50 characters a minute x 60 min/hour x 24 hour/day = 70KB per day.
Given most users of this public computer don't type continuously, but browse the web, I think 64k-128k is OK.
cost of the air conditioning for the data centre... is the single biggest cost, in a data center in New York it even outweighs rent!
Wow! In that case maybe it makes sense to switch to mobile processors, like Pentium-M, does not it?
With performance only twice less than desktop versions, it consumes 50 times less electricity. So you will need twice the number of processors, but they will still consume 25 times less power.
A "free" machine that could run IIS would be a killer in some Windows shops.
I have not seen a free download of IIS recently. The last one I saw was in Option Pack for NT 4.0, but that was IIS 4.0 and you probably don't want to run it (given the number of security bugs fixed in more recent versions). The performance of latest versions is also considerably better.
So you would have to wait several years more, till those guys reimplement IIS too. Do you think it is time well spent?
The problem is that Mozilla stores some settings in user's config. User config is not easy to clone - my prefs.js has many occurences of full path to user's config folder and to Mozilla installation path, so it would not be easy to just deploy a tarball.
Also he wants to make it default browser, so he need to update some registry keys.
I think according to the article's author, OS/2 is also based on MS DOS, may be even more than Windows - really, I could reboot OS/2 by clicking Ctrl-Alt-Del. Is not it the sign that it is just DOS?
I don't think so. I should only mention (if it was not obvious) that there are multiple courts involved:
First, Sun sued to revoke Java license from MS(which resulted in obsolete Jave being shipped)
Second, they sued when Microsoft was about to ship XP without Java
Now they sue to include their version of Java
What I hope for is that a third party company with good JVM (like IBM) would sue those idiots for attempt to monopolize Java market:) and get a court decision that Microsoft should allow user to choose Sun's, IBM's or any third party JVM.
outdated and incompatible version of Java... that Microsoft (it appears) intentionally made that way in order to kill Java...
It is Sun to blame: they sued Microsoft and revoked their Jave license. As a result, Microsoft could ship (for restricted time) the Java exactly as they had it at that time, but were not allowed to add any new code except bug fixes.
Now Sun realised their stupidity and want new decision from court. I am really surprised with the judge' decision.
The report at atstake has a demonstration of vulnerability using code taken from/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/atp.c with a note "atp.c is a Linux device driver for Ethernet adapters based on the RealTek RTL8002 and RTL8012
chipsets." So looks like Linux is (or was) vulnerable.
It is a shame none of Linux vendors provided their status. I am sure CERT notified them well in advance.
If Washington were to impose a boycott on China, or export restrictions on certain technology, they would not be able to buy new CPU's.
That would be hard. I see lots of "made in China" products in US. I don't think there is a significant amount of "made in US" products in China. So any boycott would mostly harm the flow of products from China to US, not the other way around.
The problem with CPU would be a minor one - since too many of them are made outside of US, it would be relatively easy to get them.
You obviously did not read Netscape developers docs when they just released NN 3.0, grabbed most of the browser market share and were planning 4.0.
Almost in every paragraph it said 'Netscape Navigator is THE platform'. If they succeeded, the applications would be written for Netscape, not for Win32. You may like it or not, but Microsoft obviously could not like this. If all applications user runs are run inside Netscape, you don't need Windows any more!
There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. But nothing right as well.
Just instead of writing applications for Win32 you would write applications for Netscape (may be for Java, but Netscape wanted their browser to be THE platform, so tried to extend Java just like MS).
Of course, this put Microsoft into danger, it fighted back and won.
Maybe someone can stop Microsoft from accessing the hard drives of the unsuspecting public.
You mean hard disk's drivers of unsuspecting public stop working; Windows no longer being able to access user's hard disk; user's no longer being able to access all the p0rn stored on those disks;...?
This leaves users in the rather wierd position of either not being able to download *any* MS active-X control (for fear that it could be the bad one)
This is pure FUD. You don't have to turn on "Always trust Microsoft Corp" to donwload any control. For every control you decide whether you want to download it or not. Signature only verifies that it is coming from Microsoft, nothing more. You should decide yourself whether you want particular control or not. Signature verify the origin, not content.
Just like in Sun's situation: some fixes are broken, some are not. You decide install or not. You should know what you are installing - security vulnerability or a fix.
Microsoft's bug was one of tragically bad design.
Where is bad design? I am sure that if Sun signs their patches, both bad patch and a fix are signed by same key. A key per file is just stupid and does not make any sense. You don't want to turn your PKI infrastructure into file-recall infrastructure. When PGP found a bug in their software, they did not recall the public key used to sign previous builds. They simply released a fix, and singed it (probably by same key, but I can't verify this).
Microsoft is the only company I've heard of who has recommended not to trust software signed by them.
What Microsoft is saying is simply "some time ago we signed and released a piece of code. this code has bugs. don't download it. yes, it is signed but so what? don't download it anyway."
Say I have a 3-year old PGP distribution signed by PGP Corp. It is signed. But it has known bugs (discovered long after signing). Should I install it? No. The fact that it is signed does not mean anything beyond simple fact that it was produced by particular person/corporation.
By the way, do you know any other vendor who has been signing their software as long as MS?
I remember Apple updates simpy downloaded unsigned code from their web server, without verifying any signature at all. So a man-in-the-middle could inject trojan.
Linux ISO-files usually are "protected" by MD5 hash. So if you sit in the middle and can modify both ISO file and MD5 hash, you can do whatever you want with this distribution.
Although the article mentions India spending $500 mil on space, it doesn't come close to our spending or our expertise.
Well, there is big difference between $500 mil spent by India and $500 mil spent by US. India can do considerably more than US with same money. Most of US money are wasted due to high overhead cost imposed by NASA, and general higher cost of IT and engineering. So I would not be surprised if India will soon accomplish as much as US by spending 30 times less.
As for expertise, Russia is still far away. Mir spent 15 years in space, and was continuously inhabited for 10 years. It will be long time till ISS match it.
(... Wait a minute, my terminal emulator runs on a 286 with DOS
Wait a minute, Microsoft officially retires MS DOS this December 31st. You will have to upgrade!, how can you work on unsupported OS? Moving to OS/2 will buy you only two more months:)
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50 characters a minute x 60 min/hour x 24 hour/day = 70KB per day. Given most users of this public computer don't type continuously, but browse the web, I think 64k-128k is OK.
Wow! In that case maybe it makes sense to switch to mobile processors, like Pentium-M, does not it?
With performance only twice less than desktop versions, it consumes 50 times less electricity. So you will need twice the number of processors, but they will still consume 25 times less power.
Don't worry. By the time ReactOS reaches version 1.0, those patents will expire. Remember, patent is valid for 20 years only.
I have not seen a free download of IIS recently. The last one I saw was in Option Pack for NT 4.0, but that was IIS 4.0 and you probably don't want to run it (given the number of security bugs fixed in more recent versions). The performance of latest versions is also considerably better.
So you would have to wait several years more, till those guys reimplement IIS too. Do you think it is time well spent?
And alcohol distillation. But wait, that was running Linux I think.
Given enough lints, all bugs are shallow!
Yeah, and we need to quickly find a way to blame Microsoft for this CVS bug. Any ideas?
Discrimination is legal, as long as
Also he wants to make it default browser, so he need to update some registry keys.
I think according to the article's author, OS/2 is also based on MS DOS, may be even more than Windows - really, I could reboot OS/2 by clicking Ctrl-Alt-Del. Is not it the sign that it is just DOS?
I don't think so. I should only mention (if it was not obvious) that there are multiple courts involved:
What I hope for is that a third party company with good JVM (like IBM) would sue those idiots for attempt to monopolize Java market :) and get a court decision that Microsoft should allow user to choose Sun's, IBM's or any third party JVM.
It is Sun to blame: they sued Microsoft and revoked their Jave license. As a result, Microsoft could ship (for restricted time) the Java exactly as they had it at that time, but were not allowed to add any new code except bug fixes.
Now Sun realised their stupidity and want new decision from court. I am really surprised with the judge' decision.
It is a shame none of Linux vendors provided their status. I am sure CERT notified them well in advance.
That would be hard. I see lots of "made in China" products in US. I don't think there is a significant amount of "made in US" products in China. So any boycott would mostly harm the flow of products from China to US, not the other way around.
The problem with CPU would be a minor one - since too many of them are made outside of US, it would be relatively easy to get them.
Almost in every paragraph it said 'Netscape Navigator is THE platform'. If they succeeded, the applications would be written for Netscape, not for Win32. You may like it or not, but Microsoft obviously could not like this. If all applications user runs are run inside Netscape, you don't need Windows any more!
There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. But nothing right as well.
Just instead of writing applications for Win32 you would write applications for Netscape (may be for Java, but Netscape wanted their browser to be THE platform, so tried to extend Java just like MS).
Of course, this put Microsoft into danger, it fighted back and won.
So you have only 1Gb disk?
You mean hard disk's drivers of unsuspecting public stop working; Windows no longer being able to access user's hard disk; user's no longer being able to access all the p0rn stored on those disks; ...?
Can we sue USPTO for registering patents that don't meet patentibility requirements?
That explains why this company folded. You can't survive long with such an attitute toward your workers.
This is pure FUD. You don't have to turn on "Always trust Microsoft Corp" to donwload any control. For every control you decide whether you want to download it or not. Signature only verifies that it is coming from Microsoft, nothing more. You should decide yourself whether you want particular control or not. Signature verify the origin, not content.
Just like in Sun's situation: some fixes are broken, some are not. You decide install or not. You should know what you are installing - security vulnerability or a fix.
Microsoft's bug was one of tragically bad design.
Where is bad design? I am sure that if Sun signs their patches, both bad patch and a fix are signed by same key. A key per file is just stupid and does not make any sense. You don't want to turn your PKI infrastructure into file-recall infrastructure. When PGP found a bug in their software, they did not recall the public key used to sign previous builds. They simply released a fix, and singed it (probably by same key, but I can't verify this).
OK, happy Microsoft bashing.
What Microsoft is saying is simply "some time ago we signed and released a piece of code. this code has bugs. don't download it. yes, it is signed but so what? don't download it anyway."
Say I have a 3-year old PGP distribution signed by PGP Corp. It is signed. But it has known bugs (discovered long after signing). Should I install it? No. The fact that it is signed does not mean anything beyond simple fact that it was produced by particular person/corporation.
By the way, do you know any other vendor who has been signing their software as long as MS?
I remember Apple updates simpy downloaded unsigned code from their web server, without verifying any signature at all. So a man-in-the-middle could inject trojan.
Linux ISO-files usually are "protected" by MD5 hash. So if you sit in the middle and can modify both ISO file and MD5 hash, you can do whatever you want with this distribution.
Well, there is big difference between $500 mil spent by India and $500 mil spent by US. India can do considerably more than US with same money. Most of US money are wasted due to high overhead cost imposed by NASA, and general higher cost of IT and engineering. So I would not be surprised if India will soon accomplish as much as US by spending 30 times less.
As for expertise, Russia is still far away. Mir spent 15 years in space, and was continuously inhabited for 10 years. It will be long time till ISS match it.
Wait a minute, Microsoft officially retires MS DOS this December 31st. :)
You will have to upgrade!, how can you work on unsupported OS?
Moving to OS/2 will buy you only two more months
But first it used to be against Sklyarov only.