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selowitch · 10:58 AM

According to this article, Dell Corp.'s founder has made a big investment in the maker of Red Hat Linux, a popular competitor to MS Windows.

While this sounds like good news to me, what I cannot yet fathom is why Mr. Dell would want to undercut the OS that is preloaded on all those computers he sells?

OptimusG4 · May 11, 2005, 10:38 AM

Only thing I can think of is publicity.

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 10:59 AM

Hmmmm. I can think of a few more efficient ways to gain publicity with nearly 100 million bucks to spend.

budster101 · May 11, 2005, 12:08 PM

I think this is good for competition. Screw Windows. Is it me, or am I the only one seeing a positive side to this?

wdlove · May 11, 2005, 12:30 PM

Who knows why millionaires act the way they do. Some lack common sense.

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Is it me, or am I the only one seeing a positive side to this?

Yeah, it's you.

After all, I opened the thread saying it was good news, didn't I? That surely shows some recognition of the "positive side" of the story.

budster101 · May 11, 2005, 12:51 PM

Dude,

Lighten up. I was referring to those who posted in reply to your thread.

What is up with that? You trounced on another person as well who mentioned publicity....

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Dude,
Lighten up. I was referring to those who posted in reply to your thread.

How was I supposed to know that? Sorry, but my ESP is a little rusty....

Originally Posted by budster101

You trounced on another person as well who mentioned publicity....

I think you mean "pounced," and I don't think I was treating his comment negatively or aggressively — I was merely expressing doubt that publicity was Dell's primary motivation.

You probably miscontrued my tone. Perhaps it is you who needs to chill, "Dude".

budster101 · May 11, 2005, 01:01 PM

Right,

Based on this latest post. I'd say that you need to chill.
I meant trounced not pounced. Now you are telling people what words to use in their posts? Nice.

trounced

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 01:05 PM

LOL. This is getting silly. Could we please stick to the topic? I'm perfectly happy in a world where I'm doing the chilling and you're still, um, un-chilled or whatever.

Please don't misunderstand me — I'm not the least bit annoyed or angry at anybody, just trying to have a conversation about something that interests me.

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

I meant trounced not pounced.

"Trounced" does not take the trailing preposition "on", "pounced" does — hence my inference that "pounced" is what you meant. That's something you learn if you don't rely solely on what dictionary.com tells you but also consider grammar and sentence structure.

Sorry if I was mistaken. It was an educated guess.

budster101 · May 11, 2005, 01:15 PM

now you'll 'pounce' on me for not capitalizing my first letter in a sentence.

Back on topic:

i think that Red Hat's newfound wealth will add to the competition of operating systems and this can only be a good thing. OS X will improve, and Windows will probably fail miserably, even moreso now.

how was that?

selowitch · 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

now you'll 'pounce' on me for not capitalizing my first letter in a sentence.

Bad boy, budster, bad boy! *Thwack*!

Originally Posted by budster101

i think that Red Hat's newfound wealth will add to the competition of operating systems and this can only be a good thing. OS X will improve, and Windows will probably fail miserably, even moreso now.

You're not going to believe this, but ... *gasp* — I agree with you completely! Linux and Mac OS X/Darwin should live and be well. Death to Windows!

historylme · May 11, 2005, 01:29 PM

This thread has potential.

budster101 · May 11, 2005, 01:32 PM

Whew. That was a close call.

Is whew a word? Never mind. Keep on truck'n.

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by history1me

This thread has potential.

That's sarcastic, right? What exactly is the point of posting that? I don't disparage the threads you start. Begone, troll!

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Is whew a word?

Sure. I used it in Scrabble™ just last week. Anyway, don't mind my pedantry. I'm a book editor and something of a fuddy-duddy, so try to take my crankiness in stride.

A transcript:

ME: Chill.
BUDSTER: No, you chill.
ME: Me? No way. You really need to chill.
BUDSTER: Like heck I do. If you don't chill right now, I'm gonna...

You get the idea.

Friends?

historylme · May 11, 2005, 01:38 PM

Wow, I'm with Budster on this, dude, chill.
Why did you take my post as affront to you? Never mind, I'm staying out of this. I’ll do something more rewarding than to start an argument on a forum.

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by history1me

Wow, I'm with Budster on this, dude, chill.

OK, OK. I'll stick my head in ice.

Why did you take my post as affront to you?

You mean you weren't being sarcastic? Surely you're pulling my leg here.

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by history1me

Never mind, I'm staying out of this.

Oh, no you don't. Unless you believe in taking a senseless potshot and running, I recommend that you stand and defend yourself.

historylme · May 11, 2005, 01:46 PM

I'm not sure if Sarcasm was my intent, but I meant it in two ways. One, the arguments between you and Budster were interesting, I was wondering if things were going to escalate. Second, of the topic, I think Linux has great potential and I'm all about open source. Thus, any discussion, and or funding on it, is good.

Edit: I'll stay and argue. I just think it's silly, sometimes.

historylme · May 11, 2005, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by selowitch

Oh, no you don't. Unless you believe in taking a senseless potshot and running, I recommend that you stand and defend yourself.

, you're right. And, for the record, I do believe in defending one's own stance. Taking potshots and running away is cowardly.

budster101 · May 11, 2005, 01:53 PM

Hey! History. Just friggin, chill.

I'm going to be e-mailing my new found friend selo whenever I have a grammatical question. I'm a graphic and web specialist so I really don't usually care about grammar.... until an 'editor' pulls my chain. I knew there was something about you! Pedantic. Oh yeah.

Bygons.

I have to say this thread is shaping up nicely, for the comical tit-for-tat we just went through, and the still continuing discussion on the main topic, Red Hat.

I hope your thread lasts much longer than the idiotic thread about the PSP.. I mean really, if they can have one go over 10 pages, Red Hat should easily go into 20 plus.

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by history1me

I'm not sure if Sarcasm was my intent, but I meant it in two ways. One, the arguments between you and Budster were interesting, I was wondering if things were going to escalate. Second, of the topic, I think Linux has great potential and I'm all about open source. Thus, any discussion, and or funding on it, is good.

Edit: I'll stay and argue. I just think it's silly, sometimes.

I take you and your word and apologize for assuming negative intent.

And yes, open source is an awesome movement. I am particularly proud of what Mozilla and the Open Source Applications Foundation do. Long live Camino (basically, Firefox for the Mac for lack of a better short description) and Chandler (a powerful open-source personal information manager and calendar sharing application).

budster101 · May 11, 2005, 01:55 PM

BTW: Sidenote.

Selo, answer my sig question...

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Hey! History. Just friggin, chill.

I'm going to be e-mailing my new found friend selo whenever I have a grammatical question. I'm a graphic and web specialist so I really don't usually care about grammar.... until an 'editor' pulls my chain. I knew there was something about you! Pedantic. Oh yeah.

Please do e-mail me! I'm a web developer, too, and you might find me helpful on a variety of issues. I consider you a member of that excellent fraternal community. Welcome, my new friend.

selowitch · May 11, 2005, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

BTW: Sidenote.

Selo, answer my sig question...

Hang on. I have to enable sigs. Stand by, please. Then I must go pick up my son from school. I'll be back later. Until then, Shalom.

historylme · May 11, 2005, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Hey! History. Just friggin, chill.

I'm going to be e-mailing my new found friend selo whenever I have a grammatical question. I'm a graphic and web specialist so I really don't usually care about grammar.... until an 'editor' pulls my chain. I knew there was something about you! Pedantic. Oh yeah.

Bygons.

I have to say this thread is shaping up nicely, for the comical tit-for-tat we just went through, and the still continuing discussion on the main topic, Red Hat.

I hope your thread lasts much longer than the idiotic thread about the PSP.. I mean really, if they can have one go over 10 pages, Red Hat should easily go into 20 plus.

Hey Budster, I'm chilling

I'm with you on the 'editor' stuff. I was just thinking that I need someone like Seloswitch to edit my writing. Since I too don't care about grammar when writing and after doing my own editing 342 pages... I'll rather rip my own eyes out than to do that again.

Seloswitch, what lovely name you have.

Seriously though, I am looking for an editor.

Edit: The turn around on this thread is fascinating.

I want to a friend too.