Comments on: Analyzing Microsoft’s OS by Linux Standards http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/ Assisting the un-savvy Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:17:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Encephalosponge » Blog Archive » The shoe’s on the other foot http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-45 Encephalosponge » Blog Archive » The shoe’s on the other foot Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:01:15 +0000 #comment-45 [...] just read an interesting review article of Microsoft Windows. Alternatives to Windows (like Mac OSX and various builds of Linux) often get [...] [...] just read an interesting review article of Microsoft Windows. Alternatives to Windows (like Mac OSX and various builds of Linux) often get [...]

]]> By: truefire http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-44 truefire Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:27:18 +0000 #comment-44 M S: Yeah, I had a similar problem with my sound card. Again, that was the point of my article: would drivers REALLY be an issue to Linux, as market leader? (Other things mentioned in your comment suggesst that you were doing things the 'Windows Way'. Ubuntu is completely different.) Greg: Well, most of us do get those problems. It depends heavily on what programs you use. greythanis: Yeah, I know. No, actually, it wouldn't. Ubuntu has a much larger support/tech group, their programmers are more fresh, and it is based on a programming marvel: GNU/Linux. Heikki Naski: Excellent points. "...": Funny. Very. Darrell: BSD is nice, but I see no differentiating redeeming qualities. Almost no programs are specifically for it either. Ubuntu vs Mac is how it's going to end. Winner vs BSD, maybe. swapnil bhartiya: I agree. Thanks. redenex: I know! Good luck converting your friends to THE OS. M S: Yeah, I had a similar problem with my sound card. Again, that was the point of my article:
would drivers REALLY be an issue to Linux, as market leader? (Other things mentioned in your comment suggesst that you were doing things the ‘Windows Way’. Ubuntu is completely different.)

Greg: Well, most of us do get those problems.
It depends heavily on what programs you use.

greythanis: Yeah, I know. No, actually, it wouldn’t.
Ubuntu has a much larger support/tech group, their programmers are more fresh, and it is based on a programming marvel: GNU/Linux.

Heikki Naski: Excellent points.

“…”: Funny. Very.

Darrell: BSD is nice, but I see no differentiating redeeming qualities. Almost no programs are specifically for it either.
Ubuntu vs Mac is how it’s going to end.
Winner vs BSD, maybe.

swapnil bhartiya: I agree. Thanks.

redenex: I know! Good luck converting your friends to THE OS.

]]> By: swapnil bhartiya http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-43 swapnil bhartiya Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:05:15 +0000 #comment-43 I apologize, my post was addressed to M S...and I repeat I am not a techie, so don't mind my stupidity. Also, I would like to congratulate EasyGeek for an awesome piece he has written, it must have slashed, I guess. Kudos! I apologize, my post was addressed to M S…and I repeat I am not a techie, so don’t mind my stupidity. Also, I would like to congratulate EasyGeek for an awesome piece he has written, it must have slashed, I guess.

Kudos!

]]> By: redenex http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-42 redenex Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:52:09 +0000 #comment-42 I have been a complete Linux user sine an year now, and have no complaints at all. Good riddance windows! Good and meaningful article here. I have been a complete Linux user sine an year now, and have no complaints at all. Good riddance windows!

Good and meaningful article here.

]]> By: swapnil bhartiya http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-41 swapnil bhartiya Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:15:41 +0000 #comment-41 As a GNU/Linux user and a journalist, I am not much of a techie, I am just a user. And I had been using Windows ever since I touched first computer. But when I came across Linux, I find it cool. It is great at server end, but not that great at home user end. But, for those who criticize GNU/Linux we need to be a bit rational and also have a look at how things work. With a monopolistic player like MS which signs a lot of deals to ensure that various software are available for its platform only, GNU/Linux community try to create options. But owing to the penetration of Windows most companies offer solution only for MS platform or MacOS. Now, how do you expect the GNU/Linux engineers to write a driver, when cos like Brodcam don't even give specs of its wireless chips? How do you expect the Linux warrior to write drivers for it? Purely non-commercial Debians are doing is just for the sake of a movement! Now, do you want to change the world or stay in the dystopian world of Windows -- which actually closes windows to all options? Yes, right now, you need to be a bit aware of what package to be used and you might have to fumble with the huge support available to get what you need. But then there is price to everything. Linux is giving you that freedom and only investment you have to make is spend some time looking for stuff and talk to right people like those available on this blog. As Niel Peart says -- even freedom is not for free. So, if you wanna breathe in a free world where all windows are open so that fresh air may come in from all sides, you must embrace GNU/Linux. It's just matter of time that it will supersede any available OS around! Regards Swapnil As a GNU/Linux user and a journalist, I am not much of a techie, I am just a user. And I had been using Windows ever since I touched first computer. But when I came across Linux, I find it cool. It is great at server end, but not that great at home user end. But, for those who criticize GNU/Linux we need to be a bit rational and also have a look at how things work.

With a monopolistic player like MS which signs a lot of deals to ensure that various software are available for its platform only, GNU/Linux community try to create options.

But owing to the penetration of Windows most companies offer solution only for MS platform or MacOS. Now, how do you expect the GNU/Linux engineers to write a driver, when cos like Brodcam don’t even give specs of its wireless chips? How do you expect the Linux warrior to write drivers for it?

Purely non-commercial Debians are doing is just for the sake of a movement! Now, do you want to change the world or stay in the dystopian world of Windows — which actually closes windows to all options?

Yes, right now, you need to be a bit aware of what package to be used and you might have to fumble with the huge support available to get what you need. But then there is price to everything. Linux is giving you that freedom and only investment you have to make is spend some time looking for stuff and talk to right people like those available on this blog. As Niel Peart says — even freedom is not for free.

So, if you wanna breathe in a free world where all windows are open so that fresh air may come in from all sides, you must embrace GNU/Linux.

It’s just matter of time that it will supersede any available OS around!

Regards

Swapnil

]]> By: OSSDailyNews.com - OSS, Linux, and BSD News http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-40 OSSDailyNews.com - OSS, Linux, and BSD News Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:20:46 +0000 #comment-40 <strong>Analyzing Microsoft’s OS by Linux Standards</strong> "In the past, I've noticed that reviews of the various GNU/Linux OS distributions have frequently made point of their downfalls when compared to one Microsoft OS or another. This doesn't make much sense in the grand scale of things, because most-if ... Analyzing Microsoft’s OS by Linux Standards

“In the past, I’ve noticed that reviews of the various GNU/Linux OS distributions have frequently made point of their downfalls when compared to one Microsoft OS or another. This doesn’t make much sense in the grand scale of things, because most-if …

]]> By: S.C. http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-39 S.C. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:12:14 +0000 #comment-39 Sean, you can record from your mic by using audacity. It's in the repositories. Sean, you can record from your mic by using audacity. It’s in the repositories.

]]> By: Darrell http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-37 Darrell Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:57:07 +0000 #comment-37 What about ReactOS and PC-BSD/DesktopBSD in terms of future prospects, security, ease of installation of applications? What about ReactOS and PC-BSD/DesktopBSD in terms of future prospects, security, ease of installation of applications?

]]> By: Ronen http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-36 Ronen Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:08:49 +0000 #comment-36 One word: Hilarious!!! One word: Hilarious!!!

]]> By: ... http://truefire.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-35 ... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:24:06 +0000 #comment-35 Suppose MS created a perfect OS. No bugs, viruses, or whatever. So many businesses are based on fixing the flaws of MS software that a perfect MS OS would have drastically negative effects on the economy. MS is really doing all of us a favor by building flaws into its software because it's not just their pocketbook at stake, it's everyone else's too. The problems with Apple's Panther OS may be Apple's positioning to fill in the 64-bit OS hole so that they can eventually take over MS's position as an economic driver. The perpetual existence of software defects is the single most important feature of any successful software venture to date. Fixing flawed software is also a self-sustaining enterprise. New flaws are inevitably added when old flaws are fixed. Lather, rinse, repeat. Consider, nearly no one knows about the bug-free software produced by... uh... Well, they're just not popular. They're not popular because they're flawless. Introduce some flaws... crash a probe, blow up a shuttle... and everyone knows about. Flaws in software leads to instant popularity. Linux, of course, can never succeed because it just doesn't have the same flaws other OSes do. It has enough to make it on the radar, but they aren't extreme enough to push Linux into the mainstream. Further, a handful of Linux techs can replace legions of Windows and Apple techs. Economic disaster. Suppose MS created a perfect OS. No bugs, viruses, or whatever. So many businesses are based on fixing the flaws of MS software that a perfect MS OS would have drastically negative effects on the economy. MS is really doing all of us a favor by building flaws into its software because it’s not just their pocketbook at stake, it’s everyone else’s too.

The problems with Apple’s Panther OS may be Apple’s positioning to fill in the 64-bit OS hole so that they can eventually take over MS’s position as an economic driver.

The perpetual existence of software defects is the single most important feature of any successful software venture to date. Fixing flawed software is also a self-sustaining enterprise. New flaws are inevitably added when old flaws are fixed. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Consider, nearly no one knows about the bug-free software produced by… uh… Well, they’re just not popular. They’re not popular because they’re flawless. Introduce some flaws… crash a probe, blow up a shuttle… and everyone knows about. Flaws in software leads to instant popularity.

Linux, of course, can never succeed because it just doesn’t have the same flaws other OSes do. It has enough to make it on the radar, but they aren’t extreme enough to push Linux into the mainstream. Further, a handful of Linux techs can replace legions of Windows and Apple techs. Economic disaster.

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