Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
Just as an aside: Did you post a report to MandrakeBizCases?
http://www.mandrakebizcases.com/modules.php?name=Submit_News
They are always glad to hear such things and the numerous reports on the
site serve well as argumentation help for people trying to persuade
their
Am I alone in noticing the insanity. As if SCO wasn't bad enough.
Lycoris deciding that it can rewrite the GPL. Now the CEO of RedHat
(or as I've heard of late DeadRat) is advocating that Home users stick
with Windows as Linux isn't ready for the desktop. Maybe I should send
the SOB a copy of
Anyone interested in this mess should have a look at this article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33823.html
They're trying to increase revenues by preventing use of their desktop
offering in the server room. They've chosen a method that cuts off the
nose to spite the face, but I still
On Sunday 09 November 2003 02:20 am, James Sparenberg wrote:
Am I alone in noticing the insanity. As if SCO wasn't bad enough.
Lycoris deciding that it can rewrite the GPL. Now the CEO of RedHat
(or as I've heard of late DeadRat) is advocating that Home users stick
with Windows as Linux
On September 1993 plus 3721 days James Sparenberg wrote:
Lycoris deciding that it can rewrite the GPL.
Uhm...for their own code, yes, they can...it won't be the GPL any
more, but it's their own license. Depending on the changes, it may
or may not still be Free Software and/or Open
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Well, I gotta say that Redhat does have a point. I do think that linux is not
yet ready for the everyday desktop user except for Lindows - for a relatively
small subpopulation.
I use it exclusively but then I have been playing with linux for
On Sunday 09 November 2003 02:42 am, Jack Coates wrote:
Anyone interested in this mess should have a look at this article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33823.html
They're trying to increase revenues by preventing use of their desktop
offering in the server room. They've chosen a
Jack Coates wrote:
worst case scenario is a hated albatross cousin to RH server, best case
scenario is that they've spawned their own new competitor.
http://www.caosity.org
Bye
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On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 06:22, Bryan Phinney wrote:
On Sunday 09 November 2003 02:42 am, Jack Coates wrote:
Anyone interested in this mess should have a look at this article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33823.html
They're trying to increase revenues by preventing use of their
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I myself would not automatically say, Use linux instead! It's just as good
as windoze with regards to desktop use. In many cases it IS as good, if not
better, than doze. No viruses, more stable, etc, but it does come at a cost
of increased
I'm not sure I'm in total agreement.
The computing community is not made up of only two types of users:
experts (many of whom use linux) and complete neophytes (who, for the
sake of argument, use Windows). There is, in fact, a wide spectrum of
folks - some of whom want an appliance, those who are
On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:24 am, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
Well, I gotta say that Redhat does have a point. I do think that linux is
not yet ready for the everyday desktop user except for Lindows - for a
relatively small subpopulation.
Hmm, I disagree. My 10 and 12 year old (not to mention
On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:54 am, Jack Coates wrote:
That's good strategy in the proprietary world, but the open source
community around both distributions has to buy into the idea for it to
work in this case.
Well, it is new but I think that once the community realizes that RH is
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 11:02, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:24 am, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
Well, I gotta say that Redhat does have a point. I do think that linux is
not yet ready for the everyday desktop user except for Lindows - for a
relatively small subpopulation.
Franki schrieb am Mon, 10 Nov 2003 00:58:46 +0800:
Perth has dozens of small business servers (biggest company has 40
employees)
All of them are mandrake, non are 9.2 (yet) but that might change
sometime soon when I am happy with it.
(servers are 7.2 mostly, but some 8.1/8.2/9.0 machines
I would LOVE to be able to do this in OpenOffice. I would LOVE for the
document on the screen to appear as it does when I print it out (Lyx gives
no indication of what the output will actually look like).
LyX and LaTeX not WYSIWYG editors and actually make it a point in their
documentation.
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 06:22, Bryan Phinney wrote:
On Sunday 09 November 2003 02:42 am, Jack Coates wrote:
Anyone interested in this mess should have a look at this article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33823.html
They're trying to increase revenues by preventing use of their
On Sunday 09 November 2003 03:17 pm, James Sparenberg wrote:
Basically I interpret what he said as, Thanks to your devotion over the
last 8 years we have a solid product, now fsck off and don't bother us
anymore. Your work, time and effort we didn't pay for, has been of
tremendous value to
On September 1993 plus 3721 days Praedor Atrebates wrote:
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Well, I gotta say that Redhat does have a point. I do think that linux is not
yet ready for the everyday desktop user except for Lindows - for a relatively
small subpopulation.
I
Yes, I know lyx is not WYSIWYG and that it is advertised as the ridiculous
WYSIWYM (what you see is what you mean). In point of fact, it is the result
of being stuck working with Latex via a GUI. It does a lot to remove the
need of learning an entire programing language (LaTex) just to
Fine. Do they all have root password available so they can do updates,
reconfigure, build and install? These are things that are essentially
handfed to windoze users. You click on an install button and app X is
installed. Done. On linux this requires root. Simple enough if you are
used
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 18:49:57 -0500, Praedor Atrebates [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Fine.
I'm not disagreeing. But I have a couple observations.
Now that Christmas ads are in full force, I noticed there is no reason for
me to look at the software ads. Pre-linux I was always buying something,
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 15:49, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
Fine. Do they all have root password available so they can do updates,
reconfigure, build and install? These are things that are essentially
handfed to windoze users. You click on an install button and app X is
installed. Done. On
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 16:47, Phil G. wrote:
...
I have two pc's and a firewall pc, and since getting rid of windows my TCO
has gone down - not only because of licensing fees but also my time. My
kids are able to use linux without help from me (use, not administer)
whereas with windows
On Sunday 09 November 2003 11:48 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
I've noticed the exact same thing, DL. In fact a young person I know
recently told me that he could install and run Mandrake without trouble,
yet couldn't seem to get winblowz to operate as easily, and deferred to
a local shop for
On Monday 10 Nov 2003 1:04 am, James Sparenberg wrote:
As for spam filtering. Can't find one that works right in windows.
Just flat not fine grained enough or easy enough for someone like
my wife to use/install. Some things are admin tasks and need to
remain that way. No matter what OS.
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