Sorry, but you're full of shit. Popups are hardly the excuse one would use to move a computer newbie to a new browser platform. Perhaps your grandma and aunt Gertrude arekernel hackers, but most normal people are used to IE. Moz is a great browser, but it's not a drop-in replacement for IE.
browser "not good".
Neiter does having bugs like these. But you're more than free to trade stability and speed for a notch up on your '1337 factor'.
The keyboards that used to ship with the circa ~1998-00 Compaq Deskpro boxes are pretty good. They have great spring feedback, are quieter than the clickety ones and don't take much space up in the ole' desk.
I use them at work and have three new ones at home, bought from a second hand computer store here in town. I figure I'm set to about 2015 or so - assuming the PC doesn't transmogrify into a mind-controlled device or something like that.
Well how about you fix that instead of using a lame example as proof that IE is not a good browser? Did you also configure all the mime types and plugins so she can view pages the same way as in IE? Other than popups, did you solve any other problems she might have had, or did you just make her life more difficult? The idea of a popup killer for IE didn't enter into the equation, eh?
I have nothing against Mozilla at all, in fact I think it's a great browser. Firebird is excellent and fast. But frankly, coming in here and telling your little offtopic story so the peanut gallery can cry out in delight is kind of lame.
Slashbork is now into generating more page impressions (and ergo, ad views) than actually providing news for geeks. 'M$' stories are veritable money makers for them, given the sheer amount of page views they garner. Versus, say, the new version of BSD or topics like that. Then of course there's the pathetic angle of having Visual Studio.NET ads popping up in those stories.
This used to be a place where you could engage in interesting technical discussions with knowledgeable folks - nowadays it's just filled with lame 14 year olds who feel 1337 because they post inane jokes about 'Windoze'. And of course, crackhead moderators with agendas.
I doubt you're going to score a 10 on all your requirements, but I'll go ahead and recommend another one: TextPad. Worth every penny, and yes, it supports UTF-8. No autocompletion for sure though. But it does have syntax highlight and tons of other stuff.
I've used Eclipse on W2K and it just plain rocks, but it's (AFAIK) very Java-specific. Maybe there's a good web development plugin for it though. Eclipse is an impressive piece of software (OT, I know).
My dear "dAzED1", I was merely clarifying the fact that Microsoft (or, as you put it, 'M$') has been involved in bringing this to the NT platform for more than a couple of months. You'll notice I didn't attempt to counter the OP's point that 'M$' is somehow involved in an evil conspiracy against Linux - just that the idea of adding a UNIX-like environment that runs on top of Windows has been around for quite a while.
I personally don't agree with that little conspiracy theory, but that's just me. You'll notice I also didn't voice that in my original reply.
Or, so that you can become somewhat informed on your own
Now, as far as your touching words of dispair with regards to the mod points accrued by what I posted - fuck you. Your inane drivel about that Interix (or whatever it's being called this week) is or isn't is higly irrelevant to what I posted in any case. So do me a favor and choose your fights more wisely, k?
This chump actually expects us to believe that Microsoft has been working on more UNIX interoperability for a year or more
They have been working on this for at least four years, if not more. The first time I heard about a "UNIX compat layer" from someone at Microsoft NT4 was still the flagship server product.
It's just a product of the self-moderating slashdot society
So I suppose you've never come across the terms "thread bitchslap" and "blacklist", eh?
I don't know if I speak for anyone else, but as far as I'm concerned I'd rather you people just stick to moderating without clueing us dregs as to what motivates you to decide if something is "crap". Ignorance is really bliss in this case.
And Slashdot will post the story twice, generating its last dupe before the waves hit, the nuclear winter sets in and civilization ends.
General Burrito, the site's cyborg manager, will draw his last Neodimium gas breath listening to audio emails from Neptune yelling "DUPE!!! U R TEH SUX!!!".
That's very interesting. So what you're saying is that the computer manufacturers are marking up their final sales price based not on what the OEM license cost them, but on their own mark up of the thing itself?
Well then, blame it on the manufacturers. Why blame it on Microsoft? They already profited from the sale, right? So let's call it "the Dell Tax" instead.
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Please explain how this problem would have been averted by allowing the divers that use these devices to look at the embedded software.
in a country that sponsors manufacturing in a heavy way
Well, that would be another matter. The article says:
The notebooks are being sold as part of a push by Thailand's Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) ministry to offer the public affordable PCs.
... which means the hardware is subsidized, I guess. It's not very clear.
M$ Government ever allows them
Spare me the party line, bud. I was wondering what kind of quality hardware in a laptop package one can expect for under $500, that's all.
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Good call.
It seems to me that languages like Java and C# really don't need them.
We're all devastated, let me tell you.
Sorry, but you're full of shit. Popups are hardly the excuse one would use to move a computer newbie to a new browser platform. Perhaps your grandma and aunt Gertrude arekernel hackers, but most normal people are used to IE. Moz is a great browser, but it's not a drop-in replacement for IE.
browser "not good".
Neiter does having bugs like these. But you're more than free to trade stability and speed for a notch up on your '1337 factor'.
I use them at work and have three new ones at home, bought from a second hand computer store here in town. I figure I'm set to about 2015 or so - assuming the PC doesn't transmogrify into a mind-controlled device or something like that.
I have nothing against Mozilla at all, in fact I think it's a great browser. Firebird is excellent and fast. But frankly, coming in here and telling your little offtopic story so the peanut gallery can cry out in delight is kind of lame.
This used to be a place where you could engage in interesting technical discussions with knowledgeable folks - nowadays it's just filled with lame 14 year olds who feel 1337 because they post inane jokes about 'Windoze'. And of course, crackhead moderators with agendas.
Sad, really.
One of the shortcomings with TextPad is that it lacks a plugin model, but maybe that will change in the future.
I've used Eclipse on W2K and it just plain rocks, but it's (AFAIK) very Java-specific. Maybe there's a good web development plugin for it though. Eclipse is an impressive piece of software (OT, I know).
You need to find someone who gives a shit.
I personally don't agree with that little conspiracy theory, but that's just me. You'll notice I also didn't voice that in my original reply.
Or, so that you can become somewhat informed on your own
Now, as far as your touching words of dispair with regards to the mod points accrued by what I posted - fuck you. Your inane drivel about that Interix (or whatever it's being called this week) is or isn't is higly irrelevant to what I posted in any case. So do me a favor and choose your fights more wisely, k?
They have been working on this for at least four years, if not more. The first time I heard about a "UNIX compat layer" from someone at Microsoft NT4 was still the flagship server product.
So I suppose you've never come across the terms "thread bitchslap" and "blacklist", eh?
I don't know if I speak for anyone else, but as far as I'm concerned I'd rather you people just stick to moderating without clueing us dregs as to what motivates you to decide if something is "crap". Ignorance is really bliss in this case.
Thanks!
All these years...
What makes you think SCO shareholders share the "Slashdot point of view" on this?
General Burrito, the site's cyborg manager, will draw his last Neodimium gas breath listening to audio emails from Neptune yelling "DUPE!!! U R TEH SUX!!!".
Obviously an evil conspiracy to undermine... er, the kilogram. Or something.
Becuase we can't spelling.
You're forgetting wiring Uganda.
You can escrow the source without making it available. I can't see how your example makes a point for open source.
That's very interesting. So what you're saying is that the computer manufacturers are marking up their final sales price based not on what the OEM license cost them, but on their own mark up of the thing itself?
Well then, blame it on the manufacturers. Why blame it on Microsoft? They already profited from the sale, right? So let's call it "the Dell Tax" instead.
Go on, enlighten some of us.
Would you like to show us where you got that price from, and whether or not Dell and HP pay that kind of money per XP license?
Thanks.
Well, that would be another matter. The article says:
M$ Government ever allows them
Spare me the party line, bud. I was wondering what kind of quality hardware in a laptop package one can expect for under $500, that's all.
Indeed. How about you RTFP? I said that even accounting for the lack of "tax" it seems too low a price for a laptop.