Do you have the right to break a law because you dont agree with it?
Yes. Always.
If you're willing to accept the consequences of punishment for breaking that law, true. Then it is Civil Disobedience and hopefully your imprisonment or fines will serve as a rallying point against an unjust law.
If, on the other hand, you just think you should be able to choose to violate whichever laws you don't like that are a part of the structure of the society in which you're a voluntary member then you're just a self-indulgent ass.
No, no. Don't listen to them. Really. You're a geek. We really don't want to get paid for what we do. Really. That's just for marketing people, and executives, and the guy who empties the trash.
Really. Remember. Gift Culture. Gift Culture. Gift Culture. Free as the beer you can't buy with your "thanks".
Microsoft's first mouse (the green-eyed, steel-balled one) shipped in 1983 (before the Amiga or Atari ST or Macintosh but, I believe, a few months after the Apple Lisa), had two buttons and was available alone or bundled with Microsoft Word (for MS-DOS since Windows 1.0 hadn't shipped yet.)
Perhaps you hadn't done any prior to the October release. I had precisely ONE security fix. Maybe updating more than once a quarter might be in order. (Or at least bar yourself forever in saying how awful it is that Microsoft doesn't do fixes fast enough if you don't install them promptly)
Right, because we all got in this to AVOID having new technology around. You know, if you really want to avoid viruses and worms, just give up that new-fangled Internets thingie.
Nope. I'm not talking about the beta of VS.NET 2005 stuff. The full.NET compilers are (and always have been) freely downloadable. It's the IDE and tools that aren't free.
If you take it seriously, you'd also note that out of the 20+ patches released on "patch day" this month, only ONE was for XP-SP2. All the rest were for legacy code written before the SWI program was in place.
The Microsoft.NET Framework and SDK are free. The Microsoft C# compiler is free. The Microsoft VB.NET compiler is free. The Microsoft C compiler is free. The Microsoft C++ compiler is free.
Nikon's D2H has supported WiFi since last year. And Nikon just announced support for 802.11g in addition to their existing 802.11b WiFi for both the D2H and the new D2X. And support for the new autoconfig proposed standards. (But while Canon will try to sell you a copier while they're at it, Nikon can sell you a nice electron beam etcher...)
Notice the headline talks about how Microsoft is going to block Outlook and Outlook Express users from accessing Hotmail. What's really being cut out is WebDAV access. The actual press release from Microsoft clearly states that POP3 access WILL continue.
SUN was only supporting Linux when they thought it would hurt Microsoft.
They thought it was "Amateur computers can use any OS and that's where Microsoft plays. We're PROFESSIONALS so these little amateurs won't hurt us". Notice their emphasis on Linux on the desktop and Linux for small servers.
Now, they're realizing that the reality is that Linux absolutely kills them since their customers (and former customers) are seeing the battle as "Free (as in beer) unix on cheap hardware vs really, really expensive unix on really expensive hardware - and either way it's unix which is great for our glass-house stuff but not for our users".
Actually he doesn't say that. He says that it may or may not be worse but has a long way to go. May not be worse =/= superior. He DOES say that Apache is probably reasonably secure but cites it as the rare exception since it actually had a security officer.
You're missing the point. This isn't "Microsoft is doing foo to fight off the All-Powerful Linux Desktop Threat. Face it, nobody besides Linux Advocates really thinks Linux is a contender for the desktop.
This stripped down version of Windows XP is merely Microsoft producing a version that's cheap enough to sell in countries that can't afford full Windows but still want their people to know mainstream skills and be able to use mainstream tools. Microsoft is MUCH more concerned with bootleg Windows copies than the trivial number of Linux desktops.
But, if it really makes you feel more important to think that Redmond is terrified of you, enjoy it. It isn't much connected to reality but it's a pretty harmless conceit.
Microsoft only published guidelines, whitepapers and training on how SP2 would impact existing apps, what, six maybe eight months ago? Shame nobody in your corporation could be bothered to actually read them and check the apps. What did you think? That if you ignored it, Microsoft wouldn't ship SP2?
Of course, this IS from the company that brought us Y2K.
Um... some 16-bit data structures don't make it a 16-bit OS. (Unless you're saying Windows NT 3.1 was a 64-bit OS because it had some 64-bit data structures)
Nope. That's implementation. For example, the filesystem's maximum size is 2^64. The implementation was tied to smaller hardware and it took patches to increase the size but there wasn't an architectural limit that needed to be broken.
Yeah. OS/2 was a joint IBM/Microsoft operating system. In fact, I worked for Microsoft in the MS OS|2 days.
What I don't expect to happen is for a yutz who is clueless enough to post "Linux and OS2 were the only entirely 32-bit maintstream PC OS from the start." to know that. I expect they spout of that kind of ignorance because they heard that OS/2 was an "anti-Microsoft" OS so it's Good (with a capitol G).
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Ah, the ACs are out again trying to shout down facts...
Yes. A TeraFLOP. Check the specs then come back when you have the courage to put your name on it.
More powerful than a majority of PCs on the market now?
The thing does a TeraFLOP! It's hugely more powerful than ANY PCs on the market now.
Yes. Always.
If you're willing to accept the consequences of punishment for breaking that law, true. Then it is Civil Disobedience and hopefully your imprisonment or fines will serve as a rallying point against an unjust law.
If, on the other hand, you just think you should be able to choose to violate whichever laws you don't like that are a part of the structure of the society in which you're a voluntary member then you're just a self-indulgent ass.
No, no. Don't listen to them. Really. You're a geek. We really don't want to get paid for what we do. Really. That's just for marketing people, and executives, and the guy who empties the trash.
Really. Remember. Gift Culture. Gift Culture. Gift Culture. Free as the beer you can't buy with your "thanks".
Microsoft's first mouse (the green-eyed, steel-balled one) shipped in 1983 (before the Amiga or Atari ST or Macintosh but, I believe, a few months after the Apple Lisa), had two buttons and was available alone or bundled with Microsoft Word (for MS-DOS since Windows 1.0 hadn't shipped yet.)
Three buttons, each dedicated with no shift-button, alt-button, option-button, apple-button, flower-button, ctrl-shift-button nonsense.
Note for Anti-MS Bigots: Xerox and Lisp Machines had contextual menus long before Microsoft and IBM created OS|2.
Perhaps you hadn't done any prior to the October release. I had precisely ONE security fix. Maybe updating more than once a quarter might be in order. (Or at least bar yourself forever in saying how awful it is that Microsoft doesn't do fixes fast enough if you don't install them promptly)
Right, because we all got in this to AVOID having new technology around. You know, if you really want to avoid viruses and worms, just give up that new-fangled Internets thingie.
Nope. I'm not talking about the beta of VS.NET 2005 stuff. The full .NET compilers are (and always have been) freely downloadable. It's the IDE and tools that aren't free.
If you take it seriously, you'd also note that out of the 20+ patches released on "patch day" this month, only ONE was for XP-SP2. All the rest were for legacy code written before the SWI program was in place.
The Microsoft .NET Framework and SDK are free.
The Microsoft C# compiler is free.
The Microsoft VB.NET compiler is free.
The Microsoft C compiler is free.
The Microsoft C++ compiler is free.
A Microsoft WebForm IDE is free (WebMatrix)
Hey, it'd beat most of the Linux UIs that I've tried. At least those that didn't already steal Microsoft designs...
Nikon's D2H has supported WiFi since last year. And Nikon just announced support for 802.11g in addition to their existing 802.11b WiFi for both the D2H and the new D2X. And support for the new autoconfig proposed standards. (But while Canon will try to sell you a copier while they're at it, Nikon can sell you a nice electron beam etcher...)
Notice the headline talks about how Microsoft is going to block Outlook and Outlook Express users from accessing Hotmail. What's really being cut out is WebDAV access. The actual press release from Microsoft clearly states that POP3 access WILL continue.
They thought it was "Amateur computers can use any OS and that's where Microsoft plays. We're PROFESSIONALS so these little amateurs won't hurt us". Notice their emphasis on Linux on the desktop and Linux for small servers.
Now, they're realizing that the reality is that Linux absolutely kills them since their customers (and former customers) are seeing the battle as "Free (as in beer) unix on cheap hardware vs really, really expensive unix on really expensive hardware - and either way it's unix which is great for our glass-house stuff but not for our users".
Actually he doesn't say that. He says that it may or may not be worse but has a long way to go. May not be worse =/= superior. He DOES say that Apache is probably reasonably secure but cites it as the rare exception since it actually had a security officer.
Um... Windows XP Embedded can run fine on flash and ROM.
You're missing the point. This isn't "Microsoft is doing foo to fight off the All-Powerful Linux Desktop Threat. Face it, nobody besides Linux Advocates really thinks Linux is a contender for the desktop.
This stripped down version of Windows XP is merely Microsoft producing a version that's cheap enough to sell in countries that can't afford full Windows but still want their people to know mainstream skills and be able to use mainstream tools. Microsoft is MUCH more concerned with bootleg Windows copies than the trivial number of Linux desktops.
But, if it really makes you feel more important to think that Redmond is terrified of you, enjoy it. It isn't much connected to reality but it's a pretty harmless conceit.
Of course, this IS from the company that brought us Y2K.
MSNBC Newsbot displays MSNBC stories first. Just like CNN or Fox or any other news outlet's search does... Wow. Gee. Imagine. The horror, the horror.
Um... some 16-bit data structures don't make it a 16-bit OS. (Unless you're saying Windows NT 3.1 was a 64-bit OS because it had some 64-bit data structures)
Nope. That's implementation. For example, the filesystem's maximum size is 2^64. The implementation was tied to smaller hardware and it took patches to increase the size but there wasn't an architectural limit that needed to be broken.
What I don't expect to happen is for a yutz who is clueless enough to post "Linux and OS2 were the only entirely 32-bit maintstream PC OS from the start." to know that. I expect they spout of that kind of ignorance because they heard that OS/2 was an "anti-Microsoft" OS so it's Good (with a capitol G).
Yes and no. The released version was 32-bit but a 64-bit version was ported and not released (DEC imploded about that time)