yes and as you said .... "If you are using Solaris (not OpenSolaris) then you are paying for a platform that has...." do i have to pay twice ? Once when i Buy the OS , AND to have updates? sounds freaky to me !!!!

"Don't trust the users? Not a good idea. The users are the administrators these days." - Bad Idea , users WILL mess up the system no matter how, imho we should NOT trust them "Don't trust the internet? Well... it's a communications medium, just a set of tubes." you have a point here, but isnt Clowd Computing all about "trusting" the web ?

yes i have... have YOU installed Ubuntu Lately ??? Cant see that much of a diference

remember ... granny already has a Mac ... the point of the conversation being ... update your mac :P or rather ... install software on your mac that gives you freedom to choose how you spend your money

right... does Grandma know how to install OSX ??? I Belive this to be a myth... granma will call tech support even to update Firefox .... wanna bet? The whole FUD thing is quite ridiculous... If grandma is capable of installing OSX and updating firefox i bet she will be able to install Ubuntu and update Firefox ... I don't get what is there SO dificult in linux that grandma will not be able to use it ?

Long Live Debian ... :) Hurrayyyyyy

they can always install ubuntu (or whatever linux distro) on their laptops/computers and continue to receive updates for firefox or am i wrong ?

Micro$oft whould be the ones selling the licence !!!??? OMG i guess the average IQ at micro$oft dropped to negative values

hijacking dns through hosts.txt has never been as easy :D

it really whips the user's ass :)

vi or even emacs :D

rock .... :D

"I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am." BRUTAL !!!!!!

of course i meant "these days"

we will have slime mold designing our network infrastructure,,, will they understand routing ? will the slime mold have a ccna ou mcse degree ? must be a slime mold from beyond .... evillllllll