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You Can't Change the Default Browser or Switch To Google Search In Windows 10 S (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli quotes a report from BetaNews: If developers do start leveraging the Windows Store, the Windows 10 S experiment could take off, as users won't find a need to install legacy programs. This will largely depend on web browsers being available there, as many users dislike Edge. Thankfully, Microsoft is allowing third-party browser installs from the Windows Store. Unfortunately, there is a big catch -- you cannot change the default. Buried in the Windows 10 S FAQ, the following question is presented -- "Are there any defaults that I cannot change on my Windows 10 S PC?" Microsoft provides the answer: "Yes, Microsoft Edge is the default web browser on Microsoft 10 S. You are able to download another browser that might be available from the Windows Store, but Microsoft Edge will remain the default if, for example, you open an .htm file. Additionally, the default search provider in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer cannot be changed."
an anti-trust investigator wokeup.
... "I guess the S stands for Shit"?
Wow. Utter dickish behaviour. Lets hope this gets kerbstomped just like Windows Phone.
This one goes in the trash bin.
No it stands for 'Shaft'
...This too will fail.
The appeal for windows, imho, has always been the power-user tweaking options. While most of us will rage on Windows for this newest "vendor-lock", let's be honest, if it isn't Windows Pro, we techies really don't want it. Until Windows finds a way to put the full OS on a phone, I'm staying the hell away from this - and why they feel the need to cram an inferior "Universal" platform down user's throats is beyond me. As a C# developer, I understand the need/want to streamline development - but cutting off the bulk of support for third party and older applications is to cut off a large part of what makes the Windows experience what it is. If I didn't love writing in Visual Studio so much, I would have left Windows years ago. What should do is abandon the Windows name altogether on something like this. Call it "Surface OS" or something like that - this is a branding problem more than anything.
This is getting into anti-trust law violation borderline. Even in the USA, they could get burned for this like they did with the Internet Explorer. Some people never learn. We should all just switch to Linux.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Einstein
Why don't we all just stop using Windows at the same time? maybe the "S" stands for "Stop"
Windows 10 S is the walled-garden edition, so this is not surprising (but still a silly move from MS). I predict Windows 10 S will fail for the same reason that Windows RT failed: The inability to run "legacy" (desktop) Windows programs.
RR
Or maybe Smudge, because the moment you see it on the screen you want to get rid of it?
Anything other than Windows.
Well, at least its not SE.
If SE was Standard Extra then
10 S means SUCKER, Stupid
10 SE will be SE Europe.
Note the Browser is NOT part of the OS, so this is a marketing decision.
Maybe the windows mobile phone dream got dashed.
I wonder if I write a robot/script targeting websites that are morally unhealthy, where the hot marketing leads are goat sex in a Volkswagon or that Trump + Le Penn are tight.
I think MS should focus on the 'can do' bit and not the 'can't do' .
It worked last time. Netscape was destroyed. That was worth the eventual fine,
Let's say this time it takes three years to go through the courts and all the appeals. Then they get a billion dollar fine. That is peanuts to Microsoft. They are facing an existential threat from Google and Chrome.
In this day and age, not being able to change browser default might actually hurt Windows. It is not 1996 anymore. On the other hand, browser might not even matter anymore nor the search engines. People pick a few applications and do not seem to be "searching" or "browsing" for anything anymore.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
...when they decide to throw away millions just like this...
Fines about these should work exponentially. So if the first one is 1000, the second should be 1000^2 and the third 1000^3.
They should also be based on the income (not profit) of the company. for the first one.
It should also be linked to the CxOs, so if they pull of the same at a different company, the same fine applies.
OTOH they paid for their politicians fair and square, so there's that.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
S stands for "soon" because these features will eventually make their way into other versions.
Well, the article that is linked to, was written by Brian Fagioli (Fag ioli).
I like this. Now they need to make Edge better.
Although Microsoft is allowing 10S devices to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro for free waiving the $50 upgrade fee. Many of these devices will have limited storage capacity so installing Windows 10 Pro will not help a whole lot. I am no fan of Chrome OS because it limits itself to Google's ecosystem and apps. Windows 10 S seems to mirror that same format where your locked to Edge, and the Microsoft app store. I don't blame Microsoft for trying to retain users for Windows and its applications like Office. But schools are basically buying with their pocketbooks and right now Chromebooks are cheap and easy to setup. I doubt Windows will run as well as Chrome OS with weak hardware as it has already proven.
If developers do start leveraging the Windows Store, the Windows 10 S experiment could take off,
. . . simply FDISK /MBR and install Linux.
A product they are keeping around to support legacy business applications is still on a machine focused on education? No wonder Edge is losing, it can't even beat out its predecessor.
Try to change the default browser on a Chromebook....but let's bash Microsoft because it is so much fun!
According to the summary, the S stands for sexperiment:
As in "Bend over and take Microsoft's Sexperiment up your Back Orifice", I assume.
I think "shart" says it all.
You think it might be one thing, so you go for it, but discover it's something else entirely.
Mimetics Inc. Twitter
It's too bad that users can't their choice of web browsers with built-in backdoors when running their backdoored OS. Instead, they'll have to stick with the default back-doored browser that comes with the backdoored OS.
Sounds dirty, doesn't it.
The real issue is that Edge/IE are not Webkit based browsers, which mean that they are unpredictable when viewing/accessing certain content.
If Edge displayed pages & content in exactly the same way as:
- Chrome
- Safari
- Firefox
- Opera
- etc.
then I don't think there would be the same outcry by locking in the browsers.
Mimetics Inc. Twitter
This goes with my previous post. With "Chromebook", the name tells you what you get.
The backlash is over the fact that Microsoft is performing a bait and switch telling you that this is a Windows machine and you should be able to configure it the same way you can with any other Windows machines.
But, if you're locked in to a browser and you want to compare it against the locked in browser of a "Chromebook", then you need to label it the same way - call it an "Edgebook" and let the market decide whether or not they feel it is superior to the "Chromebook".
Mimetics Inc. Twitter
If you're still buying something to use with any variant of Windows 10 then you are just begging to be abused. If you buy this, you are just getting the abuse you paid to receive.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Not being able to change the default browser, well, Microsoft's response is you can't do that on a Chromebook either. As for not being able to change default search, they are getting sued. Maybe they don't plan to sell it in Europe and can get away with it. It's not like you can't type duckduckgo.com in the URL bar, but Chrome, for example, gives you the choices of Yahoo, Bing, Ask, and AOL on a Chrombook.
Because regulation is bad. If people wanted to play nice, they could do so on their own.
Maybe that's what it takes to make people finally stop dealing with bullies. Don't use Windows. Build a wall around the U.S. and let them pay for it.
"Just Fucking Trust Us" --Satya Nadella
I'll use Edge just as much as I'll use Windows 10 C. (It is C for C..p, isn't it? Oh, so it's S for S..t? OK.)
... well, I don't. Ever.
Then again I'm not in the target market since I destroy Metro (*, **, ***) on every box I own. I guess I keep the store around just because. If I wanted Metro on my server I'd
* one
** two
*** Anniversary Update EXCEPTIONS
If the universe is someone's simulation -- does that mean the stars are just stuck pixels?
No I don't work for Stardock. Pay the $5 for Start10. Customize all your registry settings. Re-create quick launch bar. Turn off all the Surface crap that's on by default. Bam, you have the operating system in the format that you most likely want it. I don't even mess with the Windows 8/10 features at all so I forget that Microsoft's Metro UI even exists and all the flaws with its UX.
I've been running Windows 10 like this for a year-ish with no problems. The only quibble I have is with the Windows Telemetry crap which is difficult to turn-off/thwart. It's do-able though.
We'll make great pets
When you do shit like this on your desktop systems, it doesn't sink the system, but any time you do this on ... well, anything else, from MP3-players to phones to tablets to ... you name it, it sinks the system.
Do I really have to put on my consultant hat and charge 1000 bucks an hour when telling you why so you finally believe me and get it?
You don't get away with it on the desktop because people accept this or even (*snicker*) like that. You get away with it because people have no choice. You get away with being an asshole because people have already sunk too much time, money and staff cost to switch. You get away with it because people are dependent on software that only runs on your OS and they can't put into a VM. That is the ONLY reason people put up with this. If they could, they would dump you faster than a chick that said "oh, and by the way, you should probably get tested" after you fucked her.
You are not in that position in ANY other area than desktop. You MIGHT get away with it to some degree in the server department. And maybe in the console market, mostly because anyone competing with you is at least as much a dick as you are. But anything like that will NOT be accepted in ANY other market. People will happily dump you and switch to something else because they easily can do so in all other areas.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I still remember windows ME(rde) edition........
Didn't Microsoft already lose a lawsuit because of exactly this?
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
I just cannot see ever upgrading from it.
I bet some guys at Apple are really righfully laughing about this. MS never fails to screw up, do they?
Any curiosity I had about this thing has vanished in an instant. It's amazing to watch.
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
This whole default browser thing smacks of anti-competitive activity. Microsoft should have ceded the broswer war years ago.
So this version windows is pretty much just becoming like a slightly different version of iOS? I want more choice not less.
Seriously, how long will it take once this is available until there is a 'fix' for this irritation?
...this doesn't have "antitrust violation" written all over it at all.
I guess I can understand 10 S from the perspective of going after Chromebooks in education settings, but why on Earth would you put this on the Surface Laptop? "Have you ever wanted a MacBook Pro, but restricted to Microsoft's shitty app store? We've got the PC for you!"
I don't get it.
Instead of doing this multi-page autistic meltdown why don't you make it an actual submission?
Because you're a liar. All spammers are liars, pedophiles, and criminals, so you hide in the comments of Slashdot knowing the editors wont touch you due to policies, and the rest of the userbase is tech-savvy enough to know that your drivel should not, cannot, and will not be read. No matter what you say, the vomitous wall of text will be correctly considered malicious. Even if it is true, the word of a spammer is the word of a liar and a criminal. If a legitimate trustworthy man looked at this, verified it as legit, and posted it, he would be given the credit by virtue of the fact he is not a spammer.
Spammers are always wrong.
I expect that this will be the one and only time I'll ever hear about 'Windows 10S'. I expect that I will never actually see a copy, and it will fail miserably, just like most of these 'new' Microsoft products seem to. Microsoft seem to continually thrash around, creating failures like windows store and windows store. The only products that seem to survive are the legacy ones, like windows and office, and likely only because they have an existing user base who don't know about alternatives. Interesting to call win32 apps legacy ones. As I see it, the windows store apps are in fact the legacy ones, since windows store is dead in all but name.
It's Windows RT all over again and I hope it flops as badly. A device capable of running 10 S is capable of running Windows 10. There is no excuse.
Incoming! LOL!
Spammers are always wrong.
Except for the GNAA guy
Docent this violate antitrust deal Microsoft signed? User must have choose by that deal
Microsoft has discovered that they are having trouble competing when the playing field is level, so Microsoft has to forcibly lock customers in, removing customer choice, in order to have their sub-standard products be used.
You're stuck with it on mobile too, and it seriously rapes the shit out of the power regardless of use or settings. I have it on power saving from 100% battery and I'm lucky to have 30% at the end of the day. It's 13:47 now, I'm at work so it's not been on at all really other than at lunch and i'm on 66%. I generally only use it for browsing too with maybe 4 or so tabs on the go.
Let's have a little look now at the last 24 hours apps with usage shall we.
Microsoft Edge (never allowed in background) 84%
Audiobooked 4%
Groove music 3%
Start 2%
Films & TV 1%
Xbox and then some more all
It's fucking ridiculous. Unless there's something going on with it that I don't understand but I've seen the articles where they claim edge is good for power but unless the mobile version is vastly different from the desktop that's bullshit. It's probably just too few people to make a fuss and they don't really give a shit.
Wanna buy a shirt?
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There will be one..........there almost always is for just about anything in Windows
Those who actually accept S as their OS won't care because they aren't the users downloading and installing other browsers. It's a bad move for Microsoft because it brings bad press (and possibly another anti-trust lawsuit). In the real world though the users sticking with S are the same users that click on the blue E anyway. While I would never support a decision like this. I really don't think it does much of anything to an already broken and restricted product.
Sent from my TARDIS
It's Windows RT on x86 hardware, it's not news and it's not interesting. it's deader than a dodo.
by building top quality alternative OS that is 100% compatible with third party Windows applications and sell it at half the price microsoft sells windows for, i tried ReactOS and found it to be a worse piece of crap than just using wine or virtualbox on Linux
Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
wait what? is your online name supposed to be apk? from your post it seems you are not a native english speaker. are you using google translate or something? about half of your comment literally makes no grammatical sense.
you do also realize that an apk is an android app package - right? that's like me creating a handle called MSI. If you are not a very technical person, you really need to be on a different site - like reddit. in fact, reddit has forums in whatever native language it is you speak, so you don't post what to us here looks like gibberish.
Ever try changing the default browser on a Mac, Linux, or Chromebook?
This is not news.
Some companies can tell you ... this is obsolete you must upgrade.... other companies can lock you to certain features without choice..... other companies can have a very locked down environment..... Apple on Mac and iOS can be in "control", Google Chrome OS can be in "control".... but if Microsoft does something similar people complain. It is almost comical now to watch some of the post when there is an Apple announcement posted here vs a Microsoft one.
Back in the late 80's, early 90's, Apple pretty much gave away computers to public schools. Getting kids use to the Apple ecosystem. The difference is, where Apple has computers, ipads, ipods, phones, watches...MS has...a computer operating system...that's it. No phones, not much of a pad, no real smart watches.
Microsoft store employees practice phrases like that every day before going to work; it's like someone learning a foreign language.
Microsoft learned nothing from their "RT" experiment.
If it's labeled "Windows" people expect to be able to run windows apps - yeah like that copy of Photoshop you got a few years ago. Windows customers buying Windows 10 S devices will find out the hard way that their desktop computing experience is now limited to the Windows App store - probably the most sparse app store on the planet.
For schools deeply entrenched in the G Suite ecosystem, there is no benefit to switching to Microsoft's "Windows Lite" platform - only the drawbacks of running a windows based product - without the application compatibility benefits.
Finally, in the 3 years that we've been on G Suite we've become dependent on apps that only run in G Suite. Moving away at this point would be painful.
This is what they got busted for in the 90s. Would they not be in violation if that trial with this? Same old Microsoft.
YHBT. YHL. HAND.
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In the very good horror movie (still in theaters) Get Out one of the key horror elements (it appears) is that everyone uses Windows phones, the Edge browser and searches on Bing! This brings that horror to real life!
Starships were meant to fly, Hands up and touch the sky - Nicky Minaj
... "I guess the S stands for Shit"?
Ah, but that is the selling point, you see, just listen to this wise tale:
In the beginning was the plan, and then the specification;
And the plan was without form, and the specification was void.
And darkness was on the faces of the implementors thereof;
And they spake unto their leader, saying:
"It is a crock of shit, and smells as of a sewer."
And the leader took pity on them, and spoke to the project leader:
"It is a crock of excrement, and none may abide the odor thereof."
And the project leader spake unto his section head, saying:
"It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide it."
The section head then hurried to his department manager, and informed him thus:
"It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength."
The department manager carried these words to his general manager, and spoke unto him saying:
"It containeth that which aideth the growth of plants, and it is very strong."
And so it was that the general manager rejoiced and delivered the good news unto the Vice President.
"It promoteth growth, and it is very powerful."
The Vice President rushed to the President's side, and joyously exclaimed:
"This powerful new software product will promote the growth of the company!"
And the President looked upon the product, and saw that it was very good.
(http://foldoc.org/SNAFU%20principle)
Firefox basically has committed suicide by removing the proper extension system and crippling the user interface and dropping support for alternative operating systems like Windows XP and Vista and even older Macs. Firefox could have mounted a advertising campaign to get it installed but instead people would rather use Edge instead of WebExtensions and Photon crippled Firefox. For all intents and purposes the funeral of Firefox comes out the day version 57 is released.
Opera is guilty as well by becoming a Chinese Chrome Clone. and joke browsers like Fail Moon and Coward are no good either.
Go choke down some moose wang, or read your VB6 For Drunken Lesser Primates book.
We all know you are all about getting some backdoor action from large land mammals.
(snip)
Note the Browser is NOT part of the OS, so this is a marketing decision.
Hello time-traveler and welcome to the future. Here the web browser is an integral part of everyday work and leisure-time. Not having a browser is like not having man on a UNIX system (though it is commonly spelled Unix today).
I recommend that you check out the free Unix compatible systems that are available here in the future, Linux based ones are most popular but alternatives like FreeBSD may be more familiar to you. Use a web browser to search for them.
P.s. All normal installations of those Unix compatible systems come with a web browser too!
YHBT. YHL. HAND.
The sound of APK gobbling elephant cock and then the clean up
And the DEATH of Microsoft begins
It won't fail. It's cheaper for OEMs to include and less things can go wrong on it. No more bonsai buddy toolbar cleanups etc. Harder for app piracy to take place. The publishers, users, and manufacturers will see it as a win.
The only people who will be upset are more hard core users, and they've shown much tenacity when it comes to putting up with the crap Windows throws at them. Windows' share is about the same even after Vista, Win8, and Win10 shenanigans, and die hards are sticking to Win7 come hell or high water.
I'm sure whoever gets stuck with 10 S is going to stick with it as well. (The S stands for Stockholm!)
Twinstiq, game news
According to the summary, the S stands for sexperiment:
As in "Bend over and take Microsoft's Sexperiment up your Back Orifice", I assume.
I think you meant Back Office 365(TM)...
Time and time again, Windows succeeds where it can run the broad selection of off-the-shelf software that is available for the existing platform. Windows fails where it cannot leverage that advantage: phones, tablets, (usually) servers, IoT devices, infrastructure OS, supercomputing, you name it. By restricting 10S to "Store Apps" Microsoft is throwing away the only reason people choose Windows in the first place. Uncoincidentally this is the same reason the ARM version of Windows failed to gain any significant traction.
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but Microsoft Edge will remain the default if, for example, you open an .htm file.
What is this, the 90s? When was the last time anyone opened an .htm file?
"When you open a link in another program" would have been a far more up-to-date example.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
I think you meant Back Office 365(TM)...
It love you long, long time.
captcha: lukewarm
Opera Mini works fine on Windows phone (better than Edge for Slashdot, actually), and it'll dramatically lower both power and bandwidth consumption. The flip side is that you have to accept Opera knowing basically everything about your browsing habits... but since they're not American it's prolly OK.
That is just APK living out his fantasy.
JOOgle
Are you fucking kidding me?!!! bald-faced racism is the weakest form of trolling. Up your game.
Remember this is basically an embedded OS that is competing directly with Chrome OS.
Chrome OS also does not allow you to change the browser.
That's the double French swirl. The real reason for the anti thrust investigation.
Couldn't agree more.
People seem to conveniently forget that this is seperate product from full Windows - and you can choose whichever you want.
The fact is that this version of Windows can do anything Chrome OS can do - and more.
"Oh you think that's ya know me? Know me - Cuz' baby, you DON'T know a thing about me!..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TETOnLVEVfY/
* :)
"I ain't going down" (NO f'ing way, no matter how much you 'troll' me hiding as you do. No, not to the likes of "your kind", unidentifiable TRUE cowards in this life)
(BUT, you WISH you were ME - but you can NEVER be, not even a FRACTION of me... Mr. KNOW it ALL (you're really Mr. KNOW nothing, especially me))
APK
P.S.=> Your kind HATES themselves (& you KNOW it) + as the lady in the tune says (regarding you): "Got yourself to blame!" when I level you w/ facts + truth... apk/b
Microsoft shill alert!
"UEFI error: Secure boot failed."
He's a bad motherfu...Shut yo mouth!!!!!
According to the summary, the S stands for sexperiment:
As in "Bend over and take Microsoft's Sexperiment up your Back Orifice", I assume.
Windows Sexperiment: sign up now you Orifice 365 license to us!
Pech, my mate!
See subject & "I'm living my truth you're living your lies" https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10563463&cid=54348371/ & "Only got yourself to blame"
* :)
"Ain't it somethin' y'all, when somebody tells you somethin' bout' you, think they know you more THAN YOU DO" https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10563463&cid=54347905/ "& it's another pill for them to swallow" (see 1st link above + EAT YOUR WORDS
"Mr. 'bring me down' - ya try to bring me down, but I AIN'T GOIN' DOWN - can't nobody tell me 'how it's gonna be', nobody makes a fool outta me.."
APK
P.S.=> Since the young lady artist says it better than I can? Enjoy the tune & excerpts I use from it - it applies to this entire fiasco you brought on yourself (fools)... apk
See subject & more from a FINE artist "You should know that I LEAD not follow" https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10563463&cid=54348371/
* Definitely applies here vs. people that are such fuckups they have to "hide" not only my posts (useless, everyone sees them anyhow & me annihilating you - no, correct that - you annihilate yourselves) but yourselves behind UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts (my guess? You have ZERO to show for yourselves due to wasting your time & life - so you hate my "demographic" when in reality - you hate YOURSELVES & I don't blame you)
APK
P.S.=> For your auditory reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TETOnLVEVfY/ ... apk
Why would I use CIA assts Microsoft Windows and Google in the first place?
They are spy assets for the United States Government.
Use linux and you won't have to be spied on by default. Switching services does not fix the spying.
I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised by mmell
his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant
his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg
I've never tried to belittle (APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon
take a look at the APK hosts file engine by SuperKendall
APK is kinda right. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo
I like your host file system by Karmashock
I find your hosts file admirable by vel-ex-tech
* My code's liked + recommended & hosted by Malwarebytes' hpHosts!
APK
P.S.=> Listen & listen good (for your own good) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TETOnLVEVfY/ ... apk
Oliver Day (SYMANTEC/SECURITYFOCUS):
http://www.securityfocus.com/c...
"The host file on my day-to-day laptop is now over 16,000 lines long. Accessing the Internet -- particularly browsing the Web -- is actually faster"
"More recently, projects like Spybot Search & Destroy offer lists of known malicious servers to add a layer of defense against trojans & other forms of malware"
OReilly hosts security -> http://oreilly.com/pub/a/windo... & speed -> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/...
Steve Gibson endorses hosts https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-045....
Aryeh Goretsky/ESET/NOD32: hosts = good security http://it.slashdot.org/comment...
Malwarebytes hpHosts' hosts/RECOMMENDS me!
Brocke Wilders of WILDERS' SECURITY does inferior clone of MY work http://www.wilderssecurity.com...
APK
P.S.=> China = imitation = flattery too http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/boffins_supercharge_the_hosts_file_to_save_users_plagued_by_dns_outages/
You're taking that WAY out of context. The GP is correct in saying:
Note the Browser is NOT part of the OS, so this is a marketing decision.
This is in reference to not being able to change the default browser on Windows 10S. This has NOTHING to do with whether or not an OS should ship with one or more browsers, or how necessary it is to have one on a computer these days. That specific browser is not a requirement for the OS to operate. It could be argued that parts of that browser are used by the OS (ex. DLL's), but that could still be done without restricting which is the default browser. You need not look any further than the free upgrade to Windows 10 Pro, which does allow the default to be changed. The windows store allows other browsers, so this has nothing to do with the store restriction.
Sorry, I'm done with MS hardware with the exception of mice and the like. Every time a programmable item comes from Redmond it's artificially crippled or limited in such a way as to harm the user and benefit MS. Enough already!
Does the name Netscape not ring a bell?
In other news: fuck Microsoft.
Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. See also: NAZI's
See subject: Seriously. Ever heard the term "projecting?" You are the living example of one doing it.
APK
P.S.=> Unbelievable... apk
See subject: You keep following me around & saying that crap or impersonating me doing so - you're projecting your own issues!
APK
P.S.=> I know there's whackos online but you are taking the cake with your elephant material - is this some childhood trauma that deeply affecting you in an adverse manner or what? apk
See subject: You people that stalk me constantly are some SERIOUS weirdos - I mean that. What is your malfunction? I am NOT the "GNAA" troll (whom I consider quite "touched in the head" but harmless), ok? Got that?? Good.
APK
P.S.=> Why don't you of my "stalkers" try apply your energies in a more efficient & effective manner to better your clearly shitty lives? You can you know... apk
it's the opposite of free software - when the software (or the corporation who wrote it) owns you.
popular with microsoft, apple, google, and many others.
And when do the fire sales begin?
See subject: Since the 60's before JOOgle existed & I've done software online via my intials before JOOgle existed.
As far as being a "technical" person UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous troll?
Show us on the programming front you've done better than APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/
&
on the security front you've done better than http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IENTSR&pc=EUPP_/
Then talk!
(I KNOW you can't. I've never SEEN a ware by UNIDENTIFIABLE "Anonymous Coward" = youl + YOU HAD TO TRY "downmod hide" a FAIR CHALLENGE from me here https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10563463&cid=54348371/ loser)
APK
P.S.=> You read what I wrote just fine UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous troll - & as to the above? "Read 'em & WEEP"... apk
See subject: It's a now KNOWN issue & Intel Mgt. Engine/AMT are BOGUS + a known backdoor into your system by those that hold keys (NSA/CIA & yes, Intel themselves).
* It should be shouted from the rooftops!
APK
P.S.=> Let me guess - you represent the NSA, CIA, or Intel right? Pissed 1 of your BOGUS illegal 'backdoors' is exposed?? Yes, obviously - you & the aforementioned "yours" above are WRONG as wrong gets & you KNOW it... apk
That tale is the embodiment of the ideas and the process of digital transformation.
... "I guess the S stands for Shit"?
Ah, but that is the selling point, you see, just listen to this wise tale:
In the beginning was the plan, and then the specification;
And the plan was without form, and the specification was void.
And darkness was on the faces of the implementors thereof;
And they spake unto their leader, saying:
"It is a crock of shit, and smells as of a sewer."
And the leader took pity on them, and spoke to the project leader:
"It is a crock of excrement, and none may abide the odor thereof."
And the project leader spake unto his section head, saying:
"It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide it."
The section head then hurried to his department manager, and informed him thus:
"It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength."
The department manager carried these words to his general manager, and spoke unto him saying:
"It containeth that which aideth the growth of plants, and it is very strong."
And so it was that the general manager rejoiced and delivered the good news unto the Vice President.
"It promoteth growth, and it is very powerful."
The Vice President rushed to the President's side, and joyously exclaimed:
"This powerful new software product will promote the growth of the company!"
And the President looked upon the product, and saw that it was very good.
(http://foldoc.org/SNAFU%20principle)
True, that. In more companies than one...
I believe it's commonly known that The "S" is for Sucks.