What about those cocky ads that ridiculed Windows?
And don't think for a second that Apple wouldn't do the same thing Microsoft is doing if they were in Microsoft's position. In fact, I reckon they'd be even worse than Microsoft is now.
That doesn't excuse either of them. Frankly, I'd prefer a Microsoft "monopoly/lock in/whatever" than an Apple one. Any day, I don't care how trendy or "cool" Apple is.
I'd be happy for Apple to be more rigourous[sic] with the free apps, but just about anything gets through.
Doesn't that defy the whole point of their application delivery system?
Let me answer that question for you. No it doesn't. Because the point of their application delivery system is to make money. They probably don't really care what free things they allow, because they don't make any money from them.
That doesn't work. That would be equivalent to someone developing a new system to deliver applications to the iPhone. And guess what? Apple doesn't allow that, either, just like Microsoft.
First, you don't need an MSDN subscription.
Second, Microsoft gives developer tools, including a compiler, for free. At least Microsoft doesn't restrict what you can distribute to their Windows platform, like Apple does.
That's not exclusive to Slashdot. It's just the whole "cool" thing among people these days.
Just like for rap music, the hype of apple products will wear off, or people will eventually see that it's nothing but an inferior product, and will switch to the far superior platforms. No, I'm not necessarily referring to Windows as the superior platform. All I am implying is that apple products are inferior, period.
My point is they have no where to go. It's not like a group of say can go find a deserted patch of land and claim it as their own. Nor can I boycott my government, or government in general. And the last and final point is that no we can't band up together, because as a people we are powerless to change our government, no matter how "democratic" our leaders say their government is.
Perhaps with all this global warming maybe their will be some new real estate opening up at the pole. Won't be toasty, but it sure as heck beats dealing with someone else's government. Just make your own.
Next time think your idea through before you post it here. Which country is going to take you? Oh, perhaps you meant be a refugee in another country? No? Please... People are stuck with their government, nothing you can do about it.
In a production environment, your systems administrator will be the only one that can install updates. In such a case Automatic Update is disabled and all updates are first checked by the sys admin and then deployed to all the pc's.
Just because you didn't bother to read the description for the WGA update, doesn't mean it was avoidable, because it was. I did read it, and I declined that update and told it never to bother me with it again. Problem solved, and I never got "infected" by it as you so bluntly put it.
If, however, you are talking about the "average Joe", well then Joe has two options. He either disables automatic updates, or he enables it. He doesn't have a third option because he knows very little about computers. And seeing as disabling it completely is a bad idea, then yes, "average Joe" loses one option and is forced to keep it on automatic.
But "average Joe" really wouldn't give a flying donkey's butt about a Firefox add-on. He sees things working, perhaps even better than before, and he stays completely oblivious to the presence of this add-on.
They would notice more and more.net-based websites working, that's how they'd tell.
I personally hate it when a website just plain won't run properly on Firefox, no matter what I do. It bothers me to no end when I have to copy that url and open it in IE.
I for one welcome Microsoft for doing this to help us Firefox users access more websites. And I applaud them for doing it silently. If, however, we find that this "add on" causes any errors then it will be a different story and they should be held accountable. But until then, why don't we all take a minute to relax instead of shouting "hijacker" and "malware".
Either you are very dumb, very ignorant, or you've been drinking too much coffee before writing your post. I'm not the type to resort to insults, but come on. You don't know that you can disable Automatic Updates? Every Linux user (except you) knows that; even the ones that don't use Windows.
There are literally thousands if not hundreds of thousands of pieces of software that I want to run and guess what, the majority, if not all of them, run only on windows. And as long as the majority of useless crap little apps and games and whatever I bloody choose aren't being developed for Linux, I'll be sticking with windows. I don't want to browse the web, see a cool new app and try install it only to be told that it can only run on another OS. That kind of thing almost never happens to windows.
And your insinuation that Windows users are kids or immature is just plain childish and makes you a hypocrite.
Great going Slashdot for modding the parent +4 Insightful! Not. I should have known better than to expect a Microsoft bashing comment to be modded troll or flamebait.
That's not what I was talking about. The video I provided explains what I was talking about. Banks can and are not allowed to "print money". Only the US government can print notes and create coins. The way in which banks manufacture money is by granting loans.
Just watch the video I linked to in my earlier post, it's really quite an eye opener.
As for point number 2. It is their business, yes. But there are countless regulations, rules and laws that a publicly owned company must adhere to. Just saying that it's "their business", is plain missing the point and doesn't make a very convincing argument.
The percentage of physical money (notes and coins) in circulation, is actually quite small compared to the amount of money existing as loans on countless accounting records of companies and banks. Banks create money on a grand scale, and contrary to what people would expect, it doesn't cause rampant inflation.
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Not only that, but the editor/s wrote "Talk amongst yourself". What, are "movie nerds" all schizophrenic? Did I miss a memo on that?
Not only that the editor/s wrote "Talk amongst yourself". What, are "movie nerds" all schizophrenic? Did I miss a memo on that?
I hope you don't expect to get modded up for that over-repeated drivel?
We, "Microsoft Morons", do not listen to you apple assholes anymore. All you do is blow hot smoke, and frankly, the stench is unbearable.
What about those cocky ads that ridiculed Windows?
And don't think for a second that Apple wouldn't do the same thing Microsoft is doing if they were in Microsoft's position. In fact, I reckon they'd be even worse than Microsoft is now.
That doesn't excuse either of them. Frankly, I'd prefer a Microsoft "monopoly/lock in/whatever" than an Apple one. Any day, I don't care how trendy or "cool" Apple is.
I'd be happy for Apple to be more rigourous[sic] with the free apps, but just about anything gets through.
Doesn't that defy the whole point of their application delivery system?
Let me answer that question for you. No it doesn't. Because the point of their application delivery system is to make money. They probably don't really care what free things they allow, because they don't make any money from them.
That doesn't work. That would be equivalent to someone developing a new system to deliver applications to the iPhone. And guess what? Apple doesn't allow that, either, just like Microsoft.
Geeze, you are the third person I'm correcting on this. Microsoft gives their stuff away for free!
First, you don't need an MSDN subscription. Second, Microsoft gives developer tools, including a compiler, for free. At least Microsoft doesn't restrict what you can distribute to their Windows platform, like Apple does.
That's not exclusive to Slashdot. It's just the whole "cool" thing among people these days.
Just like for rap music, the hype of apple products will wear off, or people will eventually see that it's nothing but an inferior product, and will switch to the far superior platforms. No, I'm not necessarily referring to Windows as the superior platform. All I am implying is that apple products are inferior, period.
Irrelevant. The whole point is I can't develop my own web browser or email program for the iPhone.
Go Microsoft!!
What a disgusting display of English grammar. Come on, Slashdot! I thought you editor's had better standards.
My point is they have no where to go. It's not like a group of say can go find a deserted patch of land and claim it as their own. Nor can I boycott my government, or government in general. And the last and final point is that no we can't band up together, because as a people we are powerless to change our government, no matter how "democratic" our leaders say their government is.
Perhaps with all this global warming maybe their will be some new real estate opening up at the pole. Won't be toasty, but it sure as heck beats dealing with someone else's government. Just make your own.
Next time think your idea through before you post it here. Which country is going to take you? Oh, perhaps you meant be a refugee in another country? No? Please... People are stuck with their government, nothing you can do about it.
Yes, thank you for that remarkably insightful comment, Jebidiah. Geeks my ass.
Wow, how patronizing you are, Gerry, ma boy.
In a production environment, your systems administrator will be the only one that can install updates. In such a case Automatic Update is disabled and all updates are first checked by the sys admin and then deployed to all the pc's.
Just because you didn't bother to read the description for the WGA update, doesn't mean it was avoidable, because it was. I did read it, and I declined that update and told it never to bother me with it again. Problem solved, and I never got "infected" by it as you so bluntly put it.
If, however, you are talking about the "average Joe", well then Joe has two options. He either disables automatic updates, or he enables it. He doesn't have a third option because he knows very little about computers. And seeing as disabling it completely is a bad idea, then yes, "average Joe" loses one option and is forced to keep it on automatic.
But "average Joe" really wouldn't give a flying donkey's butt about a Firefox add-on. He sees things working, perhaps even better than before, and he stays completely oblivious to the presence of this add-on.
They would notice more and more .net-based websites working, that's how they'd tell.
I personally hate it when a website just plain won't run properly on Firefox, no matter what I do. It bothers me to no end when I have to copy that url and open it in IE.
I for one welcome Microsoft for doing this to help us Firefox users access more websites. And I applaud them for doing it silently. If, however, we find that this "add on" causes any errors then it will be a different story and they should be held accountable. But until then, why don't we all take a minute to relax instead of shouting "hijacker" and "malware".
Disable Automatic Windows Updates.
Either you are very dumb, very ignorant, or you've been drinking too much coffee before writing your post. I'm not the type to resort to insults, but come on. You don't know that you can disable Automatic Updates? Every Linux user (except you) knows that; even the ones that don't use Windows.
There are literally thousands if not hundreds of thousands of pieces of software that I want to run and guess what, the majority, if not all of them, run only on windows. And as long as the majority of useless crap little apps and games and whatever I bloody choose aren't being developed for Linux, I'll be sticking with windows. I don't want to browse the web, see a cool new app and try install it only to be told that it can only run on another OS. That kind of thing almost never happens to windows.
And your insinuation that Windows users are kids or immature is just plain childish and makes you a hypocrite.
Great going Slashdot for modding the parent +4 Insightful! Not. I should have known better than to expect a Microsoft bashing comment to be modded troll or flamebait.
That's not what I was talking about. The video I provided explains what I was talking about. Banks can and are not allowed to "print money". Only the US government can print notes and create coins. The way in which banks manufacture money is by granting loans.
Just watch the video I linked to in my earlier post, it's really quite an eye opener.
As for point number 2. It is their business, yes. But there are countless regulations, rules and laws that a publicly owned company must adhere to. Just saying that it's "their business", is plain missing the point and doesn't make a very convincing argument.
The percentage of physical money (notes and coins) in circulation, is actually quite small compared to the amount of money existing as loans on countless accounting records of companies and banks. Banks create money on a grand scale, and contrary to what people would expect, it doesn't cause rampant inflation.
Have a look at this video series.