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In the future, "expect to see Microsoft, Apple, Google and everyone else doing the same ol', same ol' ...," predicted Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. But "how about Java running directly on the cpu instead of being interpreted at runtime i...

Oracle's move could have expensive consequences, asserted Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site "If Oracle thought they could fly under the radar with this one, they were mistaken," she began. "In one week Oracle has managed to undermine a core te...

On the other hand, "rich or poor, it's always nice to have money," said Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. Huge FOSS Boost...

Similarly, "it's one thing to ask nicely -- people don't mind returning a favor," began Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. "It's another thing to track someone without asking." Tracking without permission is illegal in several countries, Hudso...

Indeed, "everyone with a clue-by-four and an attention span longer than a 5-year-old on pop rockets and meth pretty much ignores digg," agreed Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. "There are only so many hours in the day, and it's not like there's less competition for time-wasters on the Internet."

Similarly, "what would *I* change? Not much -- I'm a happy user," began Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site "Now, about what I would change that runs atop linux -- that's another story," Hudson added....

"You know an argument is shallow when the person making it compares his opponents to racists and sexists," began Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. "Is Shuttleworth getting his strategy from Glenn Beck?" 'Worse Than Apple Fanbois'...

Finally, for Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site, the $200 Linux PC is just a bad idea "It has no DVD. It has no screen. It has no mouse or keyboard. It has no speakers. It has 1 gig of ram," Hudson pointed out. "If you're looking to disappoint ...

Then again, "Dell is in trouble," opined Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. "We already knew that, with their $100 million consent agreement because they lied about previous profitability. It helps explain why they wanted to do the share buy-back a few years ago to help prop up the share price."

"It's! About! Time!" was the response of Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site "Of course, when governments put out a call for tenders, they can only buy what the vendors offer," Hudson told Linux Girl. "This is why initiatives like Mandrake's rec...

Back to the other hand, "is linux hard to learn? Not for people who are motivated to make the switch, any more than learning to use a Mac," countered Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. "However, for the majority of people who think that the c...

"The commit process has evolved over time, and will continue to develop, same as the kernel itself," noted Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site "In a worst-case scenario, Linus takes some time to write another tool, like he did with git," she add...

Indeed, "the Internet is great for distributing software, but sometimes there's nothing that can replace the eyes and ears of a person on site," agreed Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site Looking ahead, "best of luck to Mandriva," Montreal consu...

"People keep going on with the 'it's not theft, it's copyright infringement.' Methinks they doth protest too much," Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site, told Linux Girl. "They still have their copy!" is just "an argument of convenience. There's...

Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site, had similar ideas "How could Microsoft make me a fan?" she began. "Not likely, but they could do a few things to make themselves more customer-friendly:...

"Now a whole new generation can say, 'You can have my keyboard when you pry it from my cold dead hands!'" said Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site "Actually, this is no big deal to anyone who's used to cobbling scripts together to do batch/bulk ...

Along similar lines, "I don't see why everyone is so glum," said Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site In noting the court's assertion that abstract ideas are unpatentable, for instance, the EFF's Barclay bemoaned the fact "like that is a *bad* th...

"Absolutely! Linux should go and make me a coffee! Then it should automagically translate my ideas into perfect code," quipped Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. "And how about walking my dogs for me? Or put away the laundry? Linux is certainly not doing enough for *this* programmer!"...

Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site, took a similar view According to Hudson, those who should use Linux or *BSD include those who:...

Slashdot blogger Barbara Hudson, who goes by "Tom" on the site, took a similarly optimistic view In fact, she noted that in the embedded "Linux 101" video on Dell's Ubuntu page, at around the two-minute mark, Dell actually continues to assert Ubuntu's superior safety....