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I have finally decided to take the plunge. Last night I upgraded my Vista desktop machine to Windows XP, and this afternoon I will be doing the same to my laptop. Look & Feel Windows XP has quite a cartoony look and feel compared to the slick look of Aero Glass; this is mostly offset by the lack of strange screen artifacts caused by malfunctioning graphics code. You know, almost like static on the screen. This was a once or twice monthly occurrence on my laptop, and happened on my desktop whenever...
Nitwits who by their actions try to show companies and the public that the GPL is run by a bunch of underpants-on-the-head kind of commie pinko weirdos . Here's a hint Harald, and what the hell, let's include RMS in this too, most people involved in OSS or semi-OSS stuff are in it to help the community and not to push some radical political agenda. When you give them no choice but to sign up for your latest crusade, then quite a few will drop out. Free as in do-what-I-tell-you-or-else free...
CNet has a story where they discuss a slowdown in the percentage of software developers targeting Windows. The figures come from Evans Data who say: 65% of developers are targeting Windows, down from 75% last year, almost a 9% drop. They expect a further 2% drop next year. Linux in the same period has picked up 34% more developers, up to 12%. The rest of the article progresses into a fantasyland of pabulum about a WebOS. Reading the Evans release , John Andrews, CEO says: it's clear that a shift...