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From: »Q« on 17 Apr 2010 19:16 In <news:82ustdFa5hU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote: > »Q« wrote: > > Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote: > >> > >> I want the best operating system, and if that means paying for > >> it...I will. > > > > You can buy it from Red Hat, I think, but most of us get it for > > free. Your thoughts about the OS have been as insightful as always, > > so thanks for posting such. > > It's not required, but I know Warren Woodford or Bill Reynolds are > happy to "sell" you their operating systems. I "buy" one from Warren > every year or so myself, in fact, and have "bought" one from Bill > Reynolds as well. Yeah, I'd forgotten about that. Patrick Volkerding sells his too, and has a subscription plan so you never miss a release. Or you can just download it for free, as with the others.
From: Serak on 17 Apr 2010 21:27 "Mark Warner" <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:82ustdFa5hU1(a)mid.individual.net... -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying Why are you guys still talking to the mental midget? Lew
From: Serak on 17 Apr 2010 21:52 "Why Tea" <ytlim1(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:471f122f-98b8-42ae-8900-83d9d5342b1f(a)z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... BB reminds me of a story. Q: Why can't you convince a grasshopper there are 4 seasons in a year? A: Because grasshoppers only live for 3 seasons. They die in winter. The moral of the story? You can't talk to someone about snow who hasn't experienced winter :) Perfect analogy... Lew -- I willingly acquiesce in the institutions of my country, perfect or imperfect; and think it a duty to leave their modifications to those who are to live under them, and are to participate of the good or evil they may produce. The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself.[emphasis mine]. -Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Hampden Pleasants, 1824.
From: John Corliss on 18 Apr 2010 09:30 za kAT wrote: > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> John Corliss wrote: >> >>> Development of new programs to fill those needs isn't really >>> happening at the rate it once was, so discussion of improvements in >>> existing freeware is more of a hot topic. >> >> Have you completely lost your rocker? Development is at a faster pace than >> ever before. There is more new innovative stuff than ever before. The whole >> world is opening up before our very eyes...open yours. > > Yunno what botties, the whole world is 'passionate' about something > nowadays, and everything is new and 'innovative', and that's why you are > 'such' a lightweight, because you believe it. Replying to Bear: I, for one, don't see as many new programs appearing as in the past. OTOH, existing programs are the ones that didn't fall by the wayside, more or less for obvious reasons like funding, staffing, interest, etc. If I was a programmer and I was looking for a project, I'd be looking at the existing software to see if there was really a need for what I had in mind. If something good already existed to fill the need, then I'd move on to another category. If I couldn't find a category that either interested me or for which I felt there was a great need, then I'd find something else to do -like getting a job for an existing software company. Another factor that affects this group's activity is that most people settle on programs which they like after a while, and they're more concerned about how those programs are being updated than they are about finding replacements for those programs. That's just the way it is, Bear. If you think software development is so active, then by all means, prove your point. All I have to do to prove mine though, is to point at some of the more prominent freeware sites and how they aren't changing their listings as much anymore. OTOH, their update listings are extremely active. Just look at Snapfiles for instance. I won't bother mentioning the Pricelessware site because unfortunately, it no longer seems to be being maintained. That's probably going to change for reasons I won't go into here though. Think of what software categories are available. A long time ago, there were new ones coming along all the time, like word processing, graphics editors, video editing, browsers, email, news readers, accounting, etc. These days, new ideas for categories are getting fewer and further in between and that's the logical way things have to work out because there are only so many needs that computers can meet. If you know of any new categories I might be unaware of and which might be of interest, please list them though. I'm all ears and I'll see your posts. As for my "rocker", it's doing just fine. -- John Corliss BS206. I block as many posts from anonymous remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: Mark Warner on 18 Apr 2010 15:34
Bear Bottoms wrote: > > Linux is still too rough around the edges. Case closed. I don't want to > tinker with an operating system. I want to use it seamlessly. Which is your prerogative. But that is far different from lying about it. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying |