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Calum:
quote:Originally posted by HappyGod:
I hate MS as much as anyone else, but they build a better mouse trap. Unless you are computer savvy, forget linux - it bites.
--- End quote ---
You are exxagerating, as is the trend these days it seems.
Linux is not easy. it is a lot easier than it has been in the past. The same could be said for windows, though.
The main point is that linux is better for actually doing stuff. it offers a more stable platform on which to build an application.
I personally think that if you have a big plant full of programmers all being paid a salary, they will not care about how good or sloppy their work is, they do the work, take the cheque and leave at 5pm.
On the other hand, if you have a bunch of people who get a new system to play with, and they find that it can't do what they want it to do, then they write programs to perform the tasks that they themselves need done, that they will do the best job that they can, because the program is for their own use. Of course, if they make their program freely available at no cost, all the better for everybody else!
Linux does not claim to be a competitor to windows. it is just there. take it or leave it. insult linux all you like, it will always turn the other cheek.
Again, it's a matter of preference. as we say so often here, you should have a choice. if you choose windows, you should be allowed to use it (what with activation et c i doubt you even have the right to that these days) and if you choose linux or whatever else, you should be allowed to use it too. Microsoft wants to make using linux either impossible or illegal, the linux community doesn't give a shit about stopping people from using windows. that's it in a nutshell.
Oh, and Microsoft doesn't make mousetraps, they make software... what acid are you on?
morgz:
well finally i got someones attention, i was getting bored for a minute there and i enjoyed your reply, yes you are right i dont give a fuck but you are also wrong, i signed up about 5 minuts before i posted this not half an hour as u assumed. another one of you assumptions which is incorrect is that you believe i havent read much on this site, well i have searched thru quite a bit and a lot of it is boring but i was amused when i saw people taking the time and effort to bag eachother on this thing you call the internet. geez u can calm down a little. microsoft is dominating the arena because a lot of people new to this stuff are lazy or don't know where else there is to turn to, if linux advertised a lot more i'm sure they would get a better slice of the market and also if they could have it their way with computers that are released werent released with windows. windows sucks but i cant seem to find much else that wont bore me to death.
Calum:
no i didn't assume that, i said i know because i noticed your name on the "welcome to our newest member" bit at the top of the screen a little while before i saw yr first post in "today's active topics".
I "assumed" you hadn't read any of the posts here because you seemed at first glance to be talking out of your arse. You could have been reading these forums for months and just not signed up for all i know.
Well, it seems you are happy to stick around and join in the insults, which is fine with me i suppose (not that what i think matters, you will probably stick around anyway!) , personally i have mixed feelings about insults. I love a good set of insults but i do think they break up a good discussion sometimes to everybody's detriment.
Sometimes people don't know when to insult each other and when to keep quiet. :D
did you find any of lost's posts yet? he has a real talent for insulting people!
morgz:
u bet i'm sticking around, since i have nothing better to do. insults can be taken the wrong way sometimes, i mean i only do this for kicks and when people think its not a joke i find that funny. sure i may be new to all this internet stuff but who really bothers with it all, i looked around on this site a for a few hours and found a lot of stuff that didnt interest me. but nonetheless i'll add my insults and keep my mouth shut when i dont understand some of this geekspeak some of you guys spit out, sure u all think i know nothing but i might have picked up something along the course of my surfing, but anyway, you seem intellegent so i'll quit with you i might start bagging that idiot cyrax lol
Calum:
interesting to see a bunch of people who come from australia here! top cool! (i lived there for a while, but never got to see much of it, cos it's so big!) whereabouts are you guys from anyway?
couple of things.
X11 you are totally right, what bubaslub says makes no sense. how can linux be a crappy OS (or whatever he said) and still be good for mission critical systems and servers?
morgz i don't think you are any less intelligent than anybody else, everybody has a different experience of life, so everybody has something to offer, but i will admit that somepeople earn more respect from me than others! ;)
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