What's a better alternative (as a buyer)?
What's a better alternative (as a seller)?
No other site (that I am aware of) comes close to their market share. If you want to get your old junk in front of as many eyes as possible, then you're stuck with eBay's fees.
I fell of Ubuntu when they moved the X, + and - buttons over to the wrong (left hand) side of the windows.
One of the best things about Linux is also one of its downfalls: choices. If you don't like something about Linux, just change it. Select (or install) a different one, no matter what "it" is that bothers you, or you don't like the options, or you don't like the UI, or whatever. Those choices are also its downfall because new users don't know which they need, or why they would want one vs. another.
In your specific example, those buttons are controlled by an app called the Window Manager. It lets you easily change which ones appear, their location, and their color/graphic theme.
How about using free software to begin with, the manpower argument is nil because you're spending more on keeping this old crap running.
Unfortunately, most members of management are too ignorant, naive, and/or arrogant to recognize that, even when it is pointed out to them.
They buy into the marketing hype of M$, Oracle, and SAP, and then expect their IT departments to implement the crapware that they just bought.
I can't think of a single Microsoft product with a good name. Not one.
The problem is that what constitutes a "good name" to most users is completely different than what constitutes a "good name" to tech-savvy users like the
IMO, the best M$ product is the combination of Excel and VBA. Although both are buggy and can be a PITA to work with, nothing else can replace them (yet). Sure, LibreOffice and WPS try, but anything that can only replace Office functionality 80% of the time is just not good enough.
Unless you live in an apartment complex that has an exclusivity agreement with them, Meaning that they won't let any other provider into the complex.
If choice is important to you, then choose to live in a different apartment complex.
Or when they PAVE a nice bike route right BESIDE the main road, only for cyclists to use the main road anyways...
As a cyclist who commutes to work on my bicycle, I can assure you that the cyclist is not doing that just to piss you off.
You see, when that paved bike lane is right next to the main road, it acts like a gutter, and collects all kinds of debris. Because of that, it is often too dangerous for a bike to ride in a bike lane.
Given the company director does the same thing, I am quite secure in my job.
Do you really think HR gives a damn about what the company director does when they fire you for not following procedures?
Because my employer will not allow me to. So instead, we all use easy to remember (and compromise) passwords.
I thought only my employer was dumb enough to not allow password managers.
Wait, are you the guy down the hall from me who doesn't get any work done because he's always on
"Would you like to pay higher taxes so that some of it will be given to others even if they do not work?"
But we give it to others who steal, lie, and kill though.
What do politicians have to do with this issue?
an anti-trust investigator wokeup.
Maybe, but he just went back to sleep after looking at his "commission" that he gets from M$ for keeping his mouth shut.
With modern programming languages -- I'll use Python as an example -- we use functions, objects, modules, and libraries
Who writes this shit?
Obviously, not a programmer.
It's a shame more people don't realize this, as evidenced by the multiple posts on here suggesting that people need to relocate. I've lived all over the country, but I've spent the majority of my life here in Louisiana and I'd like to stay here.
That's your choice. Why should the rest of society subsidize your poor choices?
They were born here; to suggest that they just pack up and move is pretty short-sighted and somewhat insulting.
No, to suggest that they just pack up and move is common sense. The U.S. is a mighty big country. Just pick another location, and move. To continue living anywhere that continues to get battered by Mother Nature is just plain ignorant. Just because they think it's "home" is not a valid reason. Just because they were born there is not a valid reason. At some point in your life, you have to take responsibility for your actions. And that includes where you choose to live.
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
