On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:33:47 -0500, DFS wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Know your Open Source "Rights"
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> We all hear about the Open Source movement, we love the ideas and
>>> principles it espouses and the liberties it will surely give those of
>>> us who need those liberties.
>>>
>>> These liberties extend to far further than just the civil liberties it
>>> obviously garners, but to liberties that are far more immediate in
>>> their effective outcome.
>>>
>>> These liberties include:
>>>
>>> · The right to access an operating system without paying a cent for it
>
> Pure H-O-R-S-E-S-H-I-T. No such "right" exists, any more than you have
> the "right" to copy, modify, and distribute others' source code.
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>> http://mybroadband.co.za/blogs/2008/03/06/know-your-open-source-rights/
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>> 10 Reasons to Switch to Linux
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>> ,----[ Gist ]
>>> 1. It Doesn't Crash
>
> So what if the kernel is stable? So is Win2K, Win XP, Win Server
> 2000/2003 and Win Vista.
>
> Linux apps, however, stutter and freeze and crash OFTEN relative to
> commercial apps.
Strange - I don't encounter that.
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>>> 2. Viruses Are Few and Far Between
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> But security vulnerabilities are extremely rampant, and if Linux ever
> gains big market share they will be targeted and exploited more and
> more. Wasn't long ago that a bunch of Canonical servers were taken
> control of.
Who gives a rat's ass why it's more secure? I don't care if it's because
it's not targeted or not - fact is - I don't have to worry about it.
Frankly, I think it's because the whole *nix idea is inherently more
secure.
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>>> 3. Virtually Hardware-Independent
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> Tell us all about your non-x86 hardware and how often you run it, cola
> wacks. Make sure to lie and exaggerate as usual.
I don't gererally, but I sure as hell can if I want. BTW - I found out
recently that XP has NO widescreen video drivers available for my mini-
itx. Fortunately, it works quite well with Linux.
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>>> 4. Freedom of Choice
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> Not an advantage or reason to use Linux, and something cola "advocates"
> believe in only when the choices are the ones they want.
How are you to know if the choices are the ones you want if you don't
have any choice? Yes, choice is nice - choice of distribution; choice of
browser; choice of office suite; . . .
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>>> 5. Standards
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> "For instance, PostgreSQL has extensions for geometric data types. Other
> vendors won't support these extensions; they are specific to
> PostgreSQL." http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/c20820
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> OpenOffice doesn't present as big a lock-in problem as MS Office?
>
> Keep telling yourself this BS about Linux/OSS adhering to "standards";
> it's the only way you'll get through one day as an OSS "advocate".
Since OO will import and export MS office and WordPerfect, you're damned
right there is no 'lock-in'.
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>>> 6. Applications, Applications, Applications
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> (cr)applications, (cr)applications, (cr)applications. Worth every
> penny, too!
Exactly! For instance, I've found OpenOffice Impress to be much more
intuitive than MS PowerPoint. I could never figure out how to do a damned
thing in PowerPoint - and I've never met anyone who can who didn't learn
how in a class; I've used Impress and sent in documents in PP format that
worked exactly as intended.
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>>> 7. Interoperability
>
> huh? Since when can I control Evolution calendaring and appointments
> from within OpenOffice Base (like I can control MS Outlook calendaring
> and appointments from within MS Access)? Since when can I attach Oracle
> databases to MySQL like I can attach Oracle databases to MS SQL Server?
>
Don't know. In 30+ years as a computer professional, I've never needed to
do that.
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>>> 8. It's a Community Relationship, Not a Customer Relationship
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> Novell, RedHat, Xandros, Mandriva. Money, money, money, money.
OpenSUSE, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva - free, free, free, free.
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>>> 9. It's Not How Big Your Processor Is...
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> True - Linux isn't snappy on any processor.
But, evidently, a lot better than Vista - try running it on a 1.0 ghz VIA
C3. Gentoo runs quite nicely for me.
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>>> 10. Linux Is Configurable
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> Sizeable advantage to Linux here.
No, a MAJOR advantage.
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>> http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000117
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