The problem is not whether or not Microsoft has hired talented enough programmers. The problem is whether or not Microsoft will actually let them produce good stuff. Microsoft is all about the most crass elements of the business. Management likely gets in the way of whatever technical potential they have.
You are not going to get cool gadgets or excellent technology if the guy running the place isn't interested in that kind of thing.
It can be as bare or as cluttered as you like. There's a version to suit any taste. This is often portrayed as some sort of vulnerability but it really does allow you to have whatever style of "product" you want.
Crapware is bundled software. It's just that Windows crapware is harder to deal with as software installation is unecessarily complicated on Windows. So cleanup is also harder.
If I don't want pulse, I can just delete it. No Windows style file locking will stop me either.
With Windows the crapware might not just be something inert that only bogs your system down when you go out of your way to start it.
If people weren't so effectively trolled by references to bogeymen like Photoshop and MSOffice, there would have been mass defections years ago. It wouldn't have taken something that doesn't look like a PC.
You also have to buy into the idea that Windows can be 'cleaned'. It's kind of like believing that you can trust your system after a virus infection. It just needs to be wiped and rebuilt regardless.
THAT is not going to be faster than doing Linux from scratch.
The idea that you can "clean windows" is just the kind of wishful thinking that causes Internet crippling malware outbreaks.
That AIO is going to be an oversized paperweight the moment one of it's components breaks or becomes painfully obsolete. Depending on your hardware vendor, your machine may be painfully obsolete as soon as you take it home.
The kicker is the fact that any parts you throw together in some frankenbox are bound to be superior to what an OEM will try to sell you. This is partially due to you actually knowing what's in the box and the fact that franken-parts are geared towards people who know what they are doing.
"huge volume discounts" are mostly on the software YOU DON'T WANT.
As far as the rest goes: you're probably better off with a clean copy anyways ( system builder license).
Sometimes you get what you pay for and the cost of an OEM copy of Windows is just the cost of having a PC that's not full of crapulence.
The whole reason that we are even having this discussion is just how bogus all of the Lemming fear mongering is. Most people really don't need Microsoft. They never did.THAT is why they can defect to PhoneOS or Android.
Tablets are just different enough from PCs that people suddenly lose their mental block when it comes to PCs and the WinDOS monopoly.
I don't have to upgrade my machine to benefit from modular standardized parts. I benefit from that as soon as I buy a machine as I can mix and match the components that meet my requirements. I can get as little or as much of something as I want and I can mix that with anything else that suits my fancy.
Lack of modular parts means lack of choice when building or buying systems.
Never mind enthusiasts. There's still a large market for business machines both on the desktop and in the server room. Any thing that makes those machines less standardized and less modular is leaving a lot of money on the table.
Even in the heyday of proprietary RISC systems, they didn't pull nonsense like that. If anything, they were more modular rather than less allowing for hot swapped components.
This is about more than just whether or not hard core gamers can replace their CPU.
> is the direct result of their exploitation of greedy customers who ignore their home state's sales and use tax laws.
Nope. It's lame local stores. They can't compete even if price is completely taken out of the equation. This is the real disadvantage that any store with a finite location suffers from.
It's harder to have EVERYTHING.
ANY e-commerce site can cater to the entire planet while being in a single physical location. The same used to be true of Sears. Amazon is just a very successful successor to Sears.
They will even refer you to 3rd parties when you want something even they don't have.
Plus Amazon is still cheaper (even with sales tax) on those things for which a direct comparison can even be made.
It's the non-emergency care that you don't get for free. Neither should you expect it. The idea that we need to shred the Constituion in order to manage costs is just assinine. The latter is by no stretch of the imagination more important than the former.
It's all a false dichotomy. Something like Obamacare doesn't need to be placed above the law. You can just implement it in a legal manner and tolerate the "scofflaws".
People understandably have a problem with ignoring rules because they seem inconvenient.
Indoctrinating people into thinking the government should take care of them is ultimately poor public policy that will just lead to abuse of a continually shrinking pool of resources. (See Greece and Spain)
Regardless of how "new" or "advanced" the tech was, what each candidate did was a good example of how they lead and how they manage people. If you can't manage your campaign effectively then how can you be trusted with the country? The successes or failures of either side exposed elements of their management style and core philosophies in ways that some sales pitch never can.
The tech of the campaigns are a reflection of what they really believe and how they put that into action. It is deeds as opposed to whatever lie they think will win them more popularity.
The original troll just wants to distract us from the fact that the so-called captain of industry was actually nothing of the sort. The failures of the GOP IT initiative are the failures of big corporate management laid bare.
Despite of all of the hype and gnashing of teeth, I have been able to do this with "other stuff" for over a decade. The idea that you can't use "other stuff" is just the same old mindless FUD we've been fed since the 80s.
What constitutes "other stuff" doesn't matter so much. It doesn't matter what the license is. The same Lemming fear mongering will be directed at it.
That's one of the most dissapointing aspects of using the monopoly product. All of that squandered potential.
Well then isn't it a good thing that Loki developed OpenAL along with SDL at the dawn of time to smooth over all of these little issues that trollish twits like to fixate on so much.
You can either be whiney like an Adobe developer or just take care of business like the rest of the community of "hobbyists".
The only part that a came programmer would have to deal with is ALSA. Alternatively, they could use the sound API of their choice. The fact that they chose differently than someone else wouldn't impact a thing.
Game developers are already taking care of business in this area. Your trolling is irrelevant as are your "anececdotes".
Not everyone believes that their PC should turn into a Wii any time they want to play a game. See my previous rants regarding the complaints directed at Linux fullscreen support.
Most games aren't that good enough to overcome the bother of dealing with Windows assuming that they don't have a lot of bother of their own. DRM in Windows games probably drives a lot of console sales.
> DVD Rental is dependant on the Movie Publishing houses wanting to rent DVD's and so allowing them to be licensed for rental.
That is pure nonsense and the sort that should not be repeated on Slashdot.
You have the right to dispose of your property as you please. You have first sale rights. These include DVDs. There is no "mythical implied license".
That's why physical media distributors are still in a better position relative to big content. Warner Brothers can't tell you that you're not allowed to rent their movie. They can tell you that you aren't allowed to stream their movies anymore.
...actually, after hearing what kind of routine delivery drivers can be put through I don't think that a "2 men per truck" policy is a bad thing at all. Dispatch will inevitably try to overschedule the truck and the inevitable result will be a driver that is a menace to everyone else on the road. The health of the singular delivery driver will also likely suffer.
Except an employer is not something that is even remotely comparable to a spouse.
It is the function of a corporation to exploit you. Realizing this is not "cynicism". There should be no delusion that there is anything except a business relationship between you and your employer.
Act accordingly.
This doesn't mean that you can't be a professional. It just means that you should not get inappropriate ideas into your head.
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> I still spend a lot of time hunting for answers to questions that start "How in the fuck do you...."?
That's pretty common. I bail out Windows users over that sort of thing. I even end up bailing out iPad users over the same exact sort of thing.
You are probably confusing "it's different" with inherent flaws. You are also discounting whatever effort you've put into what you are already using.
The product you cannot avoid gets a lot of slack that no other product would (including Macs).
The problem is not whether or not Microsoft has hired talented enough programmers. The problem is whether or not Microsoft will actually let them produce good stuff. Microsoft is all about the most crass elements of the business. Management likely gets in the way of whatever technical potential they have.
You are not going to get cool gadgets or excellent technology if the guy running the place isn't interested in that kind of thing.
Jobs vs Gates.
Linux only comes with what you want to put on it.
It can be as bare or as cluttered as you like. There's a version to suit any taste. This is often portrayed as some sort of vulnerability but it really does allow you to have whatever style of "product" you want.
Crapware is bundled software. It's just that Windows crapware is harder to deal with as software installation is unecessarily complicated on Windows. So cleanup is also harder.
If I don't want pulse, I can just delete it. No Windows style file locking will stop me either.
With Windows the crapware might not just be something inert that only bogs your system down when you go out of your way to start it.
If people weren't so effectively trolled by references to bogeymen like Photoshop and MSOffice, there would have been mass defections years ago. It wouldn't have taken something that doesn't look like a PC.
You also have to buy into the idea that Windows can be 'cleaned'. It's kind of like believing that you can trust your system after a virus infection. It just needs to be wiped and rebuilt regardless.
THAT is not going to be faster than doing Linux from scratch.
The idea that you can "clean windows" is just the kind of wishful thinking that causes Internet crippling malware outbreaks.
That AIO is going to be an oversized paperweight the moment one of it's components breaks or becomes painfully obsolete. Depending on your hardware vendor, your machine may be painfully obsolete as soon as you take it home.
The kicker is the fact that any parts you throw together in some frankenbox are bound to be superior to what an OEM will try to sell you. This is partially due to you actually knowing what's in the box and the fact that franken-parts are geared towards people who know what they are doing.
"huge volume discounts" are mostly on the software YOU DON'T WANT.
As far as the rest goes: you're probably better off with a clean copy anyways ( system builder license).
Sometimes you get what you pay for and the cost of an OEM copy of Windows is just the cost of having a PC that's not full of crapulence.
Are you kidding? Redhat charges through the nose for support.
Anyone that's not cool with that just installs Centos or Debian.
Nope.
The whole reason that we are even having this discussion is just how bogus all of the Lemming fear mongering is. Most people really don't need Microsoft. They never did.THAT is why they can defect to PhoneOS or Android.
Tablets are just different enough from PCs that people suddenly lose their mental block when it comes to PCs and the WinDOS monopoly.
I would be really surprised if you were willing to pay for either of them. So the point is moot really.
I don't have to upgrade my machine to benefit from modular standardized parts. I benefit from that as soon as I buy a machine as I can mix and match the components that meet my requirements. I can get as little or as much of something as I want and I can mix that with anything else that suits my fancy.
Lack of modular parts means lack of choice when building or buying systems.
It's like being stuck at the Apple Store.
Never mind enthusiasts. There's still a large market for business machines both on the desktop and in the server room. Any thing that makes those machines less standardized and less modular is leaving a lot of money on the table.
Even in the heyday of proprietary RISC systems, they didn't pull nonsense like that. If anything, they were more modular rather than less allowing for hot swapped components.
This is about more than just whether or not hard core gamers can replace their CPU.
> is the direct result of their exploitation of greedy customers who ignore their home state's sales and use tax laws.
Nope. It's lame local stores. They can't compete even if price is completely taken out of the equation. This is the real disadvantage that any store with a finite location suffers from.
It's harder to have EVERYTHING.
ANY e-commerce site can cater to the entire planet while being in a single physical location. The same used to be true of Sears. Amazon is just a very successful successor to Sears.
They will even refer you to 3rd parties when you want something even they don't have.
Plus Amazon is still cheaper (even with sales tax) on those things for which a direct comparison can even be made.
I started buying drives from Amazon after I ordered a shipment from Newegg that didn't seem sufficiently robust in the packaging department.
They aren't snobs. They cater to a wide range of tastes and budgets. Your money is green enough for them even if you are running a netbook.
This likely explains their dominance.
It's Amazon, not Apple.
We already give away emergency care.
It's the non-emergency care that you don't get for free. Neither should you expect it. The idea that we need to shred the Constituion in order to manage costs is just assinine. The latter is by no stretch of the imagination more important than the former.
It's all a false dichotomy. Something like Obamacare doesn't need to be placed above the law. You can just implement it in a legal manner and tolerate the "scofflaws".
People understandably have a problem with ignoring rules because they seem inconvenient.
Indoctrinating people into thinking the government should take care of them is ultimately poor public policy that will just lead to abuse of a continually shrinking pool of resources. (See Greece and Spain)
Regardless of how "new" or "advanced" the tech was, what each candidate did was a good example of how they lead and how they manage people. If you can't manage your campaign effectively then how can you be trusted with the country? The successes or failures of either side exposed elements of their management style and core philosophies in ways that some sales pitch never can.
The tech of the campaigns are a reflection of what they really believe and how they put that into action. It is deeds as opposed to whatever lie they think will win them more popularity.
The original troll just wants to distract us from the fact that the so-called captain of industry was actually nothing of the sort. The failures of the GOP IT initiative are the failures of big corporate management laid bare.
Despite of all of the hype and gnashing of teeth, I have been able to do this with "other stuff" for over a decade. The idea that you can't use "other stuff" is just the same old mindless FUD we've been fed since the 80s.
What constitutes "other stuff" doesn't matter so much. It doesn't matter what the license is. The same Lemming fear mongering will be directed at it.
That's one of the most dissapointing aspects of using the monopoly product. All of that squandered potential.
Well then isn't it a good thing that Loki developed OpenAL along with SDL at the dawn of time to smooth over all of these little issues that trollish twits like to fixate on so much.
You can either be whiney like an Adobe developer or just take care of business like the rest of the community of "hobbyists".
The only part that a came programmer would have to deal with is ALSA. Alternatively, they could use the sound API of their choice. The fact that they chose differently than someone else wouldn't impact a thing.
Game developers are already taking care of business in this area. Your trolling is irrelevant as are your "anececdotes".
Not everyone believes that their PC should turn into a Wii any time they want to play a game. See my previous rants regarding the complaints directed at Linux fullscreen support.
Most games aren't that good enough to overcome the bother of dealing with Windows assuming that they don't have a lot of bother of their own. DRM in Windows games probably drives a lot of console sales.
Mindlessly repeating some Troll talking point doesn't address the question.
API churn never stopped Windows. Just ask any actual game developer.
> DVD Rental is dependant on the Movie Publishing houses wanting to rent DVD's and so allowing them to be licensed for rental.
That is pure nonsense and the sort that should not be repeated on Slashdot.
You have the right to dispose of your property as you please. You have first sale rights. These include DVDs. There is no "mythical implied license".
That's why physical media distributors are still in a better position relative to big content. Warner Brothers can't tell you that you're not allowed to rent their movie. They can tell you that you aren't allowed to stream their movies anymore.
If you can buy it, then you can rent it.
...actually, after hearing what kind of routine delivery drivers can be put through I don't think that a "2 men per truck" policy is a bad thing at all. Dispatch will inevitably try to overschedule the truck and the inevitable result will be a driver that is a menace to everyone else on the road. The health of the singular delivery driver will also likely suffer.
Population density would be my guess.
A single video store likely serves a much larger market of potential customers than the same one in the middle of sparsely populated suburbia.
The proximity of everyone and everything probably makes a video store in Japan no less competitive/convenient than Redbox kiosks in the US.
Except an employer is not something that is even remotely comparable to a spouse.
It is the function of a corporation to exploit you. Realizing this is not "cynicism". There should be no delusion that there is anything except a business relationship between you and your employer.
Act accordingly.
This doesn't mean that you can't be a professional. It just means that you should not get inappropriate ideas into your head.