"Expect Microsoft to ally even more closely with the RIAA and MPAA in making yet another try at hardware-based DRM restrictions — and legislation making them mandatory. The rationale will be to stop piracy and spam, but the real goal will be customer control and a lockout of all unauthorized software. Two previous attempts at this have failed, but the logic of Microsoft's situation is such that they must keep trying.
"I also expect a serious effort, backed by several billion dollars in bribe money (oops, excuse me, campaign contributions), to get open-source software outlawed on some kind of theory that it aids terrorists. We can only defeat that by making sure that national governments become so attached to open-source code that their military men and bureaucrats will short-stop the bribed legislators, rather than let their vital infrastructure be outlawed."
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> "Expect Microsoft to ally even more closely with the RIAA and MPAA in > making yet another try at hardware-based DRM restrictions ? and > legislation making them mandatory. The rationale will be to stop piracy > and spam, but the real goal will be customer control and a lockout of all > unauthorized software. Two previous attempts at this have failed, but the > logic of Microsoft's situation is such that they must keep trying.
> "I also expect a serious effort, backed by several billion dollars in > bribe money (oops, excuse me, campaign contributions), to get open-source > software outlawed on some kind of theory that it aids terrorists. We can > only defeat that by making sure that national governments become so > attached to open-source code that their military men and bureaucrats will > short-stop the bribed legislators, rather than let their vital > infrastructure be outlawed."
Eliminating micoshaft is the best way to stop all this crap. Very sound business practices to get rid of the WINDUMMY osen and replace it with free software below: Original article by Rex Ballard.
" Here are some tactics I've been hearing about from different companies who are trying to prevent another "forced upgrade" to Vista at the cost of jobs, poor earnings reports, and loss of productivity.
Executive Management Approval Employees who want Vista or Office 2007 have to get approval from their supervisor, who has to get approval from his supervisor, and so on up the chain almost to the CEO or COO. If a lower level manager approves, and doesn't get prior approval from his management, a substantial charge is assessed to his budget, sufficient to clearly and negatively affect his bonuses. In effect, any Vista or Office 2007 he personally approves, comes out of his bonus.
The point is that most lower level workers are not willing to go through the hassles of writting a justification sufficient to merit the approval of a high level executive, and mid-level managers aren't going to eliminate their chances of promotion or bonuses by bucking upper management.
Self Funded Personal Platforms
The company will provide the PC and Windows 2000, XP, or Linux, but if the employee feels that he has to have Vista or Office 2007, they have to purchase it through the corporate procurement system, and the cost of the software will be deducted from their bunuses or raises.
Linux bonuses Company offers bonuses, or adds to annual bonuses based on the employee's ability to use Linux, with higher bonuses for Linux in Native mode, slightly less for Virtual Mode, because they have taken the time to self-train and take responsibility for their own desktop or laptop environment.
Annual surcharges. Rather than just giving every employee a copy of Windows and Office, the employees department gets charged for the licenses and support they are using. For example, a call to the help desk for XP issues would be over $300 per call. A support call for Linux might be as little as $30 per call. In addition, administrative fees and support fees for just having XP or Linux are similarly proportionally priced.
Full Time Reportinng Time spent dealing with Windows XP or Office issues, ranging from back- up and restore to reinstallation of software or Windows, has to be reported separately on a time sheet. If this time is from the 40 hour work week, it's treated similar to "sick time". If it's done in ADDITION to the standard 40 hour week, it is considered volunteer effort, but this gives companies a much better picture of how much time is spent dealing with Microsoft related issues, and makes a better case for switching to Linux.
Extra time spent installing and learning to use Linux ad Open Office are treated like training, since these are new skills that the company wants to encourage. Since this training time indicates a willingness to follow corporate guidelines, Therefore this is a positive when considering bonuses, raises, and promotions.
Client Provided software More consulting firms are now expecting the client to pay for special software. If the client is using Vista and/or Office 2007 and won't share documents in a legacy friendly way, the consultant has to purchase the software through corporate procurement, and expense it to the client along with travel and other expenses (at full corporate price). This is because too many clients have been "giving" pirated copies of Vista and Office 2007 to consultants, and the corporate licenses ONLY apply to permanent employees of the corporation. The consulting company is liable to Microsoft for the pirated licenses and could even face a $10,000 per copy fine for the copyright violation. In some countries, the penalties for stealing are quite severe, including the loss of body parts.
Automated License and software audits
Most corporations now have the ability to get a comprehensive list of who has what software, and many are on the lookout for pirated copies of Vista or Office 2007. If it's not on the inventory as a purchased license, then it's pirated. Many companies are also asking violators to come to the data center or customer support depot and have their laptops re-imaged. Some corporate desktops can automatically be re- imaged if pirated software is detected.
There are also some new viruses out that are causing full indexes of the entire file-system to be generated, and sending the index to some unknown location on a "trickle" basis. If your laptop is suddenly runnig very SLOWLY, this might be why.
Another virus is looking for file-sharing software such as bit- torrent, if it's found, the virus deletes all mp3 files. It only impacts Win2K, XP and Vista users.
Seems like a lot of corporate and hacker forces are starting to make Windows users really "suffer" for their addiction to Windows. And attempts to install Vista are pretty much the road to an "Intervention".
This out of date tripe must be an embarassment to the Linux lovers. Here we have ESR pontificating some 4 years ago about what was going to happen and nothing at all occurred, showing his complete lack of credibility in the forcasting department. Why would you bring it up again? You look like a stupid idiot.
> This out of date tripe must be an embarassment to the Linux lovers. > Here we have ESR pontificating some 4 years ago about what was going > to happen and nothing at all occurred, showing his complete lack of > credibility in the forcasting department. Why would you bring it up > again? You look like a stupid idiot.
He is a stupid idiot. Notice how all the other "advocates" now have him killfiled?
> This out of date tripe must be an embarassment to the Linux lovers. Here we > have ESR pontificating some 4 years ago about what was going to happen and > nothing at all occurred, showing his complete lack of credibility in the > forcasting department. Why would you bring it up again? You look like a > stupid idiot.
Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
Try this:- -------------------------------------- Yeah, sure! Sure they have a better browser and the only reason that 96% of the world doesn't use it is that they are too lazy to download it and give it a try! LOL!!!
The real reason is that it is not any better and for most users it is a lot worse than anything else that they are using. People do not see it as worth bending over to pick up off the floor for free. Like a penny laying under the table on the floor across the aisle!
>> This out of date tripe must be an embarassment to the Linux lovers. Here we >> have ESR pontificating some 4 years ago about what was going to happen and >> nothing at all occurred, showing his complete lack of credibility in the >> forcasting department. Why would you bring it up again? You look like a >> stupid idiot.
> Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
> Try this:- > -------------------------------------- > Yeah, sure! > Sure they have a better browser and the only reason that 96% of the world > doesn't use it is that they are too lazy to download it and give it a try! > LOL!!!
> The real reason is that it is not any better and for most users it is a > lot worse than anything else that they are using. People do not see it as > worth bending over to pick up off the floor for free. Like a penny laying > under the table on the floor across the aisle!
>> This out of date tripe must be an embarassment to the Linux lovers. Here we >> have ESR pontificating some 4 years ago about what was going to happen and >> nothing at all occurred, showing his complete lack of credibility in the >> forcasting department. Why would you bring it up again? You look like a >> stupid idiot.
> Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
Yep.
You can see Linux's desktop market share at just about the same point it is today. Less than 1 percent by most stats.
-- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots: http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
>> This out of date tripe must be an embarassment to the Linux lovers. >> Here we have ESR pontificating some 4 years ago about what was going >> to happen and nothing at all occurred, showing his complete lack of >> credibility in the forcasting department. Why would you bring it up >> again? You look like a stupid idiot.
> He is a stupid idiot. Notice how all the other "advocates" now have him > killfiled?
Another fine "true linux advocacy post" from the "true linux advocate", "kernel hacker", "emacs user", "swapfile expert", "X specialist", "CUPS guru", "USB-disk server admin", "defragger professional", "newsreader magician", "hardware maven", "time coordinator", "email sage" and "OSS culling committee chairman" Hadron Quark, aka Hans Schneider, aka Richard, aka Damian O'Leary
Notice how you "interpret" in Snot Glasser technique? That is, your "conclusion" is not backed by *any* facts -- Experience is what causes a person to make new mistakes instead of old ones.
>> This out of date tripe must be an embarassment to the Linux lovers. Here >> we have ESR pontificating some 4 years ago about what was going to happen >> and nothing at all occurred, showing his complete lack of credibility in >> the >> forcasting department. Why would you bring it up again? You look like a >> stupid idiot.
> Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
> Try this:- > -------------------------------------- > Yeah, sure! > Sure they have a better browser and the only reason that 96% of the > world > doesn't use it is that they are too lazy to download it and give it a try! > LOL!!!
> The real reason is that it is not any better and for most users it is > a > lot worse than anything else that they are using. People do not see it as > worth bending over to pick up off the floor for free. Like a penny laying > under the table on the floor across the aisle!
> Some better product. Baloney. > Posted by: amicus_curious Posted on: 06/10/04
BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!! Thats cracked me up totally!!!!!!!!!
> This out of date tripe must be an embarassment to the Linux lovers. Here we > have ESR pontificating some 4 years ago about what was going to happen and
We all got over being embarassed about ESR a LONG time ago...
Compared to St. Ignucious, he really isn't all that anyways.
> nothing at all occurred, showing his complete lack of credibility in the > forcasting department. Why would you bring it up again? You look like a > stupid idiot.
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>>> This out of date tripe must be an embarassment to the Linux lovers. Here >>> we have ESR pontificating some 4 years ago about what was going to happen >>> and nothing at all occurred, showing his complete lack of credibility in >>> the >>> forcasting department. Why would you bring it up again? You look like a >>> stupid idiot.
>> Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
>> Try this:- >> -------------------------------------- >> Yeah, sure! >> Sure they have a better browser and the only reason that 96% of the >> world >> doesn't use it is that they are too lazy to download it and give it a try! >> LOL!!!
>> The real reason is that it is not any better and for most users it is >> a >> lot worse than anything else that they are using. People do not see it as >> worth bending over to pick up off the floor for free. Like a penny laying >> under the table on the floor across the aisle!
>> Some better product. Baloney. >> Posted by: amicus_curious Posted on: 06/10/04
> BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!! > Thats cracked me up totally!!!!!!!!!
Yuk. Bill Weisbgerber is a repellent character just as he was 4 years ago. Probably a very lonely one, too...
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> ____/ bbgruff on Monday 25 August 2008 18:10 : \____
>> Linonut wrote:
>>> LOL!!!
>> Yep - it's a bit of a givaway, isn't it?:-)
> How old was he 4 years ago. Like 5?
Says the child named Roy Schestowitz who has never had a job, never paid his own bills and who lives in a dorm room while his mommy and daddy pay for his way through life.
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:11:44 -0400, Ezekiel wrote: > "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgro...@schestowitz.com> wrote in message > news:2121301.oKXUFFuWLv@schestowitz.com... >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1
>> ____/ bbgruff on Monday 25 August 2008 18:10 : \____
>>> Linonut wrote:
>>>> LOL!!!
>>> Yep - it's a bit of a givaway, isn't it?:-)
>> How old was he 4 years ago. Like 5?
> Says the child named Roy Schestowitz who has never had a job, never paid his > own bills and who lives in a dorm room while his mommy and daddy pay for his > way through life.
Schestowitz is obviously a leech.
If he ever makes it into the workforce, he will change his tune.
-- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots: http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
>> ____/ bbgruff on Monday 25 August 2008 18:10 : \____
>>> Linonut wrote:
>>>> LOL!!!
>>> Yep - it's a bit of a givaway, isn't it?:-)
>> How old was he 4 years ago. Like 5?
> Says the child named Roy Schestowitz who has never had a job, never paid > his own bills and who lives in a dorm room while his mommy and daddy pay > for his way through life.
You utter fscked up twat!! Keep your personal attacks to yourself! You should talk to the man in the mirror when you write your personal attacks instead of spilling it out on to the real world on behalf of asstroturfing purposes for Micoshaft corporation. Got that asshole?
>>> ____/ bbgruff on Monday 25 August 2008 18:10 : \____
>>>> Linonut wrote:
>>>>> LOL!!!
>>>> Yep - it's a bit of a givaway, isn't it?:-)
>>> How old was he 4 years ago. Like 5?
>> Says the child named Roy Schestowitz who has never had a job, never paid >> his own bills and who lives in a dorm room while his mommy and daddy pay >> for his way through life.
> You utter fscked up twat!! > Keep your personal attacks to yourself! > You should talk to the man in the mirror when you write your personal > attacks instead of spilling it out on to the real world on behalf > of asstroturfing purposes for Micoshaft corporation. > Got that asshole?
It's not a personal attack if it's true.
And it is true. Roy Schestowitz is an unemployed loser. Kind of like you.
> Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
Perhaps, but you don't see me dredging it up to embarass my position either. Whereas, you silly geese tolerate Shestowitz and his magpies doing the very thing.
>> Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
> Perhaps, but you don't see me dredging it up to embarass my position either. > Whereas, you silly geese tolerate Shestowitz and his magpies doing the very > thing.
Schestowitz has them all dancing on the end of a rope, like marionettes. I have to give him credit in that he has managed to dupe quite a few people in COLA.
-- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots: http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
>>> ____/ bbgruff on Monday 25 August 2008 18:10 : \____
>>>> Linonut wrote:
>>>>> LOL!!!
>>>> Yep - it's a bit of a givaway, isn't it?:-)
>>> How old was he 4 years ago. Like 5?
>> Says the child named Roy Schestowitz who has never had a job, never paid >> his own bills and who lives in a dorm room while his mommy and daddy pay >> for his way through life.
> You utter fscked up twat!! > Keep your personal attacks to yourself! > You should talk to the man in the mirror when you write your personal > attacks instead of spilling it out on to the real world on behalf > of asstroturfing purposes for Micoshaft corporation. > Got that asshole?
Personal attacks in a technical forum are a verification of the truth of the stories. It means that there's no way to dismiss the message.
They can libel me all they want. I don't see it and I don't let it distract. Times are too good for GNU/Linux, so getting people's eyes off the ball or intimidating them is the best Microsoft and its minions can do.
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> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:10:43 +0100, bbgruff wrote:
> You can see Linux's desktop market share at just about the same point it is > today. > Less than 1 percent by most stats.
But but... you used to say it was 0.24%, now you say it is 1%. So it has increased 4 times on the desktop!
On the serious side, though, one has to suspect that Microsoft's and Sun's subsidizing of SCO had some deleterious effect on Linux uptake, at least by business.
And yet....
-- A small town that cannot support one lawyer can always support two.
>> Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
> Perhaps, but you don't see me dredging it up to embarass my position either. > Whereas, you silly geese tolerate Shestowitz and his magpies doing the very > thing.
Cry us a river.
-- QOTD: "Unlucky? If I bought a pumpkin farm, they'd cancel Halloween."
>>> Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
>> Perhaps, but you don't see me dredging it up to embarass my position either. >> Whereas, you silly geese tolerate Shestowitz and his magpies doing the very >> thing.
> Schestowitz has them all dancing on the end of a rope, like marionettes. > I have to give him credit in that he has managed to dupe quite a few people > in COLA.
I'll bet you've duped far more people in your Usenet peregrinations. <grin>
-- When there are two conflicting versions of the story, the wise course is to believe the one in which people appear at their worst. -- H. Allen Smith, "Let the Crabgrass Grow"
>>>> Funny what you find when you look back 4 years, isn't it?
>>> Perhaps, but you don't see me dredging it up to embarass my position either. >>> Whereas, you silly geese tolerate Shestowitz and his magpies doing the very >>> thing.
>> Schestowitz has them all dancing on the end of a rope, like marionettes. >> I have to give him credit in that he has managed to dupe quite a few people >> in COLA.
> I'll bet you've duped far more people in your Usenet peregrinations. > <grin>
I call em' as I see em'.
-- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots: http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
In article <1923972.UTzysUW...@schestowitz.com>, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@schestowitz.com> wrote:
> Personal attacks in a technical forum are a verification of the truth of the > stories. It means that there's no way to dismiss the message.
So, according to you, we can conclude that when you make personal attacks on Miguel de Icaza, Rick Jelliffe, Jesper Lund Stocholm, and many others, it is because you recognize the truth of their arguments and have no way to refute them?
