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or will we force OEMs to sell it for a GPL tax - LOL
why not, they been forced to sell windows forever
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It cost lots of money to use Open source  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
That is one of the  BitTwiddler | 02/12/04
i disagree  ryusen | 02/12/04
Relevance?  IT_User | 02/12/04
Stop Feeding Trolls!! (NT)  Mack DaNife | 02/12/04
Yeah, okay  IT_User | 02/12/04
What does it matter?  Mack DaNife | 02/12/04
Yeah.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/12/04
Re: Suppose it's souther_pride?  Martin Marvinski | 02/13/04
Yes, but if you are deploying 1,000 web servers??  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
um...  ryusen | 02/12/04
'FREE' is not about price, it's about freedom  dvf | 02/12/04
Read the article again  Mark Miller | 02/14/04
Quality wise  michael-t | 02/12/04
It's easy to compete...  BitTwiddler | 02/12/04
Not sure it's that easy, but...  IT_User | 02/12/04
So all the support is free, hardware is free???  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
There you go again  IT_User | 02/12/04
Not free for proprietary software either. Much less to support Linux/Apache  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
With all the money, no linux desktop? Very good return there....  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
Oh, yeah. null (perfect name!) = Goober, our troll from last week.  dicktaurus@... | 02/12/04
Look at Suns Java Desktop System.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
Suns java = Suse 8.2 renamed  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
The kernel is SUSE, but the desktop is Gnome.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
Why?  Update victim | 02/12/04
It takes time  I_like_linux | 02/12/04
And no idea how far Linux has gone in recent years  CobraA1 | 02/12/04
no linux desktop?  richdave | 02/13/04
Will the company be funded by the Government?  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
Talk to the programmers at IBM, Red Hat, Novel, JBoss, MySQL . . .  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
Re: talk  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
Outsourcing  OhMyGosh | 02/12/04
Outsourcing to India is capitalism in action.  rafe01 | 02/12/04
You can not fight the market anymore than MS can fight Linux.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
working for free?  ryusen | 02/12/04
or will we force OEMs to sell it for a GPL tax - LOL  JWatson77 | 02/13/04
My id has been replaced by null  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
perfect match  Rembrandt Pussyhorse | 02/12/04
null = no value, like sheet for brains.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
Well, your comments go to /dev/null, so what are you complaining aout?  DanIelWalker_z | 02/13/04
By Crushing Everything in Your Path  Bill Gates is Satan | 02/12/04
Bill Gates is not Satan. I can prove it.  Delaware Boy | 02/12/04
Bill or Steve  Bill4 | 02/12/04
Relevance?  zd-spam | 02/12/04
details...  ryusen | 02/12/04
Really, Microsoft created open source.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
Curious about something  IT_User | 02/12/04
IBM was in court just like Microsoft.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
Thanks  IT_User | 02/12/04
if anything,  ryusen | 02/12/04
Easy might not be the word  issthatso | 02/12/04
Its not the price, it's the value  StorageGuru | 02/12/04
the crux of your arument  ryusen | 02/12/04
Well on the desktop, Windows is still better  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
It's experience that counts  StorageGuru | 02/12/04
Linux's offering is an alternative "not to switch"  IT_User | 02/12/04
Exactly  pschroeder@... | 02/12/04
Additionally...  pschroeder@... | 02/12/04
Maybe it's just me then  Michael Kelly | 02/12/04
Which distro...  pschroeder@... | 02/12/04
SuSE 9.0  Michael Kelly | 02/12/04
Let's See Here  nikoli | 02/12/04
Costs  Letophoro | 02/12/04
Disagree Slightly  RedHat9User | 02/12/04
I think you have included some myths here.  nite_w0lf | 02/12/04
myth #1  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
It IS for me.  doe_z | 02/12/04
Yeah, right.  zd-spam | 02/12/04
Issue: Support  rock06r | 02/13/04
No myths at all  StorageGuru | 02/12/04
The thread was for linux desktops!  nite_w0lf | 02/12/04
you can use windows and open source  JWatson77 | 02/12/04
Perhaps a reason to switch......  Iain_Peters | 02/12/04
Better?  Update victim | 02/12/04
MS problem: Desktop Linux is good enough.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
95% of the people say no it isn't.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
The monopoly will not be broken over nite.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
Not quite good enough  Bill Weisgerber | 02/12/04
Corporations do not buy their computers at Office Max  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
Large corporations  IT_User | 02/12/04
What proprietary software?  Mack DaNife | 02/12/04
Apples and oranges  rock06r | 02/13/04
Excellent Quote  Chad_z | 02/12/04
Re: Excellent Quote  issthatso | 02/12/04
just goes to prove  JWatson77 | 02/13/04
It's about time s/w got commoditized.  dicktaurus@... | 02/12/04
Amazing it took so long  IT_User | 02/12/04
Taxes  pschroeder@... | 02/12/04
Is that really a good thing?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
Actually  j.m.galvin | 02/12/04
That sums it up nicely.  IT_User | 02/12/04
Was commoditizing the hardware architecture a good thing?  IT_User | 02/12/04
Will the price on the companys service come down? NO  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
Ever listen to Greenspan?  Mack DaNife | 02/12/04
Idle words  CobraA1 | 02/12/04
Open Source NEEDS to be crushed...  Mike Cox | 02/12/04
Sorry, Mike  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/12/04
You missed the brilliant subtlety  j.m.galvin | 02/12/04
No, I didn't  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/12/04
So how do you explain Google and Amazon?  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
Make the Open source users take drug tests  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
ZDNet needs to limit the number of threads started by a person  Michael Kelly | 02/12/04
MS are doing research on this...  rafe01 | 02/12/04
Trolls  Mack DaNife | 02/12/04
ZDNET needs to require a minimum age and IQ  marksashton | 02/13/04
Windoze is so great is completely hosed my system !  realitycheck101 | 02/12/04
and there you have it folks!  nite_w0lf | 02/12/04
Correction!  ShadeTree | 02/12/04
Reinstall  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/12/04
it sounds like...  pschroeder@... | 02/12/04
He's not the only one  IT_User | 02/12/04
MS is competing with Open Source and doing quite well  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
where  guido_z | 02/12/04
Re: where  Mark Miller | 02/14/04
Then why do you have to argue for Microsoft  I_like_linux | 02/12/04
Linux struggles on the desktop, but it will take over next year, whatever!  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
which version  guido_z | 02/12/04
Decent Web Browser?  nikoli | 02/12/04
Next year is the year of the 'Linux desktop' I forgot  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
Actually, it was LAST year  Michael Kelly | 02/12/04
last year  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
You sound like the Iraqi information minister.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
You must be on the wrong side  tech3204@... | 02/12/04
WHATEVER....  The Real Bitch | 02/12/04
You won't find me supporting the terror groups at MS.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
What A Suprise  nikoli | 02/12/04
Huh??? You said you wanted a copy of Windows Lite.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
ms sails towards her own destiny  guido_z | 02/12/04
Purity?  Update victim | 02/12/04
Maybe Not Any More Safe  nikoli | 02/12/04
Wow..  Patrick Jones | 02/12/04
I Fail To See  nikoli | 02/12/04
copy functionality, yes  CobraA1 | 02/16/04
fsf  guido_z | 02/12/04
Easy...Premium Content  jfrankcarr | 02/12/04
Cable model  pschroeder@... | 02/12/04
The truth about Linux...  +-Chris-+ | 02/12/04
Liar Liar  nikoli | 02/12/04
nikoli, post something constructive.  +-Chris-+ | 02/13/04
Yes, and hopefully...  Mark Miller | 02/14/04
Mostly agree with you  jfrankcarr | 02/12/04
Partly agree with you  IT_User | 02/12/04
Great Post...  wploger | 02/13/04
re : How can you compete with open source?  JWatson77 | 02/12/04
I would like to vote for "null"...  Damon K | 02/12/04
seconded (nt)  ryusen | 02/12/04
I know, I know!!! Let me take a stab at it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
By the way, this will work for others too.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
Interesting thoughts...  Patrick Jones | 02/12/04
I agree completely.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
Not sure they didn't  IT_User | 02/12/04
Similar things have happened, though unsuccessfully  Mark Miller | 02/14/04
Sometimes I wonder  rapson | 02/12/04
But giving in is not winning.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
Which is more important, ego or profit?  IT_User | 02/12/04
Staright from your lips to Bill G. ear!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Oops, one more thought...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
my theory  ryusen | 02/12/04
Interesting theory  rapson | 02/12/04
who knows..  ryusen | 02/13/04
.Net on Linux  wploger | 02/13/04
so selling the same old thing over and over is you answer?  JWatson77 | 02/12/04
Hey, I didn't invent the system.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
no surprises  guido_z | 02/12/04
Inhibitive strategies  IT_User | 02/12/04
Forgot this...  IT_User | 02/12/04
'hmmm  guido_z | 02/12/04
depends on the patents...  ryusen | 02/12/04
xml scripting?  guido_z | 02/12/04
Yes indeed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Seems I wasn't far off!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
If you're proprietary and closed, you can't  FilledOut | 02/12/04
Of course you can, see my post above.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
Not if your "partners" don't go along  j.m.galvin | 02/12/04
Naw, people still line up to be "partners".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
I'd argue that  j.m.galvin | 02/12/04
But, it's not about OEMs  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
already....  guido_z | 02/12/04
now I'm trolling  guido_z | 02/12/04
Doh...the open source debacle  jimk_z | 02/12/04
Silly myths created by the press  brad.mayes | 02/13/04
Consulting's growth is not tied to OSS  j.m.galvin | 02/13/04

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