Posted on 09/09/2005 9:43:47 AM PDT by Bush2000
adam: in birdworld, ms giving software to the (not really communist) chicomms is actually termed a "potential sale." Didn't you get the memo?
Actually, his "facts" and "studies" have holes that you can drive a truck through. This has been pointed out to him repeatedly, but then in the next thread, he brings back the same set of dubious links.
The root problem, IMO, is that some people still subscribe to the "What's good for GM is good for America" philosophy that was rampant in the 50s and 60s, and which led ultimately to the decline of the auto industry in the 70s and 80s. Monopolies kill innnovation where they have power, so invariably innovation happens elsewhere.
The truth of the matter is that Open Source has saved Microsoft on more than one occasion, notably the advent of the Internet in the early 90s. And you can still grep through the Windows XP dlls and exes and find BSD copyright notices today as a consequence. Without that, we'd be using the ISO OSI protocol stack, with an OS probably written in France. Scary.
Like the hole in firefox may be a better analogy.
The truth of the matter is that Open Source has saved Microsoft on more than one occasion, notably the advent of the Internet in the early 90s.
That is far from the truth. My understanding was Microsoft just about missed the boat for the Internet. If they weren't nearly a monopoly at the time they would have missed the boat. They had to turn on a dime and get IE out the door to try and get back out in front. The Internet nearly cost Microsoft its dominance. Many people have marveled at how they turned on a dime and got back in the lead, but they were definitely behind the 8-ball and had to do what no other large company could do to get back in front.
This lady I know has a community web site, there are only 14 registured posters on there so she's no finincal threat to anyone.
The question I have is, when you post a comment on her site, the timestamp is wrong. Let's say you posted at 1:00 p.m. the timestamp shows you posting at 4:30 a.m. I fixed my timestamp by going into my profile page and setting the clock - 5 hours GMT.
How does she fix it where it automatically sets everybodies posting time correctly?
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