Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 08 August 2007 16:18 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 08 August 2007 11:35 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> Sabayon Linux x86/x86-64 3.4 Revision E [Stable Release]
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| Distribution updates:
>>>>>| # Introduced a (teaser) pre-alpha release of the Entropy stack (Equo
>>>>>| application)
>>>>>| # Updated Portato to 0.8.0
>>>>>|
>>>>>| [...]
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.sabayonlinux.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9281
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To be honest, I didn't think Vista needed any help here, rather, I
>>>> thought it was doing a rather good job of suicide!
>>>
>>> Gentoo is apparently seen by some as a replacement or successor to Gentoo as
>>> well. It sure looks impressive, it has some funding, and it'll stablise over
>>> time (it's probably the most cutting-edge distribution).
>>>
>>> As for Vista, it puts to rest (for good) the claim that Windows is polished
>>> and Linux is buggy.
>>>
>>
>> One might think, therefore, that it equally puts to rest the claim that
>> proprietary software is always better, superior, more highly performant
>> or anything else than free software, too.
>>
>> Somehow, though, I suspect some folk still believe in magic.
>
> Have you seen those Uri Geller videos on YouTube. Have a go. It's hilarious.
> His little 'magic show' gets blasted.
>
Ah, Uri, yeah, I'd forgotten about him. The neat thing about his show
was that people /wanted/ to believe he could do it. Maybe this is the
motivator in the binary-drivers-are-better thinking? Maybe these people
truly /want/ to believe that they're getting some special secret sauce
in their which they couldn't have from nasty open-source which just
anyone could write?
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