Time to feed the trolls who won't read the article.
Mike Rowe owns the domain MikeRoweSoft.com
Microsoft objected and offered to take it off his hands for "out of pocket expenses" rather than suing him into oblivion. Given that Mike's expenses were about $10 and that he had spent time and effort building up a web presence based on his own name, he made a counter offer of $10,000.
Now Microsoft is claiming Mike Rowe is trying to domain squat for profit and bringing out the big guns.
I run a small business and I'm honestly interested in providing services my clients need. Most of those clients are using a Windows environment so I'm genuinely interested in Windows solutions as well as Open Source solutions.
I filled in the Facts evaluation kit information. Got to the end and found out this kit is going to cost me US$ 15.55 "Shipping and Handling". Not so "free" after all.
Down the bottom I see At this time, we cannot accept order cancellations or returns on this kit.
I'm thoroughly unimpressed that a "free" information package should cost more than my last OS upgrade. I am incensed that I cannot cancel the order. I am happy I didn't click the submit button.
I was taking at bit of a poke at the RTFM camp. Basically the parent was saying "I can't understand it so I can't see the value", much the same reaction I see when non-technical people try to comprehend man pages. Both valid positions by the way.
At least two of us understood the background Eco was drawing. I honestly don't expect a large segment of Slashdot readers have spent time with Derida, Foucault, Saussure et. al.
The problem with Eco is that he can get very byzantine at times. For me it is the sheer pleasure of his byzantine plots that make him so enjoyable. For others - not so much.
No doubt the people who have RTFA have a similar opinion when told to RTFM.
RTFM?
Not bloody likely.
What a load of wind. Tried reading the manual from the top. Tried browsing for tidbits on how to print my document. I REALLY doubt anyone trying to use this progamme will be able to understand the documentation.
Eco was lecturing at Bibliotheca Alexandrina not Comdex. I suspect he chose his words to reflect his audience.
When I was in slavery^H^H^H^H^H^H working for Bell, some of my Quebecois collegues would transfer east-coast callers to me because they couldn't understand the accents. Of course the Rimouski French accent can be a bitch to understand when they teach "Parisien" in school.
For another company I support customers across the southern U.S. Real interesting cross section of speech patterns.
A recent Slashdot discussion worried that Microsoft is "taking over the BIOS." But are Phoenix and Microsoft likely to be the sole beneficiaries of CSS firmware?
"It's not just us -- the industry is pointed in this direction," noted Eades.
According to Eades, Phoenix intends to publish a technical overview of what CSS is and what services it provides, which will enable other operating systems besides Microsoft's to make use of CSS functionality, including Linux.
But I agree with your point. In a zero sum game, if Windows is "advantaged" someone's getting screwed. Could we be looking at another DR. DOS this time in BIOS.
No thank you.
Having looked at the distortion of the stills on the website, I wonder what the effect of a movie would be on the audience? Frankly, I think there is a good chance of mass motion sickness.
I usually roll my own but for my last upgrade, I looked at pre-built systems to save time and aggravation. Since Linux would be going on anyway, Not paying the M$ tax would be a bonus. Not having to dick around with setting up sound, video etc etc etc. would be more of a bonus.
It may only be $52, but it's $52 that Bill's not getting.
In Monty Python's afaik Rutland Dirty Weekend Book, a story was printed in colour on a black background. Coloured text was used to emphasize content e.g.....trail of bloody footsteps... was printed in alternating red and white characters. As an experiment/joke it was interesting. I wouldn't want to read a whole book done this way though.
A second example of useful use of colour would be Lope's color code found in many muds. Higher damage results were generally printed in "hotter" colours thus giving a quick indication of how a fight was going.
Not that I give a crap about karma or numbers.
No idea what my IQ is. But since you asked: Been tested all the psychologist would say is above average. Never bothered to find out.
Sorry about the formatting
services
15:31 Wednesday 9th January 2002
Peter Judge
In December, Java was more popular than.Net for building
Web services, according to a ZDNet UK poll, but weeks
later the position had dramatically reversed; investigation
revealed just what lengths Microsoft will go to to promote
its products
Microsoft's.Net Web services technology appeared to
experience a sudden massive boost in popularity over its rival
Java, according to a poll run by ZDNet UK.
By 21 December, more than two-thirds of the respondents (69.5
percent), said they planned to deliver some applications by Web
services by the end of 2002, with a large majority of those (nearly
half the total sample) planning to use Java. Only 21.5 percent
said they planned to use Microsoft.Net -- less than the figure
(23.5 percent) planning to use neither.
But by the time the poll closed, on 5 January, the position had
dramatically changed, with three quarters of voters claiming to be
implementing.Net. This apparent sudden change of heart over
the Christmas period appears to be the result of a concerted
campaign within Microsoft.
ZDNet UK logs reveal rather obvious vote rigging, and prove that it
originated from within Microsoft:
A very high percentage of voters are from within the
microsoft.com domain.
There is a very high incidence of people attempting to cast
multiple votes, even though the poll script blocked out
most attempts at multiple voting. The one that wins the
prize made 228 attempts to vote. This person was from
within the microsoft.com domain.
Several of the voters evidently followed a link contained in
an email, the subject line of which ran: "PLEASE STOP
AND VOTE FOR.NET!" We know this, because our logs
include the Web address where visitors browsed from;
when people click there from a Microsoft Exchange email
message, Exchange helpfully gives us the subject line
and username. The people who followed that link all had
email addresses in the microsoft.com domain.
There is also clear evidence of automated voting, with
scripts attempting to post multiple times.
This is not the first time Microsoft has been caught using
dubious practices. Last August, lobbyists acting for Microsoft
went beyond the grave and dispatched letters to US states'
attorneys general from two deceased people as part of a
campaign to persuade government prosecutors to lay off the
company in the antitrust case. US lobby group the Campaign
Against Government Waste (CAGW) posted the letters as part of
an attempt to convince attorneys general there was a grass-roots
campaign against the case.
Although votes cast after 21 December are suspect, this latest
episode illustrates the importance of Web services -- at least to
suppliers, anyway. The inevitable conclusion is that these are
some of the first salvos in what will be a bitter PR struggle.
Microsoft may have shot itself in the foot this time, but future
efforts may be a little more subtle.
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Mike Rowe owns the domain MikeRoweSoft.com
Microsoft objected and offered to take it off his hands for "out of pocket expenses" rather than suing him into oblivion. Given that Mike's expenses were about $10 and that he had spent time and effort building up a web presence based on his own name, he made a counter offer of $10,000.
Now Microsoft is claiming Mike Rowe is trying to domain squat for profit and bringing out the big guns.
I filled in the Facts evaluation kit information. Got to the end and found out this kit is going to cost me US$ 15.55 "Shipping and Handling". Not so "free" after all.
Down the bottom I see
At this time, we cannot accept order cancellations or returns on this kit.
I'm thoroughly unimpressed that a "free" information package should cost more than my last OS upgrade. I am incensed that I cannot cancel the order. I am happy I didn't click the submit button.
What I would really want is a manual cocking handle and iron sights. Low tech redundancy for when the duracells go flat.
Nope, I'm wrong, forgot to count Madonna
Ok the hats are pretty funny but fix your link. Try linuxitch.com instead.
And yes I use Mandrake and Knoppix.
For the price, I would expect more.
At least two of us understood the background Eco was drawing. I honestly don't expect a large segment of Slashdot readers have spent time with Derida, Foucault, Saussure et. al.
The problem with Eco is that he can get very byzantine at times. For me it is the sheer pleasure of his byzantine plots that make him so enjoyable. For others - not so much.
RTFM?
Not bloody likely.
What a load of wind. Tried reading the manual from the top. Tried browsing for tidbits on how to print my document. I REALLY doubt anyone trying to use this progamme will be able to understand the documentation.
Eco was lecturing at Bibliotheca Alexandrina not Comdex. I suspect he chose his words to reflect his audience.
"idiot" was uncalled for but then you may be hiding behind AC for a reason....
I think a couple of million Russians _might_ have had something to do with it too.....
For another company I support customers across the southern U.S. Real interesting cross section of speech patterns.
Teach browsers to speak CVS.
Actually it's "Ni" ;)
When you do find manufacturer supported hard, please write the hardware manufactuers and thank them!
"Only in Canada you say? ... Pity"
Having looked at the distortion of the stills on the website, I wonder what the effect of a movie would be on the audience? Frankly, I think there is a good chance of mass motion sickness.
Ferric chloride circuit board etchant will also do the trick. Kinda cool watching the metallic layer being slowly eaten away.
"1 0wNnz j00 High"
I usually roll my own but for my last upgrade, I looked at pre-built systems to save time and aggravation. Since Linux would be going on anyway, Not paying the M$ tax would be a bonus. Not having to dick around with setting up sound, video etc etc etc. would be more of a bonus.
It may only be $52, but it's $52 that Bill's not getting.
A second example of useful use of colour would be Lope's color code found in many muds. Higher damage results were generally printed in "hotter" colours thus giving a quick indication of how a fight was going.
Not that I give a crap about karma or numbers. No idea what my IQ is. But since you asked: Been tested all the psychologist would say is above average. Never bothered to find out.
No whore me at work no time to set post up properly site probably slashdotted by now. If it really offends you mod it down.
Sorry about the formatting services 15:31 Wednesday 9th January 2002 Peter Judge In December, Java was more popular than .Net for building
Web services, according to a ZDNet UK poll, but weeks
later the position had dramatically reversed; investigation
revealed just what lengths Microsoft will go to to promote
its products
Microsoft's .Net Web services technology appeared to
experience a sudden massive boost in popularity over its rival
Java, according to a poll run by ZDNet UK.
By 21 December, more than two-thirds of the respondents (69.5
percent), said they planned to deliver some applications by Web
services by the end of 2002, with a large majority of those (nearly
half the total sample) planning to use Java. Only 21.5 percent
said they planned to use Microsoft .Net -- less than the figure
(23.5 percent) planning to use neither.
But by the time the poll closed, on 5 January, the position had
dramatically changed, with three quarters of voters claiming to be
implementing .Net. This apparent sudden change of heart over
the Christmas period appears to be the result of a concerted
campaign within Microsoft.
ZDNet UK logs reveal rather obvious vote rigging, and prove that it
originated from within Microsoft:
A very high percentage of voters are from within the
microsoft.com domain.
There is a very high incidence of people attempting to cast
multiple votes, even though the poll script blocked out
most attempts at multiple voting. The one that wins the
prize made 228 attempts to vote. This person was from
within the microsoft.com domain.
Several of the voters evidently followed a link contained in
an email, the subject line of which ran: "PLEASE STOP
AND VOTE FOR .NET!" We know this, because our logs
include the Web address where visitors browsed from;
when people click there from a Microsoft Exchange email
message, Exchange helpfully gives us the subject line
and username. The people who followed that link all had
email addresses in the microsoft.com domain.
There is also clear evidence of automated voting, with
scripts attempting to post multiple times.
This is not the first time Microsoft has been caught using
dubious practices. Last August, lobbyists acting for Microsoft
went beyond the grave and dispatched letters to US states'
attorneys general from two deceased people as part of a
campaign to persuade government prosecutors to lay off the
company in the antitrust case. US lobby group the Campaign
Against Government Waste (CAGW) posted the letters as part of
an attempt to convince attorneys general there was a grass-roots
campaign against the case.
Although votes cast after 21 December are suspect, this latest
episode illustrates the importance of Web services -- at least to
suppliers, anyway. The inevitable conclusion is that these are
some of the first salvos in what will be a bitter PR struggle.
Microsoft may have shot itself in the foot this time, but future
efforts may be a little more subtle.