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To: Terpfen
I dropped in to the blog this article mentions--pretty interesting stuff.

The best comment I read was this:

Quit crying and just get linux!

Fedora Core released version 5 on March 20. It was developed at a cost of...zero. To get it to install on your computer costs...zero.

It just works. It does not, however, do many XP standards, such as BSOD, virus and spyware.

10 posted on 03/26/2006 5:44:00 AM PST by twntaipan (John McCain: Your 15 minutes of fame were up long, long ago.)
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To: twntaipan; Terpfen; All
Just a quick Microsoft question here. I know Brian Valentine was instrumental in a push to Offshore much development work a couple of year ago. As reported in Information Week or E-Week or one of those rags, he was quoted: "Think India ! Two for the price of one!"

How much of Windows Vista Bleak Landscape was developed offshore?

The "Cheap Crap" theory.

11 posted on 03/26/2006 6:11:48 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: twntaipan

No thanks. Linux still has issues with usability and support. It's certainly far beyond where it was even two years ago, but it's still not enough.

At this point the only true alternative is OS X, and I hesitate to call it an alternative given how far ahead OS X is of everything else.


17 posted on 03/26/2006 7:49:12 AM PST by Terpfen (72-25: The Democrats mounted a failibuster!)
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To: twntaipan

Don't get me started about Fedora.

It just works. It is damn easy to install.

I also have Solaris 10. It is hard as hell to install. It does not work out of the box the way Fedora does.


19 posted on 03/26/2006 7:50:28 AM PST by Sam the Sham (A conservative party tough on illegal immigration could carry California in 2008)
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To: twntaipan
> The best comment I read was this:
"Fedora Core released version 5 on March 20. It was developed at a cost of...zero."

Except that that statement is false.

I'm running Fedora Core 4 (on the machine I'm typing on) and love it. But "zero cost"? That's a joke, right? What's the value of the programmers' time, over the last 10 years and especially in the last two years, to produce the RedHat and FC series?

The "free" Linux distros were contributed by the community -- people's personal time -- and to some degree bankrolled by supporting companies. It's a beautiful thing. But no way was all that development done at zero cost. People still gotta eat, put gas in their cars, and companies were "investing".

For the blogger to call that process "zero cost" is ignorant.

26 posted on 03/26/2006 9:20:31 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: twntaipan
Reference bump - I am determined to use a spare box to try Linux - Thanks!
;-)
44 posted on 03/27/2006 9:00:42 AM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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