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Seattle freaks were at their best last night.
Seattle freaks were at their best last night.
The new job is going well. I am about 1/3 of the way through training and so far this is the best job I have ever had. I feel lucky.
More later.
More later.
IMHO: Why Lindows Ultimately Won't Matter
Personally I don't see what all the commotion is about anyway. Most *nix nerds wouldn't be caught dead using a version of linux marketed towards home users. Not to mention Lindows runs everything at the root level, which pretty much throws the best feature of linux out the window (no pun intended).
However, this is the right direction. I don't think it will be long before some company starts marketing a linux product that has both security and ease of use. Once the home user starts to embrace *nix as a viable operating system, it won't be long before a lot of software is ported/produced for it as well. It just makes sense.
Back in the stone ages of the computer world, equipment was expensive and proprietary. It was only a matter of time before the "IBM Clone" hit the market and took home computing into a new age. Equipment was now standardized and inexpensive. Now you had a choice about what equipment you were going to buy, and what clone manufacturer you were going to buy from. Prices dropped and a good market of product competition developed. Of course the consumer always wins that game.
The same is true for software now. Right now Microsoft's operating systems are expensive and proprietary. Which still a good product (depending on who you ask) there is no real competition out there. This comment of course makes Apple users grumble. But look at the most any software application and the shances are it will work with Microsoft Windows only.
I think we are on the brink of the "software clone," and Linux would be the perfect vessel if someone can come up with a way to make it easy for the home user to setup and manage, while keeping the security up to *nix's high standards. Do this and software producers will follow suit by releasing more and more versions that work natively on *nix.
Lindows is a good first step. Just not quite in the right direction.
Personally I don't see what all the commotion is about anyway. Most *nix nerds wouldn't be caught dead using a version of linux marketed towards home users. Not to mention Lindows runs everything at the root level, which pretty much throws the best feature of linux out the window (no pun intended).
However, this is the right direction. I don't think it will be long before some company starts marketing a linux product that has both security and ease of use. Once the home user starts to embrace *nix as a viable operating system, it won't be long before a lot of software is ported/produced for it as well. It just makes sense.
Back in the stone ages of the computer world, equipment was expensive and proprietary. It was only a matter of time before the "IBM Clone" hit the market and took home computing into a new age. Equipment was now standardized and inexpensive. Now you had a choice about what equipment you were going to buy, and what clone manufacturer you were going to buy from. Prices dropped and a good market of product competition developed. Of course the consumer always wins that game.
The same is true for software now. Right now Microsoft's operating systems are expensive and proprietary. Which still a good product (depending on who you ask) there is no real competition out there. This comment of course makes Apple users grumble. But look at the most any software application and the shances are it will work with Microsoft Windows only.
I think we are on the brink of the "software clone," and Linux would be the perfect vessel if someone can come up with a way to make it easy for the home user to setup and manage, while keeping the security up to *nix's high standards. Do this and software producers will follow suit by releasing more and more versions that work natively on *nix.
Lindows is a good first step. Just not quite in the right direction.
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