Yes, I sure did! I think the glitz & glamour of getting a first post on Slashdot got the better of me. I've been beaten senseless with a carp since, and I am feeling much better now! Thanks!
Hey, this is really cool.. This would be good for a lot of beginning developers to get some real hands on experience without getting in over their heads on a full blown project. The linux communtity never ceases to amaze me with thier neverending list of Good Ideas.
First off, I can remember when MS said (in court) that it was technically impossible for them to remove IE from Windows. They might have even had a tech expert at the trial, i don't remember exactly. Now, I have read that they are offering this as a settlement. What gives? No matter how you package it, this is a lie by MS. Pure and simple. Next, competition is A Good Thing. Take a look at Intel & AMD for instance. Before AMD was making processors that could compete, prices were fairly high. Now that AMD is really giving Intel a run for thier money, the prices are falling like a rock. Now, are AMD's chips as good as Intel's? Depends on who you ask. But I am getting off topic a bit. My point is that MS deserves some type of punishment to encourage competition. IANAL, so I will leave that up to Those Who Are Lawyers. I like the earlier post however about the top 100 execs feet first into a wood chipper tho:o) Segfault
I am all for security and privacy of your personal information, but what home user needs DoD strength security at home? That's pretty paranoid if you ask me. The DoD should develop their own Linux distro if you ask me.. Just my $0.02.
My reply to this is, if AOL 5.0 crashes your system after installing, you didn't have your system setup correctly to begin with. I have used AOL for awhile now, and have never had any of these problems... Please send flames to dev/null.
I agree.. I have been using AOL 5.0 for a long time now (since it was released) and I use other ISPs and it has not caused any problems. This was not a malicious attempt by AOL to rule the fuckin world, just that AOL (and any other software developer) is not able to determine every possible configuration out there.
Thank you! Any company would be stupid to break compatibility with other company's products on purpose, and AOL is not stupid. You people don't seem to understand that AOL's developers are software guys/gals just like any other company, and they have to answer to the suits just like anyone else. It's not AOL's fault that people don't read the friggin install notes.
As was stated before, msmouse.vxd is a mouse driver. AOL doesn't change this i don't think.. I mean why would they? The mouse works the same in AOL as it does in any other application.
Actually, the AOL adapter has only been around since AOL 4.0... but thanks for standing up for AOL, they aren't quite the evil bastards that most people think they are. Just trying to make a living like anyone else.
The reason that AOL 5.0 didn't work properly on Windows 2000 is because it wasn't designed for Win2K. AOL has always been for the Win9x kernel, and things are handled differently in the NT kernel. I am quite sure that there will be a Win2k compatible version coming down the pipe soon enough.
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Yes, I sure did! I think the glitz & glamour of getting a first post on Slashdot got the better of me. I've been beaten senseless with a carp since, and I am feeling much better now! Thanks!
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Hey, this is really cool.. This would be good for a lot of beginning developers to get some real hands on experience without getting in over their heads on a full blown project. The linux communtity never ceases to amaze me with thier neverending list of Good Ideas.
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First off, I can remember when MS said (in court) that it was technically impossible for them to remove IE from Windows. They might have even had a tech expert at the trial, i don't remember exactly. Now, I have read that they are offering this as a settlement. What gives? No matter how you package it, this is a lie by MS. Pure and simple. Next, competition is A Good Thing. Take a look at Intel & AMD for instance. Before AMD was making processors that could compete, prices were fairly high. Now that AMD is really giving Intel a run for thier money, the prices are falling like a rock. Now, are AMD's chips as good as Intel's? Depends on who you ask. But I am getting off topic a bit. My point is that MS deserves some type of punishment to encourage competition. IANAL, so I will leave that up to Those Who Are Lawyers. I like the earlier post however about the top 100 execs feet first into a wood chipper tho :o) Segfault
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I am all for security and privacy of your personal information, but what home user needs DoD strength security at home? That's pretty paranoid if you ask me. The DoD should develop their own Linux distro if you ask me.. Just my $0.02.
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My reply to this is, if AOL 5.0 crashes your system after installing, you didn't have your system setup correctly to begin with. I have used AOL for awhile now, and have never had any of these problems... Please send flames to dev/null.
I agree.. I have been using AOL 5.0 for a long time now (since it was released) and I use other ISPs and it has not caused any problems. This was not a malicious attempt by AOL to rule the fuckin world, just that AOL (and any other software developer) is not able to determine every possible configuration out there.
Thank you! Any company would be stupid to break compatibility with other company's products on purpose, and AOL is not stupid. You people don't seem to understand that AOL's developers are software guys/gals just like any other company, and they have to answer to the suits just like anyone else. It's not AOL's fault that people don't read the friggin install notes.
I compeletely agree.. When/if I have kids, they will have thier own PC.. I don't let adults on my system much less kids who have less experience.
As was stated before, msmouse.vxd is a mouse driver. AOL doesn't change this i don't think.. I mean why would they? The mouse works the same in AOL as it does in any other application.
Actually, the AOL adapter has only been around since AOL 4.0... but thanks for standing up for AOL, they aren't quite the evil bastards that most people think they are. Just trying to make a living like anyone else.
The reason that AOL 5.0 didn't work properly on Windows 2000 is because it wasn't designed for Win2K. AOL has always been for the Win9x kernel, and things are handled differently in the NT kernel. I am quite sure that there will be a Win2k compatible version coming down the pipe soon enough.