Technically, you can read OOXML in the latest OpenOffice. However, they probably are just assuming that since it's a Microsoft-backed standard, Microsoft Office actually produces valid OOXML files. Unfortunately, that just isn't true, so if they ever make an attempt at interacting with another program, it won't work very well, which will result in this lock in.
TFA makes it sound a lot like apt or the package manager for any Linux, except here you have to pay for some of the apps, and without a community repo.
I tried a gentoo-based distro called Sabayon. Out of the box, it handled my ATI graphics card with XGL and Compiz-Fusion, and offered flash, MP3, and DVD playback on the Live DVD. It's all up to whoever's maintaining the distribution and what they are comfortable including.
To use a real-world analogy (I've been involved in a lot of construction stuff recently): adding new trim, or even remodeling a room, is much easier than replacing the foundation. A real-world analogy that doesn't have a car in it? This is slashdot!
Will this affect their offering of pre-loaded Ubuntu systems? There isn't a huge market for them, unfortunately. But I remember all the old Dell commercials - the main thing they had going for them was customization. I guess they're just becoming an entrenched monopoly like IBM or Microsoft, now.
Not likely. They still troll with their patents. Someone above said they were going to sue back over nine patents or something along those lines, and they claim that linux violates 235 patents. As long as MS can use software patents to spread FUD, they win. The $367 million isn't that much compared to all the assets of the company.
Really, though. I clicked on some abbreviated comment and all of a sudden it had these weird buttons, and the rest of the page didn't. But I kind of like it.
Except people do notice. In TFA, there are screen shots of both, and in the compressed images, you can see the artifacts. It's better than NTSC, but it's noticeably worse than uncompressed. That's why it's a big deal.
It's also true that for the price of a microwave, I can get a nice laptop, that connects to the internet and all that. But it kinda sucks at heating food, doesn't it?
I just put 4 Gigs of RAM in my laptop, so it heats up food just fine, thank you very much.
If they settled, that probably is somewhat of an indication that the GPL might hold up in court, at least in this case. No one knows how much the settlement was, but if it was more than the cost to take the case to court, that would be a pretty clear indication that they didn't want to mess with this.
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? Did you click on the wrong link, or is this the work of a /. port of the Android SMS messaging bug?
Not anymore!
Blaming video games for this type of violence is like blaming spoons for making Rosie O'Donnell fat.
Technically, you can read OOXML in the latest OpenOffice. However, they probably are just assuming that since it's a Microsoft-backed standard, Microsoft Office actually produces valid OOXML files. Unfortunately, that just isn't true, so if they ever make an attempt at interacting with another program, it won't work very well, which will result in this lock in.
They'll just get everyone's info from Facebook!
It still gets only 97% on the Acid 3 test, and doesn't render the blue box.
TFA makes it sound a lot like apt or the package manager for any Linux, except here you have to pay for some of the apps, and without a community repo.
Has Netcraft confirmed this?
Don't plants need some form of air to survive? Not just rocks and bacteria? Don't see this working out.
I tried a gentoo-based distro called Sabayon. Out of the box, it handled my ATI graphics card with XGL and Compiz-Fusion, and offered flash, MP3, and DVD playback on the Live DVD. It's all up to whoever's maintaining the distribution and what they are comfortable including.
Thank you, Miss Teen South Carolina.
Will this affect their offering of pre-loaded Ubuntu systems? There isn't a huge market for them, unfortunately. But I remember all the old Dell commercials - the main thing they had going for them was customization. I guess they're just becoming an entrenched monopoly like IBM or Microsoft, now.
Not likely. They still troll with their patents. Someone above said they were going to sue back over nine patents or something along those lines, and they claim that linux violates 235 patents. As long as MS can use software patents to spread FUD, they win. The $367 million isn't that much compared to all the assets of the company.
Really, though. I clicked on some abbreviated comment and all of a sudden it had these weird buttons, and the rest of the page didn't. But I kind of like it.
There, fixed it for you.
(Ducks)
Mac Fanboys converging in 3... 2... 1...
Except people do notice. In TFA, there are screen shots of both, and in the compressed images, you can see the artifacts. It's better than NTSC, but it's noticeably worse than uncompressed. That's why it's a big deal.
Dang it! I missed first post. Last time I ever do THAT!
IE8 Beta 1 - 18%
Firefox 3 Beta 4 - 68%
Safari - 75%
It isn't so much a flaw in creation, it's a flaw in how we try to explain it.
I just put 4 Gigs of RAM in my laptop, so it heats up food just fine, thank you very much.
I'm pretty sure Turbolinux also signed a similar agreement. I'm guessing SLES is the only Server distro that's covered.
I take it SUSE isn't pronounced with throwing a chair?
If they settled, that probably is somewhat of an indication that the GPL might hold up in court, at least in this case. No one knows how much the settlement was, but if it was more than the cost to take the case to court, that would be a pretty clear indication that they didn't want to mess with this.