Links 05/05/2008: More Feasibility Tests of GNU/Linux for Enterprise Desktops
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-05-05 16:59:09 UTC
- Modified: 2008-05-05 16:59:09 UTC
Recent Techrights' Posts
- How Many Web Requests From "Linux"...
- If one was to assert that "Linux == Android" or "Android == Linux" (it's not that simple), then "Linux" already accounts for about 30% of Web requests
- Microsoft Trots Out Its Propaganda Agent Preston Gralla to Make It Sound Like Microsoft Breaks Up With China (Reality: Microsoft Got Dumped by China)
- This discredits any publisher that plays along
- SLAPP Censorship - Part 161 Out of 200: Low Standards in Defamation Cases Just Muddy the Waters and Distract From Legitimate Cases
- The judge at the trial said that Garrett's case was a waste of the court's money
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- SLAPP Censorship - Part 162 Out of 200: An Outline of Events
- An outline of events
- Pushed to Live
- We still have some other work - stuff related to the editing of pages - which is work in progress and has been subjected to testing for many months
- GNU/Linux Measured at 10% in Germany, Based on Cloudflare
- It's peaking late at night
- Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More
- GNU Project announced almost 43 years ago (next month it's the anniversary)
- Fake Articles "Sponsored by HPE" Published in The Register MS
- Selling proprietary products as 'alternatives' to other proprietary products
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- IRC logs for Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- Gemini Links 26/08/2026: Journal Plans and Extending Finger Protocol
- Links for the day
- An Explainer About Injunctions Done Wrong - Part I - Saving Money Where Money Cannot be Saved
- Of course Garrett not being able to afford his own case is a key factor here
- Links 25/08/2026: "U.S. Marines Cancel Drill With South Korea", "UK Prime Minister Burnham Arrives in Ukraine"
- Links for the day
- Not for the First Time This Week, Site Called "It's FOSS" is Promoting Software That is NOT FOSS (And It Knows It)
- Is this an editorial choice? Advertising? What is it?
- Gemini Links 25/08/2026: Geometry and FidoNet History, "Goodbye I2P and Yggdrasil, Welcome Telnet!"
- Links for the day
- Links 25/08/2026: Microsoft Salaries Leaked Again, "Oasis Photograph Sparks Copyright Lawsuit"
- Links for the day
- GNU/Linux Did Not Start in 1991 and America Wasn't Discovered by Europeans
- it'll be 43 next month
- Rolling Out Some Changes Soon
- To the regular reader no change will be seen
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 24, 2026
- IRC logs for Monday, August 24, 2026
- Gemini Links 25/08/2026: Separated by Plexiglass, Low-Tech Information Networks, Jörg Rippel Comes to Geminispace
- Links for the day
- The Tragedy of Software Developers Making Up Narratives and Making Excuses for Plagiarism (of Their Own Work, Too)
- one lingering issue is that many who vote in Debian GRs receive money from slop companies
- Evri Makes Us Optimistic About the Collapse of the Slop Pyramid Scheme (Bubble)
- Do not be seduced by false promises of "automation" or "intelligence" where only automation may exist but no intelligence at all
- Congrats to Linux.org for Adopting or Getting Back to IRC
- This is the way the Net ought to work and was originally designed to work [...] IRC as a protocol turns 38 this month
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
- Today The Register MS Published Greenwashing Spam for the Slop Pyramid Scheme, It Mentions "AI" 29 Times
- More people need to talk about the role of the media in this pyramid scheme
- Slop Plagiarism and Chatbots Are Killing Evri (They Infuriate and Insult Clients)
- Slop destroys companies and leads to misery (miserable clients, time-wasting)
- Links 24/08/2026: Re-defining the IndieWeb and "Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms"
- Links for the day
- The Issue With Omarchy is the Slop, the Politics Are a Side Issue
- Those corporations do not oppose slop, they participate in it
- In South Korea, Steady Increases for GNU/Linux
- authorities said they would migrate to GNU/Linux or consider moving in that direction
- SLAPP Censorship - Part 160 Out of 200: In Astounding Repetition of Last Year, Brett Wilson LLP Deliberately Ignores Holidays of People It is Attacking and Crushes Principles of Access to Justice
- Disconnected from the law
- Links 24/08/2026: Vision and Skill, Doing Good, Chiperia Project
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 23, 2026
- IRC logs for Sunday, August 23, 2026
Comments
Bobby Blogger
2008-05-06 04:11:40
I don't believe Bill Gates will ever entirely let go of influence in the direction of Microsoft, even with his stepping down.
In my opinion, any real change in direction of Microsoft will begin when Gates passes away eventually, as we all end up going sometime, or if Microsoft goes bust as a company, which with its strong ties in the U.S., is unlikely to happen, even if everyone in the U.S. marched to their door and threw their software on their doorstep in rejection.
In my opinion I don't believe Microsoft will ever be capable of positive change, the kind of change which would truly benefit the consumer with free and open ideals in mind.
In my opinion Microsoft will remain the big fish with its mouth open, swallowing anything in its path and refusing to change for anybody. This stubborn, bullheaded approach will end up sinking it, but not before it wastes millions of dollars in eventual legal fees as the patent gloves are donned on the cougar to pounce, and the gloves are ready for a battle you can bet on it, especially with the the fall of the American dollar.
In my opinion, Microsoft is still the same monopoly on the desktop it was when it was convicted as a monopoly, if not a worse one. Stores across the United States still lack clear alternatives in Operating Systems to Microsoft Windows, and most people are still crack addicted to DirectX and other proprietary drugs Microsoft pushes to the people.
The change must come from without, with resistance to cooperation with Microsoft. You don't come out ahead when you drop your pants for Microsoft.
Many years from now, historians will delight in combing through Boycott Novell's website and the information retained on the convicted monopoly, while others were asleep, rubbing their crotches with their xbox, sending more of their hard earned money to Microsoft, while mouthing empty anti-Microsoft words all the while.
If you do not like Microsoft's actions as they continue to unfold:
Do not buy Microsoft's software Do not buy Microsoft's hardware Do not buy from companies dealing with Microsoft Do not buy games requiring DirectX (you only encourage its continuation) Encourage Linux and open source use whenever you can
Spread the word, condemn other people's use of Microsoft software and hardware like you would if you saw your best friend having unprotected sex with a hooker known to carry a disease.
Microsoft's limitations placed on us all must end, but it will only end like the war on marijuana and other plants nature has given us: When the people stand up and say NO MORE!
NO MORE!!!
Bobby Blogger
2008-05-06 04:13:16
I don't believe Bill Gates will ever entirely let go of influence in the direction of Microsoft, even with his stepping down.
In my opinion, any real change in direction of Microsoft will begin when Gates passes away eventually, as we all end up going sometime, or if Microsoft goes bust as a company, which with its strong ties in the U.S., is unlikely to happen, even if everyone in the U.S. marched to their door and threw their software on their doorstep in rejection.
In my opinion I don't believe Microsoft will ever be capable of positive change, the kind of change which would truly benefit the consumer with free and open ideals in mind.
In my opinion Microsoft will remain the big fish with its mouth open, swallowing anything in its path and refusing to change for anybody. This stubborn, bullheaded approach will end up sinking it, but not before it wastes millions of dollars in eventual legal fees as the patent gloves are donned on the cougar to pounce, and the gloves are ready for a battle you can bet on it, especially with the the fall of the American dollar.
In my opinion, Microsoft is still the same monopoly on the desktop it was when it was convicted as a monopoly, if not a worse one. Stores across the United States still lack clear alternatives in Operating Systems to Microsoft Windows, and most people are still crack addicted to DirectX and other proprietary drugs Microsoft pushes to the people.
The change must come from without, with resistance to cooperation with Microsoft. You don't come out ahead when you drop your pants for Microsoft.
Many years from now, historians will delight in combing through Boycott Novell's website and the information retained on the convicted monopoly, while others were asleep, rubbing their crotches with their xbox, sending more of their hard earned money to Microsoft, while mouthing empty anti-Microsoft words all the while.
If you do not like Microsoft's actions as they continue to unfold:
Do not buy Microsoft's software Do not buy Microsoft's hardware Do not buy from companies dealing with Microsoft Do not buy games requiring DirectX (you only encourage its continuation) Encourage Linux and open source use whenever you can
Spread the word, condemn other people's use of Microsoft software and hardware like you would if you saw your best friend having unprotected sex with a hooker known to carry a disease.
Microsoft's limitations placed on us all must end, but it will only end like the war on marijuana and other plants nature has given us: When the people stand up and say NO MORE!
NO MORE!!!!