I find it interesting that it is being reported that Dell might be thinking about offering their computers with Linux installed instead of Windows. I think this is really a positive move for Dell. Linux is so much more robust and stable than Microsoft products that is only makes sense.
This idea came about from suggestions to Dell. The next recommendation? Offer Open Office which competes with Microsoft Office and its products. Again, this is a great idea. If you haven't tried Open Office I highly recommend it. The price is right, free, which means you don't have to feed the Microsoft beast to have a Office style suite of programs.
As you may have guessed, I am a big fan of high quality free software and Linux and Open Office fit the bill. I use these programs almost exclusively and recommend them.
Only the educated are free. Epictetus
Saturday, March 10. 2007
New Offering
Friday, December 8. 2006
The Biggest Engineering Project in History
Why Vista might be the last of its kind
The article estimates that it 10,000 engineers and around $10 billion dollars to develop Vista. Can you believe that? Bill Gates is really big into his Philanthropic adventures. I wonder how much good he could have done with that $10 billion dollars instead of pouring it into Vista? I will have to wait and see but I don't think Vista is worth it. That's a fan of Linux talking though.
It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished. Norman Ralph Augustine
Imagine this. One of the world's most powerful monopolies puts 10,000 people to work for five years to create one new product. And nobody is really sure if anyone wants it. How's that for a gamble?
That's what we have with Windows Vista, the new computer-operating system from Microsoft that debuted last week for businesses and, next month, for consumers. There has been so much buildup for this moment that you would expect Vista to cure cancer.
The article estimates that it 10,000 engineers and around $10 billion dollars to develop Vista. Can you believe that? Bill Gates is really big into his Philanthropic adventures. I wonder how much good he could have done with that $10 billion dollars instead of pouring it into Vista? I will have to wait and see but I don't think Vista is worth it. That's a fan of Linux talking though.
It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished. Norman Ralph Augustine
Monday, October 30. 2006
Winblows
Bug causes Microsoft to push Vista RTM to Nov. 8
Vista looks to me like its going to be a big problem for Bill Gates. Beware of Vista. Linux rules.
Death solves all problems - no man, no problem. Joseph Stalin
PC manufacturers that expected to get their hands on the final version of Windows Vista on Wednesday have to wait a couple more weeks for the OS, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
Microsoft Corp. originally targeted Wednesday for Vista's release to manufacturing, but a last-minute bug that "took most of the Vista team by surprise," caused an unexpected delay, said Ethan Allen, a quality assurance lead at a Seattle high-tech company that tests its products for Vista. Allen also oversees http://thehotfix.net/.
Allen said the Vista team discovered the bug, which "would totally crash the system, requiring a complete reinstall," in Vista Build 5824 on Friday, Oct. 13. The team fixed the bug a week later in Vista Build 5840, he said, but it delayed the delivery of the OS to PC makers.
Vista looks to me like its going to be a big problem for Bill Gates. Beware of Vista. Linux rules.
Death solves all problems - no man, no problem. Joseph Stalin
Wednesday, May 24. 2006
Pay As You Play
Microsoft has a new idea. Instead of selling you a copy of Windows to run your computer, they want you to rent a copy and keep making you pay for it over and over again. This is supposed to help the poorer people access computers.
The richest man in the world can't lower the price so poor people can access computers. [sarcasm]That wouldn't be right now, would it.[/sarcasm]
I have a wonderful idea though. Instead of relying on Windows to run those computers, why not use a free Operating System like Linux. The price is right and we aren't doing any favors for Bill Gates. That's the way to go.
Did you notice how much the Operating System jumps the price of the computer in the article. $300. And you wonder why Gates is the richest man in the world. Use Linux, screw Bill Gates.
In treating on the subject of the profits of capital, it is necessary to consider the princples which regulate the rise and fall of rent; as rent and profits, it will be seen, have a very intimate connexion with each other. David Ricardo
Microsoft has been reluctant to lower the price of its operating system to a level where people on a salary of $4,000 per annum can afford machines.
The richest man in the world can't lower the price so poor people can access computers. [sarcasm]That wouldn't be right now, would it.[/sarcasm]
I have a wonderful idea though. Instead of relying on Windows to run those computers, why not use a free Operating System like Linux. The price is right and we aren't doing any favors for Bill Gates. That's the way to go.
Did you notice how much the Operating System jumps the price of the computer in the article. $300. And you wonder why Gates is the richest man in the world. Use Linux, screw Bill Gates.
In treating on the subject of the profits of capital, it is necessary to consider the princples which regulate the rise and fall of rent; as rent and profits, it will be seen, have a very intimate connexion with each other. David Ricardo
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