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| Authored by: OpenSourceFTW on Sunday, March 31 2013 @ 02:05 PM EDT |
| Hey hey, I like OOP. :) [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 01 2013 @ 12:29 AM EDT |
"What went wrong?"
Well, if a company noob looks to buy some software, it's only natural for the
unknowledgeable to consider 1,000,000 lines of code to be better than 100,000
lines of code despite the fact they both provide the same functionality. OK, so
1,000,000 sounds better than 100,000 so bloat must be good, tick the box.
Add to this the MS view that they are worth the earth and provide support,
regardless how good the support really is, again tick the box.
The sale and the customer is now locked in though their ignorance.
As a side note, the best support i have received from MS was regarding licensing
issues where MS support actually provided me with a new key over the phone.
Ironically, the best support experience was associated with the worst customer
feature ever envisaged which restricts my hardware changes and forces
re-authentication of the product i already paid for. This customer feature also
makes me dependent on a licensing server not under my control.
For real technical problems i have had, MS directs me to OEM which states it's
an OS issue and directs me back to MS. I hate these sort of merrygoround.
Well, I still use windows7 only by virtue of the fact i haven't removed it from
the workstation it was bundled with. But when i found the bundled Office 2010
spreadsheet would not allow notes to be added to a cell, as it's a business
collaborative feature one must pay extra dollars for an upgrade, it was quickly
excised and libreoffice found a new home.
I'm again finding GPL apps are quickly making inroads onto my HDD for the same
reason as the above. Still looking for GPL BD playback software which i expect
will never be legal code due to cartel licensing restrictions. But the critical
mass is so close that i may just install linux and look at using wine for BP
playback.
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| Authored by: Wol on Tuesday, April 02 2013 @ 01:21 PM EDT |
Just install XFCE on an existing installation. The login manager should let you
choose which desktop at login.
I've currently got XFCE, LXDE and KDE. I don't *think* I've got any others - I
definitely DO NOT have Gnome.
Cheers,
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