I know the guy is a native Frenchmen and all, but with all due respect, that was one of the worst-written open letters I've ever read; atrocious grammar and all.
It's an OPEN letter. People are going to read it. It's addressed to Ballmer: it's going to make news.
Couldn't François have found a native English speaker to proof-read it first?!
I mean, he's posting this on behalf of a company he's representing. Does he want to embarass them or make them proud?
For those of you (unlucky enough to be) using Windows Vista, you should be able to use this free program (previously featured on Slashdot) to get it dual-booting with as little pain as possible. EasyBCD works fine with Linux, Windows XP & Vista, and OS X.
Does anyone know if there is a Nouveau-equivalent for ATi? The FGLRX package feels so wrong!
I've Seen Worse Than that Even....
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Google's Evil NDA
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I was hired to write a program. The NDA dictated that I couldn't talk about the program or who hired me, or how it worked or what it did. And it had one evil clause in there that made it outrageous: I wasn't allowed to use the program that I developed. Not even during debugging/coding. Just had to code, and hope it ran when the guys that were allowed to use it came.
But that doesn't mean Google's isn't bad... Just you know, all things considered..
Actually.... It was codenamed even before Vista went RTM! Microsoft made the official statement a while afterwards, but within Microsoft and in the beta newsgroups, Fiji (Vista SP1/R2) was declared long before Vista hit build 6000.
...If Microsoft has issued patches for these issues? I mean, dozens of knowledgebase entries, several hotfixes, and a SP1 on the way. Think about it, if it was FUD, would MS further engage in spreading the propaganda? It's real and MS obviously knows it - and hopefully they will fully address the issue too, because it's an important one, esp. with all the "green talk" that's going around.
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I know the guy is a native Frenchmen and all, but with all due respect, that was one of the worst-written open letters I've ever read; atrocious grammar and all.
It's an OPEN letter. People are going to read it. It's addressed to Ballmer: it's going to make news.
Couldn't François have found a native English speaker to proof-read it first?!
I mean, he's posting this on behalf of a company he's representing. Does he want to embarass them or make them proud?
For those of you (unlucky enough to be) using Windows Vista, you should be able to use this free program (previously featured on Slashdot) to get it dual-booting with as little pain as possible. EasyBCD works fine with Linux, Windows XP & Vista, and OS X.
Does anyone know if there is a Nouveau-equivalent for ATi? The FGLRX package feels so wrong!
I was hired to write a program. The NDA dictated that I couldn't talk about the program or who hired me, or how it worked or what it did. And it had one evil clause in there that made it outrageous: I wasn't allowed to use the program that I developed. Not even during debugging/coding. Just had to code, and hope it ran when the guys that were allowed to use it came. But that doesn't mean Google's isn't bad... Just you know, all things considered..
Actually.... It was codenamed even before Vista went RTM! Microsoft made the official statement a while afterwards, but within Microsoft and in the beta newsgroups, Fiji (Vista SP1/R2) was declared long before Vista hit build 6000.
...If Microsoft has issued patches for these issues? I mean, dozens of knowledgebase entries, several hotfixes, and a SP1 on the way. Think about it, if it was FUD, would MS further engage in spreading the propaganda? It's real and MS obviously knows it - and hopefully they will fully address the issue too, because it's an important one, esp. with all the "green talk" that's going around.