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Open source: The new normal in enterprise software

Started byMarek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com>
First post2017-03-24 23:55 -0500
Last post2017-03-28 11:09 -0400
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  Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-24 23:55 -0500
    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-24 23:08 -0700
      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 08:58 -0500
        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-25 09:35 -0500
          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 09:49 -0500
          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-25 15:33 -0400
    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-03-25 06:47 -0400
      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 09:24 -0500
        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-03-25 12:49 -0400
          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 13:37 -0500
            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-03-26 07:43 -0400
    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-25 07:11 -0500
      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 09:25 -0500
      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-25 10:49 -0400
        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 09:56 -0500
          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-25 11:07 -0400
            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 10:27 -0500
              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-25 11:53 -0400
              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 10:45 -0700
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 13:43 -0500
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 11:59 -0700
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 14:06 -0500
                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 13:34 -0700
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-25 18:13 -0400
                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 15:25 -0700
                        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-25 20:23 -0400
                          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 17:46 -0700
            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 10:39 -0700
              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 13:46 -0500
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 13:49 -0700
              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-25 18:06 -0400
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 15:23 -0700
          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 10:46 -0700
          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-25 15:33 -0400
            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 14:37 -0500
              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 14:00 -0700
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-25 22:07 +0100
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 14:31 -0700
              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-25 18:17 -0400
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 18:05 -0500
              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-27 13:11 -0400
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-27 12:49 -0500
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 11:12 -0400
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-28 10:45 -0500
                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Steve Carroll <"Steve Carroll"@noSPAM.none> - 2017-03-28 16:41 +0000
                        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-28 11:56 -0500
                          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Steve Carroll <"Steve Carroll"@noSPAM.none> - 2017-03-28 16:58 +0000
                            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:14 -0400
                              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2017-03-28 17:21 +0000
                                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:48 -0400
                              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-03-28 11:12 -0700
                                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 14:21 -0400
                                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-03-28 13:14 -0700
                                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-28 20:18 +0000
                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:16 -0400
                        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-28 12:39 -0500
                          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:41 -0400
                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-03-28 14:46 -0400
                CostFree apps. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2017-03-27 16:44 -0700
                  Re: CostFree apps. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 11:14 -0400
                    Re: CostFree apps. Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-28 10:49 -0500
                      Re: CostFree apps. Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-28 12:10 -0400
                        Re: CostFree apps. Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-28 11:22 -0500
                          Re: CostFree apps. Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-28 14:08 -0400
                            Re: CostFree apps. Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-28 13:55 -0500
                              Re: CostFree apps. Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-28 16:38 -0400
                      Re: CostFree apps. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-28 14:16 -0700
                    CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2017-03-28 14:48 -0700
                      Re: CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-28 15:24 -0700
                      Re: CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-29 12:12 -0400
                        CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2017-03-29 13:34 -0700
        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-25 10:12 -0500
          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-25 11:51 -0400
            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-27 09:33 -0500
              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 08:22 -0700
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2017-03-27 15:31 +0000
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 09:53 -0700
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-27 17:33 +0200
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2017-03-27 16:47 +0100
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-27 10:50 -0500
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-27 12:10 -0400
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 09:41 -0700
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 09:35 -0700
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-27 11:37 -0500
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-27 13:09 -0400
                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 11:17 -0700
                        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 10:23 -0400
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-27 12:46 -0500
                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 11:06 -0700
                        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 09:04 -0400
                          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-28 15:13 +0200
                            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:28 -0400
                            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-03-28 14:39 -0400
                          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-28 16:24 +0000
                            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2017-03-28 16:28 +0000
                              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-28 17:19 +0000
                                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:32 -0400
                                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-28 18:31 +0000
                                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-28 14:07 -0500
                                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-28 19:46 +0000
                                        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-28 14:56 -0500
                                          Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-28 15:09 -0500
                                            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2017-03-28 23:12 +0100
                              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:28 -0400
                                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2017-03-28 17:40 +0000
                                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:42 -0400
                                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:49 -0400
                                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2017-03-28 18:06 +0000
                                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 20:09 -0400
                                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2017-03-28 23:22 +0100
                                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-03-28 19:20 -0400
                                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-29 09:11 -0400
                              Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-03-28 15:14 -0400
                                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-28 22:23 +0200
                                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-03-28 19:21 -0400
                                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-31 08:28 -0400
                            Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 13:17 -0400
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-03-27 12:57 -0400
                Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-27 10:58 -0500
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 09:29 -0700
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-27 11:33 -0500
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 09:48 -0700
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-27 18:51 +0200
                      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 10:05 -0700
                        Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-27 19:06 +0200
                    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-27 11:56 -0500
                  Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2017-03-27 20:13 +0000
      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-25 15:33 -0400
    Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-03-25 17:18 +0000
      Re: Open source: The new normal in enterprise software DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-03-28 11:09 -0400

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#404007 — Re: CostFree apps.

FromMarek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com>
Date2017-03-28 10:49 -0500
SubjectRe: CostFree apps.
Message-ID<746dnVAhku26G0fFnZ2dnUU7-LudnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#404002
On 2017-03-28, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind of stuff do 
> you download?  I always associate torrents with pirated material.

Torrents are a great way to download a Linux .iso. It frees up the
provider for having to pay for a lot of bandwidth and typically it is
much faster. Anytime a lot of people want the same file at the same
time, torrents would be the way to go. It's a distributed model. It's
that simple. 

-- 
Marek Novotný
https://github.com/marek-novotny

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#404010 — Re: CostFree apps.

FromSilver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er>
Date2017-03-28 12:10 -0400
SubjectRe: CostFree apps.
Message-ID<LVvCA.210865$XG2.53103@fx08.iad>
In reply to#404007
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On 28/03/17 11:49 AM, Marek Novotny wrote:
> On 2017-03-28, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind of
>> stuff do you download?  I always associate torrents with pirated
>> material.
> 
> Torrents are a great way to download a Linux .iso. It frees up the 
> provider for having to pay for a lot of bandwidth and typically it
> is much faster. Anytime a lot of people want the same file at the
> same time, torrents would be the way to go. It's a distributed
> model. It's that simple.

Considering how the developers of a distribution provide it for free,
it just makes sense that we wouldn't expect them to foot the bill for
the bandwidth required to give it to you. Torrents are the most
respectful way of acquiring an ISO imo.


- -- 
Silver Tongued-Heel
Korora Linux Sponsor
EFF & OpenMedia Member
Gab.ai: @silverslimer
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#404012 — Re: CostFree apps.

FromMarek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com>
Date2017-03-28 11:22 -0500
SubjectRe: CostFree apps.
Message-ID<caqdnWk4FsohEEfFnZ2dnUU7-YednZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#404010
On 2017-03-28, Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> wrote:
>
> On 28/03/17 11:49 AM, Marek Novotny wrote:
>> On 2017-03-28, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind of
>>> stuff do you download?  I always associate torrents with pirated
>>> material.
>> 
>> Torrents are a great way to download a Linux .iso. It frees up the 
>> provider for having to pay for a lot of bandwidth and typically it
>> is much faster. Anytime a lot of people want the same file at the
>> same time, torrents would be the way to go. It's a distributed
>> model. It's that simple.
>
> Considering how the developers of a distribution provide it for free,
> it just makes sense that we wouldn't expect them to foot the bill for
> the bandwidth required to give it to you. Torrents are the most
> respectful way of acquiring an ISO imo.

the creator of Ubuntu Mate was being eaten alive by the bandwidth costs
of because of the popularity of the distro. Most of the donations he got
went not into development, but into simply paying for the bandwidth. And
in different countries it can get slower and slower. Torrents solve most
of that. 

-- 
Marek Novotný
https://github.com/marek-novotny

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#404043 — Re: CostFree apps.

FromSilver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er>
Date2017-03-28 14:08 -0400
SubjectRe: CostFree apps.
Message-ID<qExCA.167944$VJ2.120244@fx40.iad>
In reply to#404012
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On 28/03/17 12:22 PM, Marek Novotny wrote:
> On 2017-03-28, Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> wrote:
>> 
>> On 28/03/17 11:49 AM, Marek Novotny wrote:
>>> On 2017-03-28, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind of 
>>>> stuff do you download?  I always associate torrents with
>>>> pirated material.
>>> 
>>> Torrents are a great way to download a Linux .iso. It frees up
>>> the provider for having to pay for a lot of bandwidth and
>>> typically it is much faster. Anytime a lot of people want the
>>> same file at the same time, torrents would be the way to go.
>>> It's a distributed model. It's that simple.
>> 
>> Considering how the developers of a distribution provide it for
>> free, it just makes sense that we wouldn't expect them to foot
>> the bill for the bandwidth required to give it to you. Torrents
>> are the most respectful way of acquiring an ISO imo.
> 
> the creator of Ubuntu Mate was being eaten alive by the bandwidth
> costs of because of the popularity of the distro. Most of the
> donations he got went not into development, but into simply paying
> for the bandwidth. And in different countries it can get slower and
> slower. Torrents solve most of that.

When I spoke to the developer behind Korora, I was ready to donate $20
just to thank him for producing a distribution that I can actually use
and which supports the hardware I bought. He admitted that my donation
would go straight into paying for bandwidth. As such, I decided that
it would be best if I gave a monthly donation instead, especially
since the guy has very few sponsors. It truly is the least that
freedom-loving people can do if they appreciate a product.

- -- 
Silver Tongued-Heel
Korora Linux Sponsor
EFF & OpenMedia Member
Gab.ai: @silverslimer
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#404069 — Re: CostFree apps.

FromMarek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com>
Date2017-03-28 13:55 -0500
SubjectRe: CostFree apps.
Message-ID<UY2dnbLIrNYqLEfFnZ2dnUU7-Y_NnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#404043
On 2017-03-28, Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> wrote:
>
> On 28/03/17 12:22 PM, Marek Novotny wrote:
>> On 2017-03-28, Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 28/03/17 11:49 AM, Marek Novotny wrote:
>>>> On 2017-03-28, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind of 
>>>>> stuff do you download?  I always associate torrents with
>>>>> pirated material.
>>>> 
>>>> Torrents are a great way to download a Linux .iso. It frees up
>>>> the provider for having to pay for a lot of bandwidth and
>>>> typically it is much faster. Anytime a lot of people want the
>>>> same file at the same time, torrents would be the way to go.
>>>> It's a distributed model. It's that simple.
>>> 
>>> Considering how the developers of a distribution provide it for
>>> free, it just makes sense that we wouldn't expect them to foot
>>> the bill for the bandwidth required to give it to you. Torrents
>>> are the most respectful way of acquiring an ISO imo.
>> 
>> the creator of Ubuntu Mate was being eaten alive by the bandwidth
>> costs of because of the popularity of the distro. Most of the
>> donations he got went not into development, but into simply paying
>> for the bandwidth. And in different countries it can get slower and
>> slower. Torrents solve most of that.
>
> When I spoke to the developer behind Korora, I was ready to donate $20
> just to thank him for producing a distribution that I can actually use
> and which supports the hardware I bought. He admitted that my donation
> would go straight into paying for bandwidth. As such, I decided that
> it would be best if I gave a monthly donation instead, especially
> since the guy has very few sponsors. It truly is the least that
> freedom-loving people can do if they appreciate a product.

You're doing what I started out doing. If I used it I donated to it on a
monthly basis. I didn't use Ubuntu Mate for very long, but I did donate
to it while I was using it. I donate to the document foundation on each
download. Vim is annually. Krita I don't even use but I like the
project so I keep donating to it. What you may start to see and
appreciate is how you might have a direct impact on something. Either
you find a bug and pay a bug bounty to get it fixed, or through your
donations you mention a feature you want and *you* have a direct impact
on that feature through financial support. You'll start to see that
*you* can actually make a difference. 

-- 
Marek Novotný
https://github.com/marek-novotny

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#404102 — Re: CostFree apps.

FromSilver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er>
Date2017-03-28 16:38 -0400
SubjectRe: CostFree apps.
Message-ID<JQzCA.210866$XG2.36082@fx08.iad>
In reply to#404069
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On 28/03/17 02:55 PM, Marek Novotny wrote:
> On 2017-03-28, Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> wrote:
>> 
>> On 28/03/17 12:22 PM, Marek Novotny wrote:
>>> On 2017-03-28, Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 28/03/17 11:49 AM, Marek Novotny wrote:
>>>>> On 2017-03-28, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind
>>>>>> of stuff do you download?  I always associate torrents
>>>>>> with pirated material.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Torrents are a great way to download a Linux .iso. It frees
>>>>> up the provider for having to pay for a lot of bandwidth
>>>>> and typically it is much faster. Anytime a lot of people
>>>>> want the same file at the same time, torrents would be the
>>>>> way to go. It's a distributed model. It's that simple.
>>>> 
>>>> Considering how the developers of a distribution provide it
>>>> for free, it just makes sense that we wouldn't expect them to
>>>> foot the bill for the bandwidth required to give it to you.
>>>> Torrents are the most respectful way of acquiring an ISO
>>>> imo.
>>> 
>>> the creator of Ubuntu Mate was being eaten alive by the
>>> bandwidth costs of because of the popularity of the distro.
>>> Most of the donations he got went not into development, but
>>> into simply paying for the bandwidth. And in different
>>> countries it can get slower and slower. Torrents solve most of
>>> that.
>> 
>> When I spoke to the developer behind Korora, I was ready to
>> donate $20 just to thank him for producing a distribution that I
>> can actually use and which supports the hardware I bought. He
>> admitted that my donation would go straight into paying for
>> bandwidth. As such, I decided that it would be best if I gave a
>> monthly donation instead, especially since the guy has very few
>> sponsors. It truly is the least that freedom-loving people can do
>> if they appreciate a product.
> 
> You're doing what I started out doing. If I used it I donated to it
> on a monthly basis. I didn't use Ubuntu Mate for very long, but I
> did donate to it while I was using it.

Same here with Linux Mint. I know that a lot of people here swear by
the distribution but I was never too fond of it myself. Still, it was
worth a $20 donation.

> I donate to the document foundation on each download.

That's mighty generous of you. I suppose that if I used it more than
just sparingly to create documents, I might be more interested in
funding their efforts.

> Vim is annually. Krita I don't even use but I like the project so I
> keep donating to it. What you may start to see and appreciate is
> how you might have a direct impact on something. Either you find a
> bug and pay a bug bounty to get it fixed, or through your donations
> you mention a feature you want and *you* have a direct impact on
> that feature through financial support. You'll start to see that 
> *you* can actually make a difference.

I imagine that my title as "sponsor" of Korora means that I have some
influence there. Still, I can't imagine anything becoming so important
to me that I would demand that the developer work on it as a priority
over something else. Like I said, I'm just happy to have found a
distribution which works right and that I like and am glad to give him
some money every month as a result. Now, I'll have to learn more about
Linux in general since I'm pretty sure that I made the right decision
in freaking out over the Windows ad and losing all faith in their
security to move into Linux permanently.

- -- 
Silver Tongued-Heel
Korora Linux Sponsor
EFF & OpenMedia Member
Gab.ai: @silverslimer
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#404123 — Re: CostFree apps.

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2017-03-28 14:16 -0700
SubjectRe: CostFree apps.
Message-ID<D50020C3.987F9%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#404007
On 3/28/17, 8:49 AM, in article
746dnVAhku26G0fFnZ2dnUU7-LudnZ2d@giganews.com, "Marek Novotny"
<marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:

> On 2017-03-28, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind of stuff do
>> you download?  I always associate torrents with pirated material.
> 
> Torrents are a great way to download a Linux .iso. It frees up the
> provider for having to pay for a lot of bandwidth and typically it is
> much faster. Anytime a lot of people want the same file at the same
> time, torrents would be the way to go. It's a distributed model. It's
> that simple. 

I use torrents when I can, but often they are PAINFULLY slow if they start
at all so I go to the direct download.

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot
use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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#404135 — CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me.

FromJeff-Relf.Me @.
Date2017-03-28 14:48 -0700
SubjectCopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me.
Message-ID<Jeff-Relf.Me@Mar.28--2.48P.Seattle.2017>
In reply to#404002
You ( MrDFS ) replied ( to me ):
> > qBittorent, Zoom Player Max 13.0 rc1 ($30)
> 
> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind of stuff do 
> you download?  I always associate torrents with pirated material.

I mostly download YouTube videos 
( via Video DownloadHelper/Converter, FireFox, $29 via Stripe )
but, occasionally, I download TV shows.
CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me because I'm not making money off it,
and my IP address is not me.

> The 'Newsgroups' header from blocknews.net looked like this in older posts:
> Xref: nimbus comp.os.linux.advocacy:12345 alt.usenet.kooks:01673 
> sci.physics:34592

I don't believe that !  You _must be confused.  What's the MessageID ?

> imageMagick is a graphics library - not much in common with gimp.

It's also an editor.  Gimp is good but hard to learn.
I code Direct2D ( for PostScriptLike paths and bitmaps )
and DirectWrite ( fonts ); previously, I used DirectDraw and GDI+.

Direct2D is amazingly powerful and, because it's part of Direct3D,
I get a high "frame rate", even with heavy, 4K graphics -- very nice !

> > Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition ( CostFree )
> > with Visual Commander Professional 2.6.3 ( $49 ).
> > http://Jeff-Relf.Me/Macros.HTM
> 
> VS is nice, but too bulbous for my hobby programs.
> SublimeText is another nice editor.

I know vs2017 and VisualCommander ( EnvDTE80 / C# ) inside and out,
backwards and forwards; so, in my mind, they're "tiny".

> > I use my "Jeff-Relf.Me/X.HTM", of course.
> 
> And others
> --------------------
> 40tude_Dialog  2125
> Forte Agent       1
> Google Groups     2
> Mozilla           2
> Relf's X       4085
> Thunderbird       1
> Xnews            44
> unknown          78
> --------------------

I used 40tude_Dialog when, 2004 ?
I've tested NewsReaders, of course.

> Your X-related user agent strings
> Jeff-Relf.Me/X.TXT
> Jeff-Relf.Me/X.HTM
> Jeff-Relf.Me/X.ZIP
> X
> JeffRelf.F-M.FM/X.ZIP
> JeffRelf.F-M.FM/X.ZIP
> X.ZIP
> JeffRelf.F-M.FM/X.EXE
> X.EXE

Most of those were years ago, now it's "Jeff-Relf.Me/X.HTM".

> > I use .TXT files; to wit: "Jeff-Relf.Me/Posts.TXT".
> 
> You should slam them into a database where you can sort and query.

They're sorted by date, and easy to search and edit
using vs2017, my PlainText editor.
vs2017 can edit a 3 GigaByte text file, as I did today.

> I have a table with nearly 67 million rows in it, and 
> it's pretty fast to query.  Updates and inserts are slow, though.

I like what you're doing, but I can use GoogleGroups instead;
e.g. to find your "o9p7bt$qrj$3@dont-email.me" post, do:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/messageid:o9p7bt$24qrj$243@dont-email.me

> Yesterday I wrote a python module to determine UTC given an NNTP post date:
> http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=04316373949536294863
> 
> I think I did it right - I created a bunch of tests and it passed them 
> (except for one, which I decided not to 'fix' because there is no time 
> zone with a +-0030 offset)

All dates should be convertable to seconds since the start of 1970,
a 64 bit integer.  In C, it's like this:  

  i64 aDate ;  tm DayRec = {};
  DayRec.tm_mon = Month ;  // 0..11
  DayRec.tm_mday = DayOfTheMonth ; // 1..31
  DayRec.tm_year = Year - 1900, aDate = mktime( &DayRec );

You can add 200 days to DayRec.tm_mday, and call mktime( &DayRec ) to 
normalize .tm_mday to 1..31, adjusting .tm_mon and .tm_year accordingly.

rfc2822 ( April 2001 ) Obsoletes rfc822 ( August 13, 1982 ).

Quoting
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.3

  The form "+0000" SHOULD be used to indicate 
  a time zone at Universal Time.

Quoting
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#appendix-A.6.2

  The following [has] an obsolete date format, 
  including a non-numeric time zone and a two digit year:

    Date: 21 Nov 97 09:55:06 GMT

My "(Seattle)" is just a comment, it's not used to calculate a date.

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#404150 — Re: CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me.

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2017-03-28 15:24 -0700
SubjectRe: CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me.
Message-ID<D50030AE.988D2%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#404135
On 3/28/17, 2:48 PM, in article Jeff-Relf.Me@Mar.28--2.48P.Seattle.2017,
"<Jeff-Relf.Me  @.>" <> wrote:

> You ( MrDFS ) replied ( to me ):
>>> qBittorent, Zoom Player Max 13.0 rc1 ($30)
>> 
>> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind of stuff do
>> you download?  I always associate torrents with pirated material.
> 
> I mostly download YouTube videos
> ( via Video DownloadHelper/Converter, FireFox, $29 via Stripe )

I use keepvid.com. Have a bookmarklet I just click and then download. Works
great.

...

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot
use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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#404377 — Re: CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me.

FromDFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Date2017-03-29 12:12 -0400
SubjectRe: CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me.
Message-ID<obgm8g$am0$6@dont-email.me>
In reply to#404135
On 3/28/2017 5:48 PM, Jeff-Relf.Me@. wrote:
> You ( MrDFS ) replied ( to me ):
>>> qBittorent, Zoom Player Max 13.0 rc1 ($30)
>>
>> I think I've downloaded 2 torrents in my life.  What kind of stuff do
>> you download?  I always associate torrents with pirated material.
>
> I mostly download YouTube videos
> ( via Video DownloadHelper/Converter, FireFox, $29 via Stripe )
> but, occasionally, I download TV shows.
> CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me because I'm not making money off it,
> and my IP address is not me.


The only TV shows I ever cared enough about to rewatch were Justified 
and Homeland.  I rewatched Justified via Roku, and Showtime recently 
replayed seasons 1-5 of Homeland and I DVRed them all.

Justified is my favorite TV show of all time.


>> The 'Newsgroups' header from blocknews.net looked like this in older posts:
>> Xref: nimbus comp.os.linux.advocacy:12345 alt.usenet.kooks:01673
>> sci.physics:34592
>
> I don't believe that !  You _must be confused.  What's the MessageID ?

Are you being sarcastic?  100% of them come from blocknews in that 
format. I fix them in realtime as I post the data:

comp.lang.python Jul 1 2003

1 101 Message-ID <1057090010.408280@cache2>
2 102 Message-ID <3f01f359$0$49115$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>
3 103 Message-ID <3f01fb8f@usenet01.boi.hp.com>
4 104 Message-ID <vg3uge6ctq9k57@news.supernews.com>
5 105 Message-ID <mailman.1057094522.8284.python-list@python.org>
6 106 Message-ID <MPG.196a6add436fee66989684@news2.atlantic.net>
7 107 Message-ID <bdsv9v$21ne$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu>
8 108 Message-ID <mailman.1057096262.2527.python-list@python.org>
9 109 Message-ID <mailman.1057096444.4049.python-list@python.org>
10 110 Message-ID <vg40uajdqo3ac4@corp.supernews.com>

# articleID  newsgroups
1 101 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:101
2 102 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:102
3 103 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:103
4 104 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:104
5 105 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:105
6 106 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:106
7 107 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:107
8 108 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:108
9 109 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:109
10 110 Newsgroups Xref: nimbus comp.lang.python:110


I just used the head command and they came back normal, so it looks like 
it happens only with xhdr on blocknews.

Also, xhdr('User-Agent') returns nothing from blocknews.




> I like what you're doing, but I can use GoogleGroups instead;
> e.g. to find your "o9p7bt$qrj$3@dont-email.me" post, do:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/messageid:o9p7bt$24qrj$243@dont-email.me


At some point I'm gonna build a Qt (on Windows) interface to my db, and 
go to town on the search and summary facilities.  That will be awesome. 
It will make the GG and Thunderbird stuff look like absolute child's play.



>> Yesterday I wrote a python module to determine UTC given an NNTP post date:
>> http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=04316373949536294863
>>
>> I think I did it right - I created a bunch of tests and it passed them
>> (except for one, which I decided not to 'fix' because there is no time
>> zone with a +-0030 offset)
>
> All dates should be convertable to seconds since the start of 1970,
> a 64 bit integer.  In C, it's like this:
>
>   i64 aDate ;  tm DayRec = {};
>   DayRec.tm_mon = Month ;  // 0..11
>   DayRec.tm_mday = DayOfTheMonth ; // 1..31
>   DayRec.tm_year = Year - 1900, aDate = mktime( &DayRec );


After doing that UTC code yesterday, I might flesh it out and make my 
own datetime library that will handle adding/subtracting 
seconds,minutes,hours,days,weeks,months,years, etc.



> You can add 200 days to DayRec.tm_mday, and call mktime( &DayRec ) to
> normalize .tm_mday to 1..31, adjusting .tm_mon and .tm_year accordingly.
>
> rfc2822 ( April 2001 ) Obsoletes rfc822 ( August 13, 1982 ).
>
> Quoting
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.3
>
>   The form "+0000" SHOULD be used to indicate
>   a time zone at Universal Time.
>
> Quoting
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#appendix-A.6.2
>
>   The following [has] an obsolete date format,
>   including a non-numeric time zone and a two digit year:
>
>     Date: 21 Nov 97 09:55:06 GMT

I adjust for those by adding '20' prefix (since none of the data is pre 
year 2000), and convert GMT to +0000.



> My "(Seattle)" is just a comment, it's not used to calculate a date.

Special people feel entitled to add special comments.

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#404518 — CopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me.

FromJeff-Relf.Me @.
Date2017-03-29 13:34 -0700
SubjectCopyRightTrolls can't blackmail me.
Message-ID<Jeff-Relf.Me@Mar.29--1.34P.Seattle.2017>
In reply to#404377
You ( DFS ) replied ( to me ):
> I just used the "head" command and they came back normal;
> so it looks like [ the "NewsGroups:" fail ] happens only with "xhdr"
> on blocknews.  Also, xhdr('User-Agent') returns nothing from blocknews.

Binary servers ( nonINN, not Individual.NET nor Glorb.COM )
are designed for MessageIDs/NZBs, not ArticleNumbers ( not xHdr ).

You get what you pay for;
INN servers cost $10/per year, BlockNews is $3 for life.
Eternal-September is CostFree, but they _fuck with you, censor you.

If you want to download TV shows, and you're willing to pay for it,
and you don't mind the fact that most of them are _quickly removed,
due to copyright violations, then Usenet has you covered; many options.

Otherwise, not so much; few options.

Quoting my "Jeff-Relf.Me/X.HTM":

  //  Only Pay/UnCensored INN servers properly update NewsGroups
  //  ( to recent posts ); several minutes may pass ( at times )
  //  before a binary server can do it.  
  //  
  //  Binary servers handle MessageIDs and NZBs just fine, no problems;
  //  but they have serious problems with NewsGroups and ArticleNumbers;
  //  -- attempting to download via an ArticleNumber may _Hang/TimeOut;
  //  -- and, when it works, it's 5 times slower than INN servers.

> At some point I'm gonna build a Qt (on Windows) interface to my db, and 
> go to town on the search and summary facilities.  That will be awesome. 
> It will make the GG and Thunderbird stuff look like absolute child's play.

I like it so far, and I wish you well.
Personally, I focus more on what _I wrote ( and who I replied to ),
not random trolls.

> >   i64 aDate ;  tm DayRec = {};
> >   DayRec.tm_mon = Month ;  // 0..11
> >   DayRec.tm_mday = DayOfTheMonth ; // 1..31
> >   DayRec.tm_year = Year - 1900, aDate = mktime( &DayRec );
> > 
> > You can add 200 days to DayRec.tm_mday, and call mktime( &DayRec ) to
> > normalize .tm_mday to 1..31, adjusting .tm_mon and .tm_year accordingly.
> 
> After doing that UTC code yesterday, I might flesh it out and make my 
> own datetime library that will handle adding/subtracting 
> seconds,minutes,hours,days,weeks,months,years, etc.

Why reinvent the "mktime()" wheel, doesn't Python have it ?

> > https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.3
> > My "(Seattle)" is just a comment, it's not used to calculate a date.
> 
> Special people feel entitled to add special comments.

rfc2822 allows it.

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#403360

Fromchrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid>
Date2017-03-25 10:12 -0500
Message-ID<lv1ddchf6haflk02jpbc80tr0mriodigpr@4ax.com>
In reply to#403355
Silver-Tongued Heel wrote:

> chrisv wrote:
>>
>> Thank God.  If those scumbags controlled things the way that they 
>> liked, people would still be paying $300 for a fscking word
>> processor.
>
>Or settling for WordPad. Mind you, no matter what happened, stuff like
>AbiWord would have appeared and people would have been able to
>download that rather than pay for Word anyway.

Oh, definitely.  Many year ago, I said that if Free and Open Source
Software didn't exist, someone would have to invent it.

It is, simply, necessary.

-- 
"Along with most open source products, it's a HUGE financial failure.
Every single Linux/OSS development hour ever spent has an opportunity
cost associated with it - and that cost is overwhelmingly never
recouped."  -  DumFSck, putting his ignorance on display

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#403364

FromSilver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er>
Date2017-03-25 11:51 -0400
Message-ID<ob63fr$eeh$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#403360
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On 25/03/17 11:12 AM, chrisv wrote:
> Silver-Tongued Heel wrote:
> 
>> chrisv wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank God.  If those scumbags controlled things the way that
>>> they liked, people would still be paying $300 for a fscking
>>> word processor.
>> 
>> Or settling for WordPad. Mind you, no matter what happened, stuff
>> like AbiWord would have appeared and people would have been able
>> to download that rather than pay for Word anyway.
> 
> Oh, definitely.  Many year ago, I said that if Free and Open
> Source Software didn't exist, someone would have to invent it.
> 
> It is, simply, necessary.

Especially for the younger people still learning about technology who
can't afford to buy Word just to write a paper.


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#403742

Fromchrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid>
Date2017-03-27 09:33 -0500
Message-ID<d68idcdh3bnmp0ou08pjk5clqjkrt5vgp4@4ax.com>
In reply to#403364
Silver-Tongued Heel wrote:

> chrisv wrote:
>> 
>> Many year ago, I said that if Free and Open
>> Source Software didn't exist, someone would have to invent it.
>> 
>> It is, simply, necessary.
>
>Especially for the younger people still learning about technology who
>can't afford to buy Word just to write a paper.

Even more important is the flexibility and efficiency that FOSS offers
to business.  No crawling to some vendor to get the code to power your
new gadget or service.  No fooling-around with licenses or NDA's.  No
re-inventing the wheel all the time.

-- 
"MS invests more in R&D than most others put together you clueless
idiot."  -  "True Linux advocate" Hadron Quark

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#403750

Fromfr314159@gmail.com
Date2017-03-27 08:22 -0700
Message-ID<a107cf89-dbaa-4e17-a831-b044a25d005d@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#403742
On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 10:33:44 AM UTC-4, chrisv wrote:

> 
> Even more important is the flexibility and efficiency that FOSS offers
> to business.  No crawling to some vendor to get the code to power your
> new gadget or service.  No fooling-around with licenses or NDA's.
>

Unless a business wants to perform all accounting, including payroll,
in house.  These two related areas are critical to all businesses.

GNU/Linux has no software for either accounting or payroll, and
must use Microshit to do these jobs.

As I already indicated, the GNU project should place accounting/payroll
software at the top of their "urgent" list in place of mobile
applications and personal digital assistants.

It is possible to cobble together a database or linked spreadsheets
to do these jobs, but having a dedicated FOSS package would be
preferable.

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#403751

FromMelzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com>
Date2017-03-27 15:31 +0000
Message-ID<obbb8b$d7v$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#403750
On 2017-03-27, fr314159@gmail.com <fr314159@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 10:33:44 AM UTC-4, chrisv wrote:
>
>> 
>> Even more important is the flexibility and efficiency that FOSS offers
>> to business.  No crawling to some vendor to get the code to power your
>> new gadget or service.  No fooling-around with licenses or NDA's.
>>
>
> Unless a business wants to perform all accounting, including payroll,
> in house.  These two related areas are critical to all businesses.
>
> GNU/Linux has no software for either accounting or payroll, and
> must use Microshit to do these jobs.
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20091129070817552/ERP.html
>


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#403778

Fromfr314159@gmail.com
Date2017-03-27 09:53 -0700
Message-ID<92203721-b6e6-48c2-9d2c-b34a3730ade2@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#403751
On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 11:31:25 AM UTC-4, Melzzzzz wrote:

>
> http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20091129070817552/ERP.html
> >

It's all junk, junk, and junk.  No business in its right mind
would waste time with any of those -- and they don't.

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#403752

FromPeter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de>
Date2017-03-27 17:33 +0200
Message-ID<obbb6i$96i$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#403750
fr314159@gmail.com wrote:

> On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 10:33:44 AM UTC-4, chrisv wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Even more important is the flexibility and efficiency that FOSS offers
>> to business.  No crawling to some vendor to get the code to power your
>> new gadget or service.  No fooling-around with licenses or NDA's.
>>
> 
> Unless a business wants to perform all accounting, including payroll,
> in house.  These two related areas are critical to all businesses.
> 
> GNU/Linux has no software for either accounting or payroll, and
> must use Microshit to do these jobs.

This is, as everything you spout, complete rubbish

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#403754

FromWilliam Poaster <wp@dev.null>
Date2017-03-27 16:47 +0100
Message-ID<koonqd-53a.ln1@debian.machineone.org>
In reply to#403752
On 27/3/2017 16:33 in comp.os.linux.advocacy, Peter Köhlmann posted:

> fr314159@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 10:33:44 AM UTC-4, chrisv wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Even more important is the flexibility and efficiency that FOSS offers
>>> to business.  No crawling to some vendor to get the code to power your
>>> new gadget or service.  No fooling-around with licenses or NDA's.
>>>
>> 
>> Unless a business wants to perform all accounting, including payroll,
>> in house.  These two related areas are critical to all businesses.
>> 
>> GNU/Linux has no software for either accounting or payroll, and
>> must use Microshit to do these jobs.
>
> This is, as everything you spout, complete rubbish

+100

-- 
The troll is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts 
and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: 
his is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
(With acknowledgement to W.S.)

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#403756

Fromchrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid>
Date2017-03-27 10:50 -0500
Message-ID<akcidc1ei9pib3d4ll4gld7ebk96ratqhn@4ax.com>
In reply to#403750
fr314159@gmail.com wrote:

> chrisv wrote:
>> 
>> Even more important is the flexibility and efficiency that FOSS offers
>> to business.  No crawling to some vendor to get the code to power your
>> new gadget or service.  No fooling-around with licenses or NDA's.
>
>Unless a business wants to perform all accounting, including payroll,
>in house.  These two related areas are critical to all businesses.
>
>GNU/Linux has no software for either accounting or payroll, and
>must use Microshit to do these jobs.

I find that difficult to believe.  Even if it's true, it doesn't have
much to do with the point that I was making.  

FOSS doesn't cover ALL the bases.  When it comes to "applications",
the closed-source model is sometimes better.

-- 
"you don't have the ability to list any innovations from the FOSS
copycats."  -  trolling fsckwit "Ezekiel"

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