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I’ve been out of the loop for a little bit with the tech news, having my nose to the grindstone for the past couple of months, so I was a little alarmed when I saw this news item from ZaReason, “Today was filled with articles such as, ‘Ubuntu Kills Linux, Then Self, Dell Suspected of Foul Play‘ which had a lot of depressing but true points and even more depressing and untrue points.” A little taken aback, I re-read the article and the comments thinking to myself that this person certainly has a dislike for Linux. I then scanned the sidebar for what other articles that had been written and not really surprising it was filled with charmers like these:
- The More Dell Lies, the More Ubuntu Community Embraces Dell
- Ubuntu Kills Linux, Then Self, Dell Suspected of Foul Play.
- Ubuntu’s Death Rattle
- Typical Linux FUD Campaign towards Microsoft.
- Ubuntu and Dell, a Mismatch Made in a Place Called Hell [IdeaStorm].
- Smartest Linux Move Ever? And Why Ubuntu will Fail
- Microsoft Thanks Ubuntu For Increasing XP and Vista Sales
WTF? Sounds more like someone has a score to settle or is on the payroll.
Curious about the company behind the blog I peek at their homepage which proudly crows, “open-source, non-proprietary solutions for Windows.” Ah, a kernel of truth. They are in the business of selling WAMP tools, “Apache Web-Developer Server Suite for Windows including PHP, MySQL, ASP, JSP, Perl, SSL” which, in my experience makes whatever they have to say pretty worthless. Look if you cannot figure out that Apache and MySQL run like shit on Windows and that you are better off sticking with Microsoft product offerings then you are pretty fucking ignorant. Guess what? Windows Server 2003 family ships with IIS. Why in the hell would you try and bolt on Apache? Sure it is superior in my experience to IIS but it runs like hell on MS products so if you are going to use Apache then use a *nix derivative otherwise stick with the Microsoft product family. Same goes for the database, if you have the cash to pony up for 2003 then you sure as hell likely have it for a SQL Server license as well. If not, then why are you screwing around with Microsoft for your back-end services?*
So to the fine folks at ZaReson, no need to get depressed or be saddened. In short, there is nothing to see there or even really worth listening to and for as how well reasoned those arguments seem or sound it really boils down to an individual trying to protect their tiny little market share and for all the “Linux, Windows, MacOS? Who cares. Just give me something that works!” comments it is quite clear what they think the world should use. FUD indeed.
* Note: I spent eight years as a Windows System Administrator and three so far as a Linux Systems Administrator.
On May 11, Cote initiated contact with the supposed teen via instant messaging to renew their online conversation. In the course of a subsequent online conversation on Monday, police said, Cote admitted that he “was arrested for trying to meet a young girl,” and that “they still have my computer.” Cote wrote that he “got a new one,” referring to a computer.Cote further wrote, “I am home but not supposed to be on a computer,” authorities said.As the online conversation progressed Monday, Cote and the undercover detective discussed plans for a meeting in person. At one point during the conversation, Cote asked, “do you have any condoms?” (Hartford Courant)
It would seem that I know way too many people who have a penchant for underage girls. Now, I could feel largely dispassionate about Matthew Glasser since I had not seen him since I graduated high school some 15 years ago but this time I feel a little more soiled as I work with Cote’s wife and had been over his house a couple of years back to let our dogs play together and had most recently seen him at last year’s Shad Derby in my hometown.
Six months after agreeing not to have unsupervised contact with minors as a condition of his bond in a case in which he is accused of trying to arrange a tryst with a child, a local man is accused of trying to arrange another similar tryst [this time] contacting a Newtown police detective posing as a girl under age 18. (Journal Inquirer)
Ignoring for a moment what Cote is prowling for, what kind of idiot does this twice? Your mother and brother put up their home ($300k) and your wife takes you back all in good faith that maybe your are misguided and maybe made a mistake but your right back out there looking to get caught, especially when your using your full name as your screen name. Jackass.
What about the wife? Terms of the release on bail was that he would be subject to electronic monitoring and to not use the Internet. So how did the PC get in the house and how did the Internet service get restored? If Cote did it himself why the hell would she risk herself by not reporting it? Infinitively more baffling is the possibility that she bought it and had service restored as if nothing had happened. My brain hurts trying to understand.
For myself, it feels incredibly fucked up as I have shook this guys hand, made small talk, watched our dogs run around, and thrown a couple of burgers on the grill. Sure, I didn’t know about his predilection for underage girls but I cannot help but feel tainted by the reduced degrees of separation between myself and his crime, especially when I sit back and think about my daughter and my niece as being potential targets of his.
I think I need to go take a Silkwood style shower.
