So where is this mythical COM object that replaces the IE rendering engine and whatever other stuff that's part of the OS. I doubt it's that simple or Netscape would have done it.
Slashdot is not an advertising resource for large companies - they didn't report on the launch of Windows 2000 either because, just like the launch of OS X, it wasn't necessary.
Ummm, how would a BIND exploit affect a desktop user? You can't talk about BIND and sendmail exploits in the same way as IE exploits because the former affects servers and the latter affects desktop users. Anyone who gets caught out by BIND or sendmail problems only has themself to blame as there are superior alternatives out there, however you can't get rid of IE.
But my MP3 player doesn't have a 20GB hard drive, it has 64MB of Flash RAM, so ripping at 256k would allow me to have about 5 songs whereas 128k allows me to have 10 and still have reasonable quality. I'm not saying this to diss MP3 in anyway, it's an excellent format and all the music I own and still like is on my hard drive now.
Unlikely that common sense reigns here. India and Pakistan hate each other with a passion that makes the cold war look like a slight disagreement. This could be another flashpoint in the region, just like Israel.
The firewall is running on old Sun and SGI machines. I don't know whether either of the 2 corps had anything to do with the firewall itself, but it wouldn't surprise me since there are dollars involved.
But that's just a character set. Hating mainframes surely requires a better justification than that. Anyway modern mainframes recognise ASCII quite happily, you just have to tell it to.
Upsides:
1) You can plug an OC-30 into the back of one. No need for routers.
2) Central administration. You can admin those hundreds of web sites from one VM session.
3) Far lower power requirements than all those boxes.
4) Incredibly fast I/O, whipping all contenders out of sight.
Downsides:
1) A potential single point of failure. However, this is highly unlikely, since mainframe uptimes tend to be measured in years rather than months.
2) Unix people will keep using the word 'antiquated'.
3) IBM might screw it up (see MCA, SNA, APPC and OS/2) although they definitely deserve the benefit of the doubt here.
As to your other questions, if Linux and AIX fit, then there's no reason whatsoever (apart from IBM not being interested or being unable to find a wealthy benefactor) that the BSDs couldn't be ported. zSeries is the same architecture as S/390, therefore VM will run and therefore will be able to run multiple Linux partitions.
Just like the US and UK arms industry have sold weapons to some seriously nasty governments: Iraq, Indonesia (used in the largely unreported ethnic cleansing of the East Timorese) and China, and they're still doing it. I have yet, however, to see any real publicity of this but yet I still keep seeing people suing companies for crimes committed nearly 60 years ago by people who are now dead or extremely old. The Holocaust was a terrible thing, but so was the ethnic cleansing in East Timor. Where's the balance here?
But I doubt he said it recently. But I'm not going to get into another flamewar. I've already been called a moron and a child molester for daring to say that Windows 2000 crashed on me.
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It's about as fast as it can go on my rather slow 512kbp/s cable modem. Very nice.
So where is this mythical COM object that replaces the IE rendering engine and whatever other stuff that's part of the OS. I doubt it's that simple or Netscape would have done it.
Slashdot is not an advertising resource for large companies - they didn't report on the launch of Windows 2000 either because, just like the launch of OS X, it wasn't necessary.
They sound like perfect PHB material to me. Dilbert would be terrified.
I find it odd that people are bashing MS because so many programs are using IE to render HTML.
Because there's no easy way of using another program and because Microsoft did it to put Netscape out of business, not to help users.
Or Kmeleon or Galeon.
Ummm, how would a BIND exploit affect a desktop user? You can't talk about BIND and sendmail exploits in the same way as IE exploits because the former affects servers and the latter affects desktop users. Anyone who gets caught out by BIND or sendmail problems only has themself to blame as there are superior alternatives out there, however you can't get rid of IE.
It quite obviously had everything to do with it's small size. If there had been 10,000 people at your school would have been like that? Not at all.
But my MP3 player doesn't have a 20GB hard drive, it has 64MB of Flash RAM, so ripping at 256k would allow me to have about 5 songs whereas 128k allows me to have 10 and still have reasonable quality. I'm not saying this to diss MP3 in anyway, it's an excellent format and all the music I own and still like is on my hard drive now.
It would be very annoying, but not as annoying as having to completely reinstall the OS and all the software after a virus hoses some vital DLLs
Except the launch part was a bit optimistic. Better luck next time guys :-)
It was a joke - get over it.
Only if you rip it to a .wav of about 40MB. Standard 128k MP3s don't sound as good as CDs (I didn't believe this either until I tried it out).
MSNBC is optimized for
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Windows Media Player
Serves you right for not using the one true browser on the one true OS.
And how long do you think it will be before microsoft.com, mpaa.org and riaa.org disappear from all search engines?
How does the Dewey system address that, since a book can also fall into more than one category?
Libraries are government-funded, so everyone has paid for them already. A government-funded search engine might not be a bad idea though.
Unlikely that common sense reigns here. India and Pakistan hate each other with a passion that makes the cold war look like a slight disagreement. This could be another flashpoint in the region, just like Israel.
I would much rather be under the control of the European Parliament than Rupert Murdoch's latest puppet prime minister. But that's just me.
The firewall is running on old Sun and SGI machines. I don't know whether either of the 2 corps had anything to do with the firewall itself, but it wouldn't surprise me since there are dollars involved.
But that's just a character set. Hating mainframes surely requires a better justification than that. Anyway modern mainframes recognise ASCII quite happily, you just have to tell it to.
Upsides:
1) You can plug an OC-30 into the back of one. No need for routers.
2) Central administration. You can admin those hundreds of web sites from one VM session.
3) Far lower power requirements than all those boxes.
4) Incredibly fast I/O, whipping all contenders out of sight.
Downsides:
1) A potential single point of failure. However, this is highly unlikely, since mainframe uptimes tend to be measured in years rather than months.
2) Unix people will keep using the word 'antiquated'.
3) IBM might screw it up (see MCA, SNA, APPC and OS/2) although they definitely deserve the benefit of the doubt here.
As to your other questions, if Linux and AIX fit, then there's no reason whatsoever (apart from IBM not being interested or being unable to find a wealthy benefactor) that the BSDs couldn't be ported. zSeries is the same architecture as S/390, therefore VM will run and therefore will be able to run multiple Linux partitions.
Just like the US and UK arms industry have sold weapons to some seriously nasty governments: Iraq, Indonesia (used in the largely unreported ethnic cleansing of the East Timorese) and China, and they're still doing it. I have yet, however, to see any real publicity of this but yet I still keep seeing people suing companies for crimes committed nearly 60 years ago by people who are now dead or extremely old. The Holocaust was a terrible thing, but so was the ethnic cleansing in East Timor. Where's the balance here?
The thunder was ominous-sounding, much like the sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play.
Isn't this a line from a Terry Pratchett book?
But I doubt he said it recently. But I'm not going to get into another flamewar. I've already been called a moron and a child molester for daring to say that Windows 2000 crashed on me.