Wow! I was enjoying the article until they suddenly started saying how Microsoft set a precedant by forcing all developers to stop writing and start testing software. From then on I quickly got the impression that they were trying to tell us how great Microsoft are because they changed their attitude towards bugs.
Who gives a damn? At least he has a job, which is more than can be said for many people in and around the IT industry. I don't think this situation deserved a posting to Slashdot.
What about Apple? Were there any cases where a company was forced into submission by Apple over their usage of the word "Apple" in a product's title?
Great article; so true
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I never thought I'd say this, but Katz has finally written something that I wanted to read and that I enjoyed reading!!
First off, this conversation is so true for almost every tech related company I have ever phoned. I find it disheartening when I call Shaw cable with a problem to be told that my call will be answered in 59 minutes!!!
Finally, what can you do when you suffer such a conversation? I mean, you're dealing with a business that isn't regulated so you can't call a watchdog (or can you?). And as it's a business you'll never be able to speak to anyone that really matters in the company to complain. Sure you can try to complain to someone over the phone, but you're most likely dealing with some bottom of the ladder runt. They're probably as unimportant to the company as you the customer are. I mean in a personal way.
So can I remove any stickers on a VHS tape that say I cannot copy it? And can I scribble out any text on a CD or on its cover that says that I can't copy it? This seems like a ludicrous idea.
Hey, if you wanted half a billion zeros, I could write you a simple program for that! Isn't zero all that has resulted from this program? I mean noone has found intelligent life right?
Amen brother! Or is that Sister? Either way, you're spot on with this. OpenOffice (similarly), isn't a bad product, but I don't need to watch Lord of the Rings while waiting for it to load.
And yes, you can set it to preload at startup (on Windows anyway), like MSOffice, but I don't want my OS cluttered up with lots of pre-loads. Why should I when it's an excuse for bloated, slow software?
Education is good, but how about educating companies like Microsoft so that we're less vulnerable to such viruses? Why should the users suffer so much when the majority of the blame (IMO) is on companies like Microsoft?
Hate to break it to you, but I read Bill Gate's speech the other day and he isn't eloquent either. If perfect speech is what you want, go live in England and hang around the Queen.
Oh and before you bitch about other people, check your own spelling and grammar. Then we'll take you seriously.
You're right, but using your headline would have required thinking on the part of submitter, and they might have missed their chance of posting the story before someone else. Remember, a second wasted is a story not posted!
For anyone using the Lone Gunmen as role models, I say get a life! They're only TV characters and bad ones at that! Find some real life role models; maybe Bono for his activist activities, or maybe a sports personality or god forbid, maybe even a politician! If you seriously follow these characters as role models, then you REALLY need to get yourself in the real world.
Not quite what you mean but
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I know that this isn't quite what you mean, but I think Microsoft's license change for SMB (can't remember the real acronyms here as it's too early) is the biggest challenege to the GPL yet.
I recently wiped Mandrake 8.1 and installed 8.2, and I have to say that I don't know where all this hype about 8.2 being easier to use comes from.
I still can't play Shockwave files with Mandrake installed "out of the box"
I still have to resort to the command line when installing apps like OpenOffice
I still have to resort to using LinNeighbourhood as Mandrake won't see my user account exported from a Linux box via Samba
CTRL+C and CTRL+V still doesn't work flawlessly between applications from different Desktop Environments (i.e. KDE and Gnome)
I still have to manually configure mime types in Evolution to make it use Galeon instead of Mozilla
I still have to manually configure Mozilla setup a minimum font size so that I don't get those stupid fonts that are so small that they are unreadable
I still have to re-configure mime types so that when I click an m3u (MP3 playlist) in Galeon, it uses xmms
And of course I still can't edit Microsoft Word documents with 100% accuracy, despite all the crowing that goes on about OpenOffice, StarOffice, KDE Office and the others
And so the list goes on.
In terms of useability, Mandrake is still a VERY long way behind Windows. It is still a collection of disjointed applications and utilities that just don't work together (IMHO). Mandrake (and hence most Linux desktops) lack the cohesion that makes Windows still the fore-runner in desktop computing.
In terms of Mandrake financial standing and business plans, I chuckle to myself. I've read posts where people berate other people for not spending the money to buy Mandrake.
My take is that if Mandrake want to offer their basic product for free, then I'll download it, thankyouverymuch. Money is tight for me, so buying their distro is not an option. I read in another post that Linux distributions are like revolving doors. If you wait long enough, another one will come along very shortly.
I find that to be true; I shouldn't have to feel guilty about not paying for a distribution. If I feel that my current distro is no longer what I need or up to my standards, then I can try another. Besides, playing around with different distros is great fun and interesting.
I'm still not convinced that Mandrake has a practical business plan that will allow them to maintain profitability. If a non-Linux (and non-software) company posted on it's website that it required financial help from the public, then it would be laughed out of the market, and that's just by it's investors! I think that by being "a charity, so to speak", Mandrake is just dragging down the view that Linux can be profitable. I almost feel sorry for them.
But that's just my opinion. Feel free to ignore as you see fit.
Why do you have to relate everything to geeks? I know this is a geek site (News for Nerds, rather), but can't you just review the movie for what it is? A thriller? Who cares if the icon in the corner of the computer screen is the wrong colour or size for Windows, or whatever? It's entertainment! Take it for what it is. Unless of course, you want every technical thing in the film verified and explained down to each last bit. Wouldn't that be a blast.
will not use the same addressbook method that Outlook (and hence Evolution) employs.
My one greatest complaint about Outlook, is how many clicks it takes to add a single email address to a new message using the addressbook.
Unfortunately, Evolution seems to have copied this feature in their program, which is pointless.
For example, say I have a contact "Fred", who has two email addresses. I open a new message in Evolution, click the "To" button, and I see Fred's name in the list. But nowhere do I see Fred's email address, and even then I can't choose which one I want to send!! What's the point? Yes it's handy seeing Fred's name in the contact list but that doesn't help me!
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Uhhh it doesn't work very reliably?
You need to get out more!!!
Because he (Lucas) would be shown up by Spielberg's superior skills and abilities. So he's afraid of being shown up for that poor director that he is.
Exactly what I was going to post.
Wow! I was enjoying the article until they suddenly started saying how Microsoft set a precedant by forcing all developers to stop writing and start testing software. From then on I quickly got the impression that they were trying to tell us how great Microsoft are because they changed their attitude towards bugs.
Not having the money to buy Norton, are there any good free/shareware virus protection packages for Windows that you would recommend?
Thanks
Who gives a damn? At least he has a job, which is more than can be said for many people in and around the IT industry. I don't think this situation deserved a posting to Slashdot.
I don't know which is worse; the review or the film? It reads like it was written by a ten year old, or is that degrading ten year olds too much?
What about Apple? Were there any cases where a company was forced into submission by Apple over their usage of the word "Apple" in a product's title?
I never thought I'd say this, but Katz has finally written something that I wanted to read and that I enjoyed reading!!
First off, this conversation is so true for almost every tech related company I have ever phoned. I find it disheartening when I call Shaw cable with a problem to be told that my call will be answered in 59 minutes!!!
Finally, what can you do when you suffer such a conversation? I mean, you're dealing with a business that isn't regulated so you can't call a watchdog (or can you?). And as it's a business you'll never be able to speak to anyone that really matters in the company to complain. Sure you can try to complain to someone over the phone, but you're most likely dealing with some bottom of the ladder runt. They're probably as unimportant to the company as you the customer are. I mean in a personal way.
What are they complaining about? Their code couldn't be any less secure than it is now! :P
So can I remove any stickers on a VHS tape that say I cannot copy it? And can I scribble out any text on a CD or on its cover that says that I can't copy it? This seems like a ludicrous idea.
Hey, if you wanted half a billion zeros, I could write you a simple program for that! Isn't zero all that has resulted from this program? I mean noone has found intelligent life right?
10 PRINT 0
20 GOTO 10
And wait...... and wait.........
Amen brother! Or is that Sister? Either way, you're spot on with this. OpenOffice (similarly), isn't a bad product, but I don't need to watch Lord of the Rings while waiting for it to load.
And yes, you can set it to preload at startup (on Windows anyway), like MSOffice, but I don't want my OS cluttered up with lots of pre-loads. Why should I when it's an excuse for bloated, slow software?
Of course it's bad to make $2bn profit instad of $6bn. How my heart bleeds for poor old Bill.
Education is good, but how about educating companies like Microsoft so that we're less vulnerable to such viruses? Why should the users suffer so much when the majority of the blame (IMO) is on companies like Microsoft?
Hate to break it to you, but I read Bill Gate's speech the other day and he isn't eloquent either. If perfect speech is what you want, go live in England and hang around the Queen.
Oh and before you bitch about other people, check your own spelling and grammar. Then we'll take you seriously.
Sorry, I'm tired and cranky this morning.
You're right, but using your headline would have required thinking on the part of submitter, and they might have missed their chance of posting the story before someone else. Remember, a second wasted is a story not posted!
For anyone using the Lone Gunmen as role models, I say get a life! They're only TV characters and bad ones at that! Find some real life role models; maybe Bono for his activist activities, or maybe a sports personality or god forbid, maybe even a politician! If you seriously follow these characters as role models, then you REALLY need to get yourself in the real world.
I know that this isn't quite what you mean, but I think Microsoft's license change for SMB (can't remember the real acronyms here as it's too early) is the biggest challenege to the GPL yet.
I still can't play Shockwave files with Mandrake installed "out of the box"
I still have to resort to the command line when installing apps like OpenOffice
I still have to resort to using LinNeighbourhood as Mandrake won't see my user account exported from a Linux box via Samba
CTRL+C and CTRL+V still doesn't work flawlessly between applications from different Desktop Environments (i.e. KDE and Gnome)
I still have to manually configure mime types in Evolution to make it use Galeon instead of Mozilla
I still have to manually configure Mozilla setup a minimum font size so that I don't get those stupid fonts that are so small that they are unreadable
I still have to re-configure mime types so that when I click an m3u (MP3 playlist) in Galeon, it uses xmms
And of course I still can't edit Microsoft Word documents with 100% accuracy, despite all the crowing that goes on about OpenOffice, StarOffice, KDE Office and the others
And so the list goes on.
In terms of useability, Mandrake is still a VERY long way behind Windows. It is still a collection of disjointed applications and utilities that just don't work together (IMHO). Mandrake (and hence most Linux desktops) lack the cohesion that makes Windows still the fore-runner in desktop computing.
In terms of Mandrake financial standing and business plans, I chuckle to myself. I've read posts where people berate other people for not spending the money to buy Mandrake.
My take is that if Mandrake want to offer their basic product for free, then I'll download it, thankyouverymuch. Money is tight for me, so buying their distro is not an option. I read in another post that Linux distributions are like revolving doors. If you wait long enough, another one will come along very shortly.
I find that to be true; I shouldn't have to feel guilty about not paying for a distribution. If I feel that my current distro is no longer what I need or up to my standards, then I can try another. Besides, playing around with different distros is great fun and interesting.
I'm still not convinced that Mandrake has a practical business plan that will allow them to maintain profitability. If a non-Linux (and non-software) company posted on it's website that it required financial help from the public, then it would be laughed out of the market, and that's just by it's investors! I think that by being "a charity, so to speak", Mandrake is just dragging down the view that Linux can be profitable. I almost feel sorry for them.
But that's just my opinion. Feel free to ignore as you see fit.
Why do you have to relate everything to geeks? I know this is a geek site (News for Nerds, rather), but can't you just review the movie for what it is? A thriller? Who cares if the icon in the corner of the computer screen is the wrong colour or size for Windows, or whatever? It's entertainment! Take it for what it is. Unless of course, you want every technical thing in the film verified and explained down to each last bit. Wouldn't that be a blast.
Try M-Tech's PSync.
will not use the same addressbook method that Outlook (and hence Evolution) employs.
My one greatest complaint about Outlook, is how many clicks it takes to add a single email address to a new message using the addressbook.
Unfortunately, Evolution seems to have copied this feature in their program, which is pointless.
For example, say I have a contact "Fred", who has two email addresses. I open a new message in Evolution, click the "To" button, and I see Fred's name in the list. But nowhere do I see Fred's email address, and even then I can't choose which one I want to send!! What's the point? Yes it's handy seeing Fred's name in the contact list but that doesn't help me!
This feature really annoys me.