Not that I ever believed maximizing shareholder value was ever a good idea, and trying to minimize legal liablity (or CYA) in order to maximize shareholder value is of course an even worse idea, but that is another topic altogether.
Which is the minimum for most x86 OSes nowadays. In fact, some newer x86 OSes and software have even higher requirements. Windows XP and SQL Server 7.0 and later for example require the CMPXCHG8B instruction, and Flash 8 and later require MMX.
And serial ports don't have a separate driver for each OS?:)
But it is only for each UART. One UART driver will work with any serial device attached to it and programs that interface with that device. And beside the USB-serial converters, the 16550 UART with 16 byte buffered FIFO has been standard on PCs for 15+ years now (the first computer to use it was I think the PS/2 in 1987).
Because the original IBM PC BIOS from 1981 was not designed to support this. It checked for the presence of a video (at the time MDA/CGA) card, and the system BIOS had routines to access MDA/CGA cards, and these was used during POST to output messages. Not to mention the BIOS configuration menus inside later BIOSs by AMI, Phoenix, etc was almost always implemented via direct access to the video card and was not designed to make outputting them to a serial port easy. Console redirection inside most BIOSes that have them is implemented by "scraping" the screen and output that to the serial port, and similarly polling the UART and simulating keyboard input.
We looked into replacing those motor controllers, and the replacements use the *parallel port*, another dead port.
But not as dead as ISA. In fact, keeping these other legacy ports like parallel/serial/floppy/PS/2 that is on the Super I/O chip while killing the ISA bus is part of why the LPC bus was created. The LPC bus take less pins to route than ISA, being a serial bus.
And Apple did with the iMac in 1998. I wonder what was Steve Jobs' reaction when he was told that the Xserve is going to have a serial port, considered "legacy" by Apple since the iMac in 1998.
I wonder what was Steve Jobs' reaction when he was told that the Xserve is going to have a serial port, considered "legacy" by Apple since the iMac in 1998.
Actually, it is not for the last one, it is for the Standard Tactics disaster which I am not sure was covered on slashdot, and the 90 day domain lockdown which was.
GoDaddy eventually apologized for the last one on it's radio show. Go to http://www.radiogodaddy.com/ and look for the December radio show on "Virtual Weddings, Flawed Internet Filters & a Candid Discussion About Go Daddy Business Practices".
BTW, that law was specifically designed to allow Berlusconi to get away with real crimes. It was by coincidence that it allowed getting around stupid laws.
2) i fear this does more harm than good - google is LESS likely to free vp8 under an mit style license now because they don't want to seem like they did it because of the fsf.
I don't think so, isn't satisfying the FSF a good thing?
But don't confuse self-interest with economic self-interest. I mention the "Economic Man" in my Slashdot/Reddit submissions, and even linked to this which talk about it some more:
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/59/ceo.html
That as I remember, the original proposal by Amazon from 2000 included limiting software patent duration to something like five years. Had that been done, this wouldn't be an issue in the first place since the patent would have been expired by then.
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Not that I ever believed maximizing shareholder value was ever a good idea, and trying to minimize legal liablity (or CYA) in order to maximize shareholder value is of course an even worse idea, but that is another topic altogether.
Actually it dates back to Win2000, the first version of the NT series that support FAT32.
Well, here is an article from Boycott Novell on this: http://boycottnovell.com/2010/02/23/boycott-amazon/
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In 1990 you would be looking at a 25mhz 486DX.
Which is the minimum for most x86 OSes nowadays. In fact, some newer x86 OSes and software have even higher requirements. Windows XP and SQL Server 7.0 and later for example require the CMPXCHG8B instruction, and Flash 8 and later require MMX.
And serial ports don't have a separate driver for each OS? :)
But it is only for each UART. One UART driver will work with any serial device attached to it and programs that interface with that device. And beside the USB-serial converters, the 16550 UART with 16 byte buffered FIFO has been standard on PCs for 15+ years now (the first computer to use it was I think the PS/2 in 1987).
now because of consumers and PHBs saying "why do I need this old port on my laptop"
Also because they take space too.
Yep, remember the age of minicomputers? PDP-11, VAX, Data General, etc?
Don't forget USB kernel debugging support in Vista too. It uses a Net20DC.
Because the original IBM PC BIOS from 1981 was not designed to support this. It checked for the presence of a video (at the time MDA/CGA) card, and the system BIOS had routines to access MDA/CGA cards, and these was used during POST to output messages. Not to mention the BIOS configuration menus inside later BIOSs by AMI, Phoenix, etc was almost always implemented via direct access to the video card and was not designed to make outputting them to a serial port easy. Console redirection inside most BIOSes that have them is implemented by "scraping" the screen and output that to the serial port, and similarly polling the UART and simulating keyboard input.
We looked into replacing those motor controllers, and the replacements use the *parallel port*, another dead port.
But not as dead as ISA. In fact, keeping these other legacy ports like parallel/serial/floppy/PS/2 that is on the Super I/O chip while killing the ISA bus is part of why the LPC bus was created. The LPC bus take less pins to route than ISA, being a serial bus.
In particular, old Macs used RS-422/423 for their serial ports, and many of them support adding a external clock to increase the speed.
And Apple did with the iMac in 1998. I wonder what was Steve Jobs' reaction when he was told that the Xserve is going to have a serial port, considered "legacy" by Apple since the iMac in 1998.
I wonder what was Steve Jobs' reaction when he was told that the Xserve is going to have a serial port, considered "legacy" by Apple since the iMac in 1998.
As it was not covered on slashdot, here is a list of articles from DomainNameWire.com about Standard Tactics:
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/01/12/godaddy-brings-humor-to-company-mistakes/
http://domainnamewire.com/2008/12/17/go-daddy-to-shut-down-standard-tactics-llc/
http://domainnamewire.com/2008/12/08/commentary-why-standard-tactics-is-a-problem/
http://domainnamewire.com/2008/12/03/standard-tactics-llc-how-godaddy-profits-from-expired-domains/
It has some suggestions on "How Go Daddy Can Court Domainers":
http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/23/how-go-daddy-can-court-domainers/
For more articles do a query for GoDaddy at:
http://domainnamewire.com/index.php?s=godaddy&x=0&y=0
Actually, it is not for the last one, it is for the Standard Tactics disaster which I am not sure was covered on slashdot, and the 90 day domain lockdown which was.
GoDaddy eventually apologized for the last one on it's radio show. Go to http://www.radiogodaddy.com/ and look for the December radio show on "Virtual Weddings, Flawed Internet Filters & a Candid Discussion About Go Daddy Business Practices".
BTW, that law was specifically designed to allow Berlusconi to get away with real crimes. It was by coincidence that it allowed getting around stupid laws.
2) i fear this does more harm than good - google is LESS likely to free vp8 under an mit style license now because they don't want to seem like they did it because of the fsf.
I don't think so, isn't satisfying the FSF a good thing?
In fact, the FSF lists the Artistic License as non-free "because it is so vague you cannot determine what rights you have".
Luckily, in most cases, I don't think it is anywhere near the primary reason companies stick with IE6.
Yea, command and control and unthinking drones.
But don't confuse self-interest with economic self-interest. I mention the "Economic Man" in my Slashdot/Reddit submissions, and even linked to this which talk about it some more: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/59/ceo.html
That as I remember, the original proposal by Amazon from 2000 included limiting software patent duration to something like five years. Had that been done, this wouldn't be an issue in the first place since the patent would have been expired by then.
Yep, in the old DOS versions there was even more restrictions.