OK. Apple has been doing OK for a long time that is why they don't have a bigger market.
OK best describes Apple. They have some amazing products mixed in with stupid policies which make them an OK company.
Like paying for a gift card to update software on your iTouch and not being able to update unless you have a credit card.
I don't know why MS wasted so much money on stupid adds with Jerry they could knock out Apple with the same parody in seconds. I guess they need the competition in order not to become a monopoly.
Apple just does not get it, from Aplle ][ to the iPhone. Once more they are going to blow a great opportunity to be a leader because of their greed.
It starting to look as if all I like about Apple is what they took from FLOSS. Anything else seems to have these little annoying proprietary locks.
They don't work for Microsoft they have no obligation to let Microsoft fix it. It's not as if Microsoft is going to pay them for the work that they have done.
I couldn't care less about the motivation, if their findings are true then there are major issues with Vista. Since the source for Vista is not available I wonder what the motivation was for Microsoft to release the code "unsafe/early" was? Like past problems and the typical attitude of release early and release often, maybe it should be the same attitude for "malware writers" release often and early.
This is a security Vista issue because it concerns how.NET was implemented on Vista. The method "may" be used on "possibly" other systems but as of yet it does not affect XP or OS X, as per the article. RTFM please.
The fact of the matter is that no OS is completely safe but MS and Apple like people believe so since it's their marketing that dictates the direction of the OS.... and yet there is not much more in the article to be ale to say anything for sure.
The bias that most have is due to the marketing. If I am told I can do such and such with such, I better be able to. If I am told it's about security don't hide behind the marketing be upfront about the issues. Unfortunately form MS and Apple the only true fact is that they will try to milk as much as we are willing to give them.
It's the politics of money. We need more to defend against the Russian, communists, Muslims, or what ever evil will get us more funds.
The article should read "Stupid government department lax on security was broken into". There is no way to prove who broke in. Who's to say that the compromised system wasn't used to hack back into China. Who's to say it's not another Canadian political party using a hacked system in china to hide their tracks. Better yet, who's to say it's not propaganda in order to create fear to increase the tax base. It seams the only solution that keeps coming out of governments is we need more...
NO! If you are selling UNLIMITED it should have NO limits, otherwise please state what I am buying so I can make an informed decision.
DEDICATED and UNLIMITED do not mean the same thing.
I would prefer to have a dedicated connection even if the connection was LIMITED to 20G/month. People need to stop playing these word games. Bell NEVER advertised DEDICATED they advertised UNLIMITED. Without limits. They provide dedicated but NOT UNLIMITED.
Install FF and the problem goes away. They never go back to IE.
Sad but, Not true... When you are the user and the site doesn't work and you can't install IE they WILL change the site or lose you as a client. This reminds me of a site developer who didn't know that the owner used Mac at home. Lost a large contract because it didn't work. The developer looked like an idiot. The problem was also replicated on cell phones. MS can't maintain the standard incompatibility that it is creating. IE has no standards and keeping track of IE is beyond any one developers wishes.
For once MS is doing the right thing and it's not because it want's to, it's because it has to not to loses any more market share.
There are more devices today that don't run MS desktop as there are that do. If it doesn't run MS desktop then the chances that it runs "IE# standard" are slim.
If you're running a business and need to exchange files OOo is more than adequate. In 30 years of running businesses most people who receive documents only care that they can open the file.
Different version of MSOffice render the documents inconsistently. Most users have not seen the document in it's original form to actually say that there is any difference.
Most files are simple letters and in my experience intricate and complicated spreadsheets are not forwarded without being locked down if they are forwarded at all.
People just want it to work. I have yet to experience any problems with OOo and forwarded word documents.
Wow. The way I use my systems I can't live without multiple desktops. Spending a day in Windows feels like someone keeps throwing stuff in my work space and I have to constantly keep cleaning it up. I couldn't get used to OS X until leopard.
Ctrl + v , Ctrl + c , Ctrl + x.... it's just not a natural movement. Highlight and middle mouse click. Command + v a little better. I never understood why both Gnome and KDE followed Windows.
So much talk about a GUI and no mention on how I can control my environment. Why can something load and not give me an option to KILL it. Nothing is more frustrating than a system that constantly slows down with stupid helper apps that want to constantly check home to see if there is the a new latest or greatest.
While I don't have a preference in an OS, I prefer one that is not in my way.
I'm sorry to say there's nothing in Office that most business needs to compete with....Never had a need for it. As a matter of fact I've never had a need for proprietary formats. Once you get that out of the way there is nothing that office offers that can't be achieved by other programs. If Office is your tool fine by you but Office in no way can meet my expectations just by the simple fact that it's limited to one platform (please don't say it's available for the Mac,Word may be somewhat compatible, Excel also but Office just stops there). I don't want to get into this argument because MS fan boys just don't get it. There is more than one way to skin a cat. I would hate to drive the same car everyone else is driving. I would prefer to use the tool that best suits the task. When dealing with mixed environments, standards work best. And by mixed I'm including different versions of windows.
Convenient that the same song on a different medium requires additional cash outlay. How many times do we need to purchase the same music license? If my friend has an lp and I have a CD. He has paid his rights and I have paid mine. It hurts no one for the copy.
This discussion is not about protecting the artist. It is about GREED.
If the record companies wish to sell their product at $15 then their is no Copyright infringement because I bought a product not a license. It's either a license or a product. This little game of bait and switch is what is getting them into trouble and as more people realize this the more trouble they will be in.
These people are the ones who turn off anti-virus because it doesn't allow them to open that picture with the.exe extension...
Why do we need to dumb everything down? Just the other day I saw on sneaky one that got by IE7... Thank GOD the user noticed and only clicked on it to check it out...very impressive.
May open the door to being sued. When they choose what can come through then they will be under obligation to stop thing like child pron, XXX to minors, BiTorrent downloads...
NOT REALLY FREE because the rate plans haven't been set up yet. Once you subscribe to the plan $$$ then you can download for FREE????? How is this FREE??? Sh1t has marketing gone so far that we call this free? If that's the case I'd like to give you a car for free provided you subscribe to one of my lease services. I'll even let you choose the car.
When you ignore your clients be it by phone, mail, email or any other method you risk alienating them forever. Assuming that these people would pay $100 for another XP version it would be more than the cost of maintaining XP. You do the math.
The idea that I need to scrap my 5 year old computer which allows me to surf and email because it wont run the latest and greatest is absurd.
Yup, but if you run any type of business and have any risk from a BSA audit then it is not an option. Otherwise you might as well pirate it and save the $.
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OK. Apple has been doing OK for a long time that is why they don't have a bigger market.
OK best describes Apple. They have some amazing products mixed in with stupid policies which make them an OK company.
Like paying for a gift card to update software on your iTouch and not being able to update unless you have a credit card.
I don't know why MS wasted so much money on stupid adds with Jerry they could knock out Apple with the same parody in seconds. I guess they need the competition in order not to become a monopoly.
Apple just does not get it, from Aplle ][ to the iPhone. Once more they are going to blow a great opportunity to be a leader because of their greed.
It starting to look as if all I like about Apple is what they took from FLOSS. Anything else seems to have these little annoying proprietary locks.
Get off it.... Apple sells all the software in one form or another.... I know I bought it!
While the article is scarce on facts the PDF as can be found in the comments is very specific.
They don't work for Microsoft they have no obligation to let Microsoft fix it. It's not as if Microsoft is going to pay them for the work that they have done.
I couldn't care less about the motivation, if their findings are true then there are major issues with Vista. Since the source for Vista is not available I wonder what the motivation was for Microsoft to release the code "unsafe/early" was? Like past problems and the typical attitude of release early and release often, maybe it should be the same attitude for "malware writers" release often and early.
This is a security Vista issue because it concerns how .NET was implemented on Vista. The method "may" be used on "possibly" other systems but as of yet it does not affect XP or OS X, as per the article. RTFM please.
The fact of the matter is that no OS is completely safe but MS and Apple like people believe so since it's their marketing that dictates the direction of the OS. ... and yet there is not much more in the article to be ale to say anything for sure.
The bias that most have is due to the marketing. If I am told I can do such and such with such, I better be able to. If I am told it's about security don't hide behind the marketing be upfront about the issues. Unfortunately form MS and Apple the only true fact is that they will try to milk as much as we are willing to give them.
It's the politics of money. We need more to defend against the Russian, communists, Muslims, or what ever evil will get us more funds.
The article should read "Stupid government department lax on security was broken into". There is no way to prove who broke in. Who's to say that the compromised system wasn't used to hack back into China. Who's to say it's not another Canadian political party using a hacked system in china to hide their tracks. Better yet, who's to say it's not propaganda in order to create fear to increase the tax base. It seams the only solution that keeps coming out of governments is we need more...
NO! If you are selling UNLIMITED it should have NO limits, otherwise please state what I am buying so I can make an informed decision.
DEDICATED and UNLIMITED do not mean the same thing.
I would prefer to have a dedicated connection even if the connection was LIMITED to 20G/month. People need to stop playing these word games. Bell NEVER advertised DEDICATED they advertised UNLIMITED. Without limits. They provide dedicated but NOT UNLIMITED.
When i fix it they don't like the bill....
Install FF and the problem goes away. They never go back to IE.
Sad but, Not true... When you are the user and the site doesn't work and you can't install IE they WILL change the site or lose you as a client. This reminds me of a site developer who didn't know that the owner used Mac at home. Lost a large contract because it didn't work. The developer looked like an idiot. The problem was also replicated on cell phones. MS can't maintain the standard incompatibility that it is creating. IE has no standards and keeping track of IE is beyond any one developers wishes.
For once MS is doing the right thing and it's not because it want's to, it's because it has to not to loses any more market share.
There are more devices today that don't run MS desktop as there are that do. If it doesn't run MS desktop then the chances that it runs "IE# standard" are slim.
My index finger is on the mouse making my selection.....
If you're running a business and need to exchange files OOo is more than adequate. In 30 years of running businesses most people who receive documents only care that they can open the file.
Different version of MSOffice render the documents inconsistently. Most users have not seen the document in it's original form to actually say that there is any difference.
Most files are simple letters and in my experience intricate and complicated spreadsheets are not forwarded without being locked down if they are forwarded at all.
People just want it to work. I have yet to experience any problems with OOo and forwarded word documents.
Wow. The way I use my systems I can't live without multiple desktops. Spending a day in Windows feels like someone keeps throwing stuff in my work space and I have to constantly keep cleaning it up. I couldn't get used to OS X until leopard.
.... it's just not a natural movement. Highlight and middle mouse click. Command + v a little better. I never understood why both Gnome and KDE followed Windows.
Ctrl + v , Ctrl + c , Ctrl + x
So much talk about a GUI and no mention on how I can control my environment. Why can something load and not give me an option to KILL it. Nothing is more frustrating than a system that constantly slows down with stupid helper apps that want to constantly check home to see if there is the a new latest or greatest.
While I don't have a preference in an OS, I prefer one that is not in my way.
I'm sorry to say there's nothing in Office that most business needs to compete with....Never had a need for it. As a matter of fact I've never had a need for proprietary formats. Once you get that out of the way there is nothing that office offers that can't be achieved by other programs. If Office is your tool fine by you but Office in no way can meet my expectations just by the simple fact that it's limited to one platform (please don't say it's available for the Mac,Word may be somewhat compatible, Excel also but Office just stops there). I don't want to get into this argument because MS fan boys just don't get it. There is more than one way to skin a cat. I would hate to drive the same car everyone else is driving. I would prefer to use the tool that best suits the task. When dealing with mixed environments, standards work best. And by mixed I'm including different versions of windows.
Convenient that the same song on a different medium requires additional cash outlay. How many times do we need to purchase the same music license? If my friend has an lp and I have a CD. He has paid his rights and I have paid mine. It hurts no one for the copy.
This discussion is not about protecting the artist. It is about GREED.
If the record companies wish to sell their product at $15 then their is no Copyright infringement because I bought a product not a license. It's either a license or a product. This little game of bait and switch is what is getting them into trouble and as more people realize this the more trouble they will be in.
When IE starts supporting more then windows "current version" then it may start becoming a superior browser.
IE 8 is to move people onto VISTA it most likely won't run on XP... but that's only my experience and my opinion.
These people are the ones who turn off anti-virus because it doesn't allow them to open that picture with the .exe extension...
Why do we need to dumb everything down? Just the other day I saw on sneaky one that got by IE7... Thank GOD the user noticed and only clicked on it to check it out...very impressive.
May open the door to being sued. When they choose what can come through then they will be under obligation to stop thing like child pron, XXX to minors, BiTorrent downloads...
What gives them the right to choose?
Fixes what? Did you RTFA? It's as clear as a political statement.
Rush: Fix my backup...
Mac: Ok. What is wrong.
Rush: I can't recover email folders.
Mc: Start, Mail. Select time machine. Select folder to recover. Press recover. Move folder from recovered to desired location.
Rush: You just don't understand....I want to recover and I can't.
Sounds like a politician to me...
But it's free! Sure it costs you $$$$ but it's FREE. Free I tell ya! Free! It just costs ya $$$$$$$$ but it's free!
It's funny but that's not what I call free. What's wrong with people? How can you even consider this free? It's a service.
NOT REALLY FREE because the rate plans haven't been set up yet. Once you subscribe to the plan $$$ then you can download for FREE????? How is this FREE??? Sh1t has marketing gone so far that we call this free? If that's the case I'd like to give you a car for free provided you subscribe to one of my lease services. I'll even let you choose the car.
It's DRMed service which you will pay for. Nothing FREE in any sense of the word.
Limited songs on limited phones with limited transfer on limited equipment....
Have it right now MP3, BitTorrent, Piratebay and my WiFi enabled smartphone...
The theory seems simple enough. Get a series of pictures copy the similarities, produce a copy.
Take it or leave it? Then just leave it.
When you ignore your clients be it by phone, mail, email or any other method you risk alienating them forever. Assuming that these people would pay $100 for another XP version it would be more than the cost of maintaining XP. You do the math.
The idea that I need to scrap my 5 year old computer which allows me to surf and email because it wont run the latest and greatest is absurd.
Yup, but if you run any type of business and have any risk from a BSA audit then it is not an option. Otherwise you might as well pirate it and save the $.
is themselves. They'll end up enslaving themselves. What are these senators thinking? How can this be good for America?