Right, sounds like it would be similar to their "Distributed File System". I would guess that instead of having to connect to a specific computer in your workgroup to get a file, you would just connect to the "workgroup" and see a list of all files available. Any filesystems you "share" on your PC would become a part of this workgroup filesystem.
Plus, by the time you voted someone into office that did care, and they had time to do anything about it, you wouldn't be 18-20 anymore and you wouldn't care either!
Maybe we need to add "separation of corporation and state" to our "separation of church and state" in the constitution?
I guess that means that the government should not use the products of ANY corporation then? I guess the military should start building it's own jets, helicopters, bombs, etc. The Post Office should build their own trucks and planes for delivering mail. If your complaint is against the "Powered by Microsoft bCentral" on their website, then I guess maybe they can still use the products of corporations, but they have to peel off all the logos...
Yeah, but relying on MS to make something backwards compatable is taking a big risk.
You're kidding, right? Every version of Windows has been able to run MOST(not all, I know) software that was written for previous versions of Windows. MSDOS is another story altogether though:)
PalmOS had nothing to do with your Visor surviving your "crash". It was the hardware. Microsoft doesn't build the hardware for PocketPCs, so what exactly is your point with respect to PalmOS vs. PocketPC OS?
That's why widescale Linux preloads are not going to happen - it increases manufacturing cost by introducing another process flow.
Uh, what about PC manufacturers that offer different versions of Windows already, Win Me, Win 2K, Win XP Home, Win XP Pro. Those all entail a different process flow. So, the manufacturers are already handling preloading multiple OSs. Do you really think that adding Linux to the mix would be that big of a deal as far as process goes? The REAL reason most don't do Linux is that their target customer base doesn't WANT Linux, preloaded or otherwise.
Read his post, he is not saying that the software is bad, and so would be bad to use. He is saying that it would hurt other companies who produce a similar, competing product.
He's not saying anything about the quality of the code and the issues with re-using it. What he said was that giving away code when a company goes out of business could harm that company's competitors.
He may have left out Nautilus because it was open source from the start.
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There's something wrong with kids these days...
This may be a troll, but I'll bite...
Don't you think that adults said the same thing when you were a kid? It is a never ending cycle. I could never understand why my parents didn't like popular music. I thought, "I will never be like that." Well, now that I'm in my thirties, I do like some popular music, but I surprise myself sometimes when I say things like, "Turn that noise down!"
Do YOU tell your CEO that you used linux to build an mp3 server?
I don't really think CEOs of most large corporations are involved in deciding what platforms to run on or dealing with salespeople. At least not at most non-computer related companies. Often, the contacts they are dealing with are the people at the "grass-roots" level, or at least their direct managers.
Problem with this is that WinCE does not use graffiti. It is similar, but not quite the same, and it requires more than one stroke for some letters. Maybe MS knew about this patent before they designed their handwriting recognition, or maybe they got lucky...
Most people don't telecommute every day, so the office space and furniture costs will be there whether people don't telecommute at all, or telecommute 1 or 2 days a week. Many people also use the VPN for after hours work also.
(Windows) and the fastest-growing OS platform (Linux) will use more or less the same standard for Internet-wide authentication.
If you read the Mono FAQ, you will see that it really has nothing to do with "Internet-wide authentication". The Liberty Alliance could easily write.Net and/or Mono classes so developers could handle authentication through the Liberty Alliance system instead of Passport.
From the Mono FAQ: Question 18: If you implement.NET, will I depend on Microsoft Passport to run my software?
No. The.NET Framework is a runtime infrastructure and collection of class libraries. Passport may be required to access certain web services written for that framework, but only if the programmer chooses Passport as the authentication mechanism.
I'll admit that some of the things Microsoft does are "scary", but the.Net development platform actually seems to have some good ideas in it. It is just too bad that MS and Sun couldn't play nice in the past. Then we would just be seeing improvements to the Java standard instead of a whole new platform.
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Right, sounds like it would be similar to their "Distributed File System". I would guess that instead of having to connect to a specific computer in your workgroup to get a file, you would just connect to the "workgroup" and see a list of all files available. Any filesystems you "share" on your PC would become a part of this workgroup filesystem.
Not when it locks an entire table while running a simple query... :)
I agree. I don't remember professors in college teaching spelling and grammar...
Plus, by the time you voted someone into office that did care, and they had time to do anything about it, you wouldn't be 18-20 anymore and you wouldn't care either!
I guess that means that the government should not use the products of ANY corporation then? I guess the military should start building it's own jets, helicopters, bombs, etc. The Post Office should build their own trucks and planes for delivering mail. If your complaint is against the "Powered by Microsoft bCentral" on their website, then I guess maybe they can still use the products of corporations, but they have to peel off all the logos...
You're kidding, right? Every version of Windows has been able to run MOST(not all, I know) software that was written for previous versions of Windows. MSDOS is another story altogether though :)
Ads? Where? I have been using Winamp for quite a while now and I don't see ads. Am I missing something?
So you are telling us that RedHat has no corporate pride and no marketing image to worry about?
Uh....what are you talking about? Windows NT, which Windows XP is based on, has had userids and file system permissions for years.
PalmOS had nothing to do with your Visor surviving your "crash". It was the hardware. Microsoft doesn't build the hardware for PocketPCs, so what exactly is your point with respect to PalmOS vs. PocketPC OS?
Uh, what about PC manufacturers that offer different versions of Windows already, Win Me, Win 2K, Win XP Home, Win XP Pro. Those all entail a different process flow. So, the manufacturers are already handling preloading multiple OSs. Do you really think that adding Linux to the mix would be that big of a deal as far as process goes? The REAL reason most don't do Linux is that their target customer base doesn't WANT Linux, preloaded or otherwise.
Yep, as of 2000 the population of Belgium was roughly 10 million. Quite a bit more than your average university :)
Amen!
Read his post, he is not saying that the software is bad, and so would be bad to use. He is saying that it would hurt other companies who produce a similar, competing product.
Read his post, that's not what he is talking about at all!
Read his post, that is not even remotely his point...
Pet rocks were more of a 70's thing.
He's not saying anything about the quality of the code and the issues with re-using it. What he said was that giving away code when a company goes out of business could harm that company's competitors.
He may have left out Nautilus because it was open source from the start.
This may be a troll, but I'll bite...
Don't you think that adults said the same thing when you were a kid? It is a never ending cycle. I could never understand why my parents didn't like popular music. I thought, "I will never be like that." Well, now that I'm in my thirties, I do like some popular music, but I surprise myself sometimes when I say things like, "Turn that noise down!"
I don't really think CEOs of most large corporations are involved in deciding what platforms to run on or dealing with salespeople. At least not at most non-computer related companies. Often, the contacts they are dealing with are the people at the "grass-roots" level, or at least their direct managers.
What illegal practices are revealed by this email?
Problem with this is that WinCE does not use graffiti. It is similar, but not quite the same, and it requires more than one stroke for some letters. Maybe MS knew about this patent before they designed their handwriting recognition, or maybe they got lucky...
Most people don't telecommute every day, so the office space and furniture costs will be there whether people don't telecommute at all, or telecommute 1 or 2 days a week. Many people also use the VPN for after hours work also.
If you read the Mono FAQ, you will see that it really has nothing to do with "Internet-wide authentication". The Liberty Alliance could easily write .Net and/or Mono classes so developers could handle authentication through the Liberty Alliance system instead of Passport.
From the Mono FAQ: .NET, will I depend on Microsoft Passport to run my software?
Question 18: If you implement
No. The .NET Framework is a runtime infrastructure and collection of class libraries. Passport may be required to access certain web services written for that framework, but only if the programmer chooses Passport as the authentication mechanism.
I'll admit that some of the things Microsoft does are "scary", but the .Net development platform actually seems to have some good ideas in it. It is just too bad that MS and Sun couldn't play nice in the past. Then we would just be seeing improvements to the Java standard instead of a whole new platform.