Posted by Ali Bobo on 01/23/08 09:15

On Jan 23, 7:02 am, Onideus Mad Hatter <use...@backwater-
productions.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:27:29 -0800 (PST), Ali Bobo
>
> <1001w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Yer just another dumbfuck (ie blind Microsoft hater), no different
> >> from the dumbfuck Mac humping flunkies or the dumbfuck Linux lovin ass
> >> stains...all y'all are a bunch of fuckin retards plain and simple.
> >> You base your NONpinions on trivial stupidity often directly linked to
> >> your short between the keyboard and chair, blaming your stupidity on
> >> Microsoft and grasping at anecdotal lames you slurped off some
> >> tweenage muppet fuck run Webbie board. 10 times out 10 when someone
> >> claims their problem is caused by Microsoft...it's really caused by
> >> their own stupidity, usually because Microsoft didn't hold their
> >> bumbling hand enough through the setup/installation or the system
> >> their running is using crap ass factory seconds garbageware they
> >> bought off eBay.
> >I beg to disagree again.
>
> You can disagree all you like, Sparkles, it ain't gonna change
> reality.
>
> >Microsoft Windows, for example, doesn't deliver what you're paying
> >for, which is quite a lot compared to Linux.
> >You can get software as good as Microsoft's for free and if you run
> >into trouble there will be other users out there to help you at no
> >cost.
>
> ...unfortunately those users are often like me, often very
> egotistical, having VERY little to no patience for newfags and people
> who can't figure it out on their own. With Microsoft you get 24/7
> tech support with a very friendly sounding, extremely patient tech
> flunkie who will happily walk you through even the stupidest of
> problems.
>
> >And as for large corporations, communities, offices, etc. using Open
> >Source software has a lot of advantages too, such as stability,
> >compatibility and reducing huge costs.
>
> Too bad you're still only a child, if you were an adult and actually
> worked in the REAL WORLD, you would know that using open source
> freeware is actually MORE costly than using software that costs
> money...mostly in that open source software doesn't come with a free
> 24/7 tech support line to help you out of a jam every other five
> minutes throughout the day. Also very few college level programs in
> IT will bother with open source freeware, which means that the vast
> majority of college flunkie graduates that make it into the IT field
> won't have a gawd damn clue as to how to even get the open source
> stuff to work...and yer lil pipe dream about an online community full
> of helpful users who want to work for free...yeah, get fuckin real you
> dumbass.
>
> >We are in 2008 now Hatter, your arguments sound very 90sh.
>
> On the contrary, it's your arguments that sound very 90ish, before
> companies got slapped with the reality that once they installed PHP or
> whatever on all their systems that they didn't have anybody to
> actually fix problems with it and wound up having to pay through the
> nose for every little hiccup. Everyone who isn't fuckin retarded
> knows that most Linux oriented companies are in it for the jacked up
> tech support fees. They go to dumbfuck companies that don't know any
> better, peddling "free software solutions" and WOW, boy they sure
> think they're getting a deal...that is until something goes wrong and
> the company that set up the software for 'em suddenly starts goin,
> "Well uh...ya see...that's gonna cost ya extra if you want help..."

The fact remains that Microsoft's entire infrastructure is based on
fundamentally flawed designs, not buggy code. These designs can't be
changed.

To change them, Microsoft would have to dump all existing APIs and
break compatibility with everything up till now. If Microsoft does do
this, it will have the opportunity to fix the designs that plague its
product lineup.

I doubt it will. Even .Net, the new secure infrastructure, and built
with security in mind, lets you have access to the 'old ways'. Yes,
you are not supposed to, but people somehow do, and hackers will.
Microsoft and its customer are addicted to backwards compatibility in
a way that makes a heroin addict look silly.

And if Microsoft does change its ways, what incentive will you have to
stick with Microsoft? If you have to start over from scratch to build
your app in this new, secure Microsoft environment, will you pay the
hundreds or thousands of dollars to go the Microsoft route, or the $0
to go with Linux?

In the enterprise Linux space, 2006 was marked by greater expansion of
Linux into vertical markets, new products, and most notably, a string
of surprise business deals among vendors.

Additional companies entered the Linux vendor pool this year, as well,
with the rollouts of new multifunctional network management
appliances, antivirus products, business intelligence (BI) software,
and other third-party wares at Networld + Interop, LinuxWorld, and
other computing conferences.

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3651486

For your viewing pleasure:
Microsoft Likes (Novell) Linux
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3641676

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