Posted on 09/10/2009 5:50:34 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
According to a leak from a BestBuy employee, Microsoft is initiating a sort of "Anti-Linux Training" course for the employees, and those who take part in the said training are rewarded with a copy of Windows 7 for only ten dollars. The leaked screenshots of the campaign show Microsoft's comparison of its own system with an obscure "Linux" and how Windows is better in every way including security, "free downloads", and software and hardware compatibility.
When Microsoft said a few weeks ago that its biggest threat was Linux, I suppose a campaign such as this was to be expected. We've seen the Laptop Hunter ads against Apple as well as that "Apple Tax" report. Now Linux is the target, apparently.
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16 years. There’s no hurry. There are enough users now that we get plenty of good stuff.
I use Mysql with PHPMyadmin as the frontend.
I love it, but it’s what I’ve been used to using for about 10 years, so your mileage may vary. :)
Mint is much more polished than Ubuntu.
Sounds like a good deal. Win 7 is spoken of as being a good OS.
Oh, and try Virtualbox. It’s not an emulator, but it’s pretty close to flawless. And in ‘seamless’ mode, you don’t even know you’re in a virtual machine. Installs in a couple of clicks and is extremely easy to use.
Perhaps some day, but not quite yet. Microsoft believes in preventative medicine. Corporately, I think they still remember how Gates made his way to the top and are afraid of being blindsided by the next big thing. So, rather than worry about which thing is the next big thing, they try to kill or take over it all.
No, it’s a big threat to Microsoft. If I had said it had already conquered Microsoft, then I’d agree that ‘not yet’ would apply. :) Rest of your post is spot on. :)
MS is reading the tea leaves. There is also going to be a serious threat from the new Ubuntu ‘app store’-like program that will be the new front end to Apt. The easier things get for the uninitiated, the more of a threat they become. The streamlining of software installs is a major part of that.
Zeugma is 100% microsoft free, and has been for years.
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Linux tanstaafl 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Aug 24 17:16:21 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
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I recommend Mint because it’s basically Ubuntu with some extra polish on it and it comes with everything working. With most Linux distros, you have to install the non-free stuff like Flash and codecs and stuff. With Mint, it’s all working from the second you’re finished installing. You can fire up Firefox and watch a youtube video first thing. You also can use the Ubuntu forums for any issues you might have, since it’s basically Ubuntu.
Can one go between Open Office and Office 2007? That is, to say, are the files compatible?
“I’ve often found that doing the opposite of what a Best Buy employee recommends is the better decision to make.”
Thats assuming that I would ask a Best Buy employee any question other than “Wheres the restroom?”
We bought an Acer netbook at Walmart that has Windows XP loaded. It is OK, but we also own an iMac, and I hate the sluggishness and bloated feel that is Microsoft software. I get sick of the constant worry about viruses, plus the inevitable slowdowns as the registry corrupts. No operating system is perfect, but Mac OSX and Linux are far superior in terms of day-to-day usage reliability. It just works when and how it is supposed to work.
Works great after a little tinkering. I run Fedora 11 with a virtual XP machine on tap for those occasional programs or videos that need WIndows. I'm using a laptop with a Dual Core processor (about 2.5 GHz clock).
The sad part about your comment is that you apparently believe Access is a real database program. Real databases don't HAVE a user-level front end. They leave the front end for an application developer to create.
In the world of real databases, Access is a sad joke. It's useful for two things, in my experience:
1) It's a good way to import and/or export stuff to a real database since it speaks many "languages". (There are some limitations here though. A large table with too many fields or indexes will make Access choke.)
2) It has decent reporting capabilities.
A big part of my living is replacing old Access dbs with something stable that multiple users can work in simultaneously. (Oracle for big stuff, Firebird for small to medium stuff)
Red Hat is chinese? How about Suse?
For the most part, yes. The biggest issue I've noted is that things sometimes tend to lay out differently in Word/Swriter documents -- a big problem for desktop publishing, where layout is crucial, but not so much of a big deal for memos, letters, etc.
I have three personal computers -- an iMac, a Fedora desktop (that I post this from), and a Windows XP laptop. I use OpenOffice, GIMP, and Firefox on all three, which gives me a pretty seamless experience with the most common applications. I sync documents using Dropbox, which makes working on something a lot easier when I'm bouncing from location to location, working on different machines.
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