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mas
Maniac (V) Mad Librarian

From: the space between us
Insane since: Sep 2002

posted posted 01-21-2008 12:08

In a forum post on zdnet, a user explains why Linux cannot run on a computer without Windows.

quote:
You are kidding arent you ?
Are you saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services ?

That sounds preposterous to me.

If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers without a windows. This clearly is not happening, so there must be some error in your calculations. I hope you realise that windows is more than just Office ? Its a whole system that runs the computer from start to finish, and that is a very difficult thing to acheive. A lot of people dont realise this.

Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.

Its just not possible that a freeware like the Linux could be extended to the point where it runs the entire computer fron start to finish, without using some of the more critical parts of windows. Not possible.

I think you need to re-examine your assumptions.


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Blaise
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: London
Insane since: Jun 2003

posted posted 01-21-2008 12:17

oh sweet!

argo navis
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Switzerland
Insane since: Jul 2007

posted posted 01-21-2008 14:00

Because you found the moron that time forgot?

Okay.

...

Have you called the Guiness book already? Guy's a winner.

reisio
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 01-21-2008 17:17

Nice find. Should start a zoo.

WebShaman
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 01-21-2008 17:38

Well, perhaps he will do something that will earn him a Darwin award...

WebShaman | The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles

argo navis
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Switzerland
Insane since: Jul 2007

posted posted 01-21-2008 18:40

He'd manage to get one if he ever tries to install Linux methinks - as safe as it is.

But, breaking it down to details, it gets scary :
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>> Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound
>> reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that.

>> Apple tried to create their own system for years,
>> but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.

...Reminds me of a cab driver who was stressing the quality of Windows Media player to me and insisting that
"software developed for Windows is the most stable" (btw, thank you for the enlightments dear driver, any clue what I do for a living?
Any pointers about playing violin while we're at it?)

...

Anybody would like to take him on a free bungee jumping course? Like, one with steel chains instead of the usual equipment?

Suho1004
Maniac (V) Mad Librarian

From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 01-22-2008 02:11

Oh, dear God.

If we could somehow harness the power of human stupidity, all of our energy worries would disappear in an instant.


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Jestah
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Long Island, NY
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 01-22-2008 02:16

Do you guys really believe this was an honest post? It looks more like a troll trying to make a name for Windows users.

Wes
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Inside THE BOX
Insane since: May 2000

posted posted 01-22-2008 04:12

JerryLeeCooper.com



(Edited by Wes on 01-22-2008 04:13)

reisio
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 01-22-2008 06:03

If it was sarcasm, it still has problems. Perhaps not a native speaker.

Suho1004
Maniac (V) Mad Librarian

From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 01-22-2008 10:57
quote:

Jestah said:

Do you guys really believe this was an honest post? It looks more like a troll trying to make a name for Windows users.



You know, it's really hard to tell these days. Just when you think, "No, that couldn't possibly be real," you find out it is.

Blaise
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: London
Insane since: Jun 2003

posted posted 01-22-2008 11:14

He's made a few posts in that comments box and they all seem as consistently misguided as each other.

I say he's a fool.

White Hawk
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: zero divided.
Insane since: May 2004

posted posted 01-22-2008 14:31

Even without checking out the rest of his junk (as provided in Wes's link) I would have to assume that the above article was a joke - though the point of such a joke escapes me. Having checked the rest of JerryLeeCooper's crap, it seems that this level of faus-idiocy is what one generally should expect from him.

In truth, anybody that daft would be unlikely to find a shift key on his keyboard. The fact that he's used capitals (and punctuation) suggests to me that he's not really that dim.

I'm sure he thinks he's funny.

NoJive
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Land of one Headlight on.
Insane since: May 2001

posted posted 01-22-2008 15:25

A send up.

___________________________________________________________________________
?It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.? Voltaire

hyperbole
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Madison, Indiana
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-22-2008 18:33

I wonder if Jerry Lee Cooper is an alias for yannah

.



-- not necessarily stoned... just beautiful.

Jestah
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Long Island, NY
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 01-23-2008 00:03

With all the Windows, OS X, and Linux fan boys that visit that site, I'd say it's definitely a joke.

argo navis
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Switzerland
Insane since: Jul 2007

posted posted 01-23-2008 01:18

Interesting point of view, but I have to second the fact that some users never get a clue.
And those DO stoke their knowledge strongly : "can you describe the content of the Window? There's a tree".

That one happened to me.

This, and commerce principles the guy seems to abide to : "if it's worth 9 billions development, then let's buy it".
This is basic economy in practice : set the price too low, potential customers will run away. Stroke a high development price,
customers who do not know will buy into it. "Cause it's so expensive it's gotta be good".

I'd be willing to believe in mankind as much as you do : I do love people.

I just happen to also know people : such an energy put into a public display of ignorance? If he is a Jestah for real,
he's gotta be daring - like daring. Like daring to post blatantly stupid shit to the face of the (zdnet) world and stand the
shock. If he's got the guts, he's my master in terms of courage.

But hardly people will get that far in terms of supporting a theory they don't abide to for the fun of it - afaik.



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