[Dominic Harr]

In other words if you truly think Linux avoids the issues of vendor lock-in you're smoking crack.

When you take a moment to think about this, some day, and realize what vendor lock-in means, you'll understand why you've failed so miserably in this discussion.

You're the one arguing "oranges" when we're talking about "apples". You don't even understand what we're saying.

Your 'situational awareness' is near zero. You do not hold the beach -- I repeat, you do not hold the beach.

[Golden Eagle]

When you take a moment to think about this, some day, and realize what vendor lock-in means, you'll understand why you've failed so miserably in this discussion.

You're the one arguing "oranges" when we're talking about "apples". You don't even understand what we're saying.

Your 'situational awareness' is near zero. You do not hold the beach -- I repeat, you do not hold the beach.

Harr's entire post, nothing but personal attacks.

[for-q-clinton]

My point is vendor lock-in is a misdirection play from Linux/IBM/Java to try and win market share from Microsoft. They get you to agree that they are locked into MSFT, but what they hope you don't realize any IT solution will be vendor locked-in. Name one that isn't?

Web services is the first quasi non-vendor locked-in solution for companies; however, it too has a vendor locked-in component. Linux guys are good at the misdirection. Like when they say I can run linux on a 386 and the next sentence is they have a gui that's just as good as windows. What they aren't telling you that GUI isn't running on a 386. Same thing here. They get you focussed on MSFT while they try to become the lock-in solution. It's all a misdirection.

[Bush2000]

When you take a moment to think about this, some day, and realize what vendor lock-in means, you'll understand why you've failed so miserably in this discussion.

If Linux gives you the ability to avoid vendor-lockin -- and you've made clear that that's all that matters -- how come you're still using Windows to do all of your Java development, Harr? Isn't Linux good enough? Yeah, yeah, I know ... it's not a fact that you like to talk about. You'll probably ignore this post, too. That's the thing that cracks me up about you, Black Knight. You keep losing limbs -- and yet somehow, you keep getting up and asking for more. Well, come and get it, Windows boy. You talk a good game but those of us who know your BS understand that you can't function without Windows. And that says more about the actual utility and functionality found within Windows than anything you have to say about Linux...