Sure go ahead. Just put a link to my blog. Thanks. On 2/16/07, Kristopher Julius Alcordo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nice post... Can I post this on my blog and ofcourse credit you for it.. On 2/16/07, hard wyrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > I beg to disagree on the following: > > "sooner or later it will take over (80% or 90%) of the world, just like > the old windows did (statistics say so)" > > "support for devices will follow sooner than expected" > > "mr. torvalds himself or his emissaries have taken time disecting > vista to figure out what makes it tick or if mr. gates has some nasty > secrets hidden in it" > > Take at look at the "real" trend and closely observe the actual movement > that is happening. > > One, Vista isn't and will not take over the world. How so? The 64-bit > code base is not ready. Look it up. Mac OS X is ripe compared to Vista on > the 64-bit front. I got the heads up from an insider over at Cupertino, > Calif. (a close family friend, who will by the way come to CDO this March to > visit. He's doing Mac OS X G5 XServers if anybody wants to know) regarding > the next move Steve Jobs will make. Releasing OS X without the hardware will > be in by middle 2008. Linux by the way has already gained 21% market share > (2005 figure) while Windows dropped considerably and most notably in the > datacenter, and figures for the corporate market will come in by middle of > 2007. Vista adoption is NOT in the drawing board for many companies due to > hardware and cost considerations. Go to Cebu and you'll find companies > realistically doesn't move desktops much. They still use Win2K and XP. > > Linus Torvalds have not used Windows. Why? He uses a Mac OS X G5 laptop, > and of course Linux. He worked at Transmeta which is a competitor to Intel. > And to correct you on that, the reverse is happening. Microsoft has > organized a Linux Laboratory late 2006 deep inside its Redmond, Washington > campus. Again, look it up. In other words, MS is taking a look at Linux at > what makes the new Linux toys tick! And I'm talking about the Xgl, AIGLX, > Beryl, plus the virtualization technologies of the Xen Hypervisor that is > being shipped on both Red Hat and SuSE Linux Enterprise servers. It wants to > have built in virtualization because it doesn't have one built in. That's > envy! > > Oh, closely examine what Vista has inside. Gadgets? it imitated Mac OS X > widgets. The Vista Sidebar? imitated Mac OS X Dashboard. It even imitated > the 3D Chess! :)). For security, it finally learned its lesson and imitated > how Unix, Linux, and Macs behave in terms of user control. Oh, did I mention > MS is afraid that Novell will go after it because it "stole" the directory > services technology and implemented it on Active Directory? Novell had it > first with NDS/eDirectory :)). > > The case of Vista at home? As usual, its what I call the "pied piper > effect". Those who believed the marketing hype, as well as the occassional > "threat" tend to bite the bait. > > Driver support? A lot of XP hardware doesn't yet run on Vista. Hardware > and applications for 32-bit XP doesn't even function well with 64-bit XP. > We've done the test, doesn't work on Vista 64-bit. > > On the topic of using "pirated" ? I'm proud to say, I'm using the latest > Alpha Release of ReactOS. If you haven't heard of it, look it up. Pure open > source, coded from the ground up. It's not yet very stable but already > comparable to XP. And yes, full binary compatibility to the MS product > including the drivers. And no, it is not a rip off. It is built on the same > way Linux was built based on Unix from the ground up. Full release of > ReactOS slated for 2008. User-friendly Beta Release mid-2007. A free windows > compatible for all. > > I'm running away laughing! :) Not a cent wasted for Windows Tax. > > Relax. > > > -- > "A dog that has no bite, barks loudest." > Registered Linux User #400165 > Subscribed to: > LARTC, Open-ITLUG, PRUG, KLUG, sybase.public.ase.linux > > _________________________________________________ > Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- mabuhaynurses.com pinoygamersforum.com Blog: http://www.sphaggy.net _________________________________________________ Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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