Software could be sold at deep discounts, or even for free, report says. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110748,tk,dn051503X,00.asp Sounds nice; but when will the source code be available? CWSIV ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
On Monday 08 September 2003 09:24 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Software could be sold at deep discounts, or even for free, report says. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110748,tk,dn051503X,00.asp
Sounds nice; but when will the source code be available?
CWSIV
Isn't is customary to pay someone to take away your garbage?? Seems that Microsoft should be paying US to take their garbage. -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing"
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 19:48, Tony Alfrey wrote:
Isn't is customary to pay someone to take away your garbage?? Seems that Microsoft should be paying US to take their garbage.
Whoa, isn't this a bit over-agressive ? Please stay realistic. For about 4 months I am now struggling to get a smooth running Linux system. Despite several postings in this list and the help of many people, I am still facing the following problems - none of which exist in my Windows XP : * random/occasional failure to start wireless PCMCIA during boot * black screen after starting NVidia driver * no CDDB access by Konqueror * incorrect (too large) printing by KMail * no euro symbol available Please note that I decided to move away from Microsoft because I don't want to be depended upon the "secret" and embedded functions that Microsoft is forcing upon me. But "garbage" ? No ! So far my Windows works better than my Linux. ;-( Nevertheless I keep motivated to get things right under Linux, although sometimes I'm getting tired about the lack of progress. Cheers, -- Jan Elders Nuenen the Netherlands
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 20:43, Jan Elders wrote:
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 19:48, Tony Alfrey wrote:
Isn't is customary to pay someone to take away your garbage?? Seems that Microsoft should be paying US to take their garbage.
The only way SuSE can compete is to get Yast to be able to resize an NTFS partition. I used to install around 5 7.3 systems per week. Now I've given up due to the time it takes to shrink NTFS with partition magic. And then not being able to dual boot with any reliability. This really needs looking into. Cheers, Steve.
Le mardi 09 septembre 2003, 20:43:43 ou environ Jan Elders <jrme@xs4all.nl> a écrit:
be depended upon the "secret" and embedded functions that Microsoft is forcing upon me. But "garbage" ? No ! So far my Windows works better than my Linux. ;-( Nevertheless I keep motivated to get things right under Linux, although sometimes I'm getting tired about the lack of progress.
Have you tried GNU-Linux four years ago (SuSE-6.2 or was it SuSE-6.1, KDE crash, kmail crash, Konqueror unworkable). When I tried the last version of Knoppix (sorry for SuSE) I did not recognize Linux and I smiled when a colleague thought I had Windows XP on my desktop.
Cheers, Idem
-- Jan Elders Nuenen the Netherlands
-- Alain Barthélemy cassandre@bartydeux.be http://www.bartydeux.be Linux User #315631
* Alain Barthélemy (cassandre@bartydeux.be) [030909 12:23]:
Le mardi 09 septembre 2003, 20:43:43 ou environ Jan Elders <jrme@xs4all.nl> a écrit:
be depended upon the "secret" and embedded functions that Microsoft is forcing upon me. But "garbage" ? No ! So far my Windows works better than my Linux. ;-( Nevertheless I keep motivated to get things right under Linux, although sometimes I'm getting tired about the lack of progress.
Have you tried GNU-Linux four years ago (SuSE-6.2 or was it SuSE-6.1, KDE crash, kmail crash, Konqueror unworkable). When I tried the last version of Knoppix (sorry for SuSE) I did not recognize Linux and I smiled when a colleague thought I had Windows XP on my desktop.
Yes, well. The differences between 6.1 and 8.2 are so vast that a comparison isn't even possible in my view and Knoppix didn't exist when 6.1 was out. There is a maturity that has come about in the whole of the Open Source Community. It's much like looking at a 17 year old kid and thinking they will be that way for ever and then running into them 10 years later after they've recieved several degrees and now have become your boss at work. ;) -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.
Hallo Jan Maybe you could spill your problems on the annoyances@dee-annleblanc.com list have a look at .http://michelangelo.renaissoft.com/mailman/listinfo/annoyances Maybe your already know but just in case. -- Greetings from /bill at 169 west , 19 south. Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors." s On Tuesday 09 September 2003 07:43, Jan Elders wrote:
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 19:48, Tony Alfrey wrote:
Isn't is customary to pay someone to take away your garbage?? Seems that Microsoft should be paying US to take their garbage.
Whoa, isn't this a bit over-agressive ? Please stay realistic. For about 4 months I am now struggling to get a smooth running Linux system. Despite several postings in this list and the help of many people, I am still facing the following problems - none of which exist in my Windows XP : * random/occasional failure to start wireless PCMCIA during boot * black screen after starting NVidia driver * no CDDB access by Konqueror * incorrect (too large) printing by KMail * no euro symbol available Please note that I decided to move away from Microsoft because I don't want to be depended upon the "secret" and embedded functions that Microsoft is forcing upon me. But "garbage" ? No ! So far my Windows works better than my Linux. ;-( Nevertheless I keep motivated to get things right under Linux, although sometimes I'm getting tired about the lack of progress. Cheers, -- Jan Elders Nuenen the Netherlands
Le lundi 08 septembre 2003, 21:24:53 ou environ Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv@juno.com> a écrit:
Software could be sold at deep discounts, or even for free, report says. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110748,tk,dn051503X,00.asp
Sounds nice; but when will the source code be available?
CWSIV
Anybody knows that Windows is free. Any child who can use a keyboard and a mouse can crack it, you can buy a CDRom with a copy of Windows for $50 in Russia and, of course, you pay for it about 10% or is it 15% of the price of a new PC as an OEM product. -- Alain Barthélemy cassandre@bartydeux.be http://bartydeux.be Linux User #315631
This thread is now dead. Please take it to suse-ot. -- -ckm
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Software could be sold at deep discounts, or even for free, report says. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110748,tk,dn051503X,00.asp
If I recall, this practice is a violation of US Anti-trust laws, although the US has not been inclined to proscecute Microsoft to any real degree. The - -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Xh7M+wA+1cUGHqkRAkigAJ9PY2rxwkCLKl2opCLJHGb3X9OqOACeKA26 5TWS1SkSNOlt/HQIxIHMTPw= =0QQe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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