For VMware, the application is called VMware Lab Manager... not that Microsoft would use that of course... but somebody will create the same thing for SCCVM/Hyper-V (if they have not done it already)
After having skimmed through the referenced blog, it is obvious that the author is either joking or a spotty teenager. Let's hope he is just joking.
Quote: "Password masking has become common for no reasons other than (a) it's easy to do, and (b) it was the default in the Web's early days."
"Web's early days"? I can clearly remember using passwords a full decade before the Web was invented. And I will bet there are people lurking around here who can beat me by a couple of decades.
Do we even need to discuss this one? Looks like the "Hollow earth" theory of IT secuity to me...
Linux may well be ready for Joe Average, but apparently nobody could be bothered to tell him about it, and Joe could not care less, because he sees lots of advertising for Windows and thinks it looks quite OK.
Microsoft are not underminig the market. The ARE the market. Until the linux community or distributors or whatever they are put together a fair amount of money and do some advertising, the playing field is Microsoft and Microsoft only.
It is not the PC manufacturers job to sell software. It is the software suppliers job. I have not seen one ad for a Linux based product in mainstream media. I have seen lots from Microsoft and Apple.
It is about time the Linux community stop whining and start to come up with a strategy to make consumers aware of Linux. This will not happen by waiting for PC manufactureres to somehow create a level playing field. The only way to win it is to go for the consumers. Apple does. They are doing fine, as far as I can see...
The point you are missing is that all those manufacturers of small devices like cameras, MP3 players etc. have already licensed the patents. For most of them the money involved is trivial, and far less than it would cost to develop anything or the cost of replacing it with something else.
All this is not about being "right" or "wrong" or "doing the best thing". For the companies involved it is simply about money, and for now, paying the license fees (which most of them have done already anyway) is the simple and cheapest solution.
For their (our... it's the state that owns NRK) definition of control is defined on the website http://nrkbeta.no/the-nrkbeta-doctrine/
I think you will find that they have left "the old ways" and actually understand what the new reality is about.
According to Microsoft, most of us violate their patents by simply using Linux. 235 patents or what the count is now? We have done our part. Now it is up to Microsoft to sue.... which it has been for a long time. They do not seem very eager to me...
Come to think of it, there are many companies out there who have sactually sued for software patent violations (model railroads anyone?). So why are we talking so much about Microsoft?
Well, they have not actually sued anybody, and that article you link to is pretty old now. I think the observation that Microsoft mainly uses its patents for bargaining and FUD still stands.
It seems you are comparing 25-30 year old computers with the current computers. An IBM PC when it came out had approximately the same power as a ZX or an Amiga (probably closest to the Amiga, as they used CPU's that could use more than 64k).
If the Amiga had survived it would have had 4 GB of RAM, 2 TB of disk and equally bloated software as the PC.
Software written for any of the platforms in the mid-80's had to be efficintly written. I can still remember the joy of Turbo Pascal 3.0. Editor and compiler on a floppy disk. Very efficient coding. On a PC. It is not about the platform. It is down to available technology.
For those who can remember from before the PC was born (which is 27 years ago), what we remember is a lot of very expensive incompatible computers. Normal people could not afford (and even less make any practiacal use of) what was then home computers.
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For VMware, the application is called VMware Lab Manager... not that Microsoft would use that of course... but somebody will create the same thing for SCCVM/Hyper-V (if they have not done it already)
After having skimmed through the referenced blog, it is obvious that the author is either joking or a spotty teenager. Let's hope he is just joking.
Quote: "Password masking has become common for no reasons other than (a) it's easy to do, and (b) it was the default in the Web's early days."
"Web's early days"? I can clearly remember using passwords a full decade before the Web was invented. And I will bet there are people lurking around here who can beat me by a couple of decades.
Do we even need to discuss this one? Looks like the "Hollow earth" theory of IT secuity to me...
Linux may well be ready for Joe Average, but apparently nobody could be bothered to tell him about it, and Joe could not care less, because he sees lots of advertising for Windows and thinks it looks quite OK.
Microsoft are not underminig the market. The ARE the market. Until the linux community or distributors or whatever they are put together a fair amount of money and do some advertising, the playing field is Microsoft and Microsoft only.
It is not the PC manufacturers job to sell software. It is the software suppliers job. I have not seen one ad for a Linux based product in mainstream media. I have seen lots from Microsoft and Apple.
It is about time the Linux community stop whining and start to come up with a strategy to make consumers aware of Linux. This will not happen by waiting for PC manufactureres to somehow create a level playing field. The only way to win it is to go for the consumers. Apple does. They are doing fine, as far as I can see...
> People who use your Unite page to access things have only got access to what you allow them to see and what you've choicen to host through Unite.
Like "C:\" ?
:-)
Not quite correct.
A fair number of schools use MACs. Those are mainly used in schools with emphasis on creative arts.
There is also some Linux in lower grade schools. There is even a distribution targetted at the schools: SkoleLinux.
However, it seems that each school tend to select one OS and only support that one, mainly due to support issues.
The majority of schools use Windows, but it is not a Lock in, as the alternatives are available for those schools wanting to use them.
ISA server was never free, and will be part of the suite, so spelling it out really does not help you at all.
I think you just illustrated the reason why Linux will not be popular on the desktop anytime soon.
The point you are missing is that all those manufacturers of small devices like cameras, MP3 players etc. have already licensed the patents. For most of them the money involved is trivial, and far less than it would cost to develop anything or the cost of replacing it with something else. All this is not about being "right" or "wrong" or "doing the best thing". For the companies involved it is simply about money, and for now, paying the license fees (which most of them have done already anyway) is the simple and cheapest solution.
For their (our... it's the state that owns NRK) definition of control is defined on the website http://nrkbeta.no/the-nrkbeta-doctrine/ I think you will find that they have left "the old ways" and actually understand what the new reality is about.
Have a look at http://nrkbeta.no/
According to Microsoft, most of us violate their patents by simply using Linux. 235 patents or what the count is now? We have done our part. Now it is up to Microsoft to sue.... which it has been for a long time. They do not seem very eager to me... Come to think of it, there are many companies out there who have sactually sued for software patent violations (model railroads anyone?). So why are we talking so much about Microsoft?
Well, they have not actually sued anybody, and that article you link to is pretty old now. I think the observation that Microsoft mainly uses its patents for bargaining and FUD still stands.
It seems you are comparing 25-30 year old computers with the current computers. An IBM PC when it came out had approximately the same power as a ZX or an Amiga (probably closest to the Amiga, as they used CPU's that could use more than 64k).
If the Amiga had survived it would have had 4 GB of RAM, 2 TB of disk and equally bloated software as the PC.
Software written for any of the platforms in the mid-80's had to be efficintly written. I can still remember the joy of Turbo Pascal 3.0. Editor and compiler on a floppy disk. Very efficient coding. On a PC. It is not about the platform. It is down to available technology.
What software, by the way?