Liar.... I mean...um.....I disagree!

These are students. They may be kids, but they are in a computer lab to learn.

Stick a windows OS with IE in-front of them, and you'll get kids browsing the internet. However put a GNU/Linux distribution in front of them, and you could have students that are interested and focused on learning logical and open-source, free Operating systems and software.

With open source we can teach kids that if something isn't there, if something isn't available, we have a few options. One option is to throw money at a corporation like Microsoft. Other options such as creating something yourself, finding multiple technologies or techniques to solve the problem are perhaps a little more constructive. Problem solving, creativity, fairness, team work.... just a few of the many things using and developing free, open-source software teaches us.

It's like a terminal disease, that you will never cure, and will eventually be the cause of your death....

Open source software is like AIDS, but with less sex!!!

I have. Random occurs at the quantum level. http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/ This site creates "hot bits"; truly random numbers. " HotBits are generated by timing successive pairs of radioactive decays detected by a Geiger-Müller tube interfaced to a computer."

$20 doesn't go very far in the UK. Also firing someone in the US post office probably won't help much easier. We have a standard of quality here in the UK, one that we like to consistently under achieve!

Is it just me or is it Ironic that the UK broadband is being delayed! Perhaps the government have reached their mail-data-limit for the month and are being heavily throttled? On the other hand, it could be as simple as a lost packet!

From the original source: “Windows 8 style UI." is what it is currently being referred to. It's so catchy. I cannot wait to start using and developing "Windows 8 style UI apps". Another brilliant effort from Microsoft in completely failing to understand how to succeed in releasing a new product in the industry. International Trademarks 1 MS 0.

There is a different way, a way where all what you seek is possible.,,,

I agree, compromising with the ideal is a necessity. You will have to choose the best of the bunch. If you choose correctly, you will have some say, some affect, or at least have a chance to contribute to changing software ( Complaining in /. certainly isn't the answer). Like politics, if you don't like A or B, then you create C, or help to create C or get on board with A or B and try to make changes. Perhaps putting a vote in the most versatile option, the one that doesn't necessarily tick the most boxes, but has the best chance to change, or adapt, is the answer. The thing to remember about software, is that anything is possible. Any combination of anything you want is _technically_ possible. In the real world, you have a few choices, I personally will always choose the one, in which I have the most say in what happens, the one where I can aid, help, and make changes. If one is not prepared to put some work in themselves, in some respect, should one really sit and make nonconstructive comments on forums like /. ? Either way, it makes no difference.

I woke up this morning, did 80 press-ups and 80 situps (the first time I've done this in years and years) and later I will go for a 5k run. Don't change career, just make a little time for exercise. You may be surprised how energetic and awake you feel in the morning after some light exercise. Keep your body healthy and the mind will follow!

Perhaps one of the competitors will actually provide a service that is DRM free, or at least value for money like Spotify. Until users get uncontrolled access to the media they want to purchase, their will only be one company that will remain solid and stable: p2p sharing. Die or survive, I don't think I could care less for netflix.

I'm getting tired of using this as a reply but: My response to users complaining about the software or OS they use is the same. If you don't like it, do something about it, don't just put up with it. Of course, you might find that although the alternatives offer features x, y and z (e.g. rolling updates, that are decoupled, more control of the interface etc) they may not be able to deliver you other features a, b and c. Windows, and Mac OSs are what they are. We know the pros and we know the cons. You have a choice. We all do. Complaining doesn't help, but one can "talk with their actions" and change the products they use. It's up to each user to change the market, to change the direction of a feature, a product or a company, by actually using the software they want, not compromising with software that doesn't cut the mustard and then complaining about it.

Thanks for the amazingly helpful comment.

My point is, Just because something is less bad; it crashes fewer times (not that I agree based on my experience) , doesn't mean we should praising them. In the same way we shouldn't be praising thieves because they are not murderers. Lets give a company credit where it's due. Agreed. I'll wait here with my "Thank you, Microsoft" letter, when they meet *my* expectations, I will post it.