Switch to Linux success story
Ernie Ball, makers of really nice guitar strings, interviews about his switch to Linux.
http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html?tag=lh
http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html?tag=lh
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That was a killer interview. Makes you think really hard about how honest some of those analysts are that try to calculate out the TCO for switching to linux.
LeechWah! Wah!
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Interesting, he was happy with windows based software and it worked well for him, in fact it he says it helped him start his business.
It just MS's attitude that made him switch, but he is very happy now after the switch.
He sums up the situation very well...Comment
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something is just terribly wrong with that picture.And one day I got a call that there were armed marshals at my door talking about software license compliance.no matrox, no matroxusers.Comment
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Yeah, same thought, and it just doesn't make OSS (or perhaps rather its users) appear in good light...
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Who's to say he was exagerating on that? Anyone else have some stories of how the BSA handles things?
LeechWah! Wah!
In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship.Comment
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well, the swedish game developer mindstorm found their office occupied by BSA and cops one day when they came to start working
it's also part of the story that Mindstorm had told MS to go **** themself when MS wanted to buy them up
If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
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I assume all law enforcement officers are armed, but since the BSA has money to throw around they probably round up as many cops as possible. Don't federal agents get to carry even bigger weapons?Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra 9, Opteron 170 Denmark 2x2Ghz, 2 GB Corsair XMS, Gigabyte 6600, Gentoo Linux
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"if I said you had a beautiful body would you take your pants off and dance around a bit?" --Zapp BranniganComment
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Did they start developing for other platforms now?Originally posted by Technoid
well, the swedish game developer mindstorm found their office occupied by BSA and cops one day when they came to start working
it's also part of the story that Mindstorm had told MS to go **** themself when MS wanted to buy them up
LeechWah! Wah!
In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship.Comment
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Great article, great interview.
If I could run the s/w I use for work on Linux, I'd already be there.Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!Comment
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nope they whent out of buissnessOriginally posted by leech
Did they start developing for other platforms now?
Leech
as in totaly crushed by the fines and such
If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."Comment
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