I think the idea is that they've overhauled their development process which is where all this jargon like "design" and "modular" comes from.
You're probably right that very little will be end-user visible and the result will probably end up looking similar to any other version of Windows. But getting new features on the market quickly has some value (see Apple's revisions of OS X).
AC's problem is that older consumer hardware had a 32-bit MMU which meant that the device space was carved out of the 4GB limit. Install 4GB RAM in an Intel 945-based system for example and the OS will only see 3.0 to 3.5 GB.
NT does support PAE but only in the server versions, so that's commercially useless for Adobe.
You probably nailed it. Most brand-name PCs don't come with a Windows CD so there's no way to verify it.
Also, this is a bunk way of getting windows for the "sophisticated user" because the Upgrade version is still more expensive than the "OEM version plus a floppy cable" method of bying.
That's where I, as a user, have the problem. This question is answered by my manager, not by my IT department. Or, at least, it should be. Bulk licenses can be negotiated by the IT department, but the yes/no call should be answered by my management alone. That's whose budget is paying for the license.
That doesn't mean that my manager could approve anything against corporate policy (P2P, for example). Or that my manager can force IT to support the software. Just the part about whether I really need it to do my job.
Well in some cases. The reality is that anything your manager approves today will end up in IT's lap somewhere down the road after you're all gone.
If you just need a copy of photoshop that isn't a big deal, but things like operating systems, or database platforms. or office suites could have long term support cost implications that IT would have the right to weigh in on.
"Tom's Hardware" said it in 1999, so it must be true.
There's no possible way that Rambus could have been screwed over by what the government described as the largest illegal cartel in recent history. After all, their RAM boards were more expensive for the enthusiast!!
Desk Accessories were a particular kludge because the Mac couldn't multitask. The idea of quickly pulling up a calculator or notepad wasn't invented by Apple.
Or the market would respond by creating Java and C#.
Not to mention that the little supply/demand graph in your Econ 101 textbook doesn't operate on "internet time". Even if there was a serious attempt at improving C++ education, you wouldn't see the effects until 5 years from now, long after the deadline of your current project.
Dude its the mainframe shop mentality. They cut the huge checks to IBM while telling themselves their precious human resources database is too damn important to be trusted to Dell/Windows when the truth is that its 30 year old COBOL spaghetti code that nobody understands and "that's the way its always been done here". Meanwhile some younger/smarter company is kicking their butts because they don't have an IT department full of old tape monkeys running around in labcoats and clip-on ties.
Which is not to say the mainframe is bad technology. Just that its got its own set of cultural inertia. Let's just say that Google isn't going to be buying a mainframe anytime soon.
> There was essentially no reason to declare the mainframe "dead" in the first place.
The quote in the story was from a period when high-end Unix servers were hitting the market and mainframe sales were nosediving.
Plus with Y2K a lot of mainframe applications were rewritten on new platforms. But then IBM steeply cut prices and kept the mainframe competitive. And a lot of those Y2K ground-up rewrites failed and guess what the companies found themselves buying another mainframe to keep running the old code.
I would say that Microsoft had a streak of products in the mid-1990s which were genuinely popular for what they were. MS Office, Visual Basic, Windows 95, Windows NT4. Of course these weren't necessarily the first nor the best, but they were better/cheaper than the dominant competitors in significant ways. That was probably the high water mark of Microsoft as a leading-edge technology brand anyway.
IIRC, this option includes many types that aren't strictly "QuickTime Only" --.MPEG.DV,AAC.RTSP.
It also fucks with your browser MIME types on a level that wouldn't be intuitive for most users, making it basically impossible to use WMP with Firefox to play MP3 files for example.
Bonjour can break the network configuration for places that use.local for other things (commonly ActiveDirectory). Its not bad software, but its also not something that should be slammed unless the user really needs it.
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I think the idea is that they've overhauled their development process which is where all this jargon like "design" and "modular" comes from.
You're probably right that very little will be end-user visible and the result will probably end up looking similar to any other version of Windows. But getting new features on the market quickly has some value (see Apple's revisions of OS X).
AC's problem is that older consumer hardware had a 32-bit MMU which meant that the device space was carved out of the 4GB limit. Install 4GB RAM in an Intel 945-based system for example and the OS will only see 3.0 to 3.5 GB.
NT does support PAE but only in the server versions, so that's commercially useless for Adobe.
Nope, 64-bit Cocoa is new in 10.5. Apple had no way of running 64-bit GUI applications prior.
Also your description of Carbon is incorrect, RTFA.
Well, it doesn't really matter because it supports 64-bit applications and 64-bit drivers.
I guess you lose a little performance to thunking, but IMO Apple's 64-bit approach is a more elegant than MS forcing you to install a different OS.
> Adobe simply dug in their heels and assumed that Apple would keep Carbon around forever
Adobe didn't assume this you mactards, Apple told them so.
Doesn't really matter because Windows XP/Vista doesn't support it and even if they did, most 32-bit processor mainboards didn't support it either.
The "3GB" problem described by the AC you replied to was a real problem on real hardware.
You probably nailed it. Most brand-name PCs don't come with a Windows CD so there's no way to verify it.
Also, this is a bunk way of getting windows for the "sophisticated user" because the Upgrade version is still more expensive than the "OEM version plus a floppy cable" method of bying.
That's where I, as a user, have the problem. This question is answered by my manager, not by my IT department. Or, at least, it should be. Bulk licenses can be negotiated by the IT department, but the yes/no call should be answered by my management alone. That's whose budget is paying for the license.
That doesn't mean that my manager could approve anything against corporate policy (P2P, for example). Or that my manager can force IT to support the software. Just the part about whether I really need it to do my job.
Well in some cases. The reality is that anything your manager approves today will end up in IT's lap somewhere down the road after you're all gone.If you just need a copy of photoshop that isn't a big deal, but things like operating systems, or database platforms. or office suites could have long term support cost implications that IT would have the right to weigh in on.
"Tom's Hardware" said it in 1999, so it must be true.
There's no possible way that Rambus could have been screwed over by what the government described as the largest illegal cartel in recent history. After all, their RAM boards were more expensive for the enthusiast!!
> Ask yourself why no email client makes crypto virtually transparent, even Free ones.
Most of them do, but its SMIME not PGP.
Desk Accessories were a particular kludge because the Mac couldn't multitask. The idea of quickly pulling up a calculator or notepad wasn't invented by Apple.
Or the market would respond by creating Java and C#.
Not to mention that the little supply/demand graph in your Econ 101 textbook doesn't operate on "internet time". Even if there was a serious attempt at improving C++ education, you wouldn't see the effects until 5 years from now, long after the deadline of your current project.
Along the same mystery science theater kitch line there was also Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes, an unofficial movie sequel. I'm not sure how many people got it either.
Which work very differently from a Unix terminal, as you probably know.
Dude its the mainframe shop mentality. They cut the huge checks to IBM while telling themselves their precious human resources database is too damn important to be trusted to Dell/Windows when the truth is that its 30 year old COBOL spaghetti code that nobody understands and "that's the way its always been done here". Meanwhile some younger/smarter company is kicking their butts because they don't have an IT department full of old tape monkeys running around in labcoats and clip-on ties.
Which is not to say the mainframe is bad technology. Just that its got its own set of cultural inertia. Let's just say that Google isn't going to be buying a mainframe anytime soon.
pSeries = UNIX / RISC used for transactional database software and scientific stuff just like LInux or whatever
You might be thinking of iSeries or AS/400 which is also a mini but uses a batch/punchcard user model like the mainframe (zSeries) does.
> There was essentially no reason to declare the mainframe "dead" in the first place.
The quote in the story was from a period when high-end Unix servers were hitting the market and mainframe sales were nosediving.
Plus with Y2K a lot of mainframe applications were rewritten on new platforms. But then IBM steeply cut prices and kept the mainframe competitive. And a lot of those Y2K ground-up rewrites failed and guess what the companies found themselves buying another mainframe to keep running the old code.
I thought the allegation was that he stole computer time, not code.
I would say that Microsoft had a streak of products in the mid-1990s which were genuinely popular for what they were. MS Office, Visual Basic, Windows 95, Windows NT4. Of course these weren't necessarily the first nor the best, but they were better/cheaper than the dominant competitors in significant ways. That was probably the high water mark of Microsoft as a leading-edge technology brand anyway.
I just checked in Process Explorer, and iTunes and Safari appear to share no code beyond QuickTime. Nice bullshitting though, you got a 5.
Also, Safari is an 18MB install, clearly way more than a iTunes secret mode would require.
Its not Apple's fault even though they're the ones bombarding users with crap? Fine logic there.
You should check out how the Windows updater works, its far less intrusive than Apple's program.
Also worth noting that like all good Windows crapware, QuickTime has a long history of security issues.
> Quicktime media only is the default.
.MPEG .DV ,AAC .RTSP.
IIRC, this option includes many types that aren't strictly "QuickTime Only" --
It also fucks with your browser MIME types on a level that wouldn't be intuitive for most users, making it basically impossible to use WMP with Firefox to play MP3 files for example.
Bonjour can break the network configuration for places that use .local for other things (commonly ActiveDirectory). Its not bad software, but its also not something that should be slammed unless the user really needs it.
If you refresh that page, the message rotates. And yes one of them does encourage you to install add-ons.