Vista ONLY has benefits for a it manager. vista has a lot of advantages in managing things remote and a lot of policies you can set. A lot of the extra functionality of vista can also be done with XP and some external tools (like you use PGP whole disk encryption). However having it integrated and standardized is surely a plus.
Also in some time you will see software or hardware(64 bit?) that is vista only or better supported on vista. (NOT YET), so a s a it manager you will have to migrate to it to be better supported.
Of course windows nt4 is fine too to do some spreadsheet software and word processing. maybe it is time to investigate if a linux desktop with that functionality is an option for you if 90% of the users only do that. At least MS will give you some discount if you mention it to them.
Also not that new hardware will standard be delivered(and supported?) with vista instead of XP in the very near future. license and support troubles: here they come!
YOu own your comment, but you cannot control, delete, edit , retract it. SO post your copyrighted message on/. and you are Owned..
Same goes for yourtupe and digimark: yourtub can do with YOUR content as soon as you posted it there and digimarc will control the distribution of your content once you go on and go with an agreement with them.
Moral of the story: it is not about copyright, but who controls/distributes the copyright.
I am using/installing open source software. Since vista was/is new to me i have to carefully read what it press. But open source software is seldom digitally signed. The only value of a digital signed is that you know who wrote the software, it will never say anything about quality, and so far it never was about any guarantee made by the supplier of the software.
If ths software is supposed to come from a major publisher, (like Microsoft, or adobe, or symantic) it might be worth something. However if you run a game that is signed by some lessknwon studio that is a publisher for some other softwarehouse, you cannot determine if the signee is the one that is actually supposed to be the one distributing the software, so the signature is almost worthless.
It could have least ALWAYS show the not trusted publisher.
But dumb users will either have UAC disabled or learned to press the "Yes/Ok".
One thing good from this is that software will be written to be run as Normal user instead of administrator. That is the good thing about UAC.
I did try to cut the number of warnings given, but uac still is not yet at a level it is user friendly.
Let me point out: -It sometimes tells the publisher is unknown, and sometimes it show the publisher, but say it is unverified. It is just a conspiracy with verisign to sell code signing certificates. -Java vm had fine grained access controls a long time ago, and the NSA build these into windows NT 4.0 also. But all UAC allows is to give full access(=admin that can install drivers) or deny (no option most of the times) it. Yes, you can apply all kind of rights to the user, but not to a program... This is a lost opportunity. -Once UAC is popping up you have no way to take back control. So guess what a user does when he is confronted with {while (true)askPersmissiontoinstalltrojan;} -...??? -profit. Yes for Steve Ballmer that is...;)
If the goal of all those 140,417 (yup, the article si a few hunderd projects behind;) ) is to make an everlasting impression and change the look of the world, there would be a lot of dissatified developers. However most of those project are just a idea, and other projects that are maintained have different goals. Maybe just for fun or to develop knowledge. Not everyone is interesting in taking over the world.
"I will also be available at FreedomHEC 2007 held adjacent to WinHEC,......"
It has always worked like this in linux kernel development. The manufacturer has the option of developing the driver himself and open source it (to be included in main kernel distro), or give as much specs as possible about his device and pray someone from the community will pick it up.
The reference to "enterprise" version is a reference to the window enterprise version where "clients" are at the mercy of the OEM to give updates.
You are confusing 2 things, but you will not be alone. SSL / certificates only protect WHO is certified, not what that party is doing. You can get a certificate for a company "click ok button" and get certified for this. All the user can do i maybe retrieve your real identity. Paypal (of course) has a good certificate. That does not mean paypal is good, or cares about your money. It only says Paypal is Paypal, not what is paypal is doing with your money or even in what country.
But your advice is correct: don't volunteer too much information.
Some facts. 1.Not holding your breath under water would be stupid. 2.Some people can hold their breaths under water for more than 5 minutes. Look up free-diving for instance. 3.Taking responsibility for stupidy is... well.. you know...
A sponge will be very very hot after 2 minutes at full power.
Next.. who will post this dry sponge on youtube/google video. please? anyone? Or just a good video what else fun you can d with a microwave: -Light up a lamp. -erase your CD. (extra points for CD-RW discs, bonus for AOL disks) -Make it explode. mythbuster style... 8))
KIDS... don't do this at home.... (use the microwave of someone else )
But... this is like telling people to stay on windows 2000 when XP was available.
And for developers vista has all kind of nice API, you already named directx 10, but there is much more. Nothing that cannot be done with XP, but once you use one vista-only api your application will only run on vista.
For real big application it is no issue to stay on XP, however a lot of application start out in the basement of somebody and are used because they work. And it takes one vista enabled application (the other application's are supposed to work on vista...supposed....) and you are stuck.
I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Vista box for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder.
you copied a old text. Vista has problems like confirming you want to run a program and then confirm it again (UAC and so), you went for some free karma....
Most people choose a software program (if there is choice) not form their actual needed features, but a lot based on reputation. For developers this is a strange situation. the "Added Some Stuff Joe Thought Was Cool" feature might be nice for some users who choose just not to use it because Joe stuff has no reputation yet.
In the long run MS is right with their vista development recommendations. Not that i would recommend vista! It is just that their style rules make sense for 98% or the users. Users will go for the stylish look and later decide if memory consumption and stability stuff fits their needs. That does not mean you should build unstable software, it means you should spend some time polishing for dumb first time users and do some graphics.
The best thing linux ever did for this was choosing the penguin as a mascot.
If isp want communities inside the isp they would implement peercache. However the number of isp that support this is almost non-existant.
An other otpion would be for the ips to tell that conenctions inside the isp are faster, document it. however if this is the case most isp fail to communicate this.
If the RIAA wins with a default trail. (possible) then allofmp3 owes an absurd amount of money to the RIAA. There is the problem that they might not actually have that kind of money. However, If an USA artist has an song on allofmp3, could not a new york artist sue RIAA for the money RIAA should collect for the artist? because RIAA should give that money to the artist? not? 150.000 dollar is a lot of money for some songs! and the nice thing is that RIAA is located in the US of A, where USA artist coudl sue RIAA.
snort is exploit specific. Vulnaribilty specific is just a bit different. Actually this is promosing as it would solve the probelm of updaing 1001 desktop and just apply a patch to the firewall to get filtering.
On the other hand there is "SureMail" --> since it is some extension to reader verification will will require end to end (ALL MS i bet) support. So it will only work between 2 exchange servers. Spammers will have a field days since it verifies the email addresses that are actually read.
QoS ms style does require authorization form the clients. All clients that do not get authorized correct go automatically in the lowest class. so in order to get VOIP working you need a chain of authorized network equipment.
Port is only limited. More and more applications use random ports now adays.
while MS is claiming that it "infringes on their IP".
the wording was.. "....Linux comes from the community -- the fact that that product uses our patented intellectual property is a problem for our shareholders...."
Which is not all that different from sco in the end. They are not clearly telling where it is ip is a problem. He uses the word patented. But without telling what patents it is about. So at this moment it is nothing but FUD. A kind of "use ms"(or novell) or prepare to be sued, or see less functionality in your gpl product.
On he other end you could be right. The results of MS were seriously affected last year by legal charges. So 440 million for the novell deal could be required to prevent more charges at that part.
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I think the comparison to ME is fair. But then in this way:
;)
vista is a XP with all kind of addons.
ME is a win98 with all kind of addons.
You don't want to run ME... you do not (YET) want to run vista.
PS: did you see the new vista advanced recycle bin that may be just a thing for you!
Vista ONLY has benefits for a it manager. vista has a lot of advantages in managing things remote and a lot of policies you can set. A lot of the extra functionality of vista can also be done with XP and some external tools (like you use PGP whole disk encryption). However having it integrated and standardized is surely a plus.
Also in some time you will see software or hardware(64 bit?) that is vista only or better supported on vista. (NOT YET), so a s a it manager you will have to migrate to it to be better supported.
Of course windows nt4 is fine too to do some spreadsheet software and word processing. maybe it is time to investigate if a linux desktop with that functionality is an option for you if 90% of the users only do that. At least MS will give you some discount if you mention it to them.
Also not that new hardware will standard be delivered(and supported?) with vista instead of XP in the very near future. license and support troubles: here they come!
Posting opn slashdot is not the best way to protect your copyrighted message.
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YOu own your comment, but you cannot control, delete, edit , retract it. SO post your copyrighted message on
Same goes for yourtupe and digimark: yourtub can do with YOUR content as soon as you posted it there and digimarc will control the distribution of your content once you go on and go with an agreement with them.
Moral of the story: it is not about copyright, but who controls/distributes the copyright.
there is a pthreads implementation build on top if win32. I am not saying it is efficient, but it does the job.
I am using/installing open source software. Since vista was/is new to me i have to carefully read what it press. But open source software is seldom digitally signed. The only value of a digital signed is that you know who wrote the software, it will never say anything about quality, and so far it never was about any guarantee made by the supplier of the software.
If ths software is supposed to come from a major publisher, (like Microsoft, or adobe, or symantic) it might be worth something. However if you run a game that is signed by some lessknwon studio that is a publisher for some other softwarehouse, you cannot determine if the signee is the one that is actually supposed to be the one distributing the software, so the signature is almost worthless.
It could have least ALWAYS show the not trusted publisher.
But dumb users will either have UAC disabled or learned to press the "Yes/Ok".
One thing good from this is that software will be written to be run as Normal user instead of administrator. That is the good thing about UAC.
Never noticed these colors as well.
;)
I did try to cut the number of warnings given, but uac still is not yet at a level it is user friendly.
Let me point out:
-It sometimes tells the publisher is unknown, and sometimes it show the publisher, but say it is unverified. It is just a conspiracy with verisign to sell code signing certificates.
-Java vm had fine grained access controls a long time ago, and the NSA build these into windows NT 4.0 also. But all UAC allows is to give full access(=admin that can install drivers) or deny (no option most of the times) it. Yes, you can apply all kind of rights to the user, but not to a program... This is a lost opportunity.
-Once UAC is popping up you have no way to take back control. So guess what a user does when he is confronted with {while (true)askPersmissiontoinstalltrojan;}
-...???
-profit. Yes for Steve Ballmer that is...
no just stupidity. YOu do no need more hops for greater distances.
GArtner predicted that viriutalization would be a big factor in a next version of the next major OS.
well, we cannot get that stupid cartoon here, so no the iinternational coverage was just to prove the Americans are not normal about security anymore.
If the goal of all those 140,417 (yup, the article si a few hunderd projects behind ;) ) is to make an everlasting impression and change the look of the world, there would be a lot of dissatified developers. However most of those project are just a idea, and other projects that are maintained have different goals. Maybe just for fun or to develop knowledge. Not everyone is interesting in taking over the world.
Read the last line of the article....
......"
"I will also be available at FreedomHEC 2007 held adjacent to WinHEC,
It has always worked like this in linux kernel development. The manufacturer has the option of developing the driver himself and open source it (to be included in main kernel distro), or give as much specs as possible about his device and pray someone from the community will pick it up.
The reference to "enterprise" version is a reference to the window enterprise version where "clients" are at the mercy of the OEM to give updates.
You are confusing 2 things, but you will not be alone. SSL / certificates only protect WHO is certified, not what that party is doing. You can get a certificate for a company "click ok button" and get certified for this. All the user can do i maybe retrieve your real identity. Paypal (of course) has a good certificate. That does not mean paypal is good, or cares about your money. It only says Paypal is Paypal, not what is paypal is doing with your money or even in what country.
But your advice is correct: don't volunteer too much information.
Some facts.
1.Not holding your breath under water would be stupid.
2.Some people can hold their breaths under water for more than 5 minutes. Look up free-diving for instance.
3.Taking responsibility for stupidy is... well.. you know...
A sponge will be very very hot after 2 minutes at full power.
Next.. who will post this dry sponge on youtube/google video. please? anyone? Or just a good video what else fun you can d with a microwave:
-Light up a lamp.
-erase your CD. (extra points for CD-RW discs, bonus for AOL disks)
-Make it explode. mythbuster style... 8))
KIDS... don't do this at home.... (use the microwave of someone else )
But... this is like telling people to stay on windows 2000 when XP was available.
...supposed....) and you are stuck.
And for developers vista has all kind of nice API, you already named directx 10, but there is much more. Nothing that cannot be done with XP, but once you use one vista-only api your application will only run on vista.
For real big application it is no issue to stay on XP, however a lot of application start out in the basement of somebody and are used because they work. And it takes one vista enabled application (the other application's are supposed to work on vista
I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Vista box for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder.
you copied a old text. Vista has problems like confirming you want to run a program and then confirm it again (UAC and so), you went for some free karma....
Most people choose a software program (if there is choice) not form their actual needed features, but a lot based on reputation. For developers this is a strange situation. the "Added Some Stuff Joe Thought Was Cool" feature might be nice for some users who choose just not to use it because Joe stuff has no reputation yet.
In the long run MS is right with their vista development recommendations. Not that i would recommend vista! It is just that their style rules make sense for 98% or the users. Users will go for the stylish look and later decide if memory consumption and stability stuff fits their needs. That does not mean you should build unstable software, it means you should spend some time polishing for dumb first time users and do some graphics.
The best thing linux ever did for this was choosing the penguin as a mascot.
If isp want communities inside the isp they would implement peercache. However the number of isp that support this is almost non-existant.
An other otpion would be for the ips to tell that conenctions inside the isp are faster, document it. however if this is the case most isp fail to communicate this.
If the RIAA wins with a default trail. (possible) then allofmp3 owes an absurd amount of money to the RIAA. There is the problem that they might not actually have that kind of money. However, If an USA artist has an song on allofmp3, could not a new york artist sue RIAA for the money RIAA should collect for the artist? because RIAA should give that money to the artist? not? 150.000 dollar is a lot of money for some songs! and the nice thing is that RIAA is located in the US of A, where USA artist coudl sue RIAA.
snort is exploit specific. Vulnaribilty specific is just a bit different. Actually this is promosing as it would solve the probelm of updaing 1001 desktop and just apply a patch to the firewall to get filtering.
On the other hand there is "SureMail" --> since it is some extension to reader verification will will require end to end (ALL MS i bet) support. So it will only work between 2 exchange servers. Spammers will have a field days since it verifies the email addresses that are actually read.
QoS ms style does require authorization form the clients. All clients that do not get authorized correct go automatically in the lowest class. so in order to get VOIP working you need a chain of authorized network equipment.
Port is only limited. More and more applications use random ports now adays.
Wait.. that is impossible. (really try it with a A4! )
Stemwijzer.? there is also Stomwijzer ;)
Anyway, this works because here in the Netherlands there are traditionally more parties than the big 2 represented.
while MS is claiming that it "infringes on their IP".
the wording was.. "....Linux comes from the community -- the fact that that product uses our patented intellectual property is a problem for our shareholders...."
Which is not all that different from sco in the end. They are not clearly telling where it is ip is a problem. He uses the word patented. But without telling what patents it is about. So at this moment it is nothing but FUD. A kind of "use ms"(or novell) or prepare to be sued, or see less functionality in your gpl product.
On he other end you could be right. The results of MS were seriously affected last year by legal charges. So 440 million for the novell deal could be required to prevent more charges at that part.
libya has oil and is not a real poor country.
"These oil revenues and a small population give Libya one of the highest GDPs per person in Africa"