Do cable/DSL modems have that option? If so, wouldn't it need to be re-registered with the ISP to allow getting anything beyond a redirect to the Modem Installation page?
True again, although how many unnoticable duplicates do I need?
My point was that the entire operating system is a collection of items that many people replace--mouse/keyboard/graphics/sound drivers, script engine, network stack, firewall, etc--without complaining that they're hard to remove. Installing Mouseware doesn't remove any of the stock mouse drivers, right? Does Add/Remove Programs list any of these stock components? Why should a render engine be different? It's all part of the Windows package and the whole thing is the monopoly, not just MSHTML.
Controlling what sofware combinations OEMs install is bad; deciding what comes in the particular package the OEMs are buying from Microsoft is for the OEMs and MS to haggle over. If I sell Linux desktops, I don't get to tell Suse which packages should be default, but I can adust them myself for the desktops I sell. Windows should be the same way.
That's great! I've also noticed that the tab settings have decent defaults, unlike some other browsers I've seen that need a bunch of checkboxes adjusted first thing. I doubt the fixedness of IE will make people shut up about it, though.
Because from my perspective, one particular mechanism of Microsoft's 'distro' isn't any more of a monopoly than the rest of it. The entire OS needs to be displaced.
Maybe this is a better analogy. If LG somehow got the major cell providers to only work with their phones, would people bitch about the fact that they couldn't easily remove the firmware--or even the browser--and install their own? Should LG be required to come with no browser or give a choice at first boot or would it be better to focus on the fact that other companies couldn't get into the market?
So then everyone has to distribute an engine with their apps or assume everyone has a net conection? Which engine? Will I end up with three or four render engines on my Windows desktop just like I have Qt, GTK+, GTK2 and whatever else on my Linux ones? Reminds me of all the software discs with "IE4 included!"
How about the option to remove the network stack or the window manager? The file manager? MS has a monopoly on file managers because Win comes with one preinstalled! To me, it's all part of the product they're selling, so I shouldn't complain if it comes with whatever feature they sold to me(bugs aside).
Obligatory car analogy: I think Ford should stop selling cars with alternators. Other parts of the car rely on having electricity to run, but what if I don't like the one they sold to me in my car?
Maybe MS should just improve the quality of its rendering engine.
I am using a trackpad, but it was the arrow key this time, due to scrolling while the combobox was selected. There's a drawback to replacing the "Moderate!" button with javascript without having an Undo feature.
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No, the index finger was based on client-pull technology. Press is what's hot now.
Sounds like the next threat to the US could be...a Beowulf cluster of EULA-viloating Mac software installations!
Google bots read /. and adjust the results.
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That would make a great acronym if they could somehow fit "L" in at the end.
Serious news was their April Fools joke.
I'm doing the same thing, just the other way 'round.
So....you're making use of those great e-mail offers to compensate for your small car?
Click outside the box to unpause.
Do cable/DSL modems have that option? If so, wouldn't it need to be re-registered with the ISP to allow getting anything beyond a redirect to the Modem Installation page?
That's great! I've also noticed that the tab settings have decent defaults, unlike some other browsers I've seen that need a bunch of checkboxes adjusted first thing. I doubt the fixedness of IE will make people shut up about it, though.
Because from my perspective, one particular mechanism of Microsoft's 'distro' isn't any more of a monopoly than the rest of it. The entire OS needs to be displaced.
Maybe this is a better analogy. If LG somehow got the major cell providers to only work with their phones, would people bitch about the fact that they couldn't easily remove the firmware--or even the browser--and install their own? Should LG be required to come with no browser or give a choice at first boot or would it be better to focus on the fact that other companies couldn't get into the market?
So then everyone has to distribute an engine with their apps or assume everyone has a net conection? Which engine? Will I end up with three or four render engines on my Windows desktop just like I have Qt, GTK+, GTK2 and whatever else on my Linux ones? Reminds me of all the software discs with "IE4 included!"
How about the option to remove the network stack or the window manager? The file manager? MS has a monopoly on file managers because Win comes with one preinstalled! To me, it's all part of the product they're selling, so I shouldn't complain if it comes with whatever feature they sold to me(bugs aside).
Obligatory car analogy: I think Ford should stop selling cars with alternators. Other parts of the car rely on having electricity to run, but what if I don't like the one they sold to me in my car?
Maybe MS should just improve the quality of its rendering engine.
I am using a trackpad, but it was the arrow key this time, due to scrolling while the combobox was selected. There's a drawback to replacing the "Moderate!" button with javascript without having an Undo feature.
Posting to undo my accidental offtopic mod. Sorry.
...whom will the Chinese exploit or outsource their own jobs to?
How about the US?
False.
YMMV
Maybe they'll start a new giant-moustache trend.
Besides that, OpenGL is more universal.
Just thought I'd let you know that the Feds are investigating you, now. ;)