It's funny everybody states that Microsoft Office is bloated because based off the latest perf numbers from Open Office/Star Office - Microsoft Office is tons faster. (From a perf expert I was talking to a few weeks ago)
Plus the size is 'bloated' because business want a feature and if they are a good customer they will get it. Microsoft is driven by what businesses need to get their jobs done.
Actually...from my OS professor in college. Unix started off as crap. He told us that he didn't want any linux or windows bigots in his OS class. He stated that if you think Windows is bad now, you should have seen Unix 20 years ago.
Actually you can screw up your Unix/Linux machine faster as root... 'kill -9 -1'. That one is a lot of fun... the truth is if you are root/administration you can screw yourself equally, no matter what OS you are on. And stating that windows does more automatically does not make it less secure.
Most attacks are not against servers they are against normal people. And it's funny that during the DDOS that SCO's webpage went down almost instantly (running Unix/Linux, whatever) vs. Microsofts which is running Windows Servers.
Stop this fighting. The truth is Microsoft programmers are the SAME GEEKS that work on unix/linux. There is no difference, they have the same passion, the save drive, the same intelligence, the same level. No group is better/worse. The main advantage that the open source community has is they can do what they want (which can be a downside as well). The problem with Microsoft/IBM/Sun is they are business oriented, you know making money for people, and the business people have weird results that forces change in the OS.
In every project there is beautiful and ugly code. Get real, I remember some GNU source code that looks absolutely horrible! I've seen some beautiful Microsoft code.
Also, NO COMPANY INTENTIALLY PUTS SECURITY HOLES IN SOFTWARE! The cost is too high andevery company releases patches for free. Even Microsoft will release patches for up to 7 years after a product was released.
the father's view on the issue either way happens to be irrelevant.
I always disagreed with this statement but it's perfectly fair. The U.S., and other countries, have been trying to make abortions illegal for any and all reasons (look at Bush's stance). However, we do not make it illegal for a husband to leave his wife, for not support the child. The laws made are mostly against women.
It's funny on how the politicions involved in defining marriage between a man and a woman for 'family values' includes men who have been married several times, men who have not paid child support, men who got prostitute, and a guy who got a blow job when his wife was in the next room.
Access and SQL are completely different as databases are concerned. Access uses the Microsoft Jet database (free), while MS-SQL is a very powerful database tool. MS-SQL blows away MySQL in terms of speed, design, transactional logs, backup/restore, XML support, etc. Of course MS-SQL is $5000.
I've worked on MySQL, Oracle, Access, MS-SQL and some other databases and I prefer MS-SQL.
Think of it this way... it's an extra password combined with bonus security-by-obscurity of not having a visible password prompt.
"Famouse last words"...I'm sorry but security-by-obsecurity is not security. Everybody on/. should know that, in fact everybody in the computer industry knows that. It's just a matter of time before somebody breaks it. People have been reverse-engineering obsecurity to get past security for years. Obsecurity sometimes make it a little bit more of a challenge.
And you know everybody will have the same default knocking pattern. Remember spaceballs? (Person 1) What's the password? (King) 1..2..3..4.. (Person 1) That's the stupidest password ever? (Governer)Change the password on my luggage.
I think this is the first article about Microsoft were most people, even though they disagree with Microsoft, are on their side.
Even the Eolas case (which Microsoft, W3, etc. are fighting) most people were saying that it was a bogus case but "f*** Micro$oft" even though we all know it was a bogus lawsuit.
I just thought it was a little amusing... I think we all forget that Bill Gates is a big geek, just like us. He does a lot of great work in the world. We may disagree with some of the things he does, but nobody can ever agree. Just look at the vi vs. emacs people.
haven't you watched how the anti-gun nuts use that same stance to sue gun manufacturers and make it extremely difficult for legitimate gun buyers to buy guns?
Hehe, I read it as:
haven't you watched how the anti-GNU nuts use that same stance to sue GNU manufacturers and make it extremely difficult for legitimate gun buyers to buy GNUs?
Maybe the Patent Office is finally getting a clue? Or is it Microsoft's long arm? Time will tell..."
Apparently nobody has read any of these articles. Microsoft has been working with the W3 on this; and been working with Apple, Macromedia and RealPlayer for a solution to fix this problem.
Nintendo hurt themselves by not releasing the Zelda collection by itself. I know I would by that for $50... I'm not going to buy a new gamecube for one.
Now I have to bug the gaming shops to see if they have a used ones.
Read any psychology book they have the real statistics in it.
They even broke it down to if the person was innocent or not. That is why they are against the law to be used in the courtrooms since it is unreliable.
Except people on Jenny Jones, the news, etc. take them as always true.
Lie detection doesn't work period. In fact they do not work on people with anti-social behaviors because the person can believe the lies. I.e. if you believe you are telling the truth and never get stressed you'll pass ALL lie detector tests.
They also know that most Mexicans won't go to the police, esp if they are immigrants. This is a major problem in Denver where if they report they were robbed/beaten/etc. they could get deported back to Mexico and the people would still get away with it.
On msnbc website they have a cool video of them panning out. The picture is taken from inside the craft (ie the black spot). Watch the video from NASA it's really cool!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3855168/
It's also 12 million pixes (3000 x 4000). It is taken in squares.
Actually I lived in Colorado during the era and I read what was 'fiction' about "Bowling for Columbine". Everything that happened in Colorado in fact did happen. I know because I was there (granted I wasn't near the incident). All that information is in the newspapers and on the television. I also knew a few people who went to the anti-NRA rally in Denver.
In fact all the 'fiction' in the movie has been slandered and proven wrong. Bowling for Columbine is the best documentary and all factual.
If you look at the argument they aren't talking about the cost of just the OS. They are looking at IBM's and Sun Microsystems custom building.
In fact IBM doesn't care about Linux at all, they are using it to sale their hardware and their services. It's the same way that Microsoft doesn't care about the hardware at all they are trying to sale their software and their services.
Yes Linux is free, but administrators are REALLY expensive, custom software (from scratch) is REALLY expensive. Microsoft is trying to make it easier for administrators so you save money on administration. Microsoft is also writing generic software so that custom software does not need to be written from scratch. Developers are aloud to extend and expand their code using their developer kit.
If you look at the cost for a normal computer geek, Linux is cheaper. For a normal person Microsoft is cheaper because it is designed to make it easier on users. A normal user doesn't want to fret over having to find and download software. Especially when there are tons of them out there. I mean most people on slashdot fight over Open Office vs. Star Office, when it's the same thing! Users want a web browser, an e-mail client and a word processer. There was a piece done on NPR about how people have too many choices now a days, they get over loaded with information. There is way too much information and it's hard to find any accurate information.
There are always studies done where they contradict each other (look at the cigerattes, or global warming).
Personally I believe this shows that people are making the software and people make mistakes. Some mistakes are more stupid than others.
I remember an exploit in the apache code that when they received an image that was bigger then there buffered they doubled the size of the buffer (ONCE!). (This was in November, not sure if they fixed it).
I think this should just make the Linux and Microsoft and whatever communities be more humble and stop some of these flame wars.
Linux/Unix/Microsoft all have their advantages and disadvantages. Both have great programming and weak programming. They all strive for the same goal, to make it easier for users to use computers. Linux/Unix was originally designed for programmers, Microsoft was originally designed for business people. They both are working on going to the other side.
The Palestinians are also semitic (like the Jews). It does not make sense to state that they are anti-semitic. Basically you are saying a white person is racist for hating another white person.
Maybe if their product didn't start sucking, maybe people will use it. WinAmp works fine. Microsoft has already dealt with this issue and fixed the problem. They are just being cry-babies because they load really crappy software on your machine.
I remember when it was really good! Then they had to install crap that sends information back to their website. Or has this changed in the last year or two?
I don't allow any of Real's software on any of my machines.
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Notice the words "partly". He wasn't stating that it was a complete solution, it is part of a solution that Windows needs.
It's funny how everybody is making fun of Microsoft when, if this is true, both Microsoft *and* IBM we doing it.
Not sure if I believe the source, but that's just me.
It's funny everybody states that Microsoft Office is bloated because based off the latest perf numbers from Open Office/Star Office - Microsoft Office is tons faster. (From a perf expert I was talking to a few weeks ago)
Plus the size is 'bloated' because business want a feature and if they are a good customer they will get it. Microsoft is driven by what businesses need to get their jobs done.
Apparently you didn't read the front of the box that says "For Windows XP Only".
Actually if somebody writes a convert from Java->MSIL or Java Byte Code->MSIL then there you go, you have just combined Java and C#.
.Net languages produces. This includes C#, VB.Net, Managed C++, etc.
In fact you can do the reverse, write a compiler that convert C# code to Java Byte code.
Btw, MSIL is the 'assembly' or 'byte code' that the
Actually...from my OS professor in college. Unix started off as crap. He told us that he didn't want any linux or windows bigots in his OS class. He stated that if you think Windows is bad now, you should have seen Unix 20 years ago.
Actually you can screw up your Unix/Linux machine faster as root... 'kill -9 -1'. That one is a lot of fun... the truth is if you are root/administration you can screw yourself equally, no matter what OS you are on. And stating that windows does more automatically does not make it less secure.
Most attacks are not against servers they are against normal people. And it's funny that during the DDOS that SCO's webpage went down almost instantly (running Unix/Linux, whatever) vs. Microsofts which is running Windows Servers.
Stop this fighting. The truth is Microsoft programmers are the SAME GEEKS that work on unix/linux. There is no difference, they have the same passion, the save drive, the same intelligence, the same level. No group is better/worse. The main advantage that the open source community has is they can do what they want (which can be a downside as well). The problem with Microsoft/IBM/Sun is they are business oriented, you know making money for people, and the business people have weird results that forces change in the OS.
In every project there is beautiful and ugly code. Get real, I remember some GNU source code that looks absolutely horrible! I've seen some beautiful Microsoft code.
Also, NO COMPANY INTENTIALLY PUTS SECURITY HOLES IN SOFTWARE! The cost is too high andevery company releases patches for free. Even Microsoft will release patches for up to 7 years after a product was released.
The patent is on putting source code within the XML document and having something run it.
Plus, it does take about 5-7 years to get a patent...
the father's view on the issue either way happens to be irrelevant.
I always disagreed with this statement but it's perfectly fair. The U.S., and other countries, have been trying to make abortions illegal for any and all reasons (look at Bush's stance). However, we do not make it illegal for a husband to leave his wife, for not support the child. The laws made are mostly against women.
It's funny on how the politicions involved in defining marriage between a man and a woman for 'family values' includes men who have been married several times, men who have not paid child support, men who got prostitute, and a guy who got a blow job when his wife was in the next room.
Access and SQL are completely different as databases are concerned. Access uses the Microsoft Jet database (free), while MS-SQL is a very powerful database tool. MS-SQL blows away MySQL in terms of speed, design, transactional logs, backup/restore, XML support, etc. Of course MS-SQL is $5000.
I've worked on MySQL, Oracle, Access, MS-SQL and some other databases and I prefer MS-SQL.
"Famouse last words"...I'm sorry but security-by-obsecurity is not security. Everybody on /. should know that, in fact everybody in the computer industry knows that. It's just a matter of time before somebody breaks it. People have been reverse-engineering obsecurity to get past security for years. Obsecurity sometimes make it a little bit more of a challenge.
And you know everybody will have the same default knocking pattern. Remember spaceballs? (Person 1) What's the password? (King) 1..2..3..4.. (Person 1) That's the stupidest password ever? (Governer)Change the password on my luggage.
I think this is the first article about Microsoft were most people, even though they disagree with Microsoft, are on their side.
Even the Eolas case (which Microsoft, W3, etc. are fighting) most people were saying that it was a bogus case but "f*** Micro$oft" even though we all know it was a bogus lawsuit.
I just thought it was a little amusing... I think we all forget that Bill Gates is a big geek, just like us. He does a lot of great work in the world. We may disagree with some of the things he does, but nobody can ever agree. Just look at the vi vs. emacs people.
Hehe, I read it as:
haven't you watched how the anti-GNU nuts use that same stance to sue GNU manufacturers and make it extremely difficult for legitimate gun buyers to buy GNUs?
Apparently nobody has read any of these articles. Microsoft has been working with the W3 on this; and been working with Apple, Macromedia and RealPlayer for a solution to fix this problem.
Nintendo hurt themselves by not releasing the Zelda collection by itself. I know I would by that for $50... I'm not going to buy a new gamecube for one.
Now I have to bug the gaming shops to see if they have a used ones.
Read any psychology book they have the real statistics in it.
They even broke it down to if the person was innocent or not. That is why they are against the law to be used in the courtrooms since it is unreliable.
Except people on Jenny Jones, the news, etc. take them as always true.
Lie detection doesn't work period. In fact they do not work on people with anti-social behaviors because the person can believe the lies. I.e. if you believe you are telling the truth and never get stressed you'll pass ALL lie detector tests.
I only hope it's not as bad as Duke Nukem's Manhatten Project. I wanted a 1st person shooter up, not something like Super Mario Bros.
They also know that most Mexicans won't go to the police, esp if they are immigrants. This is a major problem in Denver where if they report they were robbed/beaten/etc. they could get deported back to Mexico and the people would still get away with it.
On msnbc website they have a cool video of them panning out. The picture is taken from inside the craft (ie the black spot). Watch the video from NASA it's really cool!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3855168/
It's also 12 million pixes (3000 x 4000). It is taken in squares.
Actually I lived in Colorado during the era and I read what was 'fiction' about "Bowling for Columbine". Everything that happened in Colorado in fact did happen. I know because I was there (granted I wasn't near the incident). All that information is in the newspapers and on the television. I also knew a few people who went to the anti-NRA rally in Denver.
In fact all the 'fiction' in the movie has been slandered and proven wrong. Bowling for Columbine is the best documentary and all factual.
If you look at the argument they aren't talking about the cost of just the OS. They are looking at IBM's and Sun Microsystems custom building.
In fact IBM doesn't care about Linux at all, they are using it to sale their hardware and their services. It's the same way that Microsoft doesn't care about the hardware at all they are trying to sale their software and their services.
Yes Linux is free, but administrators are REALLY expensive, custom software (from scratch) is REALLY expensive. Microsoft is trying to make it easier for administrators so you save money on administration. Microsoft is also writing generic software so that custom software does not need to be written from scratch. Developers are aloud to extend and expand their code using their developer kit.
If you look at the cost for a normal computer geek, Linux is cheaper. For a normal person Microsoft is cheaper because it is designed to make it easier on users. A normal user doesn't want to fret over having to find and download software. Especially when there are tons of them out there. I mean most people on slashdot fight over Open Office vs. Star Office, when it's the same thing! Users want a web browser, an e-mail client and a word processer. There was a piece done on NPR about how people have too many choices now a days, they get over loaded with information. There is way too much information and it's hard to find any accurate information.
There are always studies done where they contradict each other (look at the cigerattes, or global warming).
You can download Office format readers free from the Microsoft website.
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Here's a whole slew of them:
http://office.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?S
Granted it's only for Windows, but if you are running Linux or Mac OS just run an emulator.
Personally I believe this shows that people are making the software and people make mistakes. Some mistakes are more stupid than others.
I remember an exploit in the apache code that when they received an image that was bigger then there buffered they doubled the size of the buffer (ONCE!). (This was in November, not sure if they fixed it).
I think this should just make the Linux and Microsoft and whatever communities be more humble and stop some of these flame wars.
Linux/Unix/Microsoft all have their advantages and disadvantages. Both have great programming and weak programming. They all strive for the same goal, to make it easier for users to use computers. Linux/Unix was originally designed for programmers, Microsoft was originally designed for business people. They both are working on going to the other side.
The Palestinians are also semitic (like the Jews). It does not make sense to state that they are anti-semitic. Basically you are saying a white person is racist for hating another white person.
Maybe if their product didn't start sucking, maybe people will use it. WinAmp works fine. Microsoft has already dealt with this issue and fixed the problem. They are just being cry-babies because they load really crappy software on your machine.
I remember when it was really good! Then they had to install crap that sends information back to their website. Or has this changed in the last year or two?
I don't allow any of Real's software on any of my machines.
NPR did a nice series on NAFTA and it's affect. Check out http://www.npr.org