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WMD

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« on: 14 August 2004, 07:28 »
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« Reply #1 on: 14 August 2004, 07:40 »
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Modern Windows (as of XP SP2) contains heap overflow protection.
This raises its TC0 dramatically, but is not yet in production and has
not been considered for this survey.


real fair comparison there.
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« Reply #2 on: 14 August 2004, 07:42 »
Re:Astroturf? (Score:5, Funny)
 by SlightlyOldGuy (805345) on Friday August 13, @05:59PM (#9963662)
 If the marketdroids at Microsoft are no more perceptive than many slashdotters, we should be seeing a link to this paper on the "Get The Facts About Linux" page real soon now...

Come on now, this is the BEST subtle joke ever.  TC0?  
"This is the BEST TC0 I've ever read.  Scratch that, this is the ONLY TC0 I've ever read."   :D
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« Reply #3 on: 14 August 2004, 21:38 »
Um...you guys didn't get it did you?  That's a ZERO in there.  0wnership, not Ownership.  As in 0wned Windows boxes...
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« Reply #4 on: 14 August 2004, 19:35 »
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Executive Summary
Based on our analysis, Microsoft Windows has one half the Total Cost
of 0wnership (TC0) of modern Fedora Core Linux based technologies.


"Difficulty of 0wning Windows
vs
Dificulty of Making this Chart"

Good one
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« Reply #5 on: 15 August 2004, 07:19 »
that author is a lazy asshole for not putting the document on the internet as HTML. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DOWNLOAD A GODDAMN PDF
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« Reply #6 on: 15 August 2004, 17:45 »
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Originally posted by JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder:
that author is a lazy asshole for not putting the document on the internet as HTML. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DOWNLOAD A GODDAMN PDF


here here!
amen!
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« Reply #7 on: 16 August 2004, 14:11 »
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Originally posted by JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder:
that author is a lazy asshole for not putting the document on the internet as HTML. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DOWNLOAD A GODDAMN PDF


PDFs have their benefits.  There's no need to worry about what fonts the other user has, what browser he's using, or what version.  Furthermore, anyone can download Acrobat, and just about every OS has a means to read PDFs.  You're pretty much ensured your document will display just as you made it, wherever it ends up.

A lazy bastard is someone who simply lets OpenOffice or Word convert a document to HTML, losing all of his original formatting, or in some cases making it illegible.  The quality of this article aside, the author probably wanted it to be easily printable and professional looking if presented to an administrator or whoever might be interested.  

PDFs are not your enemy.
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