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Submission + - Why Windows Wins and Linux Loses

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 04, 2007 @10:45AM

An anonymous reader writes: Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So, why do only a handful of people run Linux instead of Windows? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — not exactly an anti-Linux blogger — offers his top four reasons why Linux lags Windows in adoption, and suggests what is most needed for that situation to change. I'm wondering: what do Slashdot readers think these days? Does Linux still stand a chance of meaningful desktop penetration? Will the release of Vista increase, or decrease, the use of desktop Linux?

Submission + - Object oriented scripting language

Submitted by

uwkandiko

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @10:30AM

uwkandiko writes: "Why do I still have no object oriented language for doing SQL queries? When writing queries in products such as Crystal Reports or SQL Server Reporting Services, I still have to rely on VBScript type commands to do easy If statements. I understand Microsoft is trying some new items inside SQL Server 2005 allowing users to input dlls, but I would prefer just to have the capability built right into SQL. Are there any initiatives to change the SQL syntax to support object oriented programming techniques inside an actual SQL script?"

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