That just made my day.

I'll be giggling like a school girl for the next couple days. :)

Hope all things return to their normally scheduled broadcast times.

Splenda is good stuff though... you sure it wasn't the WOW layes chips you had with the candy that caused the side affect :) Since splenda is really made of real sugar and not some chemical equivelent that tastes sweet but causes lab rats to eat each other or start open source linux projects when used in large quantities, its suppose to be a safe alternative to that stuff in Tab....

Rory, you just kill me. Thanks for the laughs.

Josh -

"you sure it wasn't the WOW layes chips you had with the candy that caused the side affect"

:)

Olestra - yeah - that's the stuff in WOW chips that caused "anal leakage," which is a little different than laxative effects :)

Anyway, the laxative effect is welcome right now - I'm on a blood-pressure medication that causes constipation, so this is a good thing.

That might be too much information, of course (I mentioned it to Carl a few minutes ago, and I think he would have been happier to have gone through life without knowing), but I'm so happy about it right now that I feel like telling everybody.

Speaking of laxative, I would like to know how Rory feels about his beloved Microsoft trying to help SCO destroy the Linux market. It has been proven that Microsoft has given $86 million dollars to SCO basically funding the Linux lawsuit. I bring this up because on .NET Rocks, they list a ridiculous " Linux vulnerability of the week " section and in that section they say that they dont hate Linux, yet Rory and Carl endorse and promote Microsoft products. Whose quality is severly lacking when compared to the alternatives offered by Linux distributors and developers I might add. I would like to know his stance. And if he is against Microsofts illegal actions when does he plan to start endorsing Linux as the superior alternative.

For anyone that does not keep up with the current SCO extortion attempts goto

http://www.thelinuxshow.com

Eric S. Raymond explains it very nicely.

Hey, it's probably not the Splenda, it's probably a sugar alcohol (maltitol, mannitol, xylitol). Splenda doesn't usually cause a laxative effect, but sugar alcohols sure do!!! :-)

Chris A -

Your comments don't have anything to do with any of the content here. However, I'll answer anyway.

"I would like to know how Rory feels about his beloved Microsoft trying to help SCO destroy the Linux market."

I don't give a shit. That's business. Every competitor wants to outdo the competition - that's the whole point.

Do I think SCO is sleazy? Yes, but that isn't going to make me stop liking .NET and Microsoft.

Remember that Microsoft isn't just one big entity with one mind - it's about 55,000 people, each with his or her own idea about where the company should go. The people who are handling the technology are *not* the people who are handling the lawsuits.

"It has been proven that Microsoft has given $86 million dollars to SCO basically funding the Linux lawsuit."

And, thanks to Microsoft's success, Bill Gates now has $24,000,000,000 slated for charity.

<shrug> Let's just throw numbers around...

"I bring this up because on .NET Rocks, they list a ridiculous 'Linux vulnerability of the week' section"

Is it "ridiculous" when slashdotters get hard-ons about Windows vulnerabilities and do everything they can to bring them into the public eye?

We're doing *one* Linux vulnerability a week, and it's just to remind people that Windows isn't the only OS out there with security issues, which is how the open-source camp sometimes makes it sound. Carl even explains this on the show - if you're choosing to ignore Carl's explanation of the segment, then you're certainly doing your part as a mindless zealot.

"...and in that section they say that they dont hate Linux, yet Rory and Carl endorse and promote Microsoft products."

Know what? I'm anti-abortion, but pro-choice. I don't like the idea of killing a fetus, but I agree with the idea that a woman should have a right to choose.

It's possible to hold opinions that are not entirely black and white. I can "endorse and promote" Microsoft products without hating Linux.

How do I do it, you ask? The answer is simple: *I just do*.

The world isn't black and white for me.

"Whose quality is severly lacking when compared to the alternatives offered by Linux distributors and developers I might add."

What are you saying? That Mono is a better platform than Microsoft's .NET?

Let's get something straight: I have nothing against Mono - I'm quite interested, actually. However, if I want to run a .NET app on a Windows machine, then I'm sure as hell going to choose Microsoft's implementation at this point. Prove to me that Mono is better, and then I'll listen. Also, "because it's open source" isn't a good answer.

If you don't provide what I want to work with on Linux (such as VS.NET), then there isn't just a lack of "superior" OSS offerings for me to choose from: there aren't *any at all*.

See, if I find a "better" OSS alternative to what I'm using (and "better" is a subjective term), then I'll switch to it. I honestly don't care where the app came from - I'll use it if I think it's good. Right now, MS makes the stuff I like/want/need to use, and that's that. If there's an OSS alternative to what I'm using now, and if it's *better*, then I'll use it. I have yet to see anything, though.

"I would like to know his stance. And if he is against Microsofts illegal actions when does he plan to start endorsing Linux as the superior alternative."

Way to go on the loaded statements there.

This is going to be tough for you, but I want you to try to wrap your head around the concept: If Linux doesn't do what *I* want it to, then *I* am not going to see it as a "superior alternative." In fact, if it's lacking in what I need, then it isn't an alternative at all - it's just something completely different.

I have clients who work with Linux, and I have no problem doing business with them. I write apps that run on Linux when it's what my customers want. <shrug>

But, *I* *prefer* to use .NET and MS products. That's just the way it is.

So, what I'm really trying to say here is that you can shove your zealotry up your ass.

"and in that section they say that they dont hate Linux, yet Rory and Carl endorse and promote Microsoft products."

Yes, because obviously when people endore one product, they're also stating their absolute LOATHING of the competition. If you drive a Toyota, you obviously thinkg that all Ford execs get their kicks out of tearing baby seals into bloody shreds with their bare hands. ?!@#$ I think this post deserves a big "WTF"

"And if he is against Microsofts illegal actions when does he plan to start endorsing Linux as the superior alternative."

I think most people are against most other people and corporations illegal actions, but I'm not going to stop using Windows because of an antitrust lawsuit. And yes, I'll keep using linux in the side. In fact, even if it's PROVEN that one of the linux developers engages in seal clubbing, I'll continue to use linux, due to its technical merits. Windows has its place, linux has its place.

Also, since when have do the practices of microsoft's marketing division (and legal team) have *anything* to do with the 'superiority' of any platform? Allowing your pseudo-intellectual class war to interfere with what we're all trying to do is just silly. Did you write the operating system you're using, there, Chris? If not, I'm pretty sure you can't really take the moral high-ground on the practices of the people who wrote it. Also, do you drive a gasoline automobile? YOU'RE KILLING THE ENVYRONMENT! Do you use a computer? Any of the parts made in countries without good labor laws? I bet your DRAM was made in a sweat shop. Is this good? Of COURSE not. Can we do something about it? YES. But i'm not going to piss all over your company because they use a product where one library uses 3 lines of code from a guy who accidentally stepped on a beetle once.

Actually, what I really wanted to say was "If you found out that a kernel contributer (or even maintainer) was a child molester, would you stop using linux?" but I thought that was tasteless. Screw it. It's tasteless, but so is pointless flame-warring. If you don't like microsoft's practices, don't buy the software, heck, write to your congressman, but stop pissing all over the community of hard-working developers who actually get decent stuff done on the MS platform.

What??? Colonel Sanders is a child molestor? I'm never ordering dark meat again...

Sorry didn't mean to bring the Linux trolls to your nice shout out to your friend with my lab rats and linux/open source comments :) Who'd have thought splenda and linux mixed to make such a controversial topic lol

Re: Chris A

'sniff sniff' dost I smell a troll in our midst? First off, Linux is a good OS I dont tell people what OS they should or should not use. I decided to uncomplicate my life so I started using Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Pro and I dropped OpenBSD and Linux. Windows does not make you use anything, I am an Open Source application user but I use the stuff on Windows. As for Rory's views I will let you read them but I agree with Rory alot about what he said and I will add one thing to that, the SCO suit doesnt affect me so I could give a shit less what SCO does. Do I think SCO has a case? I used to say no but now Im undecided. A lot of things will come into play here. As for Microsoft funding SCO, show me some proof of Microsoft funding SCO. The memo just says Microsoft referred BayStar to SCO, you know what a referral is? "Hey Mr. Goldfarb, you guys should really check out SCO they are doing some exciting things up there. They are releasing the next generation of Unix System V codenamed Legend and they are starting a web services division. Really exciting stuff". And what kills me, what really erks me is that you Open Source zealots sit on the highest rooftops and proclaim your self righteousness, how you are the victim while at the same time waving around stolen memos and stolen e-mails and publishing crap that was more than likely gotten through social engineering because no one in their right mind would release this type of info to you unless you defrauded them in some way. And you release MyDoom and Windows 2000 source code to the innocent public. You do all this and you expect a perfectly reasonable person to believe you when you say "We didnt incorporate UNIX code into Linux." Dont point me to anything by Eric Raymond either because he is a self proclaimed UNIX Historian who doesnt know the first thing about UNIX history and a certifiable Lunatic and a raging Open Source zealot of the first order who blames Microsoft for everything under the sun. Sorry Rory, I would have told him this personally and not on your blog but his lame ass post refers us to Kernel.org.

Hey! I'm anxious to see Rory's Splenda-induced bathroom habits get /.ed.

No doubt it will be a sugar-free discussion!

(I wondered why your ASS feed was filling up my SharpReader! Thanks for the ex-splenda-tion.)

Splenda... Diahria... Linux Zealots...
Hey, I put a post on my site about Mono. Know what? Looks like something I might like. I've used OS2 Warp... Linux (several flavors) and have played a little with BeOS, Mac, and Novell. I use and work with MS because that's what my company works with.

Do I love it? Eh. Do I hate it? No. Why don't you turn on Intel? Hmmm? Why not jump on with Apple? Why pick on MS? Cause they're the biggest?

Do you see Burger King and Wendy's customers beating up on McDonald's customers? I go to all three. And I favor Wendy's.

Poor Rory is speaking on what he likes and knows, and you guys think he's out to put arsenic in your water or something.

Thanks Rory for you and Carl putting up with me. And even more for putting up with these flamerz. Keep doing what you're doing, nothing wrong, no shame.

Bullies tease and persecute due to inferiority issues.

Why does everything have to be war with Linux users. I like Linux. I have friends who use Linux. I currently use MS tho. Please don't burn my house down.

Chris A, people like you scare me and make me think you don't want me to touch your precious little Linux.

How RUDE!

Rory, you should try the new and improved Olestra. Now with 10% less anal leakage.

BTW, how'd the east coast nerd dinner go?

your pappy,
bliz

Chis A. -

LOL. A Slashdot-linux-zealot listening to .NET rocks! Boy, you can tell the show really rocks. Or is that another simple Chris A(n) geek who just accepted the Linux religion after drinking too much Jager this Friday?

Rory -

As a side note, now your site is the top ranker for the ever-popular Google search "rory laxative" beating by a narrow margin this excellent essay about (another?) Rory and.. eh.. laxative which can be found here:

http://chilton.smithereen.net/f_dinner2.html

Way to go! It's probably time for another installment of your popular google search classics.

Last but not least, here's an error I've getting for a while:

[SqlException: SQL Server does not exist or access denied.]
System.Data.SqlClient.ConnectionPool.GetConnection(Boolean& isInTransaction) +474
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionPoolManager.GetPooledConnection(SqlConnectionString options, Boolean& isInTransaction) +372
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open() +384
Dottext.SqlDataProvider.SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(String connectionString, CommandType commandType, String commandText, SqlParameter[] commandParameters) +54
Dottext.SqlDataProvider.BaseSqlDAL.GetConfig(String host, String application) +125
Dottext.Framework.Config.GetConfig(String hostname, String application) +22
Dottext.Framework.Config.GetConfigRequired(String hostname, String application) +85
Dottext.Framework.Config.Instance(HttpContext context) +911
Dottext.WebUI.Pages.BaseBlogPage.TemplatePath(String control) +15
Dottext.WebUI.Pages.BaseBlogPage.LoadTemplate() +67
Dottext.WebUI.Pages.BaseBlogPage.OnInit(EventArgs e) +7
System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +241
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +178

I see no EvilNamespace.Rory.Will.Rule.The.World.PostToBlog() method in the stack-trace so we can safely blame SQL Server and/or .Text for the issue.

I'm not a linux bigot! The guy who bags my groceries uses linux.

Excellent discussion about the SCO/MS situation. I am distressed that within the software industry there is viable profit in the instigation of litigation. If it wasn't SCO, it would be some other party. It's the model that is the culprit. Personal injury lawyers have been taking this route for years.

I wish the tone of the discourse was a tad more civil. I find that as I get to be closer to the age of the oldest known man in the Universe, I long for more civility and courtesy in heated exchange among colleagues. Yes, I am a bit thin skinned and can squeal like a stepped on puppy when angry words come my way. Courtesy is a good tool for survival. I learned a long time ago, working at a fruit stand in NYC with guys from the Lower East side, that if you should treat all you meet with respect and courtesy, because you never know who is carrying the gun that day. (And never use profanity in the presence of somebody's girlfriend. A punch in the nose is almost an obligatory response. Yes, my nose has been punched.)

For better or worse, The Wire removes from our real existence the immediate threat of physical retaliation for cruel, angry words uttered as a matter of common conversation. Yet, I am troubled that the anonymity and safety of The Wire has created a landscape in which disagreements are strewn with insults heaved between all parties involved and that flames have become an acceptable way to embellish rebuttal.

How we act is how we teach our children to act.

I am through scolding now. Please be gentle with me.

(I can't believe that I am getting this old.)

Bob

Christopher Anthony left some stupidity in my inbox

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