It's funny how anyone could think of a M$ corporate effort as "homegrown" or DIY it was. No one else in their right mind would try to build a supercomputer with Windows.
As a Republican, you should be happy when criminals are punished but that's not what has happened here. Grok law has a nice write up about how M$ continues to fail its five year compliance duties. The market remains a stagnant monopoly where significantly better products struggle to gain traction. Democrats might call this kind of punishment "reform", Republicans call it coddling or soft. I'd call it one step shy of Nationalized.
A better punishment would be for government to quit purchasing things from Microsoft and fine them the costs of transition.
Rupert Murdoch... claims Facebook has "done a great job of being flavour of the month the last six months of last year," but that Facebook isn't a real social network, claiming the site is "just a directory".
He might as well have said it was not a real website. That kind of talk is crazy, but Steve Ballmer managed to outdo Mrudoch for cluelessness and call him an idiot at the same time.
Steve Ballmer last week [said] "People don't understand what they're talking about," he told The Financial Times. "At the end of the day, this is about the ad platform. This is not about just any one of the applications."
Moneymen destroy cool concept, 50% chance of rain, news at 10PM.
Windows is still a complete security failure. It is not possible to secure with any kind of reasonable precautions. Nor can it be secured through strenuous efforts. It is not free, so you can't fix what you think is broken.
I can assure you that you will need new accounts if Sandvine or anyone else sets their PR firm on you. Five years worth of good reputation can vanish in as few as five posts. Once they have you posting at -1 they can keep you there with very little effort and no one will notice. A new account fixes that and drives them wild, kind of like free speech on the internet obsoletes the MAFIAA business models. The fix for a non neutral net won't be nearly as easy.
Trials that can't happen won't be an election issue. After the election there won't be as much motivation to persue the crime. What a nice compromise the democrats made with criminals: They don't think they need the issue to win and will like having wiretaps when they do.
People who wanted real control of their computer would not be using Windows in the first place. Microsoft has a lot of nerve to complain about Apple's one trick after their own long history of default slamming and stealth "upgrades" like WGA. No one ever asked for "Activation" but every "up to date" M$ system has it.
Thanks. I'm pretty sure I'm not employed by Computer World like CWmike is. That would be why he was able to submit the story more than two hours before I saw it.
It's funny but the people who scream at me all day read ALL of the things I write. They are so devoted, I sometimes think they have an archive and database. For all of their slanders and insults, they probably know me better than my mom and probably use Debian for all of their important work. I only wish they did not have so many mod points to bury my comments and the stories I find interesting.
You might enjoy my journal. All of the stories I submit are put there and there have been a few dozen since the last time one was accepted two or three months ago.
One, don't let the guy running an old copy of DOS on his computer build your drive images. And two, if you're going to deliberately infect thousands of computers, pick malware that's actually going to do something.
This is something I can agree with. The machine making images should run free software to prevent these kinds of mistakes. They should load something other than Vista if they want to sell them
The real solution is open sectrum. Networks and software are both better when they don't have owners, but spectrum belongs to everyone by default. Broadcast allocations of spectrum based on 100 year old radio technology and government protected telco and cable monopolies are the reason we are having problems but neither are technical necessities.
It's a shame the "industry expert" did not point these technical realities out instead of acting like further private control of public communications was the answer to industry and government created scarcity.
That's what they call their new president and this plan lives up to the name. Massive censorship to "fight child porn" is a very American stupidity that I doubted any other state besides the Vatican would follow.
No matter how many times it's done, it's always amazing to see people endorse corruption. The anti-trust trial, destruction of competitors, ISO have all left a bad taste in people's mouth. Yet it seems there's always someone that says these "sharp" business practices are good and another that demands people respect them.
I quote relevant parts of articles because the AP has a tendency to memory hole their work. Those quotes are required for intelligent criticism. When you can't go back and look at the work, you have nothing but the hot air broadcasters would like you to have. When hundreds of people quote articles, history is preserved for fair evaluation.
We've also read something about IBM and FUD which are evidenced in the Businessweek article and demise of the OLPC. Microsoft and Intel are the new lords of FUD. OLPC is not shipping because Intel and M$ made sure preexisting orders were cancelled. Shame on Businessweek for not catching those accusations and instead acting like people cared about Windows and that Microsoft is somehow helping things.
Big publishers are buying draconian legislation because only that will preserve their place in the world. They have gotten away with as much as they have because they control broadcast media, but fewer people are paying attention to that. We are in a race to save the internet before big publishers can destroy it. They demand the same kinds of control over the internet that they had over print and broadcast. That is, the ability to limit what can be shared regardless of who creates it. It's not about entertainment and "piracy", it's about control. The DMCA gives them channel control and the nastier provision give them ability to harass other publishers with cease and desist letters. Windows and Mac have have "copy protection" built in that enforces the rest.
Corporate users are the target. They may have a backup, but know it's some kind of unreliable M$ thing. It will take a long time to get it and it will leave some kind of black mark on their record. Many of them will simply pay and wait for their computer to fail some other way. They might use a live CD to sabotage their computer, which would give them an excuse for not getting their work done. Most of them avoid the problem by keeping current work on a floppy or CDROM.
IE does suck, but leaving it is not enough to secure your freedom and safety. As Microsoft is fond of pointing out a good browser is not enough to keep you safe on Windowsbecause there are so many remote execution problems. Too bad someone modded you troll for linking to the rise of firefox. People who take the time and trouble to use a browser other than IE are close to dumping Windows all together. A large portion of the firefox's 20% share are using other platforms and are that much safer. People who jump to GNU/Linux are close to having real software freedom and the real safety, privacy, features and dignity that brings.
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It's funny how anyone could think of a M$ corporate effort as "homegrown" or DIY it was. No one else in their right mind would try to build a supercomputer with Windows.
As a Republican, you should be happy when criminals are punished but that's not what has happened here. Grok law has a nice write up about how M$ continues to fail its five year compliance duties. The market remains a stagnant monopoly where significantly better products struggle to gain traction. Democrats might call this kind of punishment "reform", Republicans call it coddling or soft. I'd call it one step shy of Nationalized.
A better punishment would be for government to quit purchasing things from Microsoft and fine them the costs of transition.
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He might as well have said it was not a real website. That kind of talk is crazy, but Steve Ballmer managed to outdo Mrudoch for cluelessness and call him an idiot at the same time.
Moneymen destroy cool concept, 50% chance of rain, news at 10PM.
Would you like to be remembered by the name "MicroSoft"? Bucky Balls is so much nicer.
Windows is still a complete security failure. It is not possible to secure with any kind of reasonable precautions. Nor can it be secured through strenuous efforts. It is not free, so you can't fix what you think is broken.
I can assure you that you will need new accounts if Sandvine or anyone else sets their PR firm on you. Five years worth of good reputation can vanish in as few as five posts. Once they have you posting at -1 they can keep you there with very little effort and no one will notice. A new account fixes that and drives them wild, kind of like free speech on the internet obsoletes the MAFIAA business models. The fix for a non neutral net won't be nearly as easy.
Trials that can't happen won't be an election issue. After the election there won't be as much motivation to persue the crime. What a nice compromise the democrats made with criminals: They don't think they need the issue to win and will like having wiretaps when they do.
People who wanted real control of their computer would not be using Windows in the first place. Microsoft has a lot of nerve to complain about Apple's one trick after their own long history of default slamming and stealth "upgrades" like WGA. No one ever asked for "Activation" but every "up to date" M$ system has it.
It's as easy to spy on you from Sweden as it is from your front porch.
Thanks. I'm pretty sure I'm not employed by Computer World like CWmike is. That would be why he was able to submit the story more than two hours before I saw it.
It's funny but the people who scream at me all day read ALL of the things I write. They are so devoted, I sometimes think they have an archive and database. For all of their slanders and insults, they probably know me better than my mom and probably use Debian for all of their important work. I only wish they did not have so many mod points to bury my comments and the stories I find interesting.
You might enjoy my journal. All of the stories I submit are put there and there have been a few dozen since the last time one was accepted two or three months ago.
Happy Hacking!
They say, "don't use DOS":
This is something I can agree with. The machine making images should run free software to prevent these kinds of mistakes. They should load something other than Vista if they want to sell them
The real solution is open sectrum. Networks and software are both better when they don't have owners, but spectrum belongs to everyone by default. Broadcast allocations of spectrum based on 100 year old radio technology and government protected telco and cable monopolies are the reason we are having problems but neither are technical necessities.
It's a shame the "industry expert" did not point these technical realities out instead of acting like further private control of public communications was the answer to industry and government created scarcity.
Tell me next that the Corporate Advert is also educational.
Westlake, you have done an awful lot of Microsoft promotion and free software insult in the last year or so. Here are some of the whoppers:
Why do you do this in a Linux forum? Why don't you drift away to the MSDN or MySpace?
That's what they call their new president and this plan lives up to the name. Massive censorship to "fight child porn" is a very American stupidity that I doubted any other state besides the Vatican would follow.
The SF Gate had another story about this four days ago. They point out that several other countries have done similar things. Everyone's censoring like it's 1998 again.
No matter how many times it's done, it's always amazing to see people endorse corruption. The anti-trust trial, destruction of competitors, ISO have all left a bad taste in people's mouth. Yet it seems there's always someone that says these "sharp" business practices are good and another that demands people respect them.
I quote relevant parts of articles because the AP has a tendency to memory hole their work. Those quotes are required for intelligent criticism. When you can't go back and look at the work, you have nothing but the hot air broadcasters would like you to have. When hundreds of people quote articles, history is preserved for fair evaluation.
We've also read something about IBM and FUD which are evidenced in the Businessweek article and demise of the OLPC. Microsoft and Intel are the new lords of FUD. OLPC is not shipping because Intel and M$ made sure preexisting orders were cancelled. Shame on Businessweek for not catching those accusations and instead acting like people cared about Windows and that Microsoft is somehow helping things.
Big publishers are buying draconian legislation because only that will preserve their place in the world. They have gotten away with as much as they have because they control broadcast media, but fewer people are paying attention to that. We are in a race to save the internet before big publishers can destroy it. They demand the same kinds of control over the internet that they had over print and broadcast. That is, the ability to limit what can be shared regardless of who creates it. It's not about entertainment and "piracy", it's about control. The DMCA gives them channel control and the nastier provision give them ability to harass other publishers with cease and desist letters. Windows and Mac have have "copy protection" built in that enforces the rest.
Corporate users are the target. They may have a backup, but know it's some kind of unreliable M$ thing. It will take a long time to get it and it will leave some kind of black mark on their record. Many of them will simply pay and wait for their computer to fail some other way. They might use a live CD to sabotage their computer, which would give them an excuse for not getting their work done. Most of them avoid the problem by keeping current work on a floppy or CDROM.
BBC and CNNMoney have reported OOXML challenges and both predicted governments would go for ODF instead. M$ is busted.
Laws should follow morals, instead of morals following laws. We know that sharing is good, so it should be legal.
Computers are no a good choice because Windows sucks and M$ won't die. Hmmm, looks like that was what was wrong with the plant too.
IE does suck, but leaving it is not enough to secure your freedom and safety. As Microsoft is fond of pointing out a good browser is not enough to keep you safe on Windowsbecause there are so many remote execution problems. Too bad someone modded you troll for linking to the rise of firefox. People who take the time and trouble to use a browser other than IE are close to dumping Windows all together. A large portion of the firefox's 20% share are using other platforms and are that much safer. People who jump to GNU/Linux are close to having real software freedom and the real safety, privacy, features and dignity that brings.
The Goat is browser and platform independent. Most of the other "dangerous" sites are only dangerous if you are using IE on Windoze.