I don't know why Microsoft is bending over for the media companies.
Isn't it obvious ? Microsoft markets their OS to the movie/music companies as being the only system secure enough for them to release their content in. In turn, the movie/music companies only release their content to play back under Windows. A nice little win-win situation all round (except for the poor consumer, who loses twice...)
I have no idea, I am not a kernel developer. But the purpose of a kernel is simply to manage devices, filesystems and processes. Linux does all of those extremely well. But there have been a lot of innovations in the desktop and application space.
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You have a point, but Free Software is hardly "dying" ! That's a ridiculous claim to make. *More* Free Software is being produced and used today than ever before. Just take a look at Freshmeat or Sourceforge.
Of course, if commercial organisations did wake up and realise they have a responsibilty to help support developers whose software they use, then probably developers would have a more comfortable lifestyle, and project development would become more professional and better organised.
Also, software is different from a web service. If a developer abandons a Free Software project, the code is still out their for somebody else to build on, or perhaps the original developer will return to it after taking a break.
Xbox360 sold well because it had a year head start on the Wii and PS3. Now that both those machines are ramping up to full production, Xbox sales will likely take a big dive.
Zune is entering a market that is already full of competitors. It offers very little in the way of new features. The only novelty is the wireless "squirting", which is pretty lame anyway (3 days or 3 plays). It would be a trivial upgrade for any rival device to offer wireless and an ftp interface.
Typically, Microsoft produce mediocre products, and don't do well in any market where they don't have a monopoly position.
You're kidding right ? Or being sarcastic ? DRM, a.k.a "Trusted Computing", is Microsoft's master plan to kill off the competition.
When Bill says "DRM is too complicated", he doesn't mean he wants to get rid of it. He means he wants Microsoft to make it "simpler for you".
DRM is a wet dream for Microsoft and Apple. It lets them lock up your data in perpetuity, while making it illegal and/or technically impossible for the competition to access that data at all.
There are a lot of downsides. To transport hydrogen, you have to pressurise it into liquid - this takes even more energy. Once it's liquid, it is extremely corrosive, and will leak out of any seal, since the hydrogen atom is so tiny. It's also explosive. And you still have to transport it to gas stations, using yet more energy.
Batteries have none of these drawbacks, so they are a much better choice for an energy source.
1. Make it stable on primary platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OSX) The last version I tried was pretty stable anyway, at least it never crashed for me.
2. Make native binaries on Linux AMD64 and Mac OSX. Mandriva has had OO binaries for AMD64 for at least a year now.
3. Increase compatibility with all version of MSOffice. Why ? OO supports the standard, odf. It's up to Microsoft to support the standard as well.
4. Make it less memory hungry. Agree with you here. Probably part of the problem is that it's written in Java. Now that Java is GPL, that will probably happen sooner rather than later.
Please get your "bad laws" right. The DMCA is the Digital Millenium *Copyright* Act. The Novell/MS deal is about *patents*. Patents and copyrights are two very different things.
How is this any different to streaming over the net ? I'm not even talking about video on demand. They can still keep the same schedule, just use a different delivery medium. They can still keep track of the number of viewers (probably even more easily, since they will know roughly geographically where there viewers are). They can still show ads, etc.
Microsoft is trying to take their time and putting in extra effort to make this release literally the best Windows release to date, because the last thing they want is another Windows ME.
From the reviews I have read, Vista will be another Windows ME. Not that it bothers me, I have been free of Microsoft's trashy products since 1998.
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Isn't it obvious ? Microsoft markets their OS to the movie/music companies as being the only system secure enough for them to release their content in. In turn, the movie/music companies only release their content to play back under Windows. A nice little win-win situation all round (except for the poor consumer, who loses twice...)
I don't know if you were joking or not, but the summary got it wrong. Peter Gutmann *is* a security expert.
And you have obviously never heard of a journaling filesystem.
So what happens when your house gets a BSOD ?
And do you have to reboot it every night ?
"Would you like a nice game of Sudoku, Professor Falken ?"
I have no idea, I am not a kernel developer. But the purpose of a kernel is simply to manage devices, filesystems and processes. Linux does all of those extremely well. But there have been a lot of innovations in the desktop and application space.
You have a point, but Free Software is hardly "dying" ! That's a ridiculous claim to make. *More* Free Software is being produced and used today than ever before. Just take a look at Freshmeat or Sourceforge.
Of course, if commercial organisations did wake up and realise they have a responsibilty to help support developers whose software they use, then probably developers would have a more comfortable lifestyle, and project development would become more professional and better organised.
Also, software is different from a web service. If a developer abandons a Free Software project, the code is still out their for somebody else to build on, or perhaps the original developer will return to it after taking a break.
Xbox360 sold well because it had a year head start on the Wii and PS3. Now that both those machines are ramping up to full production, Xbox sales will likely take a big dive.
Zune is entering a market that is already full of competitors. It offers very little in the way of new features. The only novelty is the wireless "squirting", which is pretty lame anyway (3 days or 3 plays). It would be a trivial upgrade for any rival device to offer wireless and an ftp interface.
Typically, Microsoft produce mediocre products, and don't do well in any market where they don't have a monopoly position.
And skiing.
What do you mean by that, exactly ?
You're kidding right ? Or being sarcastic ? DRM, a.k.a "Trusted Computing", is Microsoft's master plan to kill off the competition.
When Bill says "DRM is too complicated", he doesn't mean he wants to get rid of it. He means he wants Microsoft to make it "simpler for you".
DRM is a wet dream for Microsoft and Apple. It lets them lock up your data in perpetuity, while making it illegal and/or technically impossible for the competition to access that data at all.
Sure, why charge the batteries yourself ? Drive to a racharging station, swap the batteries out, and you are good to go.
As for the price, it will probably drop once they have sold a few.
No it isn't. I would call 250 miles on a single charge more than acceptable.
There are a lot of downsides. To transport hydrogen, you have to pressurise it into liquid - this takes even more energy. Once it's liquid, it is extremely corrosive, and will leak out of any seal, since the hydrogen atom is so tiny. It's also explosive. And you still have to transport it to gas stations, using yet more energy.
Batteries have none of these drawbacks, so they are a much better choice for an energy source.
This little baby ?
1. Make it stable on primary platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OSX)
The last version I tried was pretty stable anyway, at least it never crashed for me.
2. Make native binaries on Linux AMD64 and Mac OSX.
Mandriva has had OO binaries for AMD64 for at least a year now.
3. Increase compatibility with all version of MSOffice.
Why ? OO supports the standard, odf. It's up to Microsoft to support the standard as well.
4. Make it less memory hungry.
Agree with you here. Probably part of the problem is that it's written in Java. Now that Java is GPL, that will probably happen sooner rather than later.
5. Make it speedier.
See my answer to 4.
Yes, you have to align yourself with a company which is actively trying to destroy Free Software. Think about that.
You mean like this ? Why not just go out and buy one ?
Please get your "bad laws" right. The DMCA is the Digital Millenium *Copyright* Act. The Novell/MS deal is about *patents*. Patents and copyrights are two very different things.
How is this any different to streaming over the net ? I'm not even talking about video on demand. They can still keep the same schedule, just use a different delivery medium. They can still keep track of the number of viewers (probably even more easily, since they will know roughly geographically where there viewers are). They can still show ads, etc.
Why is this a problem for TV companies ? Why not just stream your output on the internet, in addition to broadcasting over radio/cable ?
From the reviews I have read, Vista will be another Windows ME. Not that it bothers me, I have been free of Microsoft's trashy products since 1998.
You must be new around here.
That sounds to me nothing like the Linux development model.
Perhaps you should do a little research into how Linux is developed before making such stupid statements.
Where do they get figures like that from ?
I'm pretty sure a decent game for Linux could sell several tens or even hundreds of thousands of copies.
I bought the Linux version of Q3 when it was available. I was planning on buying a few more games from Loki, until they shut down.
With Linux desktop market share constantly increasing, it makes more and more economic sense to start creating cross-platform games.