Not in the least. Windows is not tied to a language (you can use whatever you like), where iOS is. Now I can't comment on what languages are available for Windows Phone 7, or Windows 8 has/will have, but they do not have the platform adoption that iOS does. C# usage is based on its merits, where Objective-C usage is based on Vendor lock-in.
I'm sorry, but even "Non-Genuine" copies of Windows still get security fixes. There is no comparison here.
Windows: Pirate our software, we'll still give you security fixes (although we might put a watermark asking you to stop pirating it)
Adobe: Buy our software, but you only get security fixes if you give us even more money.
Hell, MS gives security fixes even to XP until 2014 (13 years after its release). CS5 is less than 2 years old.
They were using a legitimate feature of the browser. It's not as if they were hacking/etc.. anyone can do this and submitting forms has been around since the web was born. If Apple wants to block cookies on 3rd party form submissions they can go right ahead. Until they do the blame is on Apple not Google.
It is purely speculation whether or not they can, I side with the probability that they cannot. (I responded to icebike not because I firmly believe this, but because he trolled me elsewhere in this article declaring how wrong I am)
I would love to hear why you believe the NSA could crack it - and so would almost everyone else that uses TrueCrypt. The FBI spent 6 years trying to crack it, you'd think if the NSA could do it so easily they'd call them in.
But honestly though, please explain how to me. If you are convincing enough, I'll find another disk encryption tool.
I think you misunderstand the definition of astroturfing. A single comment cannot be an astroturf unless that commenter works for the company attempting to astroturf. What company do you accuse him of working for?
#1 I am not American. We do not have a "section on the American Constitution", we have a section on *our* constitution
#2 I still apparently know your constitution/laws better than you since Freedom of Association is inherent in Freedom of Assembly ever since NAACP v. Alabama.
#3 FYI My country's constitution has Freedom of Association written explicitly into it. So much for your constitution being divine/America being the shining city on the hill - your personal freedoms are at the mercy of your judicial branch.
I guess *you* didn't pass *your* section on the Constitution (assuming you're American - which judging by your automatic assumption that everyone else is, is probably a pretty safe assumption)
It's awkward that they are fighting back? Do you have any idea why Google started purchasing Motorola in the first place? So they can counter strike against MS and Apple. I for one cheer them on - maybe now that MS and Apple are under attack maybe they can come to some sort of compromise, get out of the courts and get back to building products.
Not trying to bash your head in, but I think you may just have encountered the wrong developers. One thing about Visual Studio is its ease of use (as opposed to Eclipse). This makes the barriers for entry much much smaller, allowing non-developers to write simple but very bad WinForms applications, which grow into monolithic and dear-god-kill-me-now bad applications.
This is similar to how Javascript in the late 90s was used by so many laymen (who wanted to call themselves web developers) to write the most god-awful code known to mankind.
So please don't judge a tool by a subset of its users. There are plenty of us out there that actually write reusable, testable, readable code using Visual Studio and C# (for the love of god I wish VB.Net would die in a fire) - and we do it very quickly and effortlessly thanks to the ease of use of VS (and Resharper:)
It also generally helps when your team does not *completely* drink the Microsoft Koolaid. Their source control and CI tools are just plain garbage. Use git, with a proper diff tool and some level of CI. Encourage constant refactoring and TDD. <-- generally these techniques are not practiced in Microsoft shops as MS does not preach this kind of stuff very loudly or very well, and some managers are deaf to everything but what MS has to say.
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Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_(software)
The grandparent was comparing .Net to Objective-C. Their was no mention of Java.
The discussion was about the language/framework being tied to the OS, not the language being tied to the framework.
Similar to C#/VB and the other .NET languages...
Not in the least. Windows is not tied to a language (you can use whatever you like), where iOS is. Now I can't comment on what languages are available for Windows Phone 7, or Windows 8 has/will have, but they do not have the platform adoption that iOS does. C# usage is based on its merits, where Objective-C usage is based on Vendor lock-in.
CS5 just passed its 2 year mark
I'm sorry, but even "Non-Genuine" copies of Windows still get security fixes. There is no comparison here.
Windows: Pirate our software, we'll still give you security fixes (although we might put a watermark asking you to stop pirating it)
Adobe: Buy our software, but you only get security fixes if you give us even more money.
Hell, MS gives security fixes even to XP until 2014 (13 years after its release). CS5 is less than 2 years old.
So? I'll add them and won't give them access to see anything.
They were using a legitimate feature of the browser. It's not as if they were hacking/etc.. anyone can do this and submitting forms has been around since the web was born. If Apple wants to block cookies on 3rd party form submissions they can go right ahead. Until they do the blame is on Apple not Google.
It is purely speculation whether or not they can, I side with the probability that they cannot. (I responded to icebike not because I firmly believe this, but because he trolled me elsewhere in this article declaring how wrong I am)
FYI OverlyCriticalGuy=Bonch. So if this is him, there's yet another alias.
I would love to hear why you believe the NSA could crack it - and so would almost everyone else that uses TrueCrypt. The FBI spent 6 years trying to crack it, you'd think if the NSA could do it so easily they'd call them in.
But honestly though, please explain how to me. If you are convincing enough, I'll find another disk encryption tool.
Usually in a debate when you say someone is wrong you typically say why. Oh wait, I understand: you're just a troll!
Already replied to this here: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2827809&cid=39883951
Surely the Pentagon knows how to crack encryption, no?
Please see http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/26/1825204/fbi-failed-to-break-encryption-of-hard-drives
the FBI has failed to decrypt files of a Brazilian banker accused of financial crimes...two encryption programs, one Truecrypt and the other unnamed
Surely they could use some of their "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" to elicit the passwords from someone. (see http://xkcd.com/538/)
Thank you Judge Gary Brown
Perhaps only people with brain damage want to play(/watch) football?
Why we need doctors to tell us this? Isn't it pretty obvious that if you get hit in the head a lot, it will cause brain damage?
The irony of this astroturfing/trolling comment
I think you misunderstand the definition of astroturfing. A single comment cannot be an astroturf unless that commenter works for the company attempting to astroturf. What company do you accuse him of working for?
#1 I am not American. We do not have a "section on the American Constitution", we have a section on *our* constitution
#2 I still apparently know your constitution/laws better than you since Freedom of Association is inherent in Freedom of Assembly ever since NAACP v. Alabama.
#3 FYI My country's constitution has Freedom of Association written explicitly into it. So much for your constitution being divine/America being the shining city on the hill - your personal freedoms are at the mercy of your judicial branch.
I guess *you* didn't pass *your* section on the Constitution (assuming you're American - which judging by your automatic assumption that everyone else is, is probably a pretty safe assumption)
This is quite obviously unconstitutional
http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/stompy-is-coming.html
What can you do in C# that can't be done in .Net's version of VB?
How about, write readable code?
It's awkward that they are fighting back? Do you have any idea why Google started purchasing Motorola in the first place? So they can counter strike against MS and Apple. I for one cheer them on - maybe now that MS and Apple are under attack maybe they can come to some sort of compromise, get out of the courts and get back to building products.
Not trying to bash your head in, but I think you may just have encountered the wrong developers. One thing about Visual Studio is its ease of use (as opposed to Eclipse). This makes the barriers for entry much much smaller, allowing non-developers to write simple but very bad WinForms applications, which grow into monolithic and dear-god-kill-me-now bad applications.
:)
This is similar to how Javascript in the late 90s was used by so many laymen (who wanted to call themselves web developers) to write the most god-awful code known to mankind.
So please don't judge a tool by a subset of its users. There are plenty of us out there that actually write reusable, testable, readable code using Visual Studio and C# (for the love of god I wish VB.Net would die in a fire) - and we do it very quickly and effortlessly thanks to the ease of use of VS (and Resharper
It also generally helps when your team does not *completely* drink the Microsoft Koolaid. Their source control and CI tools are just plain garbage. Use git, with a proper diff tool and some level of CI. Encourage constant refactoring and TDD. <-- generally these techniques are not practiced in Microsoft shops as MS does not preach this kind of stuff very loudly or very well, and some managers are deaf to everything but what MS has to say.
C# is a far superior language, and I would much rather work in Visual Studio then tear my eyes out everyday dealing with Eclipse.