Comment Re:demoralized (Score 2, Interesting) 441
I agree. It is demoralizing. But Slashdot is a demoralizing site. Just about all we read here is how the MPAA, RIAA, Microsoftâ(TM)s, SCO want to take things away from us. Think about it, Slashdot is not exactly uplifting, empowering stuff is it? At best it's alarmist and reactionary and sometimes entertaining, like the posts on a poll. But I digress...
The thing is it's not about money anymore for these companies; it's about power - those who have it and those who want it. SCO is a wanna-be, Linux (yes Linux) is a wanna-be, Microsoft is (perhaps) doing all it can to hold on to it. You know what though? I don't fucking care. I don't care about Openoffice vs. Office, Linux vs. Windows, stability, or if I have to have a license to play some damn music file. I really only care about security, meaning I care if my information gets into the wrong person's hands. As long as I'm not the victim of a theft or assault I'll do what I need to do to get by in this world. And that's what most people do (read Joe Six-pack).
I just don't understand the instance that Linux should or must become the next Microsoft. That's really what this is all about, SCO is just getting in the way of that goal and it's pissing people off. So ask yourself "would the world really be that much better if it was Linux that was on 95% of the desktops?" It might be more *fun* for you, but it doesn't really matter. All you'll have is the power that Microsoft has now and will be faced with the same basic problems.
At the end of my life I won't be thinking "Damn, I wish I had fought harder to be able to use linux at work..." and I don't think you or anyone else here will be either.
The thing is it's not about money anymore for these companies; it's about power - those who have it and those who want it. SCO is a wanna-be, Linux (yes Linux) is a wanna-be, Microsoft is (perhaps) doing all it can to hold on to it. You know what though? I don't fucking care. I don't care about Openoffice vs. Office, Linux vs. Windows, stability, or if I have to have a license to play some damn music file. I really only care about security, meaning I care if my information gets into the wrong person's hands. As long as I'm not the victim of a theft or assault I'll do what I need to do to get by in this world. And that's what most people do (read Joe Six-pack).
I just don't understand the instance that Linux should or must become the next Microsoft. That's really what this is all about, SCO is just getting in the way of that goal and it's pissing people off. So ask yourself "would the world really be that much better if it was Linux that was on 95% of the desktops?" It might be more *fun* for you, but it doesn't really matter. All you'll have is the power that Microsoft has now and will be faced with the same basic problems.
At the end of my life I won't be thinking "Damn, I wish I had fought harder to be able to use linux at work..." and I don't think you or anyone else here will be either.
