SCO has filed subpoenas on Linus and Richard Stallman.
http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/11/13/072251.shtml
Yea.. I knew it would come to this. ...At least Linus still has his sense of humor about the situation.
SCO is trying to grab at any straws they see floating at the top of the barrel.... to keep from drowning. Bast*rds! Yea I'm bitter. Why shouldn't I be? Guess this just goes hand-in-hand with MS's new Anti-OpenSource campaign aimed at Linux (http://www.tech-report.com/news_reply.x/4325/).
As for this Anti-FLOSS campaign, what MS does not seem to get: MS uses Linux to keep customers happy and "secure" (and I use that term very lightly) with Akamai servers... lots of them. Microsoft's just going to make more people aware of Linux. Hey, what a good idea!!! A perfect opportunity for Linux to stand and show it's colors, to rise to the occasion.
We need to go out or have an install-fest and replace the crap MS has brainwashed the average citizen of this planet into buying. MS's marketing strategy is to use the general apathy of the consumer to their great advantage. Heck, they've even brainwashed the DoD into "standardizing with MS" - what a gravy train for MS.
What about an install-fest?
There are some main issues I foresee, which create a few stumbling blocks to the success for most users who bring their systems in for the ultimate upgrade.
Dial-up accounts - many people use AOL... not gonna work on Linux (DSL version might though)
Modems
Sound-cards
From what I've seen most other hardware will work or can be coaxed into life with an insmod.
All of the components are easily replaced with relatively low cost products.... But the average person might not have the necessary $30-75 to upgrade such parts. We might be able to get some support from the local computer store in hardware... QCS, Renaissance Computers or one of the ones in Warner Robins or maybe even an online merchant or 2. The big boys (BestBuy,etc.) might not sit well with the idea of free or steeply discounted components for an Open Source program that might just keep people from plunking down a few hundred bucks for a new computer system.
As for AOL, there certainly are cheaper PPP compatible services out there.... Mine is $9.99/month and only 2 times in the last 2 years have I not been able to get online. No busy signals. No pop-up ads, no banner bars, not bulky interface. Just pure unadulterated Internet.
Individually they are all useless, but together they make great cannon fodder!
Just my 2 cents,
nomasteryoda
http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/11/13/072251.shtml
Yea.. I knew it would come to this. ...At least Linus still has his sense of humor about the situation.
SCO is trying to grab at any straws they see floating at the top of the barrel.... to keep from drowning. Bast*rds! Yea I'm bitter. Why shouldn't I be? Guess this just goes hand-in-hand with MS's new Anti-OpenSource campaign aimed at Linux (http://www.tech-report.com/news_reply.x/4325/).
As for this Anti-FLOSS campaign, what MS does not seem to get: MS uses Linux to keep customers happy and "secure" (and I use that term very lightly) with Akamai servers... lots of them. Microsoft's just going to make more people aware of Linux. Hey, what a good idea!!! A perfect opportunity for Linux to stand and show it's colors, to rise to the occasion.
We need to go out or have an install-fest and replace the crap MS has brainwashed the average citizen of this planet into buying. MS's marketing strategy is to use the general apathy of the consumer to their great advantage. Heck, they've even brainwashed the DoD into "standardizing with MS" - what a gravy train for MS.
What about an install-fest?
There are some main issues I foresee, which create a few stumbling blocks to the success for most users who bring their systems in for the ultimate upgrade.
Dial-up accounts - many people use AOL... not gonna work on Linux (DSL version might though)
Modems
Sound-cards
From what I've seen most other hardware will work or can be coaxed into life with an insmod.
All of the components are easily replaced with relatively low cost products.... But the average person might not have the necessary $30-75 to upgrade such parts. We might be able to get some support from the local computer store in hardware... QCS, Renaissance Computers or one of the ones in Warner Robins or maybe even an online merchant or 2. The big boys (BestBuy,etc.) might not sit well with the idea of free or steeply discounted components for an Open Source program that might just keep people from plunking down a few hundred bucks for a new computer system.
As for AOL, there certainly are cheaper PPP compatible services out there.... Mine is $9.99/month and only 2 times in the last 2 years have I not been able to get online. No busy signals. No pop-up ads, no banner bars, not bulky interface. Just pure unadulterated Internet.
Individually they are all useless, but together they make great cannon fodder!
Just my 2 cents,
nomasteryoda
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12:47 AM
