And before I leave, my NUMBER 1 PET PEEVE ABOUT OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE.... and those who “tout” it to the novices....
It advertises itself as free. Yes it is. But 99.99% of your users out there, DO NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, between Open Source software, Freeware, Shareware, and “FREE DOWNLOAD” software.
OMG... I got a “fish” screensaver, along with 7 different toolbars for my browser, a PC health checker, and a program that is going to help me shop, and automatically alert me, anytime a Nigerian has trouble withdrawing money from his bank...
So... all the novices hear is “free”... and as we all know, everything offered on the Internet is “free”.... except when I have to charge them about $50 to un-upgefuchkt their personal computers when they’ve clicked on all this “free” stuff.
Work wise... I’m the most hated man in Mississippi. Every damn thing is blocked, except what is specifically allowed. I love watching people bring in personal laptops from home, and have them FREEZE for 30 minutes on boot-up, while the 27 toolbars, and all the other spyware programs choke, because their “ET phone home” requests are sent into a DNS blackhole....
“Damn. This computer was working just fine, this morning...”
hehehehehe..... not in my universe, it ain’t.
“Work wise... I’m the most hated man in Mississippi. Every damn thing is blocked, except what is specifically allowed. “
Me too - you can’t even launch an executable unless it is on the permissable list. A user complained “We didn’t have things this locked down even when I worked for the governement.” It made my day.