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Naive view of the world

Windows is like a domestic minivan — ugly and slow. The trim is cheap and you can’t change the radio presets because the MinivanCo knows what’s best for you. But, it can carry the groceries and the kids can watch DVDs in the back.
Linux is like a custom race car that your crazy mechanic [...]

Posted 26 October 2007 † Dmitry § geek ‡ Comments (0) °

Plays for Sure…………..NOT!

I must be missing something important here. Some people seem to be questioning Microsoft’s little trick with forking it’s DRM technology. Briefly, they created a DRM framework called “Plays for sure”. “Plays for sure” is in spirit similar to the ubiquitous “Windows ready” sticker. The manufacturer of a “Plays for sure” device signs some license [...]

Posted 09 November 2006 † Dmitry § conspiracies § microsoft ‡ Comments (0) °

Wikipedia vs Linux

A very interesting post by Ben Yates, The Future of Open Source Five Years Ago, via Jeff Atwood’s blog, compares rates of contribution to wikipedia and linux. In summary, the author claims that Wikipedia has surpassed linux as the “numero uno” open source project. He cites the fact that the “developers are deserting”, that there’s [...]

Posted 23 June 2006 † Dmitry § evangelism § linux § wikipedia ‡ Comments (1) °