Comment Firewall (Score 3) 63
Would blocking unusual portnumbers in the firewall be a solution?
Comment Firewall (Score 1) 1
Would blocking unusual portnumbers in the firewall be a solution?
Comment No life? (Score 1) 286
an "astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life."...............
Maybe they found there is NO life at planets where possible signs of life where seen.
Comment Autism (Score 1) 129
This brain mapping would be great if they mapped an autistic brain and compared it to a 'normal' brain.
I want to know if there is a difference in 'architecture' between autistic and normal brains.
I want to know if there is a difference in 'architecture' between autistic and normal brains.
Submission + - Five reasons why Linux hasn't made it big
Flames_o_War writes: An article on ZDNet examines the reasons behind why, after more than a decade, the Linux is still not making any serious inroads into the Windows/Mac market share:
The article goes on to list five reasons:
I'm a big Linux fan but after years of listening to the Linux fanboy community promise that the Linux big break is just around the corner, I'm starting to feel that the article is right, the demand for a non-Microsoft OS is not that big outside of geek circles.
The PC market is extremely cut-throat. It has to be because consumers will go to great lengths to save a few bucks when buying their latest system. But it seems that this thriftiness hasn't resulted in hordes of users choosing to buy PCs without Windows installed and instead choosing to install Linux instead. In fact, there are plenty of users who would rather break the law and install pirated copies of Windows than go the legal route and install a Linux distro. On the whole, most people would rather spend the money on Windows (or Mac) than take the time to experiment with Linux.
Why?
The article goes on to list five reasons:
1 — On the whole, users aren't all that dissatisfied with Windows
2 — Too many distros
3 — People want certainty that hardware and software will work
4 — As far as most people are concerned, the command line has gone the way of the dinosaur
5 — Linux is still too geeky
I'm a big Linux fan but after years of listening to the Linux fanboy community promise that the Linux big break is just around the corner, I'm starting to feel that the article is right, the demand for a non-Microsoft OS is not that big outside of geek circles.
