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        <title><![CDATA[RE: You don't have to love everything about open source to be an advocate]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-3111833]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Actually, there is a half decent POS application for linux. I believe it only works properly on KDE, though I may be wrong. It's called Lemon POS and is available through kde-apps.org.There aren't any programs which I have found missing (?), but there are several which are severely lacking, such as desktop publishing. Inkscape and scribus are ok, but hardly up to scratch for serious publishing.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[alexpaton1969@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:57:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nope,,,,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[didn't buy anything. Just took the time to spend quality time with my family. That is what really matters.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NaughtyMonkey]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:01:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No worries, Monkey.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-2429763]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Valentine's Day is a sinister plot of the candy makers and florists of the world to part fools with their money. I take it they succeeded with you.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Absolutely]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:00:24 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanks, I will.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You have a good weekend, too.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Absolutely]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:53:41 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Okay, that I can agree with.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-2429743]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[&quot;The difference in difficulty to accomplish the same tasks is widely exaggerated ... &quot;If we're discussing &quot;Ubuntu ... as a 2-function Internet Appliance&quot;, I agree wholeheartedly.And if you read this Friday, have a good weekend.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:27:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hence the....]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-2429704]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[sitting at the computer on Valentines Day instead of being with better company. Sorry Abs, had to say it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NaughtyMonkey]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:55:24 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-2429681]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Abs, are you saying there is -nothing- anybody has to do that's more important than learning the details of operating systems, development methods, and licensing models? NOTHING?&quot;No, the basis for that statement is that people weighing in on the subject at all are using their computers more than once. With that as given (or, since I think you're going to pick nits here starting pretty soon, I'll be more exact: frequent computer use, for more than one year), the up-front time required to function adequately in Linux is worthwhile, for anybody. Using Ubuntu, for example, as a 2-function Internet Appliance, does not require thorough knowledge of kernel and package compiling, POSIX threads or even globbing. In the old days, a couple of README files were standard, even for Microsoft products, and it's still not a bad idea. The difference in difficulty to accomplish the same tasks is widely exaggerated and the advantages are definitely worthwhile.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Absolutely]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:45:32 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yet another example of the approach that drives Windows users away.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;That is really the hardest part of Linux to explain to n00bs ... A lot of people mistakenly believe they 'have better things to do' than learn enough of the technical details of the Linux kernel, the structural advantages of the open source development model, or the conceptual flaw in the premise that software can be novel and/or non-obvious, and therefore patentable.&quot;Abs, are you saying there is -nothing- anybody has to do that's more important than learning the details of operating systems, development methods, and licensing models?  NOTHING?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:12:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That is a problem.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[People project their current assumptions onto suggested alternatives, unless told exactly why those assumptions are invalid. In some cases, even that doesn't help.He seems to be blaming the Linux community for everything out there not being as good as Mandriva, say, or Ubuntu, and asking why such things are allowed to exist. Huh? Reviewers for Consumer Reports might review 10 toasters and four of them are really crappy -- they burn your toast, they emit a funny smell, the slots aren't wide enough for your bread, etc. But the reviewers don't generally advocate throwing all those toasters in a pile and lighting a match or propose legislation to make those manufacturers cease and desist. They don't blame the other six perfectly good toasters for all the bad ones either. They just suggest that you might not want to buy that toaster.That is really the hardest part of Linux to explain to n00bs. Linux is not a single entity like its corporate alternatives. A lot of people mistakenly believe they &quot;have better things to do&quot; than learn enough of the technical details of the Linux kernel, the structural advantages of the open source development model, or the conceptual flaw in the premise that software can be novel and/or non-obvious, and therefore patentable. Those people deserve Windows, and by that I mean WinME &amp; Vista, not NT4 &amp; XP SP2.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Absolutely]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:39:16 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: You don't have to love everything about open source to be an advocate]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't like everything about open source I love my video games  and linux has some very good ones but some that I like just wont work with wine,but I would never use Windows online or for most everything else they both have there place for me on my pc.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[williammcc1@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:03:17 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[open minds are important]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;The best way to work is to use a mixture of open and closed source depending on what works the best and not commit yourself to one mindset or the other. Be open minded and you will have the best of both worlds.&quot;The longer I stuck to that way of choosing software, the more I found myself using open source software, and the less I found myself using closed source proprietary software.  Now, I have two pieces of closed source software that I use:1. Neverwinter Nights2. World of WarcraftI run 'em both on FreeBSD.  Well, I would if I got around to reinstalling World of Warcraft.  I haven't had time to bother with it for several months.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:23:23 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes but]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The same can be said about open source. Lots of time to make something work that a proprietry package already does and 'just works'. The best way to work is to use a mixture of open and closed source depending on what works the best and not commit yourself to one mindset or the other. Be open minded and you will have the best of both worlds.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[djc@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:59:42 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oh yes. Rage on!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-2410816]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Excellent points. Personally, I'm just tired of the whole concept that &quot;open source has to get it together in one distro if it wants to compete with proprietary software&quot;. As if all open source were just operating systems. As if there weren't multiple choices in the proprietary world. As if there weren't open source that runs on proprietary OSs. &quot;I'm just so confused, please limit my choices so I can make a decision.&quot; And send in the FOSS police to stomp out anything that might tarnish the image of FOSS. I can't understand how Mr. Foss of the Foss Corporation would allow that piece of junk to be sold.Oh, sorry. End Of Rant.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:00:24 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's not that]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's that a lot of times people spend a LOT of time trying to get closed source software to work, when there is a FLOSS alternative that would &quot;just work.&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jmgarvin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:35:59 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-2410472]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[&quot;The other revolutionary thought is that some people are perfectly happy only dealing with proprietary software and its limitations. They???ve put a price tag on the amount of effort they???re willing to expend, and they???re prepared to pay it.&quot;I'm not sure why some otherwise reasonable people automatically equate the use of proprietary software with &quot;stupid&quot; or &quot;lazy&quot;, but TR is full of such comments.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:02:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[the same ol' song and dance]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[and while i'm at it...i thought i'd take a moment to say this:the whole &quot;t's still an ideal platform for the advanced techie who doesn't want to waste his time with things that &quot;just work.&quot;&quot; statement drives me crazy!that just smacks of ignorance. advanced techie? hello, this is 2008 and the Linux distributions have, in many ways, surpassed anything MS has in ease of use. granted there are areas that still need improvement...but...when people make that claim it simply shows they have no idea what they are saying.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jlwallen@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:34:21 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[nicely said]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-2410420]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[it reminds me of the who vi vs. emacs debate. no one could really say that one is actually better than the other without eventually falling into &quot;but it does this the way I like it!&quot;Linux has a place in the computer-sphere. that place is growing by leaps and bounds. MS has it's place in the computer-sphere and, if MS continues in the route it has been (as with Vista) that place will very, very slowly keep shrinking. But you can't even use that. But you are right...that kind of logic just swims in circles all the while the sharks are sneaking up for attack.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jlwallen@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:31:11 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That's a good thing!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-2410380]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Slamming an open source project because you think it does something stupid or that it doesn't work as advertised is FINE.That's what makes FLOSS so great.  Not only can I complain, but I can make things happen.  I can see the change or make it myself!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jmgarvin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:19:42 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[why?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-251836-2410379]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA['cause that post shows I can actually write good english? or cause I'm not afraid to call a pile of crap what it is? ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaqui]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:19:01 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm shocked...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[just shocked.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[boxfiddler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:12:50 -0800</pubDate>
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