| ChelleBell |
12-17-2009 02:26 PM |
Awesome quote beatupbillly! And a SWEET offer from LQ! I haven't posted prior to this because, to be honest, I'm just getting set-up again and learning the ropes. I had done Mandrake around '04 / '05, but it didn't work with my sound card and there was just too many things I needed that it did not offer :( Oh how far things have come since then!I'm now running Ubuntu and still tinkering with it to get it set up to my comfort, an ability which Microsquish has been slowly taking away. I am so impressed with how far things have come in the last few years - the Linux community has obviously pulled together and I'm glad to see it! I've hated Microsoft since they released '95 too early just to beat out OS2, who was ready, but had yet to release. '95 was no where near ready and they haven't released anything yet that did not suffer issues. Now I understand that 7 is supposed to be just that, and they have returned to their roots, so to speak, as far as attempting to release a more stable product, that is not such a resource hog. Its a shame that it took so many switching to a Mac and its gain in popularity and a recession/depression to do so, but I don't care. They don't care about their customers and I can prove that, but not only that, competition has driven them and until recently as they have lost more and more customers to Macintosh, they clearly thought they had no competition and have treated more and more people, humans with disdain and with all the piracy fears, like they are criminals.
I've always believed in the Linux concept, and am very glad to see it where it is now. Free and working well! I was ecstatic to see Red Hat being the OS on so many new computers, so to the community I'll coin a phrase, "You've come a long way, baby!" and as some one who has been watching from afar for years I would like to offer you all my sincere congratulations. Me, I'm not a programmer, not into that kind of thing really...don't have the time to invest (3 kids, one Autistic, and I have Fibromyalgia with all the wonderful conditions it comes with, especially Migraines) and as someone who did a little programming in college, I know how tedious and meticulous programming can be, has to be, so you all have my sincerest respect as well as congratulations! I guess, in the end, what I'm trying to say is that to those who are working hard to make programs that work on Linux, to make Linux you have my gratitude, my respect and my kudos. Thank you for making the transition from Windows so smooth an experience and thank you for enabling me to finally leave Microsquish in the past where they have belonged since 1996 ('95 was released in early '96 and still wasn't right!). I'm an ex-tech, who also used to teach computers and I still have a following, my "groupies" to this day. They all know how I feel about Microsquish, I've never hidden my hatred and frustration with them and their bugged out products. Now I get to tell them that we don't have to suffer any longer and we don't have to spend thousands of dollars on Macintosh to do it!
In a day and age that has become what it was planned to be for over 2 decades, computer ridden where computers have become necessities, not just nice things to have, with each and every country suffering financially, with more importantly, its people suffering financially from the oil crunch (supposed crunch, anyway, Exxon made 20.6 billion in profits last year), I expect more and more people to filter over and at the same time that worries me as since most viruses are aimed at Microsquish products because they are the most widely used and especially by big business, I worry that as more and more people and business shift to other products, free or not, they will be targeted more frequently as well. Then again, maybe not, maybe Microsquish products are targeted because they are such asses and full of themselves and because big business buys into their hype, who likes to screw their customers and often pisses them off... I guess we will see and I believe we will.
Anyway...to the programmers, I just wanted to say thank you and let you know you have been admired by afar. I also wanted to let those of you who are not american know there are still many of us who are not "capitalist pigs" as we are called. There are still some of us who remain humble and true, and with the Green movement I expect that to increase by loads in the near future! I won't apologize for the capitlist asses in this country, I don't feel that obligation, those of us who are not despise them as much as those from other countries do and don't make excuses for their assinine behavior, but hold them to it. Anyway, I just wanted to let the programmers on here know that they are appreciated and while I cannot join them (would love to but can't) I'm certainly not opposed to testing things and giving objective feedback. I'm not afraid to mess my computer up, I've done that a lot, Microsquish has done that a lot, so I've always reaped the benefit of knowing that you should always keep your stuff backed up because you could wake up tomorrow and it could be gone. I know the word "format" well, but I've also known the entire time that Linux was more stable and it is. Anyway, before I go off on, yet another long topic, I'll end with a Happy Holidays, regardless of belief (anti-theist myself) and a hope to get to know you all better in the new year!
Chelle Bell
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