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Comment "a certain age," eh? (Score 1) 99

by dre80 on Friday April 25, 2014 @09:03PM (#46845853) Attached to: Gary Kildall, Father of the PC OS, Finally Gets His Due

Aaannnndd that marks the first time I feel targeted by the phrase "of a certain age." You insensitive clod.

Desktop Linux Is Dead 1348

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 18, 2010 @09:31AM from the oh-no-he-didn't dept.

digitaldc writes with this quote from PCWorld: "It kills me to say this: The dream of Linux as a major desktop OS is now pretty much dead. Despite phenomenal security and stability — and amazing strides in usability, performance, and compatibility — Linux simply isn't catching on with desktop users. And if there ever was a chance for desktop Linux to succeed, that ship has long since sunk. ... Ultimately, Linux is doomed on the desktop because of a critical lack of content. And that lack of content owes its existence to two key factors: the fragmentation of the Linux platform, and the fierce ideology of the open-source community at large."

Comment Re:Why do open source projects pick stupid names? (Score 1) 648

by dre80 on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @05:08PM (#33728374) Attached to: OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

Actually, while I agree that LibreOffice isn't the greatest choice, a change away from OpenOffice might not be bad.

You'd be surprised how many people think it's only a tool to OPEN (View) MS Office documents, and not a full office suite! When we see "open", we think "open source" or "open standards". The general public thinks of the action of opening.

Windows Server Trusts Samba4 Active Directory 182

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 10, 2009 @02:42PM from the honey-it's-not-that-you-don't-trust-me dept.

Darren Ginter writes "A group of Samba v4 developers recently spent a week in Redmond to work with Microsoft on Active Directory interoperability(?!). The result? Windows Server will now join, trust and replicate a Samba-based Active Directory using Microsoft-native protocols. Although Samba v4 is still in the alpha stages, this is a huge step for open source. Or it could be a trap."

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