an object-oriented...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9306
Edwin Which is evidence only of cross-pollination of code (very common, FreeBSD. Based on is...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Cross-pollination? You keep calling the connection different things. Why is that? For someone so obsessed about words you keep redefining things to suite the...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9308
Snit I've used the term in your last circus attempt, troll. You can't partially base something on someone else. It is either...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
LOL! You using the term and then attribute it to *my* anything is very, very...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9310
Snit Can't read, can you poo? Let's Break that down, alright? "OS X's conventions are...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
I am curious, TheLetterK, if you expect me to repeat myself over and over throughout the post and respond to your BS each time you spew it? I sure hope not because...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9312
Snit Try responding with some facts and evidence, poo. You have provided absolutely no evidence of this, save for some bogus claims made by Apple, and a few tech writers parroting their statements. No, I...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 9313
this should clear up the remaining questions on OSX's relationship to BSD ---- The evolution that successfully put a Unix engine under the Mac OS hood began with the...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
TLK and I went round and round on this issue until I finally stopped responding to...
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