__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 05 June 2006 17:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:21:39 +0100
> <4904620.9W20sjRSkb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/dapper/+bug/1
>>
>> [Yes, it's sarcasm]
>
> Hm. And how is Mark Shuttleworth going to fix this bug? :-)
Change a single line of code to potch the flaw
,----[ Code ]
| inv(market_share);
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> One interesting comment, from Jeff Frazier (way down near the bottom):
>
> A possible work around for this bug isCo-Op dollars for the small
> retailer.
> A custom Pc builder can be *encouraged* to provide a product with a
> GNU/Linux Os Vs. a bug infested, Closed Source, Money Hungry B$
> operating system. Co-Op dollars can be an effective *Bug* Spray ;-)
>
> That might work, actually. Hard for me to tell, though. But
> Microsoft has a very *big* wall -- about $33B worth. It takes
> time to scale a market barrier of that size.
That's just what I thought. A 'kickbacks war' requires some very deep
pockets. But look at the bright side: only customers win; but they will get
ripped off in some indirect way, in order to narrow the margins...
> (The good news: Microsoft seems to have shot a number of holes in its
> wall, by their own actions. Vista isn't going to run on anything but
> newly-minted PC desktop units, with plenty of horsepower.)
I'm sure it'll gets Bullmer hot.
Best wishes,
Roy
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