Comment Re:Ban power users! (Score 1) 125
Nobody is suggesting you need custom software for everything.
But it would be nice for the pay check if they did...
Nobody is suggesting you need custom software for everything.
But it would be nice for the pay check if they did...
Very few businesses take anything non-Microsoft seriously.
That is the issue, isn't it? In my environment, all the users have been migrated to linux distros and libre office. Then again, my environment is just that, mine. Any issues of compatibility are minor and usually not worth the hassle of worrying about. IE is a great example, requiring that I do special coding for it, so I've stopped using it. I tell my users that they are using a browser that isn't compliant to the standards and that they should either change to one that is or live with the issue.
This just doesn't work for large companies or institutions that have become dependent upon Microsoft products, users in Windows with stock IE installations want to buy thier products or browse the company's website which basically perpetuates the issue.
I have resolved the problem by removing IE as a supported browser, however, it just isn't feasible for IBM, Dell or even Newegg to do the same. To me, requiring HTML5 compliance has lowered my costs and improved my users' experience (once they experienced the better environment).
Woosh, that joke sail over your head.
I see what you did there...
I started using Ubuntu 10.10 - I now run 12.04, so I've gone through several upgrades. Aside from a few hours of having to get used to unity, which I like, my upgrades have been painless.
I recently built a new system, with an OCZ SSD drive, 2x4TB SATAs, 32gig of RAM, Intel i7 proc and Asus maximus v extreme MB and Asus 570GTX video card. When I built this new system, my 12.04 install was fast and worked right out of the box, I installed the x-swat nvidia drivers and aside from installing a few apps and a tweak or 2 I have come to enjoy, I was done. The entire install took less than an hour.
As I also play video games, I installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64. It took an hour for the automated portion of the install to complete, it didn't recognize my USB3.0, kept dropping my mouse and keyboard, didn't find my WiFi NIC, locked up and crashed regularly even after I finally got SP1 installed. It took me the better part of a morning to get my machine stable, nearly 4 hours of continuous work, DL's, reboots, etc. Even after all that I still had nothing but the OS installed, no productivity software or email - I spent a further hour installing the basic stuff needed to be able to use the system for anything productive (like reading my email).
I am sorry if this seems like some sort of anti-Windows rant, that isn't my intent. I would classify myself as a long-time computer user. I do photography, webdev and some other computer intensive activities. This is just my experience, others people's may be quite different.
I began using Microsoft operating systems in the late 1980's. I used them every single day that I used a computer until about a year ago when I decided to give Ubuntu a try.
I now use Ubuntu every single day I use a computer, I do reboot occasionally to use Windows for games, aside from that I do not use Windows at all.
The only shortcomings I have come across is my dependence upon Photoshop (yes, I now run PS in wine) and that of my games. Aside from that, every other thing for which my computer is used, Ubuntu just works, and does works with more stability that Windows has ever shown in more than 2 decades of use.
So when you say "runs circles around those same offerings on Linux" I will have to disagree, in fact, that statement is only partially true under some circumstances for specific applications, the exception rather than the rule. As a Linux n00b, I have more stability, better response, less overhead and an all around better experience than Windows.
You seem more cynical than usual today
I partially agree with you, I think they pushed out rather far, there isn't any doubt the book is not a bottle of sour mash, I think that is why they are so polite about it. However, JD's point is to keep their brand image strong - easily identifiable and instantly recognizable. The further out the perimeter, the more secure the position. If JD didn't make a position on something as similar as this, what is to stop "Bubba's Booze Ol' #7.5" from using a very similar design?
"Been through Hell? Whaddya bring back for me?" -- A. Brilliant