Not only that but artificats left in the CD copy from the AAC compression become more noticable when recompressed with MP3, so the quality suffers and that's more acceptable to the music industry than full-quality copies floating around.
For a basic office computer, there is now no excuse for IT to not use Linux, unless there is a specific Windows-only app that is needed.
Linux has any terminal you ever needed, OO.org, and now is fully Exchange-server compatable?
And it's all free?
The only thing that could possibly make your Linux TCO high now is perhaps re-training your tech staff who have undoubtedly been brought up on MS Windows if they went to college in the US, and that's not terribly expensive in the long run...
You mean do everything in their power to prove they have bigger nuts and better morals than everyone else, just like both North Korea and my home nation of The United States of America do?
I'm glad Japan is smart enough to lead the way into the future.:-(
Maybe I'm trolling, but when you step back and look at it all, it's quite pointless, especially this day in age.
On the one hand there is piracy. Even if you say it's an advantage for Microsoft because of more dependency, the truth is that it isn't what they want people doing with their product, and it is illegal. If you want the support you should fork over for the product; after all Windows is about as Not-Free-Software as you can get. Perhaps if it wasn't such as widespread, costs to cover piracy would come down, and Windows would be cheaper and thus more easily availible. A rock and a hard place, people will need to buy before they can afford, and the numbers on actual piracy are way out of the realm of possible statistical analysis.
That being said, not getting security updates can cause problems for the Internet as a whole, not to mention for valid Windows users as pirate machines which can't be patched propigate viruses. That is more than just a problem for the people with bootleg'd copies themselves, that causes network congestion and performance problems for valid users as well. I know my Apache logs are still crammed with exploit attempts...
It's a question of responsibility vs. assisting lawbreakers. My (personal, humble) opinion is that Microsoft should allow security patches to all copies of Windows as it defeats expliots and worms/virii much quicker, but as for feature upgrades and bug fixes which are not a security issue, Microsoft should withold those unless the user has a valid serial key. True seriousness about security means defeating the problem for more than just customers, it means providing a better enviroment for everyone. This, I believe, is the root of the problem in the Microsoft attitude, and it's kind of sad that the largest software company on Earth can't see far enough past their bottom line to make such a move.
No one is (or should) ask them to give away anything more than saftey.
Yes, in fact John Carmack approved the engine re-write this morning when he saw this Slashdot post! Due to the rewrite, Doom3 has been been pushed back and will be released simultaniously with 3D Realms' upcoming "Duke Nukem Forever".
.NET programs execute in a 'sandbox' in the same way Java aps do. Whilst nothing is 100% secure, Longhorn is being built around the.NET framework and thus managed code. This is a definite step in the right direction.
Now imagine a buffer overflow in the.NET libraries or the JVM. Oops.
Since when has the patent office been rejecting software patents because they did not have time to properly review them? It seems like once a week that we have another story about some bogus patent that clearly has prior art. This is precisely why EFF has their patent busting operation.
From the grandparent (emphasis mine):
And you KNOW that the overburdened patent office won't be able to properly check all these for the existence of prior art, which I'd bet would cause 99% of these patents to be rejected.
...ummmmmmm, his point exactly? If the patent office COULD check them properly, they'd be thrown out. Same with all those stories about shitty patents you're talking about. They either dont' understand what the flying fuck these patents are refering too, or are overwhelmed with I.T. companies patenting specific RGB colors at certain screen coordinates...
The tech market moves so fast it can't keep up with itself, it gives the stock market a run for it's money (no pun intended) and the patent office, with it's painstaking research process and requirements for highly trained staff (can't expand without all that training for people) must be completely overwhelmed at all times. I'm sure if you where a patent researcher you might let a few slip by in all the chaos.
Big companiers know this, and like always, they're "playing the game". Some games you just shouldn't play, but then again, some governments are still playing "Ooo! Ooo! I got nukes too!" so I guess people might never learn.
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Probably because they're homonyms, so when you speak about "Google" or "Googol", it's hard to tell the difference.
Makes me wonder why they haven't sued that "Goo Gals" pr0n site
...unless you count groups in parallel...
...or 6 guys in black suits with sunglasses and earpieces will dive on you and throw you in one of those bomb detonation trailers...
Must have been a pretty blurry article if they couldn't measure for the headline within 1000%...
...because the people making the regulations on voting machines are elected officials and would probably like to keep it that way, know what I mean?
Program code so advanced it travels through worm holes!
*rimshot*
Not only that but artificats left in the CD copy from the AAC compression become more noticable when recompressed with MP3, so the quality suffers and that's more acceptable to the music industry than full-quality copies floating around.
For a basic office computer, there is now no excuse for IT to not use Linux, unless there is a specific Windows-only app that is needed.
Linux has any terminal you ever needed, OO.org, and now is fully Exchange-server compatable?
And it's all free?
The only thing that could possibly make your Linux TCO high now is perhaps re-training your tech staff who have undoubtedly been brought up on MS Windows if they went to college in the US, and that's not terribly expensive in the long run...
The subject line is "RMS raises a stink as always" and not one Slashdotter made a shower joke. Ahh, I must be getting old...
Hmm....good points...I guess I never thought about it being more than a play button and some cheap speakers...
I think this is supposed to be more along the lines of a listening booth.
You mean do everything in their power to prove they have bigger nuts and better morals than everyone else, just like both North Korea and my home nation of The United States of America do?
I'm glad Japan is smart enough to lead the way into the future.
Maybe I'm trolling, but when you step back and look at it all, it's quite pointless, especially this day in age.
Apparently not profitable enough, though...
You've never heard anyone talking to clippy before?
"I hate you, you goddamn little paperclip bastard! DIE!"
IIRC, Windows simply checks the key you installed with. No one would run any updates if you where required to dig out your serial number each time.
On the one hand there is piracy. Even if you say it's an advantage for Microsoft because of more dependency, the truth is that it isn't what they want people doing with their product, and it is illegal. If you want the support you should fork over for the product; after all Windows is about as Not-Free-Software as you can get. Perhaps if it wasn't such as widespread, costs to cover piracy would come down, and Windows would be cheaper and thus more easily availible. A rock and a hard place, people will need to buy before they can afford, and the numbers on actual piracy are way out of the realm of possible statistical analysis.
That being said, not getting security updates can cause problems for the Internet as a whole, not to mention for valid Windows users as pirate machines which can't be patched propigate viruses. That is more than just a problem for the people with bootleg'd copies themselves, that causes network congestion and performance problems for valid users as well. I know my Apache logs are still crammed with exploit attempts...
It's a question of responsibility vs. assisting lawbreakers. My (personal, humble) opinion is that Microsoft should allow security patches to all copies of Windows as it defeats expliots and worms/virii much quicker, but as for feature upgrades and bug fixes which are not a security issue, Microsoft should withold those unless the user has a valid serial key. True seriousness about security means defeating the problem for more than just customers, it means providing a better enviroment for everyone. This, I believe, is the root of the problem in the Microsoft attitude, and it's kind of sad that the largest software company on Earth can't see far enough past their bottom line to make such a move.
No one is (or should) ask them to give away anything more than saftey.
If there was more than one incedent, I recommend nothing less than capital punishment.
...Hey, think of the artists.
"You've got screwed!"? Not proper grammar but sounds kinda funny...
From the parent:From the grandparent (emphasis mine):...ummmmmmm, his point exactly? If the patent office COULD check them properly, they'd be thrown out. Same with all those stories about shitty patents you're talking about. They either dont' understand what the flying fuck these patents are refering too, or are overwhelmed with I.T. companies patenting specific RGB colors at certain screen coordinates...
The tech market moves so fast it can't keep up with itself, it gives the stock market a run for it's money (no pun intended) and the patent office, with it's painstaking research process and requirements for highly trained staff (can't expand without all that training for people) must be completely overwhelmed at all times. I'm sure if you where a patent researcher you might let a few slip by in all the chaos.
Big companiers know this, and like always, they're "playing the game". Some games you just shouldn't play, but then again, some governments are still playing "Ooo! Ooo! I got nukes too!" so I guess people might never learn.
...why would the US Government block access to Malaysian websites?
Sounds either really suspicious or really, really stupid to me...
You use Mozilla and they use IE...
...you installed the patch that fixes this 3 weeks ago and they didn't?
/just asking
Unless you spelt it ridiculously, such as "My'lil asia", a filter for "My" shouldn't pick it up.
Then again, a Google search for "Buttered cat" gave me this picture of old guys, so who knows.....
It's true. Or, at least, it was published as the truth.
Makes me wanna lay my shower curtain over my keyboard to type...