"The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007 - Page 3

Naatan · 05-20-2007

Lol I think Linux is getting more and more of a threat to Microsoft each year, where the hell do these ideas, do they actually believe what they say?

It's a shame really, all Microsoft had to do to be a likable company is be humane, tolerant and be able to laugh with themselves..

elcasey · 05-20-2007

Goddammit, and I just became an FSF Member! *sigh*

I guess I'll install Vista now...what a bummer.

FaceLeg · 05-26-2007

What is "Linux"?

I'm sorry but these were too funny:

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People do not want ODF (Open Document Format), but they want a way to control the information they create, he claimed.

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"We have thousands of pages, thanks to the Department of Justice. There's no lack of clarity on what cheating could be. When I joined Microsoft, I spent a week in antitrust training to know exactly what the boundary conditions were," he said.

"The goal for Flash is a rich web experience. That's also our target for WPF and WPF-E. I'm just hoping we give it a real name as WPF-E just doesn't roll off the tongue. It's not for us to be Flash, but it's for a million people to develop WPF-E applications," he said.

HA!

Extreme Coder · 05-26-2007

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People do not want ODF (Open Document Format), but they want a way to control the information they create, he claimed.

Maybe he meant: people want a way to be locked in to one propreitary format which isn't compatible with any other software or of the same, but never version software?

Extreme Coder

CaptainTwist · 05-30-2007

So, Linux is deceased!... And here I am, posting from a Knoppix live dvd! what devilish turn of events is this?
Heh,heh,heh, Mr. Gates! Welcome to the haunted planet!

cunawarit · 05-31-2007

It is ironic that the article was published on an Apache hosted Website written in PHP.

The guy seems to be twisting the meaning of free to mean gratis, free is about what you as a user can do with the software. It isn’t about living in a hippy community, writing software for no monetary reward.

I don’t dislike Microsoft in general, but this guy makes me want to vomit.

tripolitan · 05-31-2007

With statements like that, it is no secret what the Microsoft Linux Lab operation is all about. I think that the likes of Ballmer and Hilf are doing Microsoft's competition more good than harm, keep up the denial, looks good on you.

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Ghandi

hessiess · 06-01-2007

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but this guy makes me want to vomit.

Tobster · 06-01-2007

This guy is a donut. The Commerical businesses like Ubuntu still use the GPL and they giving the world frist class software to anyone who disires it for free - That Open Source in a nutshell,

Novell fully support the GPL O.K Novell own most of the key software used in a Linux distro but that I good thing. It good that we have KDE and GNOME as standards. but it still free to the end user - I NOT talking about SUSE Enterprise but Linux or other Enterprise class distros in general

Tobster · 06-01-2007

They had credibility? Even DOS is a largely copied from CP/M. Microsoft can hardly talk about Close Source rights when it comes to the Linux Kernal.

05-20-2007	#41 (permalink)
Naatan Just getting started Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 8	Re: "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007 Lol I think Linux is getting more and more of a threat to Microsoft each year, where the hell do these ideas, do they actually believe what they say? It's a shame really, all Microsoft had to do to be a likable company is be humane, tolerant and be able to laugh with themselves..
Naatan Just getting started Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 8	Currently Developing: Divia CMS. GNU General Public License

05-20-2007	#42 (permalink)
elcasey Interested participant Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 18	Re: "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007 Goddammit, and I just became an FSF Member! sigh I guess I'll install Vista now...what a bummer.

05-30-2007	#45 (permalink)
CaptainTwist Be gentle, newcomer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4	Re: "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007 So, Linux is deceased!... And here I am, posting from a Knoppix live dvd! what devilish turn of events is this? Heh,heh,heh, Mr. Gates! Welcome to the haunted planet!
	There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary language, and those who don't.

05-31-2007	#46 (permalink)
cunawarit Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 48	Re: "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007 It is ironic that the article was published on an Apache hosted Website written in PHP. The guy seems to be twisting the meaning of free to mean gratis, free is about what you as a user can do with the software. It isn’t about living in a hippy community, writing software for no monetary reward. I don’t dislike Microsoft in general, but this guy makes me want to vomit.
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05-31-2007	#47 (permalink)
tripolitan Be gentle, newcomer Join Date: May 2007 Location: centre de l'univers Posts: 2	Re: "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007 With statements like that, it is no secret what the Microsoft Linux Lab operation is all about. I think that the likes of Ballmer and Hilf are doing Microsoft's competition more good than harm, keep up the denial, looks good on you. "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Ghandi
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06-01-2007	#49 (permalink)
Tobster Just getting started Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 6	Re: "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007 This guy is a donut. The Commerical businesses like Ubuntu still use the GPL and they giving the world frist class software to anyone who disires it for free - That Open Source in a nutshell, Novell fully support the GPL O.K Novell own most of the key software used in a Linux distro but that I good thing. It good that we have KDE and GNOME as standards. but it still free to the end user - I NOT talking about SUSE Enterprise but Linux or other Enterprise class distros in general

06-01-2007	#50 (permalink)
Tobster Just getting started Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 6	Re: "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007 They had credibility? Even DOS is a largely copied from CP/M. Microsoft can hardly talk about Close Source rights when it comes to the Linux Kernal.