Microsoft lobbied big time to get the same system installed in the EU, so please don't tell me they just want to protect themselves from getting sued. It's just a lie and you (should) know it's a lie.
Simply because to avoid getting sued the current EU-laws would perfectly suffice. Yet Microsoft wants to see them changed.
I don't think "$300 / seat for something proprietary" really matters that much. Even if they re-bought that license every single year, it is less than $1/day to match whatever they are paying the butt that sits in the seat.
First of all, it's not really about "seats", most Google-computers are in clusters.
Second, when they would have chosen Windows, they would have never got off the ground. Just RTFA, they started with some random computers they gathered - and now imaging to build something like Google on top of computers running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4 and 2K. All in different flavours.
The mean surface temperature of Mars is about 200K
Don't you think that the mean temperature is pretty irrelevant because it won't stop the planet from losing its atmosphere in areas with it's maximum temperature?
Mars' maximum temperature is a little less than 300K (maybe 290K) so it will lose not just water but also O2 because it is split up by ultraviolet rays in 2 Oxygen-atmos.
Considering the amount of money Microsoft could theoretically pump into development on the next version of IE, wouldn't it make more sense for them to be the first to pass the test?
No, because web developers don't buy MDSN subscriptions, it would make sense for them to make the life for web developers as miserable as possible.
I didn't find position:fixed in TFA, it may be called strangely (I have for example absolutely no idea what the peekaboo but is) and it might be fixed even though it's not on the list.
Even the way it is, XBox360 doesn't really have any advantages compared to the PS3: The PS3 has more games, the PS3 is fully backwards compatible, the PS3 is faster, the PS3 can read more card formats, the PS3 supports 2 screens,...
The only advantage of the XBox360 is the earlier launch date - and now they trash that advantage... Very stupid.
If they do a HD-DVD-version, at least they shouldn't tell everybody about it.
On one hand, renderfarms of ~5k machines get pretty expensive already, and adding another $500k for windows liscences is no small change.
Yeah, and paying some Linux geek $100k to get it running is an even smaller change.
Also you can save lots of hardware versus Windows because you can run more efficiently, so you might save a cool million on hardware alone, if not more.
Also, administration is more efficient, so you save money each year.
On top of that you can do with Linux whatever you want. No fears for something requiring a CAL that didn't require a CAL before, no fears for the next version being more expensive, etc.
IE-behaviour isn't standardized and isn't documented anywhere. It can change anytime Microsoft releases a new servicepack.
You can't (un)install IE freely, so if a servicepack breaks your app, it's reformatting time, because there is no way to go back to a lower version of IE. If IE7 doesn't work with your app, there will be no way for Windows Vista users to install IE6. With Mozilla or Firefox this is no problem. You can even run it off an USB-Stick.
Actually what if you (gasp) get some customers who doesn't run Windows? IE may run on 95% of machines, but Mozilla runs on 100%
the tiny usability improvement of having the buttons in a different order
What usability improvement are you talking about?
In KDE, the "cancel", "don't change", "keep settings", "don't overwrite", etc. is always at the far right.
And that's good beause there is only ONE "cancel" or "don't change" button because it - well - doesn't change anything.
In GNOME, on the other hand, anything except cancel might be on the far right: Whatever the developers think that is the "most common action": It might be "overwrite", "skip", "save under new name" or whatever. Since actions are always different, there will be always something different on the far right.
Please can you explain rationally where there is a usability improvement?
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Have you tried Konqueror?
IE-marketshare is already well below 90% and continues to shrink.
Simply because to avoid getting sued the current EU-laws would perfectly suffice. Yet Microsoft wants to see them changed.
Finland, Sweden and Iceland have much lower energy consumption per person than the US and the Soviet Union (in the 80's).
Actually the energy consumption in the Soviet Union was even higher than in the United States.
Socialism/Communism is putting forward waste.
Capitalism would be perfect for an energy-efficient society ***IF*** you have very, very high taxes on energy and very low taxes on work.
American government: That's all nonsense. If you start to conserve energy, the terrorists win! It's our way of life!
(and I don't care what xiph.org sais)
Usually ogg is audio and ogm is video. If the remaining stubborn technocrats would also accept that, we all would be much happier.
First of all, it's not really about "seats", most Google-computers are in clusters.
Second, when they would have chosen Windows, they would have never got off the ground. Just RTFA, they started with some random computers they gathered - and now imaging to build something like Google on top of computers running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4 and 2K. All in different flavours.
Don't you think that the mean temperature is pretty irrelevant because it won't stop the planet from losing its atmosphere in areas with it's maximum temperature?
Mars' maximum temperature is a little less than 300K (maybe 290K) so it will lose not just water but also O2 because it is split up by ultraviolet rays in 2 Oxygen-atmos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Global_Carbon_E mission_by_Type.png
Yeah, I know you tried to be funny, nevertheless CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels is well over 6000 million tons per year or about 20-30 times that what volcanos produce.
You are 100% correct, although in a different way than you probably meant.
The XBox failed miserably and was sold less than half as often as Microsoft forecast.
Microsoft's marketing machine did not let that failure occur and after 4 years this miserable failure is seen as a big success by a lot of people.
Argh. That's awkard and sidesteps the point.
It should read:
"Internet Explorer is unable to display transparent PNG images, use Mozilla or any other browser to view them" - on pages with transparent PNG images
"Internet Explorer is buggy when using styles sheets. Use Mozilla or any other browser to view this page" - on any page with tricky CSS stuff.
No, because web developers don't buy MDSN subscriptions, it would make sense for them to make the life for web developers as miserable as possible.
I think you meant 80%+ market share.
And given current trends, 70%+ market share might be more accurate at the time Longhorn ships.
Well that's the question.
Does anybody know wether it will support position:fixed? Thanks
Actually IE does. It reports as Mozilla with "compatible" in brackets.
Even the way it is, XBox360 doesn't really have any advantages compared to the PS3: The PS3 has more games, the PS3 is fully backwards compatible, the PS3 is faster, the PS3 can read more card formats, the PS3 supports 2 screens,...
The only advantage of the XBox360 is the earlier launch date - and now they trash that advantage... Very stupid.
If they do a HD-DVD-version, at least they shouldn't tell everybody about it.
Konqueror
Actually my theory is that the codebase is so messed up that it didn't work any other way to include tabs.
Yeah, and paying some Linux geek $100k to get it running is an even smaller change.
Also you can save lots of hardware versus Windows because you can run more efficiently, so you might save a cool million on hardware alone, if not more.
Also, administration is more efficient, so you save money each year.
On top of that you can do with Linux whatever you want. No fears for something requiring a CAL that didn't require a CAL before, no fears for the next version being more expensive, etc.
Because:
Becaue times change and so do browser marketshares.
I still remember the times when Netscape was dominating everything. You would look pretty stupid today if your website would run only on Netscape4.
So in the end you waste MUCH MORE money because you have to test and re-test the website every few years.
What usability improvement are you talking about?
In KDE, the "cancel", "don't change", "keep settings", "don't overwrite", etc. is always at the far right.
And that's good beause there is only ONE "cancel" or "don't change" button because it - well - doesn't change anything.
In GNOME, on the other hand, anything except cancel might be on the far right: Whatever the developers think that is the "most common action": It might be "overwrite", "skip", "save under new name" or whatever. Since actions are always different, there will be always something different on the far right.
Please can you explain rationally where there is a usability improvement?