Well, you might not like the OEM, but as you might know does most people out there buy their computers from OEMs, hence it doesn't matter shit what you think of them, since it still gonna help MS stay on top of everyone
When you are a monopoly there are different rules you must follow. Indeed if MS was a small little company nad made a deal like this with an OEM, fair enough. BUt now they can basically kill of whole companies with their OEM agreements - no other OS maker will ever get the chance since they don't want to risk their business and marketshare - it all turn into an self-fullfilling evil circle . It stiffles choice and competition. /fred
indeed. the teachers at my Uni used to think of dos a application launcher rather than as an OS. Mind you was still fun to program for dos, TSRs anyone??? THe smaller the better!
Does coding in your head straight to x86 binary code make you a geek?
um yes, I would say that makes you a quite hardcore geek...
seriously though, you might think vi is and old and hard-to-use editor, but it is popular for a reason, it's not only a 'religious' thing. once you have get used to a tool like vi it seems you're stuck for pretty much life. Got a guy at work who does everything in vi and it's not that he haven't used other editors, he's not even a unix person, pretty much pragmatic over his OS.
Well, multitasking isn't really a Unix specific feature, more of a fairly standard general OS function. The others though are probably inspired from Unix, don't know of any other OS that unix might have been inspired of (well, except multics), anyone know? Win NT was designed by the same people who designed VMS IIRC, so I suppose they got lots if inspiration from there as well
THey don't have a db as fs yet.. that's in the next version after XP(or the version after that) THis have however been done b4 as already stated, with various results. BeOS used to have it but they dumped it in order for a more normal fs... Mind you, if one is attracted to buzzwords this is probably the way to go.
Yes, whatever one thinks about thte scientologist, they do make some of the most touching and finest movies around here... one can only watch 'em in awe... Credits were credits due... etc, etc..
Well, Apple on AMD is a moot point since Apple on x86 whatsoever *never* gonna happen(don't quote me on that). Apple makes most of their money from Hardware. but even if still went for x86, they would be on course for collision with MS, and you don't want to fsck with MS on their home turf unless you got a bloody good idea of how to beat them or you got a death wish as a company. So, what would MS do if Apple started stealing x86 sales from them?, well, stop developing ie and office for example, bye, bye apple.. ALso, apple has to remain compatible with all old PPC software already out there, without too much of speedloss, etc... that's gonna be hard. ALso a CPU swap only would invole so much prpoble that it would cost more than it was worth. THere's nothing wrong with the PPC architecture in itself, on the contrary, it's much more pretty and *should be* more scaleable than x86. the problem has been motorola who's been screing things up. I think Apple should rather change CPU manufacturer to IBM an dget their PPC from there. Yes, I wish they were available for x86 too and no I don't like MS business methods... but, who said life was fair??
depends on what you mean... If yo're in orbit around earth, your'e still falling down, you are just moving so fast forward that you are always falling 'over the edge' so to say. you fall forever around earth., but yeah, not sure about geosync orbit but in LEO you will still have a small drag by the atmosphere, causing it to be more of a microgravity thing, than complete zero gravity..
I believe you would store the nuclear fuel as pellets which would not be vaporated by the explosion, the stuff is most dangerous when you get it inside your body and as long you can keep it together in big chunks you'd be ok... belive that's how they done with satelites they sent of containing nuclear fuel (for electricity).
Got no problem running both WIn2K Pro and Mandrake 8 on my 400MHz box with 128MB... Only reason I would like a faster box would be to get compile times down...
>Well, this is the 21st century. Try Ecstacy, I think it's cheaper Not sure about US prices, but in UK it's definitely more bang for the buck. last you longer as well, plus much more likely to turn you into a egomaniac twat... not that I, uh, know... honest... x my heart.
socialism is a fair bit different from communism, look at your best mate over here , UK. Tony B who you so much like over there is the leader for the labour party, which is, yes, a socialist party. Socialism in europe manly ads up to paying a more tax than the average US citizen and not much else.
True though is that the post you answered to is unfair and I do not share his view, even if I'm a european, yes, I dislike some of US decision, but as a whole I believe it to be a 'good' country
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Well, you might not like the OEM, but as you might know does most people out there buy their computers from OEMs, hence it doesn't matter shit what you think of them, since it still gonna help MS stay on top of everyone
When you are a monopoly there are different rules you must follow. Indeed if MS was a small little company nad made a deal like this with an OEM, fair enough. BUt now they can basically kill of whole companies with their OEM agreements - no other OS maker will ever get the chance since they don't want to risk their business and marketshare - it all turn into an self-fullfilling evil circle . It stiffles choice and competition.
/fred
indeed. the teachers at my Uni used to think of dos a application launcher rather than as an OS. Mind you was still fun to program for dos, TSRs anyone??? THe smaller the better!
do not underestimate the power of a doughnut
He might not use the nicest of business methods, but that doesn't stop him from being a geek. BG dropped out of Uni. and yes he could code
Does coding in your head straight to x86 binary code make you a geek?
um yes, I would say that makes you a quite hardcore geek...
seriously though, you might think vi is and old and hard-to-use editor, but it is popular for a reason, it's not only a 'religious' thing. once you have get used to a tool like vi it seems you're stuck for pretty much life. Got a guy at work who does everything in vi and it's not that he haven't used other editors, he's not even a unix person, pretty much pragmatic over his OS.
Well, multitasking isn't really a Unix specific feature, more of a fairly standard general OS function.
The others though are probably inspired from Unix, don't know of any other OS that unix might have been inspired of (well, except multics), anyone know?
Win NT was designed by the same people who designed VMS IIRC, so I suppose they got lots if inspiration from there as well
THey don't have a db as fs yet.. that's in the next version after XP(or the version after that)
THis have however been done b4 as already stated, with various results. BeOS used to have it but they dumped it in order for a more normal fs...
Mind you, if one is attracted to buzzwords this is probably the way to go.
indeed, preemptive mt just feels to... rude!
Thanks for the good idea,
just emailed them as well...
They might need a little pat on the shoulder in these hard times.
Yes, whatever one thinks about thte scientologist, they do make some of the most touching and finest movies around here... one can only watch 'em in awe...
Credits were credits due... etc, etc..
I have made up my mind.. I still think it look like shit. w2K gonna be my last windows I use...
And on my Linux boxen that theme is *banned*
WHo wouldn't accept some 'collateral damage' in order to get rid of britney???
unfortunate, but when it comes to the wellbeing of the planet...
Well, Apple on AMD is a moot point since Apple on x86 whatsoever *never* gonna happen(don't quote me on that). Apple makes most of their money from Hardware. but even if still went for x86, they would be on course for collision with MS, and you don't want to fsck with MS on their home turf unless you got a bloody good idea of how to beat them or you got a death wish as a company.
So, what would MS do if Apple started stealing x86 sales from them?, well, stop developing ie and office for example, bye, bye apple..
ALso, apple has to remain compatible with all old PPC software already out there, without too much of speedloss, etc... that's gonna be hard.
ALso a CPU swap only would invole so much prpoble that it would cost more than it was worth. THere's nothing wrong with the PPC architecture in itself, on the contrary, it's much more pretty and *should be* more scaleable than x86. the problem has been motorola who's been screing things up. I think Apple should rather change CPU manufacturer to IBM an dget their PPC from there.
Yes, I wish they were available for x86 too and no I don't like MS business methods... but, who said life was fair??
I believe you already know the answer to this question, this have discussed into oblivion...
depends on what you mean... If yo're in orbit around earth, your'e still falling down, you are just moving so fast forward that you are always falling 'over the edge' so to say. you fall forever around earth., but yeah, not sure about geosync orbit but in LEO you will still have a small drag by the atmosphere, causing it to be more of a microgravity thing, than complete zero gravity..
quite handy if it was you just send up every 20th rocket empty and then you were back in business with the 21th one!!! ;-)
I believe you would store the nuclear fuel as pellets which would not be vaporated by the explosion, the stuff is most dangerous when you get it inside your body and as long you can keep it together in big chunks you'd be ok... belive that's how they done with satelites they sent of containing nuclear fuel (for electricity).
true, very true. but they do claim to have (at least some) social values... not sure how many of the old guard who's left now...
yeah, right, so if US were nuked you would blame the US goverment rather than the nation who did it?
Got no problem running both WIn2K Pro and Mandrake 8 on my 400MHz box with 128MB...
Only reason I would like a faster box would be to get compile times down...
>Well, this is the 21st century. Try Ecstacy, I think it's cheaper
Not sure about US prices, but in UK it's definitely more bang for the buck. last you longer as well, plus much more likely to turn you into a egomaniac twat... not that I, uh, know... honest... x my heart.
socialism is a fair bit different from communism, look at your best mate over here , UK. Tony B who you so much like over there is the leader for the labour party, which is, yes, a socialist party.
Socialism in europe manly ads up to paying a more tax than the average US citizen and not much else.
True though is that the post you answered to is unfair and I do not share his view, even if I'm a european, yes, I dislike some of US decision, but as a whole I believe it to be a 'good' country
Maybe they do it in order to make the film more accessible for blind people? oh wait...