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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/14/13 8:04 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Tue, 14 May 2013 09:45:12 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 07:43:41 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: Greed is the driving force in the economy. Management, labor and the consumer. Nobody is innocent. ==== No one should be innocent. The profit motive (call it greed if you must) is the driving force behind all innovation, all customer service, all product excellence and all efficient manufacturing. Without the potential for profit (sometimes *large* profits) there are no incentives for the risks and hard work of starting or running a business. Anything else is socialism and we all know how that worked out in the former USSR. Harry is bitter because success (profit) seems to have escaped him. There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/15/13 4:53 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Tue, 14 May 2013 22:50:09 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 21:31:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. Examples of greedy *******s would be Edison, Firestone, Ford, Bill Gates and your sweetie Steve Jobs (perhaps the worst of the bunch). ======= Harry would like to think that Steve Jobs did all that work to benefit charity and liberal causes. What I think, W'hine, is that you were, you are and you always shall be an asshole. |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/15/2013 4:53 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Tue, 14 May 2013 22:50:09 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 21:31:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. Examples of greedy *******s would be Edison, Firestone, Ford, Bill Gates and your sweetie Steve Jobs (perhaps the worst of the bunch). ======= Harry would like to think that Steve Jobs did all that work to benefit charity and liberal causes. Stevie was probably the greediest of the aforementioned. |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/15/2013 7:31 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 5/15/13 4:53 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 22:50:09 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 21:31:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. Examples of greedy *******s would be Edison, Firestone, Ford, Bill Gates and your sweetie Steve Jobs (perhaps the worst of the bunch). ======= Harry would like to think that Steve Jobs did all that work to benefit charity and liberal causes. What I think, W'hine, is that you were, you are and you always shall be an asshole. It's not hard to understand why *you* think that way. ;-) |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/15/2013 9:29 AM, Hank© wrote:
On 5/14/2013 10:50 PM, wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 21:31:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. Examples of greedy *******s would be Edison, Firestone, Ford, Bill Gates and your sweetie Steve Jobs (perhaps the worst of the bunch). It's well known that Bill Gated has dedicated his life to giving his money away. Guilt? |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
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says... On 5/14/13 8:04 PM, Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 09:45:12 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 07:43:41 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: Greed is the driving force in the economy. Management, labor and the consumer. Nobody is innocent. ==== No one should be innocent. The profit motive (call it greed if you must) is the driving force behind all innovation, all customer service, all product excellence and all efficient manufacturing. Without the potential for profit (sometimes *large* profits) there are no incentives for the risks and hard work of starting or running a business. Anything else is socialism and we all know how that worked out in the former USSR. Harry is bitter because success (profit) seems to have escaped him. There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. What is that difference and where is the threshold between profit and greed? |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
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says... On 5/14/13 10:50 PM, wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 21:31:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. Examples of greedy *******s would be Edison, Firestone, Ford, Bill Gates and your sweetie Steve Jobs (perhaps the worst of the bunch). That's just silly. There have been plenty of innovators whose driving force was intellectual curiosity and advancement of knowledge. Ford's was a first, then it was pure greed. And I'm a HUGE Ford fan, know a lot about him that most don't. He ended up in his later years quite bitter with himself for what he had done, although he also done a LOT of good. |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
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says... On 5/15/2013 9:29 AM, Hank© wrote: On 5/14/2013 10:50 PM, wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 21:31:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. Examples of greedy *******s would be Edison, Firestone, Ford, Bill Gates and your sweetie Steve Jobs (perhaps the worst of the bunch). It's well known that Bill Gated has dedicated his life to giving his money away. Guilt? About what? |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
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says... On 5/15/2013 9:29 AM, Hank© wrote: On 5/14/2013 10:50 PM, wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2013 21:31:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. Examples of greedy *******s would be Edison, Firestone, Ford, Bill Gates and your sweetie Steve Jobs (perhaps the worst of the bunch). It's well known that Bill Gated has dedicated his life to giving his money away. Guilt? YOU would think that someone should have guilt because they are successful. Those of us who have been successful to a degree are aware that it takes a lot of work, and therefore there's nothing to be guilty about. |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On Wed, 15 May 2013 07:31:48 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
you are and you always shall be an asshole. === Harry, no one will dispute your expertise in such matters. All other fake, wannabe assholes pale in comparison to your greatness. As a matter of fact, I was going to nominate you as Time magazine's asshole of the year. They sent me back a polite form letter stating that 3,429 people had already beaten me to the punch. Can that many people be wrong? Not likely. |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
On Wed, 15 May 2013 09:39:05 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote: The profit motive (call it greed if you must) is the driving force behind all innovation, all customer service, all product excellence and all efficient manufacturing. Without the potential for profit (sometimes *large* profits) there are no incentives for the risks and hard work of starting or running a business. Anything else is socialism and we all know how that worked out in the former USSR. Harry is bitter because success (profit) seems to have escaped him. There are differences between "profit" and "greed," but apparently these escape w'hine. And to say profit is the driving force behind "all innovation" is just plain bull****. What is that difference and where is the threshold between profit and greed? === It turns out that there is a very easy answer to that question. Companies (and people) that Harry likes are profitable. Companies (and people) that Harry dislikes are greedy. |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. The Govt. is in the monopoly creating business now. They have whittled the trucking industry engine builders down to one, Cummins. Good job EPA |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/2013 7:29 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? The typists and photoshoppers like apple for it's simplicity. |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/2013 10:00 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:08 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence But still, inconvenient sure.. I mean, a watch chip can run a rocket ship after all... But "who's needs are not being met"? |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
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says... On Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:08 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence Because of the complexity of the operating systems of today, I doubt that's possible. |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/13 10:09 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 5/16/2013 10:00 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:08 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence But still, inconvenient sure.. I mean, a watch chip can run a rocket ship after all... But "who's needs are not being met"? Users who don't like glutware, or dealing with a non-English speaking clerk who has been taught that all tech support consists of reading off a script. The few times I have called Apple for tech support, I've gotten competent people who speak English as well as I do and know how to work their way through a support tree, and who are customer oriented. |
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wrote in message ... I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence ------------------------------------------- I've never understood the many anti-Windows sentiments. Maybe I just don't use a computer for demanding tasks. I currently have two laptops, one with the infamous "Vista" OS and the other with Windows 7. Both have the same 4Gb of memory and both have the same clock speed. Windows 7 is faster, for sure (especially on a cold start) but both are stable and I've never encountered any serious problems nor have I experienced a "crash" of the OS. I normally just put them in "sleep" mode when not in use, so they fire up and are ready to use in seconds. I also have an older, smaller laptop that I used to use on the boat. It has Windows XP Professional on it and works just fine. I have the Windows updates set so I can determine when to download and install them. Usually do that once a month or so. I also use Windows Mail (Vista) and Windows Live Mail (Win7) both for email and as a newsgroup reader. Both work fine, have filter capabilities and several options in terms of how emails or newsgroup posts are displayed. I tried Thunderbird and Agent a while back just for grins but never noticed any advantage they had. Yesterday I was using a friend's new HP laptop. I didn't realize it had Windows 8 on it at first and was temporarily at a loss looking for the "Start" button. But it only took a few seconds to figure out what was going on and it seemed to work just fine. |
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On 5/16/13 10:25 AM, Eisboch wrote:
wrote in message ... I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence ------------------------------------------- I've never understood the many anti-Windows sentiments. Maybe I just don't use a computer for demanding tasks. I currently have two laptops, one with the infamous "Vista" OS and the other with Windows 7. Both have the same 4Gb of memory and both have the same clock speed. Windows 7 is faster, for sure (especially on a cold start) but both are stable and I've never encountered any serious problems nor have I experienced a "crash" of the OS. I normally just put them in "sleep" mode when not in use, so they fire up and are ready to use in seconds. I also have an older, smaller laptop that I used to use on the boat. It has Windows XP Professional on it and works just fine. I have the Windows updates set so I can determine when to download and install them. Usually do that once a month or so. I also use Windows Mail (Vista) and Windows Live Mail (Win7) both for email and as a newsgroup reader. Both work fine, have filter capabilities and several options in terms of how emails or newsgroup posts are displayed. I tried Thunderbird and Agent a while back just for grins but never noticed any advantage they had. Yesterday I was using a friend's new HP laptop. I didn't realize it had Windows 8 on it at first and was temporarily at a loss looking for the "Start" button. But it only took a few seconds to figure out what was going on and it seemed to work just fine. I had only occasional problems with Vista. My wife runs Windows 7 on her home desktop and I would know if she were having problems, because I'm the "tech support" guy here, and I speak English. |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/2013 10:50 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2013 10:10:53 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence Because of the complexity of the operating systems of today, I doubt that's possible. The problem is that the OS is all encompassing with things that should be optional, being coded right into the OS. It is unnecessary complexity but part of the Microsoft monopoly thinking. I need the same OS to take a few hundred bytes a minute from my weather station and post it on the web as I would use to run a small publishing company But what is it that the system "doesn't" do for you? What part of the system is keeping you from doing what you could do without it?? |
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On 5/16/13 11:36 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 5/16/2013 10:50 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 10:10:53 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence Because of the complexity of the operating systems of today, I doubt that's possible. The problem is that the OS is all encompassing with things that should be optional, being coded right into the OS. It is unnecessary complexity but part of the Microsoft monopoly thinking. I need the same OS to take a few hundred bytes a minute from my weather station and post it on the web as I would use to run a small publishing company But what is it that the system "doesn't" do for you? What part of the system is keeping you from doing what you could do without it?? OSX has never locked up on me in the middle of a long word processing document between auto saves. Windows did. |
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On 5/16/2013 11:41 AM, thumper wrote:
On 5/16/2013 7:00 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:08 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence Our IC design CAD tools from Cadence, Synopsys, Ansys, Mentor Graphics, etc. all run on redhat Linux for those reasons. I run Cadkey, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, Corel Draw and several other pretty intense programs... all on a Windoze Laptop for three years now. I5 chip, running at 2.27 64 bit only 4 gig ram... Does fine, can't remember the last time I crashed it... |
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On 5/16/2013 11:46 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 5/16/13 11:36 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: On 5/16/2013 10:50 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 10:10:53 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence Because of the complexity of the operating systems of today, I doubt that's possible. The problem is that the OS is all encompassing with things that should be optional, being coded right into the OS. It is unnecessary complexity but part of the Microsoft monopoly thinking. I need the same OS to take a few hundred bytes a minute from my weather station and post it on the web as I would use to run a small publishing company But what is it that the system "doesn't" do for you? What part of the system is keeping you from doing what you could do without it?? OSX has never locked up on me in the middle of a long word processing document between auto saves. Windows did. Fool. If you anticipate it locking up, you should autosave more often |
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On 5/16/2013 12:18 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2013 11:36:29 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: On 5/16/2013 10:50 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 10:10:53 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence Because of the complexity of the operating systems of today, I doubt that's possible. The problem is that the OS is all encompassing with things that should be optional, being coded right into the OS. It is unnecessary complexity but part of the Microsoft monopoly thinking. I need the same OS to take a few hundred bytes a minute from my weather station and post it on the web as I would use to run a small publishing company But what is it that the system "doesn't" do for you? What part of the system is keeping you from doing what you could do without it?? It is the amount of bloatware I need to drag around for such a mundane task and I was actually buying new, the cost. It is like being forced to buy a class A motor home, just to drive a few miles to work. Linux would be a good alternative but the number of hardware manufacturers who support it are limited because MS has such a monopoly share of the market. So, if you strip the "bloatware" from the system, what would be the benefit? Systems would be more proprietary like in the 80's and a base system would cost 2 grand... It would not be a smaller system, still you need a decent screen to work anyway, I just don't see what you are suffering carrying around a few million extra bits of info on a chip as small as your fingernail (nothing at all like having to carry around a "class A motor home")...It is a system designed to handle as much of what the average person throws at it as possible. If you need more than that to run your company, it's time to hire some programmers and build that system. We had a company a few years back that needed such a propritary system for their business, they paid us thousands to build it. For 99% of the world population, Windoze will do anything they need it to do. |
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On 5/16/13 12:47 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
We had a company a few years back that needed such a propritary system for their business, they paid us thousands to build it. Bull****. Morons don't have the ability to program operating systems. |
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On 5/16/13 11:47 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 5/16/2013 11:41 AM, thumper wrote: On 5/16/2013 7:00 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:08 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence Our IC design CAD tools from Cadence, Synopsys, Ansys, Mentor Graphics, etc. all run on redhat Linux for those reasons. I run Cadkey, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, Corel Draw and several other pretty intense programs... all on a Windoze Laptop for three years now. I5 chip, running at 2.27 64 bit only 4 gig ram... Does fine, can't remember the last time I crashed it... From what I have seen of your work, you'd do better with an eight color box of Crayolas. |
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says... On Mon, 13 May 2013 16:29:33 -0400, Hank© wrote: On 5/13/2013 2:53 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote: After hundreds of workers were killed in Bangladesh when the factory they worked at making clothes collapsed, Pope Francis took a moment during his May Day homily to pray for the victims and their families as well as condemn the labor practices that took their lives. ?How many brothers and sisters find themselves in this situation!? said the pontiff referring to the unfair and unsafe working conditions around the world. ?Not paying fairly, not giving a job because you are only looking at balance sheets, only looking at how to make a profit. That goes against God!? He couldn?t believe that the workers inside the factory were only making roughly 38 Euros ($50) per month calling the deplorable conditions and pay ?slave labor.? Workers who subsequently died. ?I call on politicians to make every effort to relaunch the labor market,? said Pope Francis who went on to say that unemployment is, ?an economic conception of society based on selfish profit outside the bounds of social justice.? He also said, ?We do not get dignity from power or money or culture, no! We get dignity from work.? The Vatican has spoken against economic inequality throughout the economic collapse of recent years, and has been often very critical of unregulated capitalism and the harm it inflicts. http://tinyurl.com/d4vq8uf Where's the garment workers union when you need it? ==== Running a factory without making a profit apparently goes against god also because he will close it down in no time at all. Interesting that Harry should take such a sudden interest in the teachings of the pope. If there is no profit how is the church going to get its cut? |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
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says... In article , says... On Mon, 13 May 2013 16:29:33 -0400, Hank© wrote: On 5/13/2013 2:53 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote: After hundreds of workers were killed in Bangladesh when the factory they worked at making clothes collapsed, Pope Francis took a moment during his May Day homily to pray for the victims and their families as well as condemn the labor practices that took their lives. ?How many brothers and sisters find themselves in this situation!? said the pontiff referring to the unfair and unsafe working conditions around the world. ?Not paying fairly, not giving a job because you are only looking at balance sheets, only looking at how to make a profit. That goes against God!? He couldn?t believe that the workers inside the factory were only making roughly 38 Euros ($50) per month calling the deplorable conditions and pay ?slave labor.? Workers who subsequently died. ?I call on politicians to make every effort to relaunch the labor market,? said Pope Francis who went on to say that unemployment is, ?an economic conception of society based on selfish profit outside the bounds of social justice.? He also said, ?We do not get dignity from power or money or culture, no! We get dignity from work.? The Vatican has spoken against economic inequality throughout the economic collapse of recent years, and has been often very critical of unregulated capitalism and the harm it inflicts. http://tinyurl.com/d4vq8uf Where's the garment workers union when you need it? ==== Running a factory without making a profit apparently goes against god also because he will close it down in no time at all. Interesting that Harry should take such a sudden interest in the teachings of the pope. If there is no profit how is the church going to get its cut? You're not kidding there, the church sure wants there share of grift. |
New Pope Lambasts Greed
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says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Microsoft had to be pulled kicking and screaming to network their computers. Does anyone remember Novell. |
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