Let's take the notion of forcing them to release a $30 bundled with nothing version and a $99 deluxe version. I think it is safe to say that Microsoft will do everything in its power to cripple and make useless that $30 O/S. They'll make a point of not bundling useful things like TCP/IP stacks, etc. So, how do you keep them from doing that? Can you regulate a minimum fitness for the operating system? How do you measure that?
No need to do that, it the $30 version doesn't have winsock we will merely have to download a 3'rd party implementation, just like under windows 3.1. Trumpet can again become the #1 winsock implementation.
>UNIX: who can seriously argue that VI is s proper text editor?
I Put VI in the same place as edlin of the pre-dos 5.0 days. You have to know it because it is always there, but for serious work, I use another editor. You need to know VI merely to fall back on, but you don't have to use it for all editing, there are other much better editors out there. I know there are VI lovers out there that think it is god's gift to editors, but most people would rather use something else (I prefer EMACS).
How about a recording off satellite using the JVC DVHS integrated unit from echostar. The digital signal is recorded before decoding. The playback is identical to the initial delivery from the satellite.
/////////////////////////// Sorry about that. My in-laws were like you television-wise until they got a satellite dish. But they are worse off with the modem... their local phone service is so old and slow that they can't even connect at 56k! Can you imagine? /////////////////////////// Can I imagine, easily. I have one phone line that tops out at 26.4K and one that tops out at 19.2K (one line is a full mile longer than the other). Wireless service is my ONLY possible answer for broadband at a reasonable price, 3 doors down I have a neighbor with ISDN, it cost her $4500 to install and $650/month connect. She wouldn't be paying it, but she is consulting with the phone company and they cover it.
> I wonder what AOL hope to achieve in the long > run. Their actions to date basically state that > no-one other than an AOL user may send a message > to AOL. In other words, no consumer choice.
Actually what they are limiting is that clients either use a documented protocol (tik I think), or use an AOL client if using the OSCAR protocol. I am not an AOL customer, and have no problems sending AOL IM's using either their windows client or one of several free clients under linux.
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Let's take the notion of forcing them to release a $30 bundled with nothing version and a $99 deluxe version. I think it is safe to say that Microsoft will do everything in its power to cripple and make useless that $30 O/S. They'll make a point of not bundling useful things like TCP/IP stacks, etc. So, how do you keep them from doing that? Can you regulate a minimum fitness for the operating system? How do you measure that?
No need to do that, it the $30 version doesn't have winsock we will merely have to download a 3'rd party implementation, just like under windows 3.1. Trumpet can again become the #1 winsock implementation.
>UNIX: who can seriously argue that VI is s proper text editor?
I Put VI in the same place as edlin of the pre-dos 5.0 days. You have to know it because it is always there, but for serious work, I use another editor. You need to know VI merely to fall back on, but you don't have to use it for all editing, there are other much better editors out there. I know there are VI lovers out there that think it is god's gift to editors, but most people would rather use something else (I prefer EMACS).
How about a recording off satellite using the JVC DVHS integrated unit from echostar. The digital signal is recorded before decoding. The playback is identical to the initial delivery from the satellite.
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Sorry about that. My in-laws were like you television-wise until they got a satellite dish. But they are worse off with the modem... their local phone service is so old and slow that they can't even connect at 56k! Can you imagine?
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Can I imagine, easily. I have one phone line that tops out at 26.4K and one that tops out at 19.2K (one line is a full mile longer than the other). Wireless service is my ONLY possible answer for broadband at a reasonable price, 3 doors down I have a neighbor with ISDN, it cost her $4500 to install and $650/month connect. She wouldn't be paying it, but she is consulting with the phone company and they cover it.
> I wonder what AOL hope to achieve in the long
> run. Their actions to date basically state that
> no-one other than an AOL user may send a message
> to AOL. In other words, no consumer choice.
Actually what they are limiting is that clients either use a documented protocol (tik I think), or use an AOL client if using the OSCAR protocol. I am not an AOL customer, and have no problems sending AOL IM's using either their windows client or one of several free clients under linux.