You're confusing the concept of a "backplane compiler" with the way MSIL/CLR works in.NET. I don't know if gcc was the first widely available compiler suite to use the backplane model, but I suppose it's possible they did. I'm sure Microsoft didn't, because they bought the technology from a french company back in 1992 to create what later became VC++ 1.0.
Once again, Microsoft "innovates" themselves into territory where others have lead them.
As long as you have a good library and support of some type (community or corporate).
Other than that, the language is just like the favorite couch - it doesn't really matter where you sit, but that one just happens to be more comfortable.
That's one of the reasons.NET is cool. It provides a unified runtime library that caters to any number of languages, as long as someone has bothered to port them. The end result should always be the same. We joke about COBOL.NET, but the reality is, it's made possible by this - dare I say - revolutionary idea. Soon we'll have Python.NET, Perl.NET, Ruby.NET, PHP.NET, etc, etc.
... not turn a decent Sci-Fi movie into yet another "my imaginary friend is better than your imaginary friend" pissing contest? Thanks.
Besides, the Matrix borrows more from easter religions than it does from western ones, comparisons between Neo and Jesus notwithstanding (OK, and now I feel soiled).
I think the key point here is that use of an IP blacklist is entirely voluntary. So this sleazeball can hardly claim that Spamhaus is actively trying to "block his business".
Some people have recommended a Wiki... I'd go with Bugzilla. Maybe with a little bit of Perl hacking you can modify it so that it looks (and behaves) the way you want.
I have a modified version of Bugzilla running on Windows (W2KAS/IIS) that is being tested for something vaguely similar. It works great. The hard part was getting it to work on IIS with ActivePerl - if you're running Apache/Linux or BSD it won't be nearly as big a chore. I didn't even have to touch the MySQL schemas.
Demanding that I again point out your incredible claims is a waste of time. Too bad you haven't read your own posts carefully enough before submitting them. Backpedaling now just makes you look weak and pathetic.
me: "the sky is blue"
you: "no, cows can't fly. I have successfully poked a hole in your line of reasoning".
me: "Eh... I wasn't talking about cows, I was talking about the sky".
you: "You don't understand, cows can't fly".
me: "Dude, I said the sky is blue".
you: "I told you cows can't fly. You're backpedaling now? Hah! You are wasting my time and you are weak and pathetic".
Implicit in your post was the claim that all of these organizations (i.e., Gnome, KDE, Lindows) have all purloined technologies and/or 'look-and-feel' qualities from Microsoft products.
Soooo... are you saying they copied the "look and feel" from somewhere else? Where?
I successfully poked a hole in the primary premise of your argument
ROFL! You are good.
It is a fact that Microsoft did not invent the GUI.
And again, where in my post did you notice I implied that?
These stories should be posted on a Mac advocacy website. This is the home of the folks whose crowning achievement remains cloningwhateverMicrosoftdoes.
Oh, and BTW, Apple has a definite point here. The difference is that Apple took an unfriendly OS and turned it into a consumer product.
Actually, no. Your argument about IE being an 'integral' part of the OS has been disproved enough times that I fail to see why I should even address it. And your opening volley WRT to my email address (as if that's even relevant to anything) essentially disqualifies you from receiving a meaningful reply in general.
How do you propose getting around the fact that you're missing an https:// moniker in the address bar?
You don't need an IE "feature" to do this, you could accomplish it using a desktop app that looks like a browser. Or, heavens forbid, a simple XUL app for Mozilla. So how's IE "less secure" than anything else out there?
You may get to test it yet, but I can assure you that it will certainly not happen thanks to one-sided 'journalism' standards and childish flamebaiting for the sake of ad impressions.
you're making a huge generalization that you can't possibly back up
Oh, yes I can. All I need to do is look at how much attention and traffic a given topic generates over another. It doesn't get any more anecdotal than that, whether you'd like to admit it or not.
business ethics are non-existant
Because open source is a proven bastion of ethical behavior.
whose products are of dubious quality.
Let me guess - the last time you installed Windows was 1992, right?
Microsoft is still working on how to implement this technology and what it will ultimately look like.
Oh, regardless, I expect "border with the names of your dogs" to become another cherished Slashdot meme, to be used out of context everywhere in futile attempts at humor. Right up there with "blue windscreens" and so on.
The sad truth is that Slashbork would be exactly nowhere without Microsoft. It's pretty easy to see: a story about Microsoft (whatever it is) with a few flamebait-ish 'editorial comments' by one of the 'editors' generates hundreds and hundreds of comments, and hundreds of thousands of page views.
A story about the latest Linux kernel or BSD or some other technical topic nowadays rarely makes it to the front page to begin with, and when it does it accumulates a couple of hundred comments, at most.
And so on. You get the idea. Yet for example this is modded as flamebait.
The story generated 995 comments... with probably one hundred times the number of page views, and ergo, of ads served. Ahhhh... not that I'm implying anything, of course.
There's disclosure, there's sponsored childish flamebait and then there's 'selective disclosure', which is an interesting type of 'journalism' that the Slashdot editors like to practice.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. So you're telling me that I should trust a Slashdot poll on this? Why do you think they've never released their HTTP logs?
A bug that crashes IE is considerably more of an issue than one in Mozilla
Yes, of course. Let me guess - that's because this is Slashdot.org, where 90% of readers are Linux users who won't touch IE under any circumstances? I see your point now.
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Once again, Microsoft "innovates" themselves into territory where others have lead them.
That's nice.
Other than that, the language is just like the favorite couch - it doesn't really matter where you sit, but that one just happens to be more comfortable.
That's one of the reasons .NET is cool. It provides a unified runtime library that caters to any number of languages, as long as someone has bothered to port them. The end result should always be the same. We joke about COBOL.NET, but the reality is, it's made possible by this - dare I say - revolutionary idea. Soon we'll have Python.NET, Perl.NET, Ruby.NET, PHP.NET, etc, etc.
You will be assimilated =)
Besides, the Matrix borrows more from easter religions than it does from western ones, comparisons between Neo and Jesus notwithstanding (OK, and now I feel soiled).
Maybe that's your problem right there, mon. Does your ass itch?
Talk about clueless and groundless.
I have a modified version of Bugzilla running on Windows (W2KAS/IIS) that is being tested for something vaguely similar. It works great. The hard part was getting it to work on IIS with ActivePerl - if you're running Apache/Linux or BSD it won't be nearly as big a chore. I didn't even have to touch the MySQL schemas.
Sure. Right after you provide some sort of meaningful challenge to it. Until now you've merely provided arguments against something I didn't claim.
Perhaps you should get out more my friend.
Soooo... are you saying they copied the "look and feel" from somewhere else? Where?
I successfully poked a hole in the primary premise of your argument
ROFL! You are good.
It is a fact that Microsoft did not invent the GUI.
And again, where in my post did you notice I implied that?
"Get out more"? Is that a joke?
Oh, and BTW, Apple has a definite point here. The difference is that Apple took an unfriendly OS and turned it into a consumer product.
Boy, you are an agry little one, aren't you?
Actually, no. Your argument about IE being an 'integral' part of the OS has been disproved enough times that I fail to see why I should even address it. And your opening volley WRT to my email address (as if that's even relevant to anything) essentially disqualifies you from receiving a meaningful reply in general.
Well that's an insightful comeback.
You don't need an IE "feature" to do this, you could accomplish it using a desktop app that looks like a browser. Or, heavens forbid, a simple XUL app for Mozilla. So how's IE "less secure" than anything else out there?
You may get to test it yet, but I can assure you that it will certainly not happen thanks to one-sided 'journalism' standards and childish flamebaiting for the sake of ad impressions.
you're making a huge generalization that you can't possibly back up
Oh, yes I can. All I need to do is look at how much attention and traffic a given topic generates over another. It doesn't get any more anecdotal than that, whether you'd like to admit it or not.
business ethics are non-existant
Because open source is a proven bastion of ethical behavior.
whose products are of dubious quality.
Let me guess - the last time you installed Windows was 1992, right?
Oh, and kudos for using the word 'jihad'.
Oh, regardless, I expect "border with the names of your dogs" to become another cherished Slashdot meme, to be used out of context everywhere in futile attempts at humor. Right up there with "blue windscreens" and so on.
Don't you think that makes you look a wee bit stupid?
280 billion market cap and 40 billion cash in hand. Should I go on? No? I thought so.
No, you're not. And here's my $0.02 for the rabid mods bitchslapping this thread.
A story about the latest Linux kernel or BSD or some other technical topic nowadays rarely makes it to the front page to begin with, and when it does it accumulates a couple of hundred comments, at most.
- Bummer!
- Browser Bitch-Slap
- Clearly this is on purpose
- Re: I've got a better fix
- Those who reject the future (especially liked this one)
- Come on... (this one's particularly pathetic)
- Done! (obviously a 12-year old)
- Download the patch (hahaha, very funny!!)
- MSIE Crash'd
- Opera and Mozilla not affected (he's telling us how it is)
And so on. You get the idea. Yet for example this is modded as flamebait.The story generated 995 comments... with probably one hundred times the number of page views, and ergo, of ads served. Ahhhh... not that I'm implying anything, of course.
There's disclosure, there's sponsored childish flamebait and then there's 'selective disclosure', which is an interesting type of 'journalism' that the Slashdot editors like to practice.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. So you're telling me that I should trust a Slashdot poll on this? Why do you think they've never released their HTTP logs?
Bite me.
A bug that crashes IE is considerably more of an issue than one in Mozilla
Yes, of course. Let me guess - that's because this is Slashdot.org, where 90% of readers are Linux users who won't touch IE under any circumstances? I see your point now.