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[completewally]

My avatars back from the great void after a 2 month absence,,,good to see itchy & scrathcy again,, but where the heck where they? I'm thinkin Russ may have had something to do with this so thanks Mate ! If it was nothing you done take the pat on the back anyway as you deserve it !

 

[ZHead]

How do you add an avatar please ?? Is it just a jpeg added in the right place ?

 

[completewally]

Hey ZHead ! I think you have to go to "user cp" on home page and then upload from there,,,mind it's been awhile!!

 

[ZHead]

Thanks - will have a tinker about

 

[Russ]

Absolutely nothing to do with me

I can't see why it would and then wouldn't work. Let me know if it disappears again so I can investigate.

 

[completewally]

Yeah, I know what you mean Russ ! no reason for it 2 just go away and then come back! Go figure,,probably something to do with windoh's XP again,,
P.S. gotta get me some Linux!

 

[Russ]

EEEEK no don't get yourself some linux, it's the spawn of the devil, unless you have some big server somewhere and lots of trained staff

M$ rocks.

 

[ZHead]

Now then, now then, now then.........

This Linux stuff

As an ex IBMer and having sold millions and millions of pounds worth of Software to multi national corporates, it is very evident that the "big boys" are treating Linux very seriously. Thousands of major mission critical applications worldwide run on it.

As you point out, not so many "individuals" use it but ......... here is the game plan :

If everyone in a big organisation uses Linux on a central server and just uses a browser on their desktop they do not need Windoze licences.... BIG saving. If the desktop has a portal on which happens to be Big and Blue in flavour then they don't need MS Office licences either ...... BIG Saving.

Kinda knives out time from Big Blue to MS. IBM are the biggest commercial investor in Linux in the world.


Ranting over

 

[ZHead]

PS .... MS is pants

They have the biggest test department in the world .............. their user base.

 

[Russ]

LOL @ their user base comment

In M$ defence, you pay your licence fee, up front, get yourselfs some cheapo HP thin clients, server 2003 and such, job done and it cost X amount.

Linux, oooh its free, until you run up lots of support bills and waste loadsa time faffing around trying to integrate everything You pay for it after.

As much as the world hates Microsoft they make a good OS, I have Fedora on my machine and although I'm finishing up my software engineering degree (as in I should be able to use a computer just about) I still cannot reliably work a linux distro, I've yet to get a soundcard working in it

Horses for courses but I still don't think Linux can hold anything over MS as a home user OS

 

[SKiddell]

Open source -- no dont do it, it will end in tears

 

[ZHead]

Open source is kind of a myth now - lots of companies CHARGE for Linux because they support it. IBM are seeing lots and lots of their middleware ordered to run on a Linux platform too. Like it or lump it it is growing fast.

Have to go along with the home user comments though, not really suitable for your average desktop pc, but major major companies use it (have just put a mission critical system into orange running linux). Bear in mind that Linux is just another Unix effectively like AIX, HPUX, Asterix, Obelix, Weetabix et al.

The MS vs IBM thing is way more radical than your average Jihad, it is literally a religious war, people get very passionate and fired up about it. No prizes for guessing which side of the fence I am from

Will shut up now

 

[ZHead]

WOW !!!!! THAT WAS MY 200TH !!!! IF I HAD REALISED I WOULD NOT HAVE DRIVVLED SO MUCH CRAP

 

[ZHead]

PS - Great Web SIte Russ ! Everything is clear, neat and navigation is easy. Muchas Gracias for all the effort you have very obviously put in.

 

[Russ]

Well I'm just the fool that cobbles it all together... thanks to my PC running XP SP2 with a plethora of Windows based tools