You're neglecting to consider that the matching Sstem V code is irrelevant, because it was already in the Public Domain. It's just like the matching code that SCO was showing, which later turned out to originate from BSD Unix..
"Monninkhof tried to reason with SCO, but didn't succeed. At first SCO agreed to talk, so Monninkhof flew to SCO's headquarters in Utah, but learned that there was no-one to meet him and that visitors were not allowed in the building. Security then escorted Monninkhof off the premises. He was also given a letter indicating that his company was no longer welcome at SCO Forum."
If there was any doubt about the kind of people running SCO these days, this should clinch it. Damn cold..
According to this page, MS released their Altair Basic in 1975, while CP/M wasn't released until 1977. The IBM PC wasn't released until 1981.
By the time IBM developed their PC, both DEC and Microsoft were already firmly established companies. For whatever reason, IBM chose Microsoft to develop an OS for their PC, and the rest is history. I wonder if there's a parallel dimension where DEC won that contract, and an updated, graphical version of CP/M rules the market?;)
Simple, they were there first. Altair BASIC was their first product, and one of the first commercial products available for microcomputers. By the time IBM wanted an OS for their "PC", Microsoft was firmly established.
In his report, Geer blows the whistle on the dangers of a Microsoft monoculture. As we know all too well, whistleblowers are often rewarded for the efforts with firing, blacklisting, ect.
Here's a snippit from an article discussing the space shuttle disasters, which displays a few parallels with the current situation:
It is often said that whistleblowers are like miners' canaries, warning of impending tragedies that others cannot sense. Experience also shows that, particularly in "can-do" workplaces like NASA's, whistleblower complaints reflect otherwise hidden or unrecognized agency pathologies. For example, in the early 1990s, senior officials at NASA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) -- the guardians of an agency's correctness -- were themselves the targets of accusations that they were asking their employees to lie about illegalities they witnessed in the inspector general's office. The NASA OIG also was accused of "signing off" on a $1.7 billion contract so that a contractor would have reduced oversight at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. These and other revelations were brought to light by whistle-blowers, often at considerable risk to their professions.
Both incidents were great tragedies, but I think you're belittling Kent State. Four students were killed, one paralyzed, and eight more injured by the deliberate firing of national guard troops. From Tiananmen Square, according to Amnesty International, they have accounted for, "155 dead and 65 wounded", which is a far cry from the thousands you cite (although still an order of magnitude greater than Kent).
I don't think it's inappropriate to compare these incidents. On one hand, the victims of Kent State eventually did receive some small reparation while the Chinese government has yet to make amends to it's victims. However, both incidents were caused by social upheaval clashing with conservative policies.
Amen, brother. I used to play the "put me on your do not call list" game, but it never really made a difference because as you so elequently said, "there's always some new dipshit company calling".
After a while I just got sick of talking to telemarkers. Nowadays I don't even bother picking up if the caller id says "unavailable", but it's still an interruption and an annoyance. A national telemarketer do-not-call list is excactly what we need. With this list, we take away the power from the shady telemarketer companies and put it in the hands of the people.
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WS FTP Light a FREE, FTP client that works great.
Sorry to nitpick, but WS-FTP is not free, it's shareware. For a Free graphical FTP client (and server) on Win32, I'd recommend FileZilla.
Your post remind me of the old saying about the 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
How about Richard Stallman, without whom we probably wouldn't have Free software to begin with.
Apparently, he was caught smoking ganja.
What if IE were to lose it's market dominating position? Could happen once it gets far enough behind in technology. IE: the Notepad of browsers.
You're neglecting to consider that the matching Sstem V code is irrelevant, because it was already in the Public Domain. It's just like the matching code that SCO was showing, which later turned out to originate from BSD Unix..
"Monninkhof tried to reason with SCO, but didn't succeed. At first SCO agreed to talk, so Monninkhof flew to SCO's headquarters in Utah, but learned that there was no-one to meet him and that visitors were not allowed in the building. Security then escorted Monninkhof off the premises. He was also given a letter indicating that his company was no longer welcome at SCO Forum."
If there was any doubt about the kind of people running SCO these days, this should clinch it. Damn cold..
Those insider sales strongly remind me of how rats jump off a sinking ship..
How about Windows: Code Red
Wait a minute..
In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
Shouldn't that be: In Soviet Rus(h|sia), today's Tom Sawyer gets you high?
This somewhat ambiguous quote from the article seems to refer to hardware devices, although I think it could refer to software as well:
"The BIOS would also allow better control of unauthorised devices connected to a system, Microsoft said."
Something like XviD perhaps?
Well, you can still look forward to getting the DVD! :)
Flamebait? He's asking an honest question.
My money's on the PET, those things are heavy!!
According to this page, MS released their Altair Basic in 1975, while CP/M wasn't released until 1977. The IBM PC wasn't released until 1981.
By the time IBM developed their PC, both DEC and Microsoft were already firmly established companies. For whatever reason, IBM chose Microsoft to develop an OS for their PC, and the rest is history. I wonder if there's a parallel dimension where DEC won that contract, and an updated, graphical version of CP/M rules the market? ;)
Explain Microsoft again to me then?
Simple, they were there first. Altair BASIC was their first product, and one of the first commercial products available for microcomputers. By the time IBM wanted an OS for their "PC", Microsoft was firmly established.
In his report, Geer blows the whistle on the dangers of a Microsoft monoculture. As we know all too well, whistleblowers are often rewarded for the efforts with firing, blacklisting, ect.
Here's a snippit from an article discussing the space shuttle disasters, which displays a few parallels with the current situation:
It is often said that whistleblowers are like miners' canaries, warning of impending tragedies that others cannot sense. Experience also shows that, particularly in "can-do" workplaces like NASA's, whistleblower complaints reflect otherwise hidden or unrecognized agency pathologies. For example, in the early 1990s, senior officials at NASA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) -- the guardians of an agency's correctness -- were themselves the targets of accusations that they were asking their employees to lie about illegalities they witnessed in the inspector general's office. The NASA OIG also was accused of "signing off" on a $1.7 billion contract so that a contractor would have reduced oversight at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. These and other revelations were brought to light by whistle-blowers, often at considerable risk to their professions.
Both incidents were great tragedies, but I think you're belittling Kent State. Four students were killed, one paralyzed, and eight more injured by the deliberate firing of national guard troops. From Tiananmen Square, according to Amnesty International, they have accounted for, "155 dead and 65 wounded", which is a far cry from the thousands you cite (although still an order of magnitude greater than Kent).
I don't think it's inappropriate to compare these incidents. On one hand, the victims of Kent State eventually did receive some small reparation while the Chinese government has yet to make amends to it's victims. However, both incidents were caused by social upheaval clashing with conservative policies.
Next time you tell a joke, try to work in a punchline.
Read the book title again. And again, until it sinks in. Flash is not a standard, it's a propriatary technology.
I have never came across more unergonomic key sequence than Control-Shift-Esc.
Obviously, you're not an EMACS user.
The USA has also had it's share of killing student protesters, most notably the Kent State massacre .
I suggest you cast out the mote from your own eye before pointing out the mote in your brother's.
If people are using MS Server 2003 (or worse, switching from Linux) that means Linux has *failed* in some respect, in the minds of those customers
Anybody else think the 5% might be a result of PHBs who trust their MS reps more than their own engineers?
Amen, brother. I used to play the "put me on your do not call list" game, but it never really made a difference because as you so elequently said, "there's always some new dipshit company calling".
After a while I just got sick of talking to telemarkers. Nowadays I don't even bother picking up if the caller id says "unavailable", but it's still an interruption and an annoyance. A national telemarketer do-not-call list is excactly what we need. With this list, we take away the power from the shady telemarketer companies and put it in the hands of the people.