And in other news, Steve Jobs was found to be stealing Cardigan sweaters from his local JCPenney's. And Linux Torvalds abducted several penguins from the front north Altantic.
Our one student lab is chock full of FreeBSD machines running KDE2, which for all intensive purposes is identical to my RedHat box at home. So I don't exactly see the differentation here. If it has the same basic window manager, and same basic apps, why is it not considered the same in terms of a desktop OS?
Unless FreeBSD can't install KDE2 as a default during installation. Which I doubt, but I wouldn't know.
If you have a single pirated program Microsoft is going to give you a slap on the wrist. If you have several hundred, yeah, you're screwed.
But you honestly thing a week of auditing will destroy a company? Companies audit various departments *every week*. IT one week, supplies the next, catering the next. There isn't one week where something doesn't go by unaudited.
Taking a week out of a company's schedule, to make sure they are adhering to the law, isn't necessarily a bad thing in my mind.
Riiiiighhhttt.... what are you going to do CmdrTaco, complain about Windows for all your seven-and-a-half minutes? How hard it is to be a Linux media whore? What a great project Everything2 was?
I think I'd rather see CowboyNeal in all his monotone glory.
The browser code isn't "integrated" into the system. It consists of a bunch of libraries that can be used by other applications. See Norton Systemworks, NeoPlanet and the like for apps that use the IE libraries.
No, the shocker is that a Microsoft bug was posted on Slashdot with the (entirely unbiased comment I might add) phrase "patch now, patch now". For once, Slashdot is caring about those who view their site from the other side of the fence.
Then again, it wasn't CmdrTaco who posted this, but we're making strides.
On the east coast of the USA, in New Jersey, speeds are around 3Mb/s, right on the button. It seems to max out at that speed (but I'm not complaining).
This might have something to do with the hardware "monitoring" feature of the install program, and how it takes a snapshot of the system. Perhaps moving expansion card around screws it up?
The Mactopia section of the Microsoft.com web site (www.microsoft.com/mactopia) was revolutionary because it showed that there were Mac lovers from within the Microsoft compound, and they understood the user interface and intricacies of the Mac.
At one point, the site had a description of something to the effect: "from within Microsoft, there is a section of computers that turn on to the familiar tone and icon of the friendly Mac."
My question is, is there a Linuxtopia somewhere in Microsoft we don't know about?
We know the spiel with the marketers, but from within Microsoft do the programmers view OSes like Linux and FreeBSD as a bonefide competitor to the Windows platform, or a tool to help improve the platform? Is the GPL'd source code ever looked at and used with some modifications?
Once again, I DON'T CARE. And I'm already using Outlook on the Windows side which -- surprise, surprise -- can be made more secure by turning off some features. Similar to the features you "turn off" when you run as a normal user.
As I said, the system's not on the net. I have no personal data on it. It's a development system, and for that reason I could care less about running as a "regular user".
But you see I DON'T CARE. I have no believe whatsoever that anyone would ever hack my machine (this is not security through obscurity -- it's security through practical knowledge). It is not hooked into the internet at all. I use it only as a development system.
Do you feel Windows is becoming more like the Unix world in recent years (in terms of protected memory, process management, etc.), or is the Unix world becoming more like Windows (in terms of usability, graphical interfaces, etc.)?
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That's a valid argument with The Gap. I apologize. I mean, hell, the guy owns his own jet. He'd go J.Crew or The Gap over JCPenney's anyday.
Please...
Windows has absolutely nothing to learn from BeOS. It's the other way around.
And Windows 2000 on the desktop to connect. Right on.
Unless FreeBSD can't install KDE2 as a default during installation. Which I doubt, but I wouldn't know.
The pictures are here. Some great desktop wallpaper. Surprisingly, a few look exactly like the wallpaper that comes bundled with Mac OS X. :)
I don't believe a word of this comment.
Why do I not believe one word of this post?
But you honestly thing a week of auditing will destroy a company? Companies audit various departments *every week*. IT one week, supplies the next, catering the next. There isn't one week where something doesn't go by unaudited.
Taking a week out of a company's schedule, to make sure they are adhering to the law, isn't necessarily a bad thing in my mind.
Riiiiighhhttt.... what are you going to do CmdrTaco, complain about Windows for all your seven-and-a-half minutes? How hard it is to be a Linux media whore? What a great project Everything2 was?
I think I'd rather see CowboyNeal in all his monotone glory.
That should be +1 funny for sarcasm.
"Pride of ownership" means absolutely nothing to me. Usually people who try to fix their own faucets end up flooding the house anyhow.
Unless you like it, like myself. Windows 2000 only, thanks.
The browser code isn't "integrated" into the system. It consists of a bunch of libraries that can be used by other applications. See Norton Systemworks, NeoPlanet and the like for apps that use the IE libraries.
No, the shocker is that a Microsoft bug was posted on Slashdot with the (entirely unbiased comment I might add) phrase "patch now, patch now". For once, Slashdot is caring about those who view their site from the other side of the fence. Then again, it wasn't CmdrTaco who posted this, but we're making strides.
I think his answer would simply be "Windows XP".
Nice question.
On the east coast of the USA, in New Jersey, speeds are around 3Mb/s, right on the button. It seems to max out at that speed (but I'm not complaining).
This might have something to do with the hardware "monitoring" feature of the install program, and how it takes a snapshot of the system. Perhaps moving expansion card around screws it up?
At one point, the site had a description of something to the effect: "from within Microsoft, there is a section of computers that turn on to the familiar tone and icon of the friendly Mac."
My question is, is there a Linuxtopia somewhere in Microsoft we don't know about?
We know the spiel with the marketers, but from within Microsoft do the programmers view OSes like Linux and FreeBSD as a bonefide competitor to the Windows platform, or a tool to help improve the platform? Is the GPL'd source code ever looked at and used with some modifications?
As I said, the system's not on the net. I have no personal data on it. It's a development system, and for that reason I could care less about running as a "regular user".
But you see I DON'T CARE. I have no believe whatsoever that anyone would ever hack my machine (this is not security through obscurity -- it's security through practical knowledge). It is not hooked into the internet at all. I use it only as a development system.
Matter of convenience. Don't like typing root's password all the time.
Do you feel Windows is becoming more like the Unix world in recent years (in terms of protected memory, process management, etc.), or is the Unix world becoming more like Windows (in terms of usability, graphical interfaces, etc.)?