...signing a contract which forces you to exclude competitors, forces you to do things which are not in the best interests of YOUR customers, Employees ...users want to do. It just doesn't support the bad guys doing the things *they* want to do. Important distinction, which you pretend not to notice.... make them easier to trace back. Some companies are using Linux "honey pots" to trace back ...

... produced by satan, to torment end users. There are many things Windows does well enough to make it "comfortable"...first place, with absolutely no discussion of the actual experience of USING Linux. Ironically, when Linux compatible hardware ... ever was" they will relate to it that way. If you let them show off what they have learned, and let them help the reluctant adopters, they will take ...

...twirly bits on a Gnome desktop, my Asus EeePC sometimes uses | Xandros' Easy interface and sometimes good old ...on needs, personal | preferences, support and sometimes just on having learned a particular | application first. Microsoft's domination in... end by | definition) and does things incrementally, it doesn't do big flips."       `---- http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Kernel_Evolution (...

... caller will want next, or what information the next caller will want. Of course, if you want to use Linux in these ways, you need to let your developers ...mean that those profit targets are in jeopardy, the last thing they want to do is upgrade to Vista. These are the people whose income ...rapid transition away from Microsoft. Microsoft may have learned their lesson with NT 4.0. Microsoft ...

...), it's about innovation and /choice/. To suggest that /any/ degree of learning is undesirable and should be discouraged is perverse. Difficulty is purely... nothing more than there to be a single unified "Linux Inc." that they could attack using their vast reserves of money..., but I'm not exactly cowering in fear that they'll "destroy Linux". A far bigger threat comes from those...

...on 7/31/08 10:02 PM: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:20:14 -0700, ...prob then just re-send it as a pdf, print it out, whatever." Good to see you learned something in this discussion, maybe from where I noted: For Thufir to consider ... an online class this is a likely thing to be done. * Outlining is more flexible in MS Word. * The instructor now has to use two programs where ...

...on 7/31/08 10:02 PM: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:20:14 -0700, ...prob then just re-send it as a pdf, print it out, whatever." Good to see you learned something in this discussion, maybe from where I noted: For Thufir to consider ... an online class this is a likely thing to be done. * Outlining is more flexible in MS Word. * The instructor now has to use two programs where ...

...on 7/31/08 10:02 PM: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:20:14 -0700, ...prob then just re-send it as a pdf, print it out, whatever." Good to see you learned something in this discussion, maybe from where I noted: For Thufir to consider ... an online class this is a likely thing to be done. * Outlining is more flexible in MS Word. * The instructor now has to use two programs where ...

...wasn't beyond my capabilities. In fact, I found it easier to learn to use Linux than Windows. Do I use it "fully?" Nope, but I...very long time. My life led me in another direction, but I didn't forget how to learn things. It doesn't just happen. You gotta work at ...I am sometimes surprised at what she doesn't know, often very useful things but she never 'clicked around' to have a look-see. ...

... the 0.95 kernel, but if you consider that Linux and UNIX to be fairly equivalent, then I have been at this over 30 years -- starting with a very ...t beyond my capabilities. In fact, I found it easier to learn to use Linux than Windows. Do I use it "fully?" Nope, ... time. My life led me in another direction, but I didn't forget how to learn things. It doesn't just happen. You gotta work ...