Linux is cancer?

Motoxrdude · 10-23-2007, 05:41 AM

http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/008475.html

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The truth is that Linux is one of the biggest threats to human creativity worldwide Some of you will find that statement remarkable, but it is true. As Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer has said, "Linux is cancer." Ken Brown of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution has said that: "Linux is a leprosy; and is having a deleterious effect on the U.S. IT

http://www.fsffrance.org/news/article2005-11-25.en.html

i dont understand how something free can be so evil.

brian · 10-23-2007, 05:51 AM

lol... if it even states some guy from windows or mac... it is bogus... mac and windows HATE linux just because linux is so much better. And they just dont understand.

M$ pshhhh.

patrickv · 10-23-2007, 05:51 AM

well well, I do understand, it's just that MS is loosing out way to much customers, especially now with windows vista out with so much flaws, people find a free alternative (free of viruses too).
I was one amongst the lot which moved to linux around 2006 but i came back to windows for one simple reason.
the work i do cannot be carried out by linux.
But seeing (in my country), linux gets a massive share amongst home users, not IT or Work people.
Have to say Linux is not evil it's just a good OS.

PC eye · 10-23-2007, 05:55 AM

While this thread belongs more in the off topic section Linux is a threat to a monopoly. Windows and Apple/Mac have been rhe two leaders with MS the largest for too long. The growing popularity of Linux threatens the MS giant!

"we can't have that now can we!"

brian · 10-23-2007, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by PC eye

While this thread belongs more in the off topic section Linux is a threat to a monopoly. Windows and Apple/Mac have been rhe two leaders with MS the largest for too long. The growing popularity of Linux threatens the MS giant!

"we can't have that now can we!"

sure we can. lf windows were to actually put some good stuff in there os, like much more opensource it would be better but the ability to have a free os that is stable (besides wireless

) and has web server, sql, php, samba etc all installed is a huge benefit that nether mac or windows have yet incorporated into there os.

patrickv · 10-23-2007, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by brianmay27

samba etc all installed is a huge benefit that nether mac or windows have yet incorporated into there os.

i think you're wrong when you say Mac does not have samba,have ever go deep down in the OSX controls ?

Ambushed · 10-23-2007, 06:38 AM

Someone should make a 101 pined tutorial on linux, how to install, commands, etc..

brian · 10-23-2007, 06:39 AM

well

............ i would........... but i never tried the os

all that was pure guess

... fine... more aimed at windows then mac

edit: ^^^^ that would be the from the earth to the sun... there are way to many comands

Ambushed · 10-23-2007, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianmay27

well

............ i would........... but i never tried the os

all that was pure guess

... fine... more aimed at windows then mac

edit: ^^^^ that would be the from the earth to the sun... there are way to many comands

Well you don't have to add all the commands, just some of the basic ones.
I'm challenging someone to do it. (If Ian allows of course).

patrickv · 10-23-2007, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianmay27

well

............ i would........... but i never tried the os

all that was pure guess

... fine... more aimed at windows then mac

edit: ^^^^ that would be the from the earth to the sun... there are way to many comands

hmm.. you say you've never used the OS, and yet, look what you wrote in THIS thread

10-23-2007, 05:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 3,472	lol... if it even states some guy from windows or mac... it is bogus... mac and windows HATE linux just because linux is so much better. And they just dont understand. M$ pshhhh. __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista ultimate \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

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patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,338	well well, I do understand, it's just that MS is loosing out way to much customers, especially now with windows vista out with so much flaws, people find a free alternative (free of viruses too). I was one amongst the lot which moved to linux around 2006 but i came back to windows for one simple reason. the work i do cannot be carried out by linux. But seeing (in my country), linux gets a massive share amongst home users, not IT or Work people. Have to say Linux is not evil it's just a good OS. __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

10-23-2007, 05:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	While this thread belongs more in the off topic section Linux is a threat to a monopoly. Windows and Apple/Mac have been rhe two leaders with MS the largest for too long. The growing popularity of Linux threatens the MS giant! "we can't have that now can we!" __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 3,472	well ............ i would........... but i never tried the os all that was pure guess ... fine... more aimed at windows then mac edit: ^^^^ that would be the from the earth to the sun... there are way to many comands __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista ultimate \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

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