You are totally wrong here. Look at any Linux application like Google Earth and you will see that they bundle in their own libraries IN THEIR OWN directory. Applications DO NOT write libraries to/usr/lib.
No they don't belong in the system directory because your program wants version 10.2.27 of the library and some other program wants version 23.4.61. It is Microsoft's job to keep the windows directory current, not the third party vendors.
Why do you HAVE to run big-time desktop software on bitty little computers? You wouldn't expect Oracle to run well on machines like that either. Geez, we ran twm on 33 MHz 486s and managed to get our work done just fine. Pick software that's suited to the machine.
I have a pretty standard Linux desktop, and just about everything happens instantaneously. It takes a second or two to start up Firefox, but everything else is just blinding quick. Really nothing to complain about.
Nothing is going to get me to stop using Linux, and if all of this competition means that Windows is getting better, well bully. I seriously would not mind if everyone stopped asking me to fix their computer for them.
I am running XP as a VMware guest on my Linux machine. I can full-screen the XP guest and watch Netflix movies using the Silverlight player. Works great.
Look into Dave Sturman's research in the mid 80's. He was using a Dataglove for gestural research. The Media Lab made a demo tape of him using gestures to pick menu items. I probably still have a copy of it kicking around somewhere.
I know a woman in Seattle who worked as a waitress long ago, before Bill was married. He came into the restaurant with a CLEARLY underage date. They both sat down and ordered drinks. She asked for ID from both of them. He stood up and made a scene: "Do you know who I am???" She refused, he asked to see the manager. The manager refused to serve them, too. What a dick.
It still has drive letters, it still has a registry, it still sucks to create a new process, it still has a case-insensitive file system, it still uses backslash.
Even if Windows worked perfectly, it would still be Windows and it would still suck.
You would think that a company the size of Microsoft would have the resources to have a few Zunes in QA with their clocks set ahead. But hey, there were no lessons to be learned from Y2K, right?
I love the keyboard trackpad on laptops. I use an IBM/Lenovo UltraNav keyboard with trackpad on my desktop. It's identical to a Thinkpad keyboard, including trackpad, but it also includes a numeric keypad.
What I really like about the UltraNav is that it has three mouse buttons, most only have two.
My problem with all mice is that that they require moving your hand away from the keyboard.
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Can you show me a Vista program that has raw access to an Ethernet device?
You are totally wrong here. Look at any Linux application like Google Earth and you will see that they bundle in their own libraries IN THEIR OWN directory. Applications DO NOT write libraries to /usr/lib.
No they don't belong in the system directory because your program wants version 10.2.27 of the library and some other program wants version 23.4.61. It is Microsoft's job to keep the windows directory current, not the third party vendors.
Why do you HAVE to run big-time desktop software on bitty little computers? You wouldn't expect Oracle to run well on machines like that either. Geez, we ran twm on 33 MHz 486s and managed to get our work done just fine. Pick software that's suited to the machine.
I have a pretty standard Linux desktop, and just about everything happens instantaneously. It takes a second or two to start up Firefox, but everything else is just blinding quick. Really nothing to complain about.
Nothing is going to get me to stop using Linux, and if all of this competition means that Windows is getting better, well bully. I seriously would not mind if everyone stopped asking me to fix their computer for them.
If cell phones turn into real computers, which has probably already happened, then we will need IPv6 if all those phone users want to surf.
As if Microsoft's tech specs were any better.
I am running XP as a VMware guest on my Linux machine. I can full-screen the XP guest and watch Netflix movies using the Silverlight player. Works great.
Batteries will only make it worse.
Look into Dave Sturman's research in the mid 80's. He was using a Dataglove for gestural research. The Media Lab made a demo tape of him using gestures to pick menu items. I probably still have a copy of it kicking around somewhere.
I know a woman in Seattle who worked as a waitress long ago, before Bill was married. He came into the restaurant with a CLEARLY underage date. They both sat down and ordered drinks. She asked for ID from both of them. He stood up and made a scene: "Do you know who I am???" She refused, he asked to see the manager. The manager refused to serve them, too. What a dick.
Oh great, 12 MORE platforms to test our product on.
What about Itanium? Will there be a Windows 7 for Itanium?
I want to publish my changes so that EVERYONE can take advantage of my hard work.
What good is "Free Software" when it only runs on a proprietary platform? It's like saying "free food" but neglecting to mention the cover charge.
Everyone gets the same deal.
You always receive the cookies, it's up to you whether they get stored or flushed.
It still has drive letters, it still has a registry, it still sucks to create a new process, it still has a case-insensitive file system, it still uses backslash.
Even if Windows worked perfectly, it would still be Windows and it would still suck.
If we are going to burn food we might as well pack it in right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ntr-pw_6C0
They make fire safes that are specially designed to not reach the temperature where digital media will be harmed.
holds a whole bunch of them.
google's hit of the week in the UK is the word 'honeypot'.
You would think that a company the size of Microsoft would have the resources to have a few Zunes in QA with their clocks set ahead. But hey, there were no lessons to be learned from Y2K, right?
I love the keyboard trackpad on laptops. I use an IBM/Lenovo UltraNav keyboard with trackpad on my desktop. It's identical to a Thinkpad keyboard, including trackpad, but it also includes a numeric keypad.
What I really like about the UltraNav is that it has three mouse buttons, most only have two.
My problem with all mice is that that they require moving your hand away from the keyboard.