__/ [ BearItAll ] on Wednesday 13 September 2006 11:04 \__
> LINUX-SUX wrote:
>
>> What a lienux loser this boy must be. More proof that lienux is only
>> good for social misfit like this nut case.
>>
>> Regular people do not live and breath computer. They do not even care
>> about OS. They use computer as tool to get work done so they can have a
>> life. Only complete loser will dedicate life to spam news group all
>> day, all night, every day and every weekend.
>>
>> What a total loser.
>
> Where did did you read that in the article?
>
> Tell me though, where does that tool you use come from? XP is it? Well it
> was geekiness, which translates to *people* *willing* *to* *put* *in* *the*
> *effort* to create that tool that you speak of, it was geekiness that got
> you that tool. It is a mixture of personal interest and a genuine need to
> build and advance this tool that gives the likes of 'Sophie' that tool that
> they seem to think takes no effort to create.
Lack of passion for programming leads to lack of responsibility. And it also
leads to change of ownership, which can be disastrous as it leads to bugs
and conflicting designs.
> It is also geekiness that got us Linux. But why? Why didn;t the geeks stay
> with MS Win, we all know it is better to build on top of a ready made
> system, advancing it tuning it, and Linux started so far back as far as
> being a Client machine was concerned, so why get off the MS train and take
> a side step to start again with Linux?
I am among those who departed from the train by the way. I come here not as a
narrow-minded person who have used Linux since the early nineties. I changed
because: 1) I realise Windows was headed nowhere; 2) Linux was by all means
ready to serve my needs.
> Because we know that MS Windows is wrong, it started off in the right
> direction, but it veered off along the line. From then on it was a system
> built by accountants rather than the geeks. That it why you now sit in
> front of an XP machine which is just a faqing mess.
>
> Linux is not messy nor is it limiting, it is the perfect tool to build the
> future of computing on top of and so many agree with that that we are
> seeing daily new releases of phones, pda's, TVs, routers, anything that has
> a computerised system controlling it, all coming out with Linux onboard.
Amen.
> I don't mind that you don't care what OS you sit at, but I care what OS I
> sit at, I care because I want to use my PC as a tool for work and play
> without risk. Linux gives me that, XP/vista can never do that now, they had
> funds, the opertunity and time to work on a good clean safe system as a
> replacement for XP, they haven't done that and I don't believe they will
> ever have that chance again. I wish they had, I don't mind what OS I use so
> long as it is safe but not limiting, vista can never be that so will never
> be an option for me.
Part of the problem was lack of competition and lack of inspiration. Here we
talk about a company that goes as far as charging an annual fee for virtual
'bugfixes' (Live OneCare).
> Of cause there will be a flurry of activity when Vista comes out next
> January, mainly led by the computing press because new OS's sell mags, they
> will also be a few surprises designed to bring in the crowds, by the way
> you will see many of these designed specifically to attract the geek set,
> but I can not see vista being the big boost to the MS coffers that they
> need at this time. Take a look at the shares on any site that offers the
> long term graphs. MS hasn't gone this long without a boost from the markets
> before, they are not generating excitement from the buying public. The only
> real market sales after the first flurry will be replacement installs/PCs,
> which means no growth. The markets need growth, doesn't matter how big MS
> are financially, no growth is a very very bad thing because it can only
> mean they are on the way down.
Yes. It was somebody in the SUSE newsgroup who once said that a business is
always going up or down. It cannot stand still. If there is an illusion of a
status quo being static, then business is most likely being lost. With
Linux, being distributed among peers, that trend is indeed undetectable.
Best wishes,
Roy
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