1. Bleeding edge - if you want the latest stuff hot off the press it is easier to get for Linux
2. Journaling file system - As far as I know not available an easily selected install option
3. Easier setup - Linux distros typically come with utilities that make it easier for people to set up stuff without learning vi first
I like the BSD's because the layout for setting things up is so much better but if you are new to Unix you will have an easier time getting up and running with a Linux box.
For law enforcement, it's only a few thousand dollar scam at most, and they are probably more interested in going after murderers and higher profile criminals.
No, they sit around four way stops handing out traffic tickets.:)
In other words, shield the competitors from the feedback of the marketplace, letting them produce inferior products without suffering the consequences for so doing. Even if enough people were willing to do this, it wouldn't produce a 'more equal' market. It would simply keep second-rate products coming. Only by allowing the market to signal an organization that it's putting out stuff that people won't buy will the situation improve.
Unless the competitors drive down price. Thanks to AMD pushing its K6 line (and people buying them) you can now buy even better AMD products and great prices. This is not Intels doing. If the new nVidia product is $600 and ATI can provide a good card for $200, who's gonna own the market?
I write free software but I don't go to great lengths adding parts to it that don't interest me personally. $$ helps me be interested. Donations to free software authors helps motivate them and cover expenses (like websites, tools, etc.)
The lastest infoworld (print Oct 9) has some reader polls that show a broad fear of Gore interfering with business and pleasure on the net:
More likely to support industry self-regulation on the issue of online privacy
BUSH 76%
GORE 24%
More likely to push for new laws covering online privacy concerns
BUSH 24%
GORE 76%
More likely to encourage acive antitrust scrutiny of companies in the technology sector
BUSH 16%
GORE 84%
More likely to support a breakup of Microsoft due to antitrust concerns
BUSH 14%
GORE 86%
More likely to support revisions to antitrust law to better address information technology industries
BUSH 44%
GORE 56%
More likely to favor a strong governmental role in the use of encryption technology, such as key recovery programs
BUSH 29%
GORE 71%
More likely to call for a significant reworking of the process by which H1-B work visas are issued
BUSH 56%
GORE 44%
More likely to support the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) as it is currently written
BUSH 46%
GORE 54%
More likely to support industry self-regulation and a hands-off attitude of government when in comes to technology issues
BUSH 84%
GORE 16%
Better informed and savvy about technology issues
BUSH 36%
GORE 64%
I ran into this mess late '98 when I bought a ThinkPad. The recovery disk not only trashed your hard drive but *required* that the two partitions the drive shipped with were exactly as purchased. And all of windows did not ship on the hard drive. To get some of the extras I had to borrow a friends disk.
I use Windows and Linux. Lots of Windows users will migrate towards Linux as it matures. Not many will migrate towards the Mac from Windows (or Linux). I've used Corel Linux and find it to be an emasculated version of Linux compared to RedHat or Mandrake.
You need to warn end users of these other potenial security holes in Windows: Files ending with:.wsf - windows script (can execute commands).lnk - execute program (can execute programs).scr - screen saver (full executable).reg - registry (can add, modify, or delete anything in user's registry).js - javascript.jse - javascript.hta - html application
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1. Bleeding edge - if you want the latest stuff hot off the press it is easier to get for Linux
2. Journaling file system - As far as I know not available an easily selected install option
3. Easier setup - Linux distros typically come with utilities that make it easier for people to set up stuff without learning vi first
I like the BSD's because the layout for setting things up is so much better but if you are new to Unix you will have an easier time getting up and running with a Linux box.
For law enforcement, it's only a few thousand dollar scam at most, and they are probably more interested in going after murderers and higher profile criminals.
No, they sit around four way stops handing out traffic tickets. :)
With the sheep being trotted off to death for possible contamination of mad cow, it's likely that Microsoft sheep can get it too.
Then you get more companies like Amazon writing clauses into employment documents that say you can't say anything bad when you leave.
carpal tunnel syndrome for the neck?
Tracer gives mouse control to people with ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Just experiment with moving your head around like you would have to do move your mouse and you know that would get tiring.
Spam is a random denial of service attack on everyone's email account.
This innovation "enables a player to successfully return balls that otherwise are out of effective stroking reach"
Is this tennis or kinky sex?
Unless the competitors drive down price. Thanks to AMD pushing its K6 line (and people buying them) you can now buy even better AMD products and great prices. This is not Intels doing. If the new nVidia product is $600 and ATI can provide a good card for $200, who's gonna own the market?
I write free software but I don't go to great lengths adding parts to it that don't interest me personally. $$ helps me be interested. Donations to free software authors helps motivate them and cover expenses (like websites, tools, etc.)
I just makes it easier for the crook to get away with it. No one can prove he fried the price tag.
It will boil down to who wants to pay into the "conscience fund" Napster model and who will choose to continue in the "hot properties" model.
So bugger out the devices with a zapper conceiled in your pocket and get a instant five finger discount.
You give "the public" too much credit.
The lastest infoworld (print Oct 9) has some reader polls that show a broad fear of Gore interfering with business and pleasure on the net:
More likely to support industry self-regulation on the issue of online privacy
BUSH 76%
GORE 24%
More likely to push for new laws covering online privacy concerns
BUSH 24%
GORE 76%
More likely to encourage acive antitrust scrutiny of companies in the technology sector
BUSH 16%
GORE 84%
More likely to support a breakup of Microsoft due to antitrust concerns
BUSH 14%
GORE 86%
More likely to support revisions to antitrust law to better address information technology industries
BUSH 44%
GORE 56%
More likely to favor a strong governmental role in the use of encryption technology, such as key recovery programs
BUSH 29%
GORE 71%
More likely to call for a significant reworking of the process by which H1-B work visas are issued
BUSH 56%
GORE 44%
More likely to support the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) as it is currently written
BUSH 46%
GORE 54%
More likely to support industry self-regulation and a hands-off attitude of government when in comes to technology issues
BUSH 84%
GORE 16%
Better informed and savvy about technology issues
BUSH 36%
GORE 64%
Big Brother is always watching because Average Joe User is daft.
I ran into this mess late '98 when I bought a ThinkPad. The recovery disk not only trashed your hard drive but *required* that the two partitions the drive shipped with were exactly as purchased. And all of windows did not ship on the hard drive. To get some of the extras I had to borrow a friends disk.
I use Windows and Linux. Lots of Windows users will migrate towards Linux as it matures. Not many will migrate towards the Mac from Windows (or Linux). I've used Corel Linux and find it to be an emasculated version of Linux compared to RedHat or Mandrake.
You need to warn end users of these other potenial security holes in Windows: Files ending with: .wsf - windows script (can execute commands) .lnk - execute program (can execute programs) .scr - screen saver (full executable) .reg - registry (can add, modify, or delete anything in user's registry) .js - javascript .jse - javascript .hta - html application