Posted by: Administrator
on December 30, 2003 06:54 AM
The only time that I have any dependency issues is when some third party software didn't include what was needed for the software to run assuming that everyone has the same libraries. But then that happens with Windows too. But sometimes when it happens in Windows, Windows locks up, where as in Linux, the program just doesn't run.
But when you have to pay a ton of money for the next new upgrade, do you realize that you are paying for the propaganda that M$ spews forth about how insecure open source is, and how secure Windows is.
Why support bullies who like to steal ideas and crush competition? Don't you realize that hinders innovation? I buy parts and build my own machine so that I am not swindled out of bucks for a operating system that I do not like. In fact the savings that I get from not having an O/S on any hardware allows me to build with a bigger bang for my buck. I am able to get a $1200,00 machine for only $600.00.
I am able to reconfigure my machine at anytime that I wish, without having to get re-activation permission from M$. I have a mobile dock with different sliders. I am able to change distros at anytime that I wish. I can dedicate one for graphics development, another for games development, and a third for just general use. Can you have XP on more than one drive without violating the M$ policies? I do not think so. So I have infinitely more freedom to develop than you do.
Besides, why do think that there is so much spam? M$ has all sorts of behind the scenes running software that calls home to let them know where you have been on the web, what you have been doing there and a back door for gov't angencies to look in on you, all without you even being aware of it.
M$ takes the info that it has retrieved from your machine, and sells your name and address and e-mail address to third parties so it can still make a buck off of you. Ever notice that after you have visited an online clothing retailer, that you start to get spam from Haband and LL Bean? Now you know why. It didn't happen immeadiately, but it definitely happened after you got yourself one of those patches or updates.
I no longer have that problem. Sure I get the usual spoofed spam, and some of the ones that already know my current e-mail, but I can visit sites all without having the big jump in spam after I get an update. And I have to tell you, it is nice.
So you go right ahead and continue the good fight, of which half of it I no longer have to wage. Enjoy yourself, with Uncle Sam looking over your shoulder whenever he feels like looking in on you. Stay on the phone waiting for that re-activation code, whenever you decide to upgrade the hardware too much and have the software tell you it's not the same machine. It is your choice, so have fun with it. And I will enjoy peace and quiet on my Linux machine, with a slight depndency issue here and there as someone forgot that there are more than one distro out there. Happy New Year.
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Re:my 2 cents on SUSE 9.0
Posted by: Administrator on December 30, 2003 06:54 AMBut when you have to pay a ton of money for the next new upgrade, do you realize that you are paying for the propaganda that M$ spews forth about how insecure open source is, and how secure Windows is.
Why support bullies who like to steal ideas and crush competition? Don't you realize that hinders innovation? I buy parts and build my own machine so that I am not swindled out of bucks for a operating system that I do not like. In fact the savings that I get from not having an O/S on any hardware allows me to build with a bigger bang for my buck. I am able to get a $1200,00 machine for only $600.00.
I am able to reconfigure my machine at anytime that I wish, without having to get re-activation permission from M$. I have a mobile dock with different sliders. I am able to change distros at anytime that I wish. I can dedicate one for graphics development, another for games development, and a third for just general use. Can you have XP on more than one drive without violating the M$ policies? I do not think so. So I have infinitely more freedom to develop than you do.
Besides, why do think that there is so much spam? M$ has all sorts of behind the scenes running software that calls home to let them know where you have been on the web, what you have been doing there and a back door for gov't angencies to look in on you, all without you even being aware of it.
M$ takes the info that it has retrieved from your machine, and sells your name and address and e-mail address to third parties so it can still make a buck off of you. Ever notice that after you have visited an online clothing retailer, that you start to get spam from Haband and LL Bean? Now you know why. It didn't happen immeadiately, but it definitely happened after you got yourself one of those patches or updates.
I no longer have that problem. Sure I get the usual spoofed spam, and some of the ones that already know my current e-mail, but I can visit sites all without having the big jump in spam after I get an update. And I have to tell you, it is nice.
So you go right ahead and continue the good fight, of which half of it I no longer have to wage. Enjoy yourself, with Uncle Sam looking over your shoulder whenever he feels like looking in on you. Stay on the phone waiting for that re-activation code, whenever you decide to upgrade the hardware too much and have the software tell you it's not the same machine. It is your choice, so have fun with it. And I will enjoy peace and quiet on my Linux machine, with a slight depndency issue here and there as someone forgot that there are more than one distro out there. Happy New Year.
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