.... but they sure are trying with Win11:

https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6

$18 for Pro, heh.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

Joel wrote:

>... but they sure are trying with Win11:
>
>https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6
>
>$18 for Pro, heh.

Essentially giving it away for free. DumFSck used to call that
"competing unfairly", until M$ started doing it.

Of course, M$ gets their payout later, by spying on you and selling
your information. Linux doesn't do that.

--
"ONLY GuhNoo and Linux compete unfairly by giving away all their work
for free." - DumFSck, lying shamelessly

On 11/17/2024 8:03 PM, shitv wrote:

> Joel wrote:
>
>> ... but they sure are trying with Win11:
>>
>> https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6
>>
>> $18 for Pro, heh.
>
> Essentially giving it away for free. DumFSck used to call that
> "competing unfairly", until M$ started doing it.

Completely unfair competition, regardless of who does it. But consumers
benefit, so it's usually accepted.

Like I said before, I'd love to see the look on your gimpy face when
your boss brings Joe GPL into your cube, says Joe will do your job for
free, and you're fired and being escorted out right now.

The shitv blubbering would be epic. Cope.

> Of course, M$ gets their payout later, by spying on you and selling
> your information. Linux doesn't do that.

Neither does Microsoft, liar.

On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 23:17:27 -0500, DFS wrote:

> Like I said before, I'd love to see the look on your gimpy face when
> your boss brings Joe GPL into your cube, says Joe will do your job for
> free, and you're fired and being escorted out right now.

Make Microsoft Great Again!

You think Trump will put a tariff on Open Source software? How many
percent do you think he will stick on it?

Joel wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> ... but they sure are trying with Win11:
>
> https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6
>
> $18 for Pro, heh.

No wonder my mini PC with Win 11 Pro cost only a little more than the
"official" Windows offered on Amazon.

--
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane,
most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear
that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition
continuously until death do them part.
-- George Bernard Shaw

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>On 11/17/2024 8:03 PM, shitv wrote:
>> Joel wrote:
>>
>>> ... but they sure are trying with Win11:
>>>
>>> https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6
>>>
>>> $18 for Pro, heh.
>>
>> Essentially giving it away for free. DumFSck used to call that
>> "competing unfairly", until M$ started doing it.
>
>Completely unfair competition, regardless of who does it. But consumers
>benefit, so it's usually accepted.

I'm not saying it's unfair, I'm saying they're making it trivial to
get 11 Pro on bare metal (this isn't a product key, so hard to use if
even possible in a VM, but on bare metal you get a digital license on
the first install, so it's always good on that motherboard).

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

>> ... but they sure are trying with Win11:
>>
>> https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6
>>
>> $18 for Pro, heh.
>
>No wonder my mini PC with Win 11 Pro cost only a little more than the
>"official" Windows offered on Amazon.

It's conceivable they used a deal like that to install it, yeah.
Normally OEMs get licenses from M$ and are required to support it
themselves, but I would have to look at the specific scenario with
your device.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

> some dumb fsck wrote:
>>>
>>> Essentially giving it away for free. DumFSck used to call that
>>> "competing unfairly", until M$ started doing it.
>>
>> Completely unfair competition, regardless of who does it.

So giving away television and radio entertainment over the air, for
example, is "completely unfair competition"?

As usual, it's easy to demonstrate what a stupid, constantly wrong
dipshit you are. Lucky for you, you're a shameless jackass.

--
"Go to www.newegg.com and build a new computer:" - some dumb fsck,
providing "evidence" that there can be "too much choice" in a free
market.

On 11/18/2024 6:40 PM, chrisv wrote:
>> some dumb fsck wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Essentially giving it away for free. DumFSck used to call that
>>>> "competing unfairly", until M$ started doing it.
>>>
>>> Completely unfair competition, regardless of who does it.
>
> So giving away television and radio entertainment over the air, for
> example, is "completely unfair competition"?

wtf moron? You pay for cable or streaming subscriptions and/or you pay
by being subjected to advertising.

> As usual, it's easy to demonstrate what a stupid, constantly wrong
> dipshit you are. Lucky for you, you're a shameless jackass.

Speaking of stupid jackasses:

"Don't try to teach me anything. I'm so much smarter than you
that's we are barely the same species." - shitv to ZnU Aug 2010

On 11/18/2024 1:03 AM, Lawrence Duh'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 23:17:27 -0500, DFS wrote:
>
>> Like I said before, I'd love to see the look on your gimpy face when
>> your boss brings Joe GPL into your cube, says Joe will do your job for
>> free, and you're fired and being escorted out right now.
>
> Make Microsoft Great Again!
>
> You think Trump will put a tariff on Open Source software? How many
> percent do you think he will stick on it?

Trump went to business school: he knows a 1000% tariff on a $0 product
will increase the cost to $1000...

Wouldn't it be funny if the whole GuhNoo "community" was suddenly forced
to pay for software?

Cries of "Mom! I need some money!" would reverberate all thru the Feeb
and Larry Duh and Creepy Ahlstrom households.

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:50:03 -0500, DFS wrote:

> Wouldn't it be funny if the whole [Free Software community] was
> suddenly forced to pay for software?

Who would they be paying, for software they developed themselves?

> some dumb fsck wrote:
>>
>> Like I said before, I'd love to see the look on your gimpy face when
>> your boss brings Joe GPL into your cube, says Joe will do your job for
>> free, and you're fired and being escorted out right now.

Except that that's never happened. To anyone. Ever. Why? Because
it makes no sense.

It's not, at all, analogous to the Free software community, you dumb
fsck.

--
"Nobody's getting paid, nobody has a boss to answer to, or a
timeline." - DumFSck, lying shamelessly about FOSS developers

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:50:03 -0500, DFS wrote:
>
>> Wouldn't it be funny if the whole [Free Software community] was
>> suddenly forced to pay for software?
>
> Who would they be paying, for software they developed themselves?

Wouldn't it be funny if DFS STFU for awhile? Jesus Christ he yammers like
Trump.

ObLinux:

I was going to note the acronym translator "wtf", but it's not in Debian
anymore and I'm not taking the time to install it from AUR.

--
job Placement, n.:
Telling your boss what he can do with your job.

On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:21:12 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> I was going to note the acronym translator "wtf", but it's not in Debian
> anymore and I'm not taking the time to install it from AUR.

sudo apt install bsdgames

$ wtf wtf
WTF: where's the food

After updating /usr/share/games/bsdgames/acronmyms

$ wtf wtf
WTF: what the fuck

Works on Ubuntu. You also get atc, boggle, hack, phantasia, and quiz.

Chris Ahlstrom wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> rbowman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
>
>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:21:12 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> I was going to note the acronym translator "wtf", but it's not in Debian
>>> anymore and I'm not taking the time to install it from AUR.
>>
>> sudo apt install bsdgames
>>
>> $ wtf wtf
>> WTF: where's the food
>>
>> After updating /usr/share/games/bsdgames/acronmyms
>>
>> $ wtf wtf
>> WTF: what the fuck
>>
>> Works on Ubuntu. You also get atc, boggle, hack, phantasia, and quiz.
>
> Thanks! Works on Debian Sid. Not on Arch. But thanks nonetheless.

On Arch it is "bsd-games". But it doesn't include wtf, which is in AUR.

--
Live free or die.

Le 21-11-2024, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> a écrit :
> On 11/20/2024 8:27 PM, shitv wrote:
>
>>> some dumb fsck wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Like I said before, I'd love to see the look on your gimpy face when
>>>> your boss brings Joe GPL into your cube, says Joe will do your job for
>>>> free, and you're fired and being escorted out right now.
>>
>> Except that that's never happened. To anyone. Ever. Why? Because
>> it makes no sense.
>
>
> wtf bozo? It's a hypothetical that ends in you blubbering about how
> "unfair!" it all is. But you don't mind FOSS lusers trying to put
> commercial software devs out of business.
>
> Of course it's unrealistic that JoeGPL would walk in and offer to do a
> real job - with a boss, a budget, and a timeline - for free. But in a
> malicious attempt to harm MS\commercial software, he'll work for free
> building GuhNoo crapware all day and night until he's double-crosseyed
> and looks like the offspring of you and Eric Raymond.

You can do better, it's way too simplistic. There is a lot of money to
be made with FOSS. The future of Microsoft is not with Windows/Office
installed on the desktops but with Office365 and Azure. Some big FOSS
tools like docker and kubernetes started as proprietary softwares to be
released later as FOSS.

--
Si vous avez du temps à perdre :
https://scarpet42.gitlab.io

Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> some dumb fsck wrote:
>>
>> (idiocy and lies snipped)
>
> You can do better,

Yeah, he could stop lying, for a start.

FOSS is not driven by malice any more than any other community is.
It's simply people working together to make life better for everyone.

No one has anything against paid professionals. Obviously. Almost
all of us are, in some way. Even DumFSck makes a good living
picking-up dog turds. But paid professionals don't always make the
most sense.

One wonders if that dumb fsck would claim that people who post helpful
how-to tutorials or videos that allow people to do home and car
repairs by themselves are driven by malice towards professionals.
That's no more a crazy lie than his anti-FOSS rants.

--
"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

On 2024-12-15, the following emerged from the brain of DFS:
> On 11/17/2024 7:41 PM, Joel wrote:
>> ... but they sure are trying with Win11:
>>
>> https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6
>>
>> $18 for Pro, heh.
>
>
> unauthorized retailer.
>
> Get back to me when Microsoft gives Windows away.

For some reason it has always been possible to activate Windows 10
with an existing Windows 7 key. It's not exactly 'giving away', but
MS made it extremely easy to have a fully activated Windows 10 without
spending any money.

So there's that :-)

--
TomB

TomB wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On 2024-12-15, the following emerged from the brain of DFS:
>> On 11/17/2024 7:41 PM, Joel wrote:
>>> ... but they sure are trying with Win11:
>>>
>>> https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6
>>>
>>> $18 for Pro, heh.
>>
>> unauthorized retailer.
>>
>> Get back to me when Microsoft gives Windows away.
>
> For some reason it has always been possible to activate Windows 10
> with an existing Windows 7 key. It's not exactly 'giving away', but
> MS made it extremely easy to have a fully activated Windows 10 without
> spending any money.
>
> So there's that :-)

Long time no see, brothah!

--
Well, we'll really have a party, but we've gotta post a guard outside.
-- Eddie Cochran, "Come On Everybody"

TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 2024-12-15, the following emerged from the brain of DFS:
>> On 11/17/2024 7:41 PM, Joel wrote:
>>> ... but they sure are trying with Win11:
>>>
>>> https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6
>>>
>>> $18 for Pro, heh.
>>
>> unauthorized retailer.
>>
>> Get back to me when Microsoft gives Windows away.
>
>For some reason it has always been possible to activate Windows 10
>with an existing Windows 7 key. It's not exactly 'giving away', but
>MS made it extremely easy to have a fully activated Windows 10 without
>spending any money.
>
>So there's that :-)

I could've had Win10 Pro and upgraded it to 11 on this machine, for
zero dollars, yes. I didn't know I could merely use the Win7 key.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On 2024-12-23, the following emerged from the brain of Chris Ahlstrom:
> TomB wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
>
>> For some reason it has always been possible to activate Windows 10
>> with an existing Windows 7 key. It's not exactly 'giving away', but
>> MS made it extremely easy to have a fully activated Windows 10 without
>> spending any money.
>>
>> So there's that :-)
>
> Long time no see, brothah!

I just found back my old slrn config files and wondered whatever
happened with cola :-)

First reply was to DFS, so nothing really changed I suppose!

On 12/23/2024 1:36 PM, TomB wrote:
> On 2024-12-15, the following emerged from the brain of DFS:
>> On 11/17/2024 7:41 PM, Joel wrote:
>>> ... but they sure are trying with Win11:
>>>
>>> https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6
>>>
>>> $18 for Pro, heh.
>>
>>
>> unauthorized retailer.
>>
>> Get back to me when Microsoft gives Windows away.
>
> For some reason it has always been possible to activate Windows 10
> with an existing Windows 7 key. It's not exactly 'giving away', but
> MS made it extremely easy to have a fully activated Windows 10 without
> spending any money.
>
> So there's that :-)

TomBaby!

It's been nearly 7.5 years since the resident rock drummer/Linux
advocate graced us.

How's life in Belgium?

How's your latest Windows job going?

Note: the Internet says you can't use your Win7 key to activate Win10.

On 12/23/2024 2:58 PM, TomB wrote:
> On 2024-12-23, the following emerged from the brain of Chris Ahlstrom:
>> TomB wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
>>
>>> For some reason it has always been possible to activate Windows 10
>>> with an existing Windows 7 key. It's not exactly 'giving away', but
>>> MS made it extremely easy to have a fully activated Windows 10 without
>>> spending any money.
>>>
>>> So there's that :-)
>>
>> Long time no see, brothah!
>
> I just found back my old slrn config files and wondered whatever
> happened with cola :-)
>
> First reply was to DFS, so nothing really changed I suppose!

heh! Isn't it great you can count on this stinkpit?

June of this year marked my first 20 years on cola, so I'm working on my
back 20 now.

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:54 -0500, DFS wrote:

> June of this year marked my first 20 years on cola, so I'm working on my
> back 20 now.

Some of your complaints were valid 20 years ago. It's sad how some people
seem to get stuck in the past.

On 12/23/2024 9:14 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:54 -0500, DFS wrote:
>
>> June of this year marked my first 20 years on cola, so I'm working on my
>> back 20 now.
>
> Some of your complaints were valid 20 years ago. It's sad how some people
> seem to get stuck in the past.

Linux is perfect now?