Comment Arch Linux is your friend (Score 1) 210
Arch Linux and a few tweaks and you're good to go
https://wiki.archlinux.org/ind...
Comment What about that big bug (Score 1) 244
There is also a rather nasty big bug causing game files to be re-downloaded
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1157669
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1157669
Comment Re:Dock/Taskbar design (Score 1) 688
"still better hardware than the single-core P4 I have now"
DUDE!! how old is your computer?
Comment Re:Who needs to avoid these countries? (Score 1) 197
ummm, remember the Whirlpool thing
Comment Re:The best things in life... (Score 1) 293
arh! abuse of the term 'begs the question'
http://begthequestion.info/
Comment Re:Why have profiles at all? (Score 1) 1182
Oddly enough, these are exactly the same stages I went through when switching to Linux.
Comment Re:Thunderbird Public Service Announcement (Score 1) 209
...Gmail as an offsite backup for files, or as a way to transfer files between machines...
don't you have a FTP server?
Comment Re:my letter to the editor (Score 1) 690
Woo Woo Wooo...Hang on a second...
people still listen to John Markoff, after the whole Kevin Mitnick 'thing'?
Comment Re:OpenXML Plug-In Exists for Novell's OO.o (Score 1) 503
this is where a quote from a friend fits perfectly
'end user education' is a good idea in theory, but you have to be a masochist to attempt in practice.
Comment Re:Not to worry! (Score 1) 951
come on, you're on /. you should know better.
it's crackers not hackers.
it's crackers not hackers.
Comment Re:Hmmmm (Score 1) 377
no, not good luck with that.
even if the UK gov't can't get through R&D, that's a lot of wasted money.
even if the censor is easy to get around or tunnel through, that will leave a large uninformed populaces ripe for taking advantage of.
this IS the same issue as what Australia currently faces (yes, i live there)
Comment Re:Not really news? (Score 1) 182
given the choice, i don't think he was planning on any sleeping.
Comment Re:*sigh* (Score 1) 674
but then how would people force their will on others?
/rhetorical question
Comment Re:Not to worry. (Score 1) 183
no, i got this web page changed.. just had to email he web master.
Submission + - Free Open Source Software Is Costing Vendors $60b (cnet.com)
conan1989 writes: Study Finds ""Free Open Source Software Is Costing Vendors $60 Billion
Open Source software is raising havoc throughout the software market. It is the ultimate in disruptive technology, and while to it is only 6% of estimated trillion dollars IT budgeted annually, it represents a real loss of $60 billion in annual revenues to software companies," said Jim Johnson, Chairman, The Standish Group International, Boston, MA
If the $60 billion is true (and I would assume based on Standish's five years of research it is) then we have been dramatically underestimating the impact open source is having on the traditional vendors. We've known there is a effect, and now we finally have some numbers (and $60 billion is a whopper.)
Open Source software is raising havoc throughout the software market. It is the ultimate in disruptive technology, and while to it is only 6% of estimated trillion dollars IT budgeted annually, it represents a real loss of $60 billion in annual revenues to software companies," said Jim Johnson, Chairman, The Standish Group International, Boston, MA
If the $60 billion is true (and I would assume based on Standish's five years of research it is) then we have been dramatically underestimating the impact open source is having on the traditional vendors. We've known there is a effect, and now we finally have some numbers (and $60 billion is a whopper.)
