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Comment Re:And now, for the rest of the story... (Score 1) 227

by drodal (#39511647) Attached to: In Your Face, Critics! Red Hat Passes $1 Billion In Revenue
more to the point who cares if it replaces the desktop

I never thought it was going to do so, it didn't make sense. I DOES make sense to put it into every things that has a
a cpu and no legacy crap to force it to be something else. But yeah I own apps that go back more than 10 years I still use. And it makes sense
to have a pc or mac for those apps. and to continue to buy those types to continue to use them.

so I think it was naive to think that everyone would have linux on their desktop, no reason to.

But When the next thing takes over (like the ipad+ or something closer to a laptop/desktop/pad thing)

I bet ANYTHING it will run some variant of Linux. (or unix)

And that's how the microsoft monopoly will break up.

Comment Re:i would love to sue my boss for that (Score 5, Insightful) 504

by drodal (#39454617) Attached to: Facebook: Legal Action Against Employers Asking For Your Password
Well in all fairness, facebook is the only one here that can stand up and make a difference. It's nearly impossible for each person that's been wronged
to prove their point, but if facebook gets enough complaints they can wave there deep pocketed arms and say, "wanna fight us, cuz we can fight for a loooong time"

So no, they aren't the bastions of privacy, but they are on the right side here. So good for them.

Comment Re:Embracing open source?! (Score 1) 110

by drodal (#39415831) Attached to: Book Review: Microsoft Manual of Style
I have to agree with the poster here. This is a fine book, and microsoft is sharing this information (for a price). This is very good old school practice.

But to compare it with open source is really really bad and reaching. The whole, "Can't modify and redistribute" thing is the 900 pound gorilla here.

One of the most important things about open source is the right to modify and redistribute.

The whole thing reeks of non FOSS. A good example of old school vs new school. Look at the java documentation online anywhere

It's pretty nice. Now look a the PHP documentation. See how at the bottom of EVERY page php as user contributed examples and comments.

I usually find these WAAAAAAY  more useful that what's above them. Java never has these.

to me it's the difference between night and day.

one place, your peers help you (the bizarre), the other makes a sale(the church). (probably helps too)

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