NT* But that doesn't make any sense. I don't know the exact history, but the following would make more sense to me: OS/2 had the upper hand at this point, I believe. So developing for OS/2 would make perfect sense. It's more like the opposite of what you say, Microsoft had to make sure they made a WP killer for Windows.
Now if you were modded funny, it'd be okay, but since you are modded informative and I have no sense of humour I would not be able to tell.:)
*NT: Anyone remember those t-shirts/mugs/etc? NT = Nice try!
this comes as no surprise to any big corporation, I think. There's a reason why, at Microsoft (for instance), you are told to *not* investigate whether something is patented or not. Just do it. That way, should it go to court, they can honestly claim that they had no idea about prior art and thus be in line with law.
What really odd is that when Linux's so wonderful, not having all the horrible and obvious problems that Windows has, why don't more people simply use Linux instead?
Not only that, it was even announced on Slashdot earlier today. Albeit, not in the summary or subject (see topic related to Silverlight posted earlier).
Let's say what you're saying is true, then I don't find it all that strange. And neither should you since you answered the question yourself: They don't want the hassle of dealing with stupid customers.
Thing is, a third party company can *sell* the extension, Microsoft wouldn't be able to. It would bring heaps of bad publicity (imagine the fun we'd have here at/.), so they'd give it away for free... and in return get what? More complicated support.
Now, like any good company that is in it for the money, they can brush you off with a simple "Oh, that is not our fault, call *them* about that".
Hmm. Referring to your sarcasm here, I don't know what you mean when you say "hacked". In Microsoft's case I dare say it's been successful. Sure, you can run pirated games on it, but it's far from a "hack once, run everywhere" trick. And it does seem like Microsoft could care less about the DVD-drive hack. What they *do* care about is the integrity of the box, they want it to remain closed and I think they have been damn successful in doing that.
Sure, there was a hole which enabled people to run unsigned code for a short period of time there, but they fixed that very smoothly by blowing an efuse on the CPU and tadaa problem fixed. And with fixed I mean: Sure, you can keep your 360 at that kernel, but you WILL be forced to upgrade sooner or later if you want to use the bloody thing for anything other than running unsigned code.
So, it really *does* look like Microsoft is close to closing down that box. But say, if there was DRM that could be cracked in it there might be a whole new heap of hackers that would put their effort into getting into the box and that might yield more results than what we've seen so far.
Not sure if it really should be sarcasm in Microsoft's case. As for the state of Nintendo's and Sony's current-gen boxes, I don't know.
To be honest, judging by the replies I may have a bit more relaxed attitude towards this because I'm from Europe or something, not sure...
But: Question is, why did it take 28 years? That is not the question. The question is why does she/they feel like she has to go *after* 28 years of apparently doing her job? Who the hell cares about education at this point.
This is pretty 'unevil' in my book. Well, let me defend that statement with: So far.
It's not like Google needed to buy DoubleClick for any other reason than stopping someone else from acquiring them. They stopped being a serious competitor years ago. Now, if Microsoft got their hands on them and threw a lot of cash at the business, that'd be a whole different story.
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I get a chuckle out of the removal of attunements to tell you the truth.
Your standard recruitment thread on some forum:
<Two Orcs One Cup> recruiting! [5/6 SSC, 3/4 TK, 1/5 MH, 1/9 BT]
I thought it was hell to have two weekly wipe encounters back in the day (C'thun and Patchwerk), I dare not imagine how it must feel to have four!
Yeah, "The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software" sure has a certain ring to it :)
Or hmm...
NT* But that doesn't make any sense. I don't know the exact history, but the following would make more sense to me: OS/2 had the upper hand at this point, I believe. So developing for OS/2 would make perfect sense. It's more like the opposite of what you say, Microsoft had to make sure they made a WP killer for Windows.
:)
Now if you were modded funny, it'd be okay, but since you are modded informative and I have no sense of humour I would not be able to tell.
*NT: Anyone remember those t-shirts/mugs/etc? NT = Nice try!
Surely you mean that they're known to have one-eyed stories!
Err. *I* thought this was funny.
Wow, insightful. Why did you post anonymous with a thing like that?
this comes as no surprise to any big corporation, I think. There's a reason why, at Microsoft (for instance), you are told to *not* investigate whether something is patented or not. Just do it. That way, should it go to court, they can honestly claim that they had no idea about prior art and thus be in line with law.
:)
Slightly ironic.
What really odd is that when Linux's so wonderful, not having all the horrible and obvious problems that Windows has, why don't more people simply use Linux instead?
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Not only that, it was even announced on Slashdot earlier today. Albeit, not in the summary or subject (see topic related to Silverlight posted earlier).
That's great.
:)
This guy used it in his URL and got a DMCA takedown notice.
Oh the irony
Let's say what you're saying is true, then I don't find it all that strange. And neither should you since you answered the question yourself: They don't want the hassle of dealing with stupid customers.
/.), so they'd give it away for free... and in return get what? More complicated support.
Thing is, a third party company can *sell* the extension, Microsoft wouldn't be able to. It would bring heaps of bad publicity (imagine the fun we'd have here at
Now, like any good company that is in it for the money, they can brush you off with a simple "Oh, that is not our fault, call *them* about that".
sensitive bastards, to be honest :)
So "beam me up, Scotty" is now going to translate to "kicking the bucket", eh.
Hmm. Referring to your sarcasm here, I don't know what you mean when you say "hacked". In Microsoft's case I dare say it's been successful. Sure, you can run pirated games on it, but it's far from a "hack once, run everywhere" trick. And it does seem like Microsoft could care less about the DVD-drive hack. What they *do* care about is the integrity of the box, they want it to remain closed and I think they have been damn successful in doing that.
Sure, there was a hole which enabled people to run unsigned code for a short period of time there, but they fixed that very smoothly by blowing an efuse on the CPU and tadaa problem fixed. And with fixed I mean: Sure, you can keep your 360 at that kernel, but you WILL be forced to upgrade sooner or later if you want to use the bloody thing for anything other than running unsigned code.
So, it really *does* look like Microsoft is close to closing down that box. But say, if there was DRM that could be cracked in it there might be a whole new heap of hackers that would put their effort into getting into the box and that might yield more results than what we've seen so far.
Not sure if it really should be sarcasm in Microsoft's case. As for the state of Nintendo's and Sony's current-gen boxes, I don't know.
...or it could be that I meant that I simply have never heard of the woman before due to being from Europe.
But troll away.
Be successfull before getting married and having kids. :)
Wtf?
Some would argue doing the latter of those two IS being successful.
There's got to be more to this story...
I say before RTFA. Oh well, it's not like anyone here expects less.
(less is more)
To be honest, judging by the replies I may have a bit more relaxed attitude towards this because I'm from Europe or something, not sure...
But:
Question is, why did it take 28 years?
That is not the question. The question is why does she/they feel like she has to go *after* 28 years of apparently doing her job? Who the hell cares about education at this point.
There's got to be more to this story...
Yes but paint is pretty close to useless.
Well...
Nonsense. I've had work done on a number of ASP websites and never got a dinner by Microsoft!
This is pretty 'unevil' in my book. Well, let me defend that statement with: So far.
It's not like Google needed to buy DoubleClick for any other reason than stopping someone else from acquiring them. They stopped being a serious competitor years ago. Now, if Microsoft got their hands on them and threw a lot of cash at the business, that'd be a whole different story.
*shrug*