Dvorak on How Microsoft Can Kill Linux

gewg_ writes "John C. Dvorak thinks he knows the way Redmond can kill Linux. Basing his premise on the relative dearth of device drivers available for Linux (compared to what is available for Windows), he sees an opportunity for the Borg to embrace and extinguish." From the article: "The immediate usefulness of Linux running under Windows is obvious. You can use all the Windows drivers for all the peripherals that don't run under Linux. Drivers have always been an issue with Linux as PC users have gotten spoiled with Windows driver support. Today's user wants to grab just about anything and not worry about installing it and making it work."

Boring day?

[theolein]

Post an article by John, "The clueless one", Dvorak.

Linux under windows?

[Anonymous Coward]

When windows crashed would it save the data that was being used under linux to a tmp file, like linux does, would would a screen with bill gates dancing in a ton of cash and laughing pop up?

This guy needs to get out there, and play with linux a bit more, instead of just reading all the M$ fud

Bad support

[Pugflop]

L1NuX |)03$n'T $uPp0RT |\/|Y K3YB0aR|)!!! :-(

Re:-1 Troll

[stromthurman]

In a post-Columbine world, it is critical that we at least one inflammatory troll to replace Jon Katz.

Qwerty on how Linux can Kill Microsoft...

[DeathFlame]

"John A. Qwerty thinks he knows the way Linux can kill Redmond. Basing his premise on the relative dearth of device drivers available..."

Re:Yeah, but

[ratnerstar]

Are you kidding? Dvorak is a prime mover behind SETI. He convinced us we weren't going to find any intelligent life here and that we'd better look for it in a Dvorak-free solar system.

A better way to kill linux.

[PopeAlien]

What about requiring everyone who installs linux to call in and answer a bunch of stupid questions [slashdot.org] before they can use it?

Consistently right

[Snart Barfunz]

Dvorak's prophetic genius is awesome. Microsoft is working on Linux under Windows and it will run on the Intel-powered Mac that he predicted with 100% certainty a couple of years ago. No doubt the power source will be derived from the manure dropped by flying pigs.

Re:WHAT!?

[ashyanbhog]

Offering a MS-Linux product also means supporting it, which will actually be the bigger problem

MS Call Center(MSCC): Good Morning, how may I help you,

User: I am installing MS-linux but getting a message after reboot- Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to find filesystem at 3:09. Booting stops, what do I do?

MSCC: Press Crtl+Alt+Delete and reboot

User: Duh, nothing is happening

MSCC: Oh... that's leeenux, ok press the reboot button on ur PC

User: Same error msg

MSCC: Reboot in safe mode

User: Same error msg

MSCC: Reboot and load last known good profile

User: hey, this is a fresh installation

MSCC: Format and reinstall

User: Same error msg

MSCC: &)%(&^%&#*)@!*!!!!

User: I will sue MS !!!!!!

Very unlikely scenario. MS would rather work thru third parties like SCO to push down linux

Re:Windows drivers on Linux

[Ulric]

You know, that made no sense at all.

Re:They're using the wrong OS to begin with

[FusionDragon2099]

Not all of us want to pay in the high three figures USD for Adobe Photoshop.>

You say that as if people pay for Adobe Photoshop in the first place.

Re:WHAT!?

[Anonymous Coward]

HAHAHAHA - that's hilarious. Micro$oft providing support for their products... *wipes*tears*from*eyes*

DON'T SAY THAT NAME

[Doktor Memory]

If you say "J*n K*tz" three times in front of a mirror, he will appear. And then, he'll try to understand your feelings and explain them to the uncaring wide world.

Trust me, you'd rather have the guy with the hook rip out your intestines. It would be comparitively merciful.

Re:vmware

[rlauzon]

But the very idea of running Linux as a task on Windows is absurd. Sort of like building your house on a foundation of swamp-land.

Re:WHAT!?

[Rei]

It's an old one, but...

Microsoft Tech Support vs. Psychic Friends Network: Which Provides Better Support for Microsoft Products? [netscrap.com]

All the apps of Linux, the stability of Windows

[Paul Crowley]

So users can have the wide range of Linux applications while enjoying the rock-solid stability of Windows?

(Why is the Slashdot subject line limited to so few characters?)

Re:A better way to kill linux.

[IPFreely]

What about requiring everyone who installs linux to call in and answer a bunch of stupid questions before they can use it?

Nahh. When people install linux, they post their stupid questions on usenet and slashdot.

Re:-1 Troll

[jusdisgi]

it is critical that we at least one inflammatory troll

Were you going to use a verb in there? I can suggest a few that would work...

Re:-1 Troll

[stromthurman]

The proper decoding of the post is left as an exercise for the reader.

3 yrs after "Come on,Linus,infect the mothership."

[D4C5CE]

Anyway, this probably wasn't Dvorak's Greatest Article Of All Time... For a much more entertaining take on the issue, have a look at this report in Wired [wired.com], from a parallel universe where Linus has joined Microsoft, but now feels compelled to write yet another memo to BillG, complaining about Steve. Here's one highlight:

(...) I thought I was making some pretty outrageous demands. I was stunned when you agreed to accept the General Public License mandating that everything you added at the level of the new operating system would remain open. But you've been true to your side of the bargain, and you've won my respect. You never made me alter my goal, which was world domination for Linux. I'll never forget your line: "Come on, Linus, infect the mothership." I still believe that was the best recruiting pitch ever uttered. We both took a lot of criticism from our partisans, but look what we've accomplished. The world is using software that doesn't suck!

I know the way MS can kill Linux for certain...

[Anonymous Coward]

... all they have to do is give Windows away for free and include all its source code. Blammo! Linux would then die practically overnight. Simple as that :-)

Re:WHAT!?

[Anonymous Coward]

But can they kill BSD?

If they did, would netcraft confirm it?

Re:Jesus, What a MORON!

[Anonymous Coward]

Dvorak is still talking through his hat.

And he wears an asshat.

This guy is mad

[someone1234]

Haha, it might be that "open source law" whatever is it is untested. But copyright law is old and stable. MS will never touch Linux, their programmers wouldn't even comprehend the code.