A standing ovation for the lady. please. Tat was probably the best post
I've seen on this lit in quite some time!
And, yes, kylea, by our [Americna] definition, MS is guilty of numerous
anti-trust violations. The poblem, and the reason why MS has avoided the
leal penalties they so richly deserve,
free lunch has very little to do with freedom, and freedom most definitely
is not free. IMHO, something that claims to provide freedom for free is
something to be very suspicious of. Freedom always has a price. The
question is whether we know the price and, if we do, are we prepared to pay
it
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spandanj wrote:
> Thomas Paine understood Freedom, when he warned:
>
> "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the
> fatigue of supporting it."
>
the problem with using obscure quotes is that they are, well, obscure.
It shows your eru
Well said, Mark. I would add that the criteria for whether Ubuntu is
better is NOT the opinions ofUbuntu developers or even Ubuntu fanatics,
but the number and opinions of the "computer dummies"like me who try
Ubuntu Right now, for me, it's pretty much a tie. I use both Vista and
Intrepid on my ma
I could make a sarcastix remark about how erudite this comment is, but
instead, I'll just ask the obvious question:Stop what?
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Bill gates or the Borg of Redmond. The
less I need to use Windows the happier I'll be.
Allen Graham wrote:
> Why don't you just change the fonts and colors ? It's easy.
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:46 AM, John Botscharow
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>
&g
Amir makes some excellent points. I totally agree with him, especially
on the fonts.
I have both Windows Vista and Ubuntu 8.10 installed on my computer and I
am constantly switching back and forth, especially when I want to read
web pages I use Firefox 3.0 on both Vistan and Ibex, yet sites alwa
Hi Max,
Yes, Europe is far ahead of the USA when it comes to using FOSS MS has a
real stranglehold here, but there are a few cracks.What we really need
here is a court system with the same fortitude as the EU Supreme Court
that will enforce our anti-trust laws the way they were meant to be
enforc
both sides,
the Borg of Redmond will, sadly, remain untouchable.
Peace!
John Botscharow
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Bravo!!! Well said. Words of wisdom from someone who has a great deak of
IT experience and expertise. I recommend that this community ALL read
this and take the message to heart. Maybe hen Ubuntu can move in a
direction that will really allow it tochallnge MS.
On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 11:30 +, k
lly not all that bad
and, IMHO, an improvement over XP.
Peace!
John Botscharow
http://jbotscharow.com
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One Linux to rule them all!
And it would possibly lead to more and better hardware ssupport as well.
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I
I believe it was meant as irony and as such, it is quite good. I believe
Shane completely missed the point of Bernhard's post. what makes it even
more ironicis that the only reason Bil gates has any interest in Africa
is because it is a wide-open market for Microsoft products/ There is no
altru
Vadim Peretokin wrote:
> World of Warcraft is not designed to be run on Linux, so I don't see
> how Linux is at fault here really. The majority of desktop
> applications that are designed for Linux do not require any
> configuration at all in order to get them to run, just like on
> Windows.
>
Vadim,
You misunderstood me I was not talking about the actual starting of a
program, but rather configuring the computer to so that it will rum a
program like World of Warcraft to work on that computer. And my
criticism of the developers is that they still design Ubuntu and all the
other Linu
I have been following the discussions of this bug with some amusement
for the last couple of months. I amnot a developer, just a semi-literate
computer user who has no interest in coding,only in the best possible
functionality from my computers. I tend to leave the coding to those
with the talent a
it worked
better on Ubuntu than on Windows!! THAT would be a real marketing
coup!!!
Peace!
John Botscharow
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, especially the manufacturers of the
more popular online and computer games. I have a couple in mind as prime
targets, but not sure if it is permitted to mention specific
manufacturers here.
Peace!
John Botscharow
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You
Forgot to mention, the home button DOES ope the site set as my home
page, The error only occurs on start up.
Peace!
John
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