This will never happen. Internet Explorer is Microsoft's main tool to ensure that they control the future of the Internet, and computing in general. There is no way they would give that up, unless MS changes it's goals of world domination or IE were to somehow become irrelevant.
I suppose it's wishful thinking that Microsoft could burn through their war chest by making these enormous discounts everytime a client makes noises about adopting OSS. But if 50% of their clients adopt this strategy (and why shouldn't they?), it could really impact the MS bottom line.. and maybe, if the deep discounts stop flowing, companies will seriously think about switching.
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Too bad there's no free tools to make Flash. Sorry but I'm not paying Macromedia $500 to develop for their format. At least the J2SDK is freely available.
This pseudo-intellectual waste of time only makes sense if you subscribe to the philosophy that freewill is a sham, everything is predetermined, etc. It's utter tripe, I want my 113 minutes back.
Mmm, millions of psychadelic colors.. yes Hackers is good campy fun. I wonder what my boss would think if I started riding a skateboard to the office?;)
I think MS has been doing this for some time. Heck, you can't throw a stone on the alt.os.linux.* newsgroups without hitting a half-dozen astroturfers. (And Slashdot's got it's fair share as well)
I really wonder what kind of person is willing to become a paid shill. How could a someone with any self-esteem at all be willing to express corporate views, solely to make a buck?
Actually, most nibbler copiers of the Apple2/Commodore days worked by duplicating the low-level GCR format of the disk, not a byte/nybble/bit copy (although there were disk copiers that worked like that too)
These game developers took it upon themselves to write a fraudlent scam (SMS to premium numbers) into their software, allegedly to punish unauthorized users. Maybe some people feel this is justified, however, what would be your opinion if the "bomb" was defective and instead of punishing unauthorized users, punished everyone? Do we need software houses taking the law into their own hands?
This is incorrect. You should code for the DOM, not for individual browsers. Since every modern browser supports the DOM, there is no longer much* need for browser-specific code.
* The only place I've needed browser-specific code for HTML forms in the last three years, has been manipulating the contents of a TEXTAREA.
The old./configure prefix=, make && make install is too archaic
That's hilarious, there are standard package management systems on Linux, and some of them are easier than installing software in Windows. For instance, in Fedora Core I have the choice of using Apt, Yum, or RPM. Installing is as simple as doing a:
$ sudo apt-get install program
And while it's true there are a few packages which are only distributed as source, I'd rather have that, than some binary program that's distributed as freeware. (Anyway, such packages usually find their way into the distribution, so compiling is unnecessary anyway)
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That's a scary thought, and all the more reason to avoid supporting MS initiatives.
This will never happen. Internet Explorer is Microsoft's main tool to ensure that they control the future of the Internet, and computing in general. There is no way they would give that up, unless MS changes it's goals of world domination or IE were to somehow become irrelevant.
I think that statement is missing a hyphen, i.e.:
1-exe no-registry-crap programs
Blasphemy!
And IIRC, they had to double the number of Windows *cough* servers to get comparable performance as when it ran on BSD.
How will you K-K-K-Katch me, K-K-K-Ken?
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I suppose it's wishful thinking that Microsoft could burn through their war chest by making these enormous discounts everytime a client makes noises about adopting OSS. But if 50% of their clients adopt this strategy (and why shouldn't they?), it could really impact the MS bottom line.. and maybe, if the deep discounts stop flowing, companies will seriously think about switching.
No way man, the less Ewoks the better!
Doh! I really gotta work on my reading comprehension skills.. and check out Ming, of course. :)
Today I'm running Mozilla Fireimpala. It's sweet..
Too bad there's no free tools to make Flash. Sorry but I'm not paying Macromedia $500 to develop for their format. At least the J2SDK is freely available.
Wow, flamebait mod for expressing my opinion in a freaking /. poll. Good job, mods.
This pseudo-intellectual waste of time only makes sense if you subscribe to the philosophy that freewill is a sham, everything is predetermined, etc. It's utter tripe, I want my 113 minutes back.
Mmm, millions of psychadelic colors.. yes Hackers is good campy fun. I wonder what my boss would think if I started riding a skateboard to the office? ;)
I rather like _The 13th Warrior_, for me it's one of those movies that improves on repeat viewings. Plus, Antonio is hot. ;)
I think MS has been doing this for some time. Heck, you can't throw a stone on the alt.os.linux.* newsgroups without hitting a half-dozen astroturfers. (And Slashdot's got it's fair share as well)
I really wonder what kind of person is willing to become a paid shill. How could a someone with any self-esteem at all be willing to express corporate views, solely to make a buck?
Don't trust anyone over 300,000. ;)
More like 'the so-called professionals who have a vested interest in maintaining the dominance of closed source and closed standards'.
one would almost be convinced these weren't bureaucrats, but aliens who have taken the place of the bureaucrats.
In related news, Munich government reps have been asking about something called a "Continuum Transfunctioner". News at 11.
Actually, most nibbler copiers of the Apple2/Commodore days worked by duplicating the low-level GCR format of the disk, not a byte/nybble/bit copy (although there were disk copiers that worked like that too)
Yes, but how would you have felt if there was a defect in the routine which caused all users, both legitimate and illegitimate, to be affected?
These game developers took it upon themselves to write a fraudlent scam (SMS to premium numbers) into their software, allegedly to punish unauthorized users. Maybe some people feel this is justified, however, what would be your opinion if the "bomb" was defective and instead of punishing unauthorized users, punished everyone? Do we need software houses taking the law into their own hands?
This is incorrect. You should code for the DOM, not for individual browsers. Since every modern browser supports the DOM, there is no longer much* need for browser-specific code.
* The only place I've needed browser-specific code for HTML forms in the last three years, has been manipulating the contents of a TEXTAREA.
The old ./configure prefix=, make && make install is too archaic
That's hilarious, there are standard package management systems on Linux, and some of them are easier than installing software in Windows. For instance, in Fedora Core I have the choice of using Apt, Yum, or RPM. Installing is as simple as doing a:
$ sudo apt-get install program
And while it's true there are a few packages which are only distributed as source, I'd rather have that, than some binary program that's distributed as freeware. (Anyway, such packages usually find their way into the distribution, so compiling is unnecessary anyway)