Functionality that already exists? Hardly. Sharp spent over $100 million developing the Zaurus, and a good, healthy chunk of that was developing software for it. It's not like you can take Red Hat and stick it on a PDA and be set.
So, it cost them not only money, but time (which equals more money, in the business world).
The less platforms you support, the lower your costs will be. When we opened up 4 years ago, we quickly found out that time for customer support was way beyond what we imagined.
So, in order to keep our rates low ($12.95/mo, less annually), we send a disc that automatically configures Win9x/Win2k/WinXP dial-up networking. It also reccomends installation of IE6 (included on disc). We only offer *software* tech support to customers running on that platform.
Of course, we still give out all information and do the best we can to get other systems up and running. Generally, if you include something on a CD, the customer expects support--that's why you should keep it minimal.
As far as VNC software goes, it's not worth the effort or security risk).
1) The gov't does more than one thing at a time, so your jab at the election system is nothing but a troll.
2) This is simplifying the system not making it more complicated. The data is all in the computer system to begin with, and there are no billions of papers to be scanned. Less errors, less paper, less time, less complexity.
Well, I'm sure apple would love your terms. Then they'd be the only company selling computers with a usable operating system.
Why the heck do you want to force consumers to purchase their operating system seperately and install it themselves? That's like forcing me to buy a car without an engine. Screw that.
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The only thing anti-trust courts need to do with OEM contracts is not allow Microsoft to base prices of Windows based upon whether other software is bundled with the system. That fixes the OEM problem, and restores choice to the consumer.
Let the civil courts handle punishment/damages claims.
But the environment is very controlled. The user chooses what ActiveX controls to use on the system. They aren't automagically downloaded and installed.
The same goes for Netscape plug-ins. They are in essence the same thing, except ActiveX controls are infinitely more usefull (a well-defined API which can be used by any application).
And to be honest, no, I don't know why it's called "at".
I'm sorry, you must not be familiar with the english language. In our language, the following statement would be analagous to the operation performed using the at command:
at a certain time, perform this task.
Hence the name, "at."
Now obviously "cron" is a much more clear descriptive verb for this function... er...
I find the built in web browser on my windows box just as convenient as I find Konqueror on my FreeBSD box.
In fact, I don't think I would ever use a distribution of any operating system on my desktop machine that didn't have a suitable desktop environment, including a web browser.
What he's saying is, they don't even need a link to the source code. All they have to do is provide it upon request. Meaning they don't even have to post it to an FTP site. Just if you ask for the code, they have to give it to you. So if it wasn't posted, and i e-mailed and asked for the source they would have to either e-mail it to me or make other arrangements.
I can see it in 20 years. All software will be GNU and there will be huge posters everywhere warning of GPL violation with a big image of Richard Stallman's face with the writing: "RMS IS WATCHING YOU!" underneath.
They can sue for whatever they want, but they wouldn't win a thing. Heh.
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The part they are submitting as a standard isn't entirely useless. Even if (or likely, when) Microsoft decides to change their additions to their "standard", the base part will still be the same. And that base functional unit is still a very useful platform for building applications.
I don't think anyone is doubting/denying that there will be a load of Windows-Only.net applications/services. But that doesn't make the rest of the platform any less useful.
As an aside note, there's nothing stopping Mono for adding *nix-only extentions, and therefore making it possible to make.NET/CLR based applications that won't run on Windows.
Does Bill Gates have 67.5 billion or is he worth 67.5 billion. Just being worth x amount of dollars doesn't mean he has that much in cash. Somehow, I doubt Bill Gates could simply sell every share he owns of Microsoft. And even if he could, that would kind of kill most of the value.
Now granted he's certainly not changing his lifestyle in order to donate more to charity, but don't assume the man can just throw his entire net worth around at whim.
No, YOU missed the point. Since when is he blowing off the security issue? He likes.NET's sandbox *design*. Microsoft has a bad history of security *implementation*. Mono is an open source implementation. Security issue solved.
Get over it.
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No, I understand that AOL's IM system is theirs. But they've left it open to the internet which makes it as fair game as I would expect my server to be if I put it on the internet. They can block other clients if they can which they are doing. Now, I would be fine with that, but the FCC said that AOL would have to open up it's protocols. AOL got around that somehow--something should be done about that. I doubt it will though.
In the end, I'll still use the best option for me. Which right now is AIM + DeadAIM.
But that leaves blank space above and below the buddy list. Search out a program called DeadAIM and you can even get rid of that.
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Well... even when Trillian isn't working, I'm using DeadAIM to kill the AIM ads, anyway.
In fact, I think the vast majority of the people on my list are using DeadAIM. Or MSN Messenger, but that's another story altogether.
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But... Can I expect my mail server to connect to AOL's SMTP servers to send their customer's e-mail? Can I expect Konqueror to connect to AOL's web site?
IIRC, the percentage of people who have careers that have a different focus then their college major is something like 70%.
That seems pretty accurate based on what's happened with the people I know. Of course, this could be one of those 80% of statistics that are made up on the spot...
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Functionality that already exists? Hardly. Sharp spent over $100 million developing the Zaurus, and a good, healthy chunk of that was developing software for it. It's not like you can take Red Hat and stick it on a PDA and be set.
So, it cost them not only money, but time (which equals more money, in the business world).
...it were a Microsoft advertisement.
The less platforms you support, the lower your costs will be. When we opened up 4 years ago, we quickly found out that time for customer support was way beyond what we imagined.
So, in order to keep our rates low ($12.95/mo, less annually), we send a disc that automatically configures Win9x/Win2k/WinXP dial-up networking. It also reccomends installation of IE6 (included on disc). We only offer *software* tech support to customers running on that platform.
Of course, we still give out all information and do the best we can to get other systems up and running. Generally, if you include something on a CD, the customer expects support--that's why you should keep it minimal.
As far as VNC software goes, it's not worth the effort or security risk).
You lose.
1) The gov't does more than one thing at a time, so your jab at the election system is nothing but a troll.
2) This is simplifying the system not making it more complicated. The data is all in the computer system to begin with, and there are no billions of papers to be scanned. Less errors, less paper, less time, less complexity.
Right, stick it to the man! ::rollseyes::
You haven't provided a good, reasonable, logical, even legal reason *why* this should be forced though. Come on. Let's hear it.
Well, I'm sure apple would love your terms. Then they'd be the only company selling computers with a usable operating system.
Why the heck do you want to force consumers to purchase their operating system seperately and install it themselves? That's like forcing me to buy a car without an engine. Screw that.
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The only thing anti-trust courts need to do with OEM contracts is not allow Microsoft to base prices of Windows based upon whether other software is bundled with the system. That fixes the OEM problem, and restores choice to the consumer.
Let the civil courts handle punishment/damages claims.
But the environment is very controlled. The user chooses what ActiveX controls to use on the system. They aren't automagically downloaded and installed.
The same goes for Netscape plug-ins. They are in essence the same thing, except ActiveX controls are infinitely more usefull (a well-defined API which can be used by any application).
Aha! Intelligence from an anonymous coward. There is hope yet!
I find it amusing that people bash ActiveX controls when they happily have their Netscape plugins going. They are in essence the same thing.
Wrong. They advise not reading GPL code, not open source code.
That is quite a big difference.
Please explain my lack of choice.
Thanks.
And to be honest, no, I don't know why it's called "at".
I'm sorry, you must not be familiar with the english language. In our language, the following statement would be analagous to the operation performed using the at command:
at a certain time, perform this task.
Hence the name, "at."
Now obviously "cron" is a much more clear descriptive verb for this function... er...
I find the built in web browser on my windows box just as convenient as I find Konqueror on my FreeBSD box.
In fact, I don't think I would ever use a distribution of any operating system on my desktop machine that didn't have a suitable desktop environment, including a web browser.
But I'm just sane is all.
sounds like someone's got a case of the mundies...
What he's saying is, they don't even need a link to the source code. All they have to do is provide it upon request. Meaning they don't even have to post it to an FTP site. Just if you ask for the code, they have to give it to you. So if it wasn't posted, and i e-mailed and asked for the source they would have to either e-mail it to me or make other arrangements.
I can see it in 20 years. All software will be GNU and there will be huge posters everywhere warning of GPL violation with a big image of Richard Stallman's face with the writing: "RMS IS WATCHING YOU!" underneath.
They can sue for whatever they want, but they wouldn't win a thing. Heh.
I don't think anyone is doubting/denying that there will be a load of Windows-Only .net applications/services. But that doesn't make the rest of the platform any less useful.
As an aside note, there's nothing stopping Mono for adding *nix-only extentions, and therefore making it possible to make .NET/CLR based applications that won't run on Windows.
Imagine that!
Now granted he's certainly not changing his lifestyle in order to donate more to charity, but don't assume the man can just throw his entire net worth around at whim.
No, YOU missed the point. Since when is he blowing off the security issue? He likes .NET's sandbox *design*. Microsoft has a bad history of security *implementation*. Mono is an open source implementation. Security issue solved.
Get over it.
No, I understand that AOL's IM system is theirs. But they've left it open to the internet which makes it as fair game as I would expect my server to be if I put it on the internet. They can block other clients if they can which they are doing. Now, I would be fine with that, but the FCC said that AOL would have to open up it's protocols. AOL got around that somehow--something should be done about that. I doubt it will though.
In the end, I'll still use the best option for me. Which right now is AIM + DeadAIM.
But that leaves blank space above and below the buddy list. Search out a program called DeadAIM and you can even get rid of that.
Well... even when Trillian isn't working, I'm using DeadAIM to kill the AIM ads, anyway.
In fact, I think the vast majority of the people on my list are using DeadAIM. Or MSN Messenger, but that's another story altogether.
But... Can I expect my mail server to connect to AOL's SMTP servers to send their customer's e-mail? Can I expect Konqueror to connect to AOL's web site?
IIRC, the percentage of people who have careers that have a different focus then their college major is something like 70%.
That seems pretty accurate based on what's happened with the people I know. Of course, this could be one of those 80% of statistics that are made up on the spot...
and i spelled "benefit" wrong... *sigh*