If the API is done well, it shouldn't expose sensitive information like that at all and handle it through the actual PayPal service anyway, leaving just the way users see the actual payment page to customize to your needs.
Just imagine the amount of bashers if the news would had read;
Windows 7 is causing outrage and frustration, with early adopters wishing they'd stuck with previous versions of the Windows. Blank and flickering screens, failure to recognize hard drives, defaulting to the old kernel, and failure to get encryption running are taking their toll, as early adopters turn to the web for answers and log fresh bug reports in Windows forums.
This again comes from the fact that both Windows and Mac OS X releases are properly tested and maintained and tend to be in more professional quality.
But why don't the Linux distros go to same lenghts?
Actually, the major distros (including Ubuntu) do. Why do you think there were a bunch of release candidates? The problem here is that Ubuntu is able to run on many more systems than Windows 7 or Mac OSX, and thus there's a lot more hardware that will have to work with it.
User: "Oooh, I can download this to see dancing bunnies." *downloads and executes malware* Malware: *tries to install* OS: "Malware needs root access to install. Please enter your root password." (Windows version of this would be "Cancel or Allow.") Not Completely Stupid User: Well, nevermind then. Malware: *Oh damn:(*
What can a Windows-targeted virus in WINE do to a Linux system, other than hang around looking impotent?
It could trash your home directory, if it somehow manages to find it. But that's about it, unless you run Wine as root, which you're not supposed to do.
It's user-generated content. Go sue the users, not YouTube. Geez, it's like sueing RPG Maker because people make Pokémon fan games with it.
Still, I'd rather see Google/YouTube pay for all that copyright infringement rather than the poor users. Or instead, I'd see the music companies wisen up a bit themselves and stop sueing over anything and everything.
The biggest strength of Windows is running Win32 apps, and they are all compiled for Win/x86
Microsoft has written VMs before to create compatibility with 16-bit applications on 32-bit systems before, right? The same should be possible with ARM, to at least a certain extent. (Someone mentioned the API differences of old software before so those probably wouldn't work unless old functionality was ported too in important libraries.)
Karmic Koala is just a name to identify the release (kind of like "Vista", or "Snow Leopard"). The letters go up there too; from H to K it's been Hardy Heron, Intrepid Ibis, Jaunty Jackalope, Karmic Koala.
Agreed, the final release would have been much more of an article, not the release candidate. I guess it's just "smart advertising" from Slashdot or something.
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People who don't like seeing their open code used in a closed environment, relicensed to be unusable by others.
700 bucks for a functionally really slimmed down notebook? Ouch. Take a look at the young company that's probably going to go bankrupt soon.
If the API is done well, it shouldn't expose sensitive information like that at all and handle it through the actual PayPal service anyway, leaving just the way users see the actual payment page to customize to your needs.
Don't worry, if you were installing Windows you'd have had the time to have an orgy lasting the entire day.
Just imagine the amount of bashers if the news would had read;
Windows 7 is causing outrage and frustration, with early adopters wishing they'd stuck with previous versions of the Windows. Blank and flickering screens, failure to recognize hard drives, defaulting to the old kernel, and failure to get encryption running are taking their toll, as early adopters turn to the web for answers and log fresh bug reports in Windows forums.
This again comes from the fact that both Windows and Mac OS X releases are properly tested and maintained and tend to be in more professional quality.
But why don't the Linux distros go to same lenghts?
Actually, the major distros (including Ubuntu) do. Why do you think there were a bunch of release candidates? The problem here is that Ubuntu is able to run on many more systems than Windows 7 or Mac OSX, and thus there's a lot more hardware that will have to work with it.
Why don't you just try?
If my computer came with Google Chrome I'd be glad. No need to open IE from that point ever again, even to get a different browser!
That definitely makes it news for nerds, I guess.
I guess it was handy for people that couldn't burn ISOs like most windows users untill they installed an ISO burning program.
It was intended more for those with a download limit, or for stores to give away (I've seen these free CDs in computer stores before).
No, they're just not the first.
I thought they upgraded that to 4096 with 2.6.30 (but it still can't display Flash video smoothly)?
Yes, in that case there might be a security liability. However, this is what package repositories are for.
In the end, it's always the user who has to be careful.
"Finally, an use for all those unsold laptops"?
User: "Oooh, I can download this to see dancing bunnies." *downloads and executes malware* :(*
Malware: *tries to install*
OS: "Malware needs root access to install. Please enter your root password." (Windows version of this would be "Cancel or Allow.")
Not Completely Stupid User: Well, nevermind then.
Malware: *Oh damn
Cool? Neat? We're still talking about viruses, right?
What can a Windows-targeted virus in WINE do to a Linux system, other than hang around looking impotent?
It could trash your home directory, if it somehow manages to find it. But that's about it, unless you run Wine as root, which you're not supposed to do.
It's user-generated content. Go sue the users, not YouTube. Geez, it's like sueing RPG Maker because people make Pokémon fan games with it.
Still, I'd rather see Google/YouTube pay for all that copyright infringement rather than the poor users. Or instead, I'd see the music companies wisen up a bit themselves and stop sueing over anything and everything.
The biggest strength of Windows is running Win32 apps, and they are all compiled for Win/x86
Microsoft has written VMs before to create compatibility with 16-bit applications on 32-bit systems before, right? The same should be possible with ARM, to at least a certain extent. (Someone mentioned the API differences of old software before so those probably wouldn't work unless old functionality was ported too in important libraries.)
Indeed, geweldig. Unbelievable.
What if someone makes a really good "in Soviet Russia" joke?
Perhaps MS catered their release date to be a week before Ubuntu's...
Karmic Koala is just a name to identify the release (kind of like "Vista", or "Snow Leopard"). The letters go up there too; from H to K it's been Hardy Heron, Intrepid Ibis, Jaunty Jackalope, Karmic Koala.
Agreed, the final release would have been much more of an article, not the release candidate. I guess it's just "smart advertising" from Slashdot or something.
You mean YOU will be delayed.