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Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11604
Ah, but what it is worth is what people are willing to pay. That is...
Contradictory Article Open File Formats in Mbuttachussetts 11606
Presumably you retract your lies about Stallman's relationship with MIT since you do not choose to defend them. Remember that for next time. Oh, I think it fits Stallman and...
REPOST Attention Funkenbusch
Wait a second. This is only a problem if the application keeps the log file continuously open, but that's a problem for Linux log rotation for most applications...
OT A Sound of Thunder
Actually, in the original story, evolution wasn't changed. It had changed accents a bit, and the outcome of an election, but humans were still humans. It should...
Plonkers self_alienate... because they've little to offer anyone
Hi MichaelGray, GeorgeHammond, MarkMartin, Nosterill, JohnM and TWake, Plonkers selfalienate... because they've little to offer anyone. Plonkers do...
Windows integration its weakest link
In reading the forbes article, I noticed this little gem. "Ballmer views product integration as Microsoft's big...
What's the point, really 11612
Handover Phist wrote the following on 9-14-2005 7:42 AM: Indeed, I've been under the impression that Windows makes users so completely complacent (click-n-drool) that they cause much...
What's the point, really 11613
Handover Phist You can throw in the towel any time you wish and miss the boat. Thats the beauty of Linux, you are not forced into anything! However, if you...
What's the point, really 11614
7 blithely blithered Not this lad, substandard software is not welcome in the Phist household. Live CD's, theonlyway to securely backup a broken winbox! I've been...
What does Bill Gates believe
Mark Kent Talking about finding an OS, I finally got it back up and running today. I had a Creative 12X DVD-Rom go marginal on me, dying a slow rest. As...
ReiserFS is Mainstream 11616
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Chrissie Brown wrote on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:53:32 +0200 I for one have not had any trouble with reiserfs 3 -- I've not tried 4. What...
ReiserFS is Mainstream 11617
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, John Bailo wrote on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:57:32 -0700 If one wants to...
ReiserFS is Mainstream 11618
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mark Kent wrote on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:59:00 +0100 In times of yore one had to be careful -- and one...
ReiserFS is Mainstream 11619
On Friday 16 September 2005 01:57, John Bailo stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes...
Fluxbox boner and Windows owner
Man, I thought either gtk-gnutella or firefox was crashing X! I'd run firefox in one desktop, go to another desktop, and then wham! Back to the...
Free as in....Beer
begin oeprotect.scr From memory, it's approximately: Measurements are Imperial. 7lb Malted Barley 1lb Pale Crystal Malt...
McNealy fuds Open Source
Think Sun Doug Barney and Paul Desmond March 2005 Redmond: Based on the 10-year cooperation agreement you recently struck with Microsoft, why should Microsoft shops look at new Sun technology? McNealy: We...
McNealy fuds Open Source
Daeron Keep in mind that Litigation between the two companies would be suicidal to their intellectual property values. The simplest defense agains software patents is to pull out Open Source prior...
Novell Reaches out to Hurricane Katrina Victims
I'm posting this because the M$ press machine would have you think that only Windos technology is helping in NOLA. Several of us who monitor the Yahoo Linux Oss news section of...
deconstructing GatesSpeak
Gates on Google: What, me worry? Mike Ricciuti and Martin LaMonica September 13 2005 Q: .. Do you feel you're in compebreastion with Google, Yahoo and other Web properties...
deconstructing GatesSpeak 11626
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:11:18 -0700, Daeron Lotsa Google Gibberish from Gates Deleted Google.com is indeed targeted from...
Too smart for it's own good
I was having some issues with Mplayer, or rather certain media files that I had encoded using mencoder. The problem was that it seemed that any file that I encoded...
Is AOL in Microsoft's Sights
Time Warner (Quote, Chart) and Microsoft (Quote, Chart) are reportedly in advanced talks over Redmond buying a big stake in the media...
Hacking's a snap in Legoland
When Lego executives recently discovered that adult fans of the iconic plastic bricks had hacked one of the company's new development tools for digital...
Microsoft shakes up Software butturance
Microsoft has revamped its Software butturance licensing program in response to customer feedback that the scheme was too expensive...
Intel Celeron to gain improved AMD64 compatibility
None of those things are really CUP-intensive, perhaps there are issues with the chipset? The cpu speed...
Free_Time_ is the time I spend doing what I want
JeffRelf on Monday 19 September 2005 09:56 I thought about it in the shower about a year and a half...
Google Promote Windows on My Linux Site WTF! 11634
Roy Schestowitz Sorry Roy. The likelihood is that Microsoft wrote a big fat check electronically to...
Google Promote Windows on My Linux Site WTF! 11635
It's not in the EULA. It's in the intimidation: The Redmond menace Microsoft recently threw around its weight -- and its fat wallet -- to squash an independent testing lab from publishing benchmark results that the lab...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows
In other words, you were indeed lying through your teeth. If you really are so good as you want us to believe you are, then you should know that: (1) UNIX systems can...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11637
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 09:16, Erik Funkenbusch stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: Gnu-Linux is a UNIX...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11638
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 17:25, Tom Shelton stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: I think you need to re-read what I have...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11639
Certainly Windows can run executable files from multiple disk parbreastions, Aragorn. It is not so clear as...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11640
On Friday 16 September 2005 19:41, billwg stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: It is not about running executables from different filesystems. I am talking about splitting up...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11641
Certainly product markets are replaced over time by technology changes. Sail vs steam is kind of ancient on both accounts, since gas turbines are more the rage on the...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11642
So you don't like the analogy. I should care because... Unix was an improvement on not only its predecessors, but its successors as well. Linux took the good design features from Unix...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11643
On Monday 19 September 2005 19:42, billwg stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: No it wasn't. It was written as the underlying platform...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11644
Let's see. a) Portable. Microsoft tried to be portable, once, with NT. Originally for Intel, Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC. They gave up, and it's been Intel-only for a while. (Windows CE...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11645
They dropped those version because it was too much cost for too little benefit. There was no appreciable demand for these processors to...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11646
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:59:44 GMT And there was no appreciable revenue from those systems for Microsoft. It will be interesting to...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11647
But they were dropped, and a lot has been done since, which could make it difficult to bring them back if...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11648
If...if...if, Bob. If there is an opportunity to make some money in a new area, you watch...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11649
Yes, MS managed to capture the low-end server market because the Unix vendors priced themselves out of it. It wasn't because of superior MS quality or technical features...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11650
All along it has been my position that Linux is the right thing already, today, for technical users. It has been for a while. Such users have a large variety of unique requirements, and...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11651
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Bob Hauck wrote on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:50:45 -0400 Pedant Point: Linux is not the thing for technical users at this level; what you're...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11652
Well, my brother-in-law's friend's daughter is trying to learn the Declaration of Independence for a clbutt. They had a RealMedia file with...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11653
Not from many RealMedia files, no. I don't need any "justification". You didn't actually address any of There's no one overriding flaw in Windows, true. It's the...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11654
Piece of cake, Ray! Click on Realplayer's Burn-Transfer tab and follow your nose. DVD or CD, no sweat. I have a couple of...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11655
Unless RealPlayer isn't inclined to *let* you... this is a DRM thing, not a technical limitation. But, as you are so wont to say, the user doesn't care. They came...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11656
The basic, free version doesn't appear to include that little feature. You get to pay extra just to do something you're legally enbreastled to do. Even in your own peculiar little world, there's no...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11657
Well, Ray, exercise your free choice here. Don't buy the upgrade or else migrate to linux. Whichever...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11658
I guess that I misread your original statement. It seemed to say that the freebie RealPlayer, which is...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11659
My best guess is that, when you don't have anything substantive to say, you resort to insults. It's...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11660
On Monday 19 September 2005 15:42, billwg stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11661
To a great extent, Aragorn, that is all that I am saying. When those who are upset about malware look to...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11662
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 03:30, billwg stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: Yet, this reason has nothing to do with the technical prowess of...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11663
I think you are wrong here, Aragorn. Can you be more definite? My sense of it is that Windows has gotten...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11664
related, until You're telling me. At my previous job, we had a windows 2000 cluster. I can't remember...
Aragorn's benefits of unix vs windows 11665
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, H-Man wrote on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:51:39 -0600 Pedant Point: that could be a problem for a box that gets most...
Well, Well, Well
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, rapskat wrote on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:24:55 -0400 MSFT Market cap: $279.28B Profit margin: 30.80...
Security: Only good if you use it
Been watching "it takes a thief" on TV and wondering, how many of those folks are going to be using thier...
Best desktop distribution for computer novice 11668
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:42:48 -0700, Cloy First off, there is not "best distro for a novice". If there were, you would not even have to ask the question. Now - first off a...
Best desktop distribution for computer novice 11668 plus 1
Op Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:42:48 -0700, schreef Cloy: A 300 MHz PII will be...
Firefox a security nightmare
Quote: "With Firefox market share reaching a substantial level, is the popular Internet browser becoming a security nightmare for IT administrators? George Ou takes a...
Firefox a security nightmare 11671
On Sunday 18 September 2005 02:32, B Gruff stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: I think that in terms of FOSS...
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