If a user feels more comfortable using one language over another then that is EXACTLY the advantage. We write code to achieve a functional goal, and if you can combine the interoperability afforded by a CLR with the comfort of the language of your choice, what more could you ask for?
I've got to put this last nail in the Star Office coffin. Seriously though... They're raising the barrier to entry for a product that's yet to gain any signifigant following in the Windows and Linux arenas. This surely will isolate the users that have already adopted this application, and severely limit the number of future adopters.
Nokia is surprisingly absent from the list of phone manufacturers for SprintPCS service. This could be the opening for Microsoft to gain a foothold, and Samsung has a good history of producing quality SprintPCS phones. My guess is we'll see a Samsung phone with Microsoft software running on the SprintPCS network sometime down the road.
If they are being asked to reveal their source code in an effort to disprove their earlier testimony, can't they plead the 5th to avoid self-incrimination?
Plead the fifth... all the cool kids are doing it.
Actually, by design.NET "shifts the burden from having to make critical security decisions--such as whether or not to run a particular application or what resources that application should be able to access--from end users to developers and administrators." This is an excerpt from a thorough security evaluation performed by Foundstone. The report can be found here.
Could it be? Are there some positive posts regarding a Microsoft technology on Slashdot?
I've just started to scratch the surface of what.NET has to offer, but from a performance and price standpoint it certainly has a lot to offer. If Microsoft can tighten up their security and keep the price and performance where they are... they look to have a very formidable product.
It really, really, REALLY amazes me that every thing Microsoft does is deemed for failure here on slashdot. Why can't anyone admit that they very well MIGHT succeed?
one of the really cool features back in the day of the bbs was a program that would detect when you were downloading an image and display it as it came in.
The number one reason why this can't survive is bandwith. At $1 a movie, there is no way that a company can manage to pay its employees, maintain its servers, pay for the bandwith required to deliver streamed full-length movies, and pay the legal expenses that are sure to cost more than the three other previously mentioned expenses.
Whether or not they'll allow these on airplanes depends upon the following
Unfortunately, whether or not they'll allow these on airplanes depends on the intelligence of the screeners at the security checkpoint. Considering they're mostly minimum-wage brain-dead non-technical workers, I'd say their concern over whether a laptop is powered by Methanol or not is probably unlikely. Heck, passengers continue to slip knives and guns through checkpoints... I doubt a laptop is going to raise much concern.
Bottom line, Netscape produced an inferior product. When people use the web, they want speed, and they want accuracy. Netscape failed to provide a fast browser. Try rendering a page with complex tables in Netscape 4.x. It's horribly slow. Even the browser-startup period is noticably slower than IE. Some might argue that Microsoft was able to make a faster browser because they had inner knowledge of the workings of Windows, but check out Opera. It's fast, and it's very compliant. Netscape lost the browser battle because it lost a grip on what was important. Users didn't want to customize the left-panel bar of garbage advertising content. All they needed was a fast browser with accurate page rendering and IE fit that bill. Put all of the legal positioning and political garbage aside, and they've got themselves to blame in the end.
"As with all TiVo standalone units, the TiVo DVR Series2 is compatible with and connects easily to virtually every television model available. It also works with VCRs, TV antennas, cable systems, and satellite systems."
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If a user feels more comfortable using one language over another then that is EXACTLY the advantage. We write code to achieve a functional goal, and if you can combine the interoperability afforded by a CLR with the comfort of the language of your choice, what more could you ask for?
I've got to put this last nail in the Star Office coffin. Seriously though ... They're raising the barrier to entry for a product that's yet to gain any signifigant following in the Windows and Linux arenas. This surely will isolate the users that have already adopted this application, and severely limit the number of future adopters.
at Blizzard we intend to do our part to fight illegal distribution of copyrighted media.
Show me the money!!!
Nokia is surprisingly absent from the list of phone manufacturers for SprintPCS service. This could be the opening for Microsoft to gain a foothold, and Samsung has a good history of producing quality SprintPCS phones. My guess is we'll see a Samsung phone with Microsoft software running on the SprintPCS network sometime down the road.
If they are being asked to reveal their source code in an effort to disprove their earlier testimony, can't they plead the 5th to avoid self-incrimination?
... all the cool kids are doing it.
Plead the fifth
I disagreee. I laughed out loud to this one.
I bet they leave that little girl in her helmet at all times so she doesn't hurt herself.
Actually, by design .NET "shifts the burden from having to make critical security decisions--such as whether or not to run a particular application or what resources that application should be able to access--from end users to developers and administrators." This is an excerpt from a thorough security evaluation performed by Foundstone. The report can be found here.
Could it be? Are there some positive posts regarding a Microsoft technology on Slashdot?
.NET has to offer, but from a performance and price standpoint it certainly has a lot to offer. If Microsoft can tighten up their security and keep the price and performance where they are ... they look to have a very formidable product.
I've just started to scratch the surface of what
It really, really, REALLY amazes me that every thing Microsoft does is deemed for failure here on slashdot. Why can't anyone admit that they very well MIGHT succeed?
People dislike them because they DO succeed.
one of the really cool features back in the day of the bbs was a program that would detect when you were downloading an image and display it as it came in.
... images*cough*porn*cough*...images...
Yeah
The number one reason why this can't survive is bandwith. At $1 a movie, there is no way that a company can manage to pay its employees, maintain its servers, pay for the bandwith required to deliver streamed full-length movies, and pay the legal expenses that are sure to cost more than the three other previously mentioned expenses.
What channel airs MacGyver reruns at 4AM?
Lou Gehrig's Disease? How'd he not see that one coming?
Whether or not they'll allow these on airplanes depends upon the following
... I doubt a laptop is going to raise much concern.
Unfortunately, whether or not they'll allow these on airplanes depends on the intelligence of the screeners at the security checkpoint. Considering they're mostly minimum-wage brain-dead non-technical workers, I'd say their concern over whether a laptop is powered by Methanol or not is probably unlikely. Heck, passengers continue to slip knives and guns through checkpoints
You forgot to mention that it's now white.
Leave it to a deaf guy to worry about how it sounds.
Bottom line, Netscape produced an inferior product. When people use the web, they want speed, and they want accuracy. Netscape failed to provide a fast browser. Try rendering a page with complex tables in Netscape 4.x. It's horribly slow. Even the browser-startup period is noticably slower than IE. Some might argue that Microsoft was able to make a faster browser because they had inner knowledge of the workings of Windows, but check out Opera. It's fast, and it's very compliant. Netscape lost the browser battle because it lost a grip on what was important. Users didn't want to customize the left-panel bar of garbage advertising content. All they needed was a fast browser with accurate page rendering and IE fit that bill. Put all of the legal positioning and political garbage aside, and they've got themselves to blame in the end.
No you didn't ... you just all adopted the handle "Anonymous Coward".
Add an FM Tuner to this thing, and I'd buy it in a second.
>>Although he got off relatively light, the precident set here is that sysadmins can no longer choose to install software at will.
You say a precedent has been set? They settled. The courts didn't render a verdict, so there really wasn't a precident set by the legal system.
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Stuff that Matters.
At least the first one is true.
If you have problems destroying documents, you could always ask Arthur Anderson or Enron.
Well, you're certainly not a soccer mom. When will somebody get them off the road?
"As with all TiVo standalone units, the TiVo DVR Series2 is compatible with and connects easily to virtually every television model available. It also works with VCRs, TV antennas, cable systems, and satellite systems."
Yeah, but can I hook it up to my other TiVo?
Is this that kid from the Florida Cessna crash?