Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:23:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>
>> LinuxWorld 2008: Thoughts and Pictures
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> Here are a few thoughts and a quick roundup of what I have seen at
>>> LinuxWorld 2008 in San Francisco so far.
>> `----
>>
>> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/106573/index.html
>
> Why are there so few people there?

Looks like every luser on the planet is there. No wonder linux has claimed
..02% of the desktop market.


> When I go to PCExpo it's so packed with bodies you can barely move
> around.

"Moshe Goldfarb." writes:

> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:23:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>
>> LinuxWorld 2008: Thoughts and Pictures
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Here are a few thoughts and a quick roundup of what I have seen at LinuxWorld
>>| 2008 in San Francisco so far.
>> `----
>>
>> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/106573/index.html
>
> Why are there so few people there?
> When I go to PCExpo it's so packed with bodies you can barely move around.
>
> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/106573/index.html

More to the point, where were Roy or (*lol*) High Plains Hypocrite?

--
"Are Linux systems perfect. Uh, no."
-- Rick in comp.os.linux.advocacy

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:18:33 -0700, relic wrote:

> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:23:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>
>>> LinuxWorld 2008: Thoughts and Pictures
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> Here are a few thoughts and a quick roundup of what I have seen at
>>>> LinuxWorld 2008 in San Francisco so far.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/106573/index.html
>>
>> Why are there so few people there?
>
> Looks like every luser on the planet is there. No wonder linux has claimed
> .02% of the desktop market.

So it would appear.

>
>> When I go to PCExpo it's so packed with bodies you can barely move
>> around.


--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Cross-posting added by "Moshe"

* relic peremptorily fired off this memo:

> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:23:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> LinuxWorld 2008: Thoughts and Pictures
>>>
>>> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/106573/index.html
>>
>> Why are there so few people there?
>
> Looks like every luser on the planet is there. No wonder linux has claimed
> .02% of the desktop market.
>
>> When I go to PCExpo it's so packed with bodies you can barely move
>> around.

Whatever happened to COMDEX?

--
You never go anywhere without your soul.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 08:05:04 -0400, Linonut wrote:

> Cross-posting added by "Moshe"
>
> * relic peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:23:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> LinuxWorld 2008: Thoughts and Pictures
>>>>
>>>> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/106573/index.html
>>>
>>> Why are there so few people there?
>>
>> Looks like every luser on the planet is there. No wonder linux has claimed
>> .02% of the desktop market.
>>
>>> When I go to PCExpo it's so packed with bodies you can barely move
>>> around.
>
> Whatever happened to COMDEX?

It's still around but I think they renamed it.

--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Linonut wrote:
> Cross-posting added by "Moshe"
>
> * relic peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:23:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> LinuxWorld 2008: Thoughts and Pictures
>>>>
>>>> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/106573/index.html
>>>
>>> Why are there so few people there?
>>
>> Looks like every luser on the planet is there. No wonder linux has
>> claimed .02% of the desktop market.
>>
>>> When I go to PCExpo it's so packed with bodies you can barely move
>>> around.
>
> Whatever happened to COMDEX?

Good question. I haven't heard of that for quite a few years now.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 08:46:56 -0700, relic wrote:

> Linonut wrote:
>> Cross-posting added by "Moshe"
>>
>> * relic peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>
>>> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:23:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> LinuxWorld 2008: Thoughts and Pictures
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/106573/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Why are there so few people there?
>>>
>>> Looks like every luser on the planet is there. No wonder linux has
>>> claimed .02% of the desktop market.
>>>
>>>> When I go to PCExpo it's so packed with bodies you can barely move
>>>> around.
>>
>> Whatever happened to COMDEX?
>
> Good question. I haven't heard of that for quite a few years now.

No longer in operation.
INTEROP is the replacement.

http://www.comdex.com/
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Re:

http://www.comdex.com/

The passing of Comdex indicates a movement to on-line research,
cutting IT budgets and general belt tightening within Corporate
America.

Why spend $4,000 to have a guy from your company wander around there
for a week
when you can buy ten PC's and load them up with Ubuntu for the same
price?

harvey wrote:
> Re:
>
> http://www.comdex.com/
>
> The passing of Comdex indicates a movement to on-line research,
> cutting IT budgets and general belt tightening within Corporate
> America.
>
> Why spend $4,000 to have a guy from your company wander around there
> for a week
> when you can buy ten PC's and load them up with Ubuntu for the same
> price?

Getting linux installed and working on 10 PCs will cost a hell of a lot more
than $4,000.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:45:48 -0700, Damian wrote:
>harvey wrote:
>> Re:
>>
>> http://www.comdex.com/
>>
>> The passing of Comdex indicates a movement to on-line research,
>> cutting IT budgets and general belt tightening within Corporate
>> America.
>>
>> Why spend $4,000 to have a guy from your company wander around there
>> for a week
>> when you can buy ten PC's and load them up with Ubuntu for the same
>> price?

>Getting linux installed and working on 10 PCs will cost a hell of a lot more
>than $4,000.

bull****

AZ Nomad wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:45:48 -0700, Damian
> wrote:
>> harvey wrote:
>>> Re:
>>>
>>> http://www.comdex.com/
>>>
>>> The passing of Comdex indicates a movement to on-line research,
>>> cutting IT budgets and general belt tightening within Corporate
>>> America.
>>>
>>> Why spend $4,000 to have a guy from your company wander around there
>>> for a week
>>> when you can buy ten PC's and load them up with Ubuntu for the same
>>> price?
>
>> Getting linux installed and working on 10 PCs will cost a hell of a
>> lot more than $4,000.
>
> bull****

Probably your time has no value.

some idiot forging chrisv wrote:

>Probably your time has no value.

Ignore the forger.

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, chrisv

wrote
on Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:55:03 -0700
<03dc341f$0$24283$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>:
> AZ Nomad wrote:
>> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:45:48 -0700, Damian
>> wrote:
>>> harvey wrote:
>>>> Re:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.comdex.com/
>>>>
>>>> The passing of Comdex indicates a movement to on-line research,
>>>> cutting IT budgets and general belt tightening within Corporate
>>>> America.
>>>>
>>>> Why spend $4,000 to have a guy from your company wander around there
>>>> for a week
>>>> when you can buy ten PC's and load them up with Ubuntu for the same
>>>> price?
>>
>>> Getting linux installed and working on 10 PCs will cost a hell of a
>>> lot more than $4,000.
>>
>> bull****
>
> Probably your time has no value.
>

Exactly. Windows just works right out of the box.

http://www.lockergnome.com/eksodos/2...not-just-work/

And it intuitively interfaces with common devices, such
as printers.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...ftvista30.html

(There is a happy ending.

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/m...ves/141343.asp )

And this individual is a very happy Vista customer...I think...

http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2007/09/me-and-vista

(I suspect part of his problem is insufficient RAM; the
X61s starts at 512 MB, which isn't quite enough for Vista
Business Edition. But hey, it should still just work,
right?)

And of course Dell recommended Windows Vista over XP...

http://blogs.computerworld.com/going...e_its_too_late

....and Windows' intuitive interface makes things super obvious:

http://whycantstuffjustwork.blogspot.com/

To be fair, there's a customer or two who might truly be happy:

http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs/archiv...-is-toast.aspx

though the more or less usual meaning of "something is
toast" means that it is broken beyond redemption.

As for getting 10 identical PCs running with Linux, with
Gentoo it's not that difficult; I'd build 1 basic system
with distccd, tweak it as much as I dare, shut it down, use
LiveCDs to copy it to the other 9, get them all running,
then use them as a CPU farm to build the rest of the base
system and package everything up (Gentoo has a packaging
option) for quick install.

If one doesn't want to go that route, one could simply
install a stock Fedora, SuSE, Slackware, or Ubuntu
installation 10 times.

1 day at most, all done, if the distro and the PC work together.
(It's still not a guarantee, unfortunately.)

--
#191, ewill3@earthlink.net
Linux sucks efficiently, but Windows just blows around
a lot of hot air and vapor.
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Damian wrote:
> harvey wrote:
>> Re:
>>
>> http://www.comdex.com/
>>
>> The passing of Comdex indicates a movement to on-line research,
>> cutting IT budgets and general belt tightening within Corporate
>> America.
>>
>> Why spend $4,000 to have a guy from your company wander around there
>> for a week
>> when you can buy ten PC's and load them up with Ubuntu for the same
>> price?

Ubuntu?!?! LMAO!

Free[ze]ware at its worst.






> Getting linux installed and working on 10 PCs will cost a hell of a
> lot more than $4,000.

You forget how "resourceful" a cheap, broke Linux luser can be. Look at
WRonG. He buys his 3rd hand pieces of obsolete junk off Ebay for $120 and
installs free crapware on them.

Linux lusers: we love to let Windows users subsidize our utter cheapness.