Actually I confused a couple of issues. KB4461522 actually stopped Office from working in Win XP. I know XP is not supported anymore but there are people using it.
Macros in Office are a big security issue. Once of those updates (I believe it was KB4461522) disabled macros even if the code was signed by Microsoft and is valid. Unfortunately we use this functionality at the moment and had to ask users to remove that update on affected systems.
It may seem funny or a joke (even if it is) but when you break down all CoC documents, they are asking others to be kind and do the morally correct thing. I guess there will always be a couple of people who are offended.
If they, on the other hand, asked people to belittle others and generally be jackasses that would be terrible. Even if this is a joke, its nothing to get upset over.
I know they have been trying for a *long* time to get the UI to a place where it is functional, looks clean and doesn't piss people off.
I have not used Windows on the desktop for at least a decade and don't plan on going back, but competition is always good.
I also hope that the Elementary OS guys get some inspiration from this. I use macOS now but open up my old Thinkpad just to check it out every once in a while.
There are lots of people that want an Apple laptop (because it is cool) and will upgrade because it is thinner. Apple knows this and made a product to sell to them.
The problem may be that they are alienating certain developers. It still remains to be seen if the people complaining are really a large population or just a loud population. Many reviews complained about "lack of ports" on the MacBook but that laptop is awesome (I have been using it since April 2015 and love it) and I am not alone. I don't think people will mind getting a dongle or get new accessories (SD card readers). I do think that Apple needs to provide an option for 32GB of memory.
Even if Apple pisses people off, I don't see people moving to Windows all of a sudden since there are other issues there. I wish Linux was a more viable alternative for a development environment. That would be awesome to see see developers take that up.
The new version is certainly a good incremental improvement over the previous. I have been using previous model since it was first released and love it because it fits my needs.
- I do wish Apple provided the multi port adapter with the laptop. I rarely use it but have to have one around just in case (USB-A and HDMI) - Now that they provide a USB-C to lightning cable, I can use the same charger for my phone and laptop. They should have the option to get these with new phones.
The changes in the new version does not justify an upgrade for me. I usually keep my laptops for around 4 years. I do wish they had a batter replacement program.
Decouple KDE from the PIM software. What I find ridiculous is that all that stuff is installed at a time when web applications (especially for email, calendar) are so popular. I understand there are plenty of users that may want to continue using it, but why not let them install it separately. Since when did we start needing MySQL server on the desktop?
KDE definitely seems bloated these days. I am looking forward to LXQT. I just need to get off my ass and install it on a computer to start switching.
Since the iphone will be exclusive to Cingular for atleast 5 years and I do not see Verizon and T-Mobile going out of business anytime soon, I would suspect that many people will still be using and buying an ipod.
A lot of people have a corporate cell phone. If the company does not replace that phone with at $600 iphone, those people will most likely get an ipod or similar device.
I don't think that the ipod will be replaced that easily, atleast not for a while.
First of all, look at the Open Sound project. They filled a niche by selling drivers for certain sound cards that had more features compared to the OSS drivers.
Second, I think that it is even easier to sell these kinds of things today. They can make a deal with somebody like Novell or Xandros who want to provide their users with a fully functional fully LEGAL linux desktop. This will help them to do that.
I don't see this being so popular with non-commercial distros like Debian because its a different set of users. But with commercial distros like Xandros (who already offer things like Codeweavers Office), I think its a great fit.
Perhaps most people here don't work for big companies, but the last big company I worked for is 2 years behind any newly released OS. It took that long for us to get XP. I don't know how anybody can expect companies to deploy a new OS from Microsoft 1 month after it is released.
1. I think what he was angry about is that people are speculating about his company without knowing enough about whats going on inside it. Now I know that's what speculation is, but it obviously offended him because they have been saying these things in the past and never coming true. What probably upset him was that other people actually listen to these people who have a track record of bad guessing.
2. I don't know why people think that in order to be a successful profitable company, it has to be the best at something. There are lots of companies that are not the BEST but are still making money. In the end, that's what matters right? There is lots of money to be made even if you are #2 or #3. Perfect example is Wii. I am sure Nintendo will make more money off their Wii than either Sony or Microsoft.
I think the problem lies with the attitude that the majority of the people have in India. To this day there is widespread corruption throughout the entire government and this process has been accepted by a majority of the people because they grow up with it as kids. In India, kids bribe the cops when they ride around on scooters without a license and get caught.
This leaves many of the people without a sense of ethics because they consider bribes just part of life.
Dont get me wrong, many of the people are not bad inherently, you dont see school shootings in India like you do in the US, but there is the issue of ethics because kids grow up in that environment and accept it. (Similar to the extermists that think Americans are evil, they really do think that because that is what they grew up around)
This is not going to change overnight, it will take atleast a couple of generations to change.
When will these people realize that you can only make these kinds of statements once. If you cannot follow through, the next time you make a statement like this, no one will care.
Or you can have the dll be the webserver. They can just use Apache for windows and save themselves time and money by using open source software. I wonder if they though of that already.:)
the problem with this is the following, most users are told to use their isp as the relay for outgoing mail. this would mean that if the users travels somewhere else where their relaying server is not in the list of ips, their email would be marked as spam and be trashed.
a solution like this would be all or none, either everyone uses it and follows those rules, or no one will use it.
besides you now have to get all the people who own domains to get a list of ips together, not the most trivial thing for non technical people.
Are any politicans looking into any of this? I know that the agency makes a lot of money, but what about all the business in the US that have to waste money fighting legal battles because of this stupidity. I am sure the innovation this stops makes it justifiable to have the lawmakers of this country do something about this mess. If I was asked for a topic in the debate during the next presidential election this would definetly be one of them.
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Actually I confused a couple of issues. KB4461522 actually stopped Office from working in Win XP. I know XP is not supported anymore but there are people using it.
Macros in Office are a big security issue. Once of those updates (I believe it was KB4461522) disabled macros even if the code was signed by Microsoft and is valid. Unfortunately we use this functionality at the moment and had to ask users to remove that update on affected systems.
It may seem funny or a joke (even if it is) but when you break down all CoC documents, they are asking others to be kind and do the morally correct thing. I guess there will always be a couple of people who are offended.
If they, on the other hand, asked people to belittle others and generally be jackasses that would be terrible. Even if this is a joke, its nothing to get upset over.
I know they have been trying for a *long* time to get the UI to a place where it is functional, looks clean and doesn't piss people off.
I have not used Windows on the desktop for at least a decade and don't plan on going back, but competition is always good.
I also hope that the Elementary OS guys get some inspiration from this. I use macOS now but open up my old Thinkpad just to check it out every once in a while.
I hope someone is keeping track of my much money is spend on getting people running Windows 10 compared to other OSes.
I agree with you 100%. There really needs to be a serious advantage for people to even consider switching to Windows.
If Microsoft really wants to help the Linux crowd, contribute to Wine. :)
This is really pathetic.
There are lots of people that want an Apple laptop (because it is cool) and will upgrade because it is thinner. Apple knows this and made a product to sell to them.
The problem may be that they are alienating certain developers. It still remains to be seen if the people complaining are really a large population or just a loud population. Many reviews complained about "lack of ports" on the MacBook but that laptop is awesome (I have been using it since April 2015 and love it) and I am not alone. I don't think people will mind getting a dongle or get new accessories (SD card readers). I do think that Apple needs to provide an option for 32GB of memory.
Even if Apple pisses people off, I don't see people moving to Windows all of a sudden since there are other issues there. I wish Linux was a more viable alternative for a development environment. That would be awesome to see see developers take that up.
The new version is certainly a good incremental improvement over the previous. I have been using previous model since it was first released and love it because it fits my needs.
- I do wish Apple provided the multi port adapter with the laptop. I rarely use it but have to have one around just in case (USB-A and HDMI)
- Now that they provide a USB-C to lightning cable, I can use the same charger for my phone and laptop. They should have the option to get these with new phones.
The changes in the new version does not justify an upgrade for me. I usually keep my laptops for around 4 years. I do wish they had a batter replacement program.
Ditto
Decouple KDE from the PIM software. What I find ridiculous is that all that stuff is installed at a time when web applications (especially for email, calendar) are so popular. I understand there are plenty of users that may want to continue using it, but why not let them install it separately. Since when did we start needing MySQL server on the desktop?
KDE definitely seems bloated these days. I am looking forward to LXQT. I just need to get off my ass and install it on a computer to start switching.
Since the iphone will be exclusive to Cingular for atleast 5 years and I do not see Verizon and T-Mobile going out of business anytime soon, I would suspect that many people will still be using and buying an ipod.
A lot of people have a corporate cell phone. If the company does not replace that phone with at $600 iphone, those people will most likely get an ipod or similar device.
I don't think that the ipod will be replaced that easily, atleast not for a while.
First of all, look at the Open Sound project. They filled a niche by selling drivers for certain sound cards that had more features compared to the OSS drivers.
Second, I think that it is even easier to sell these kinds of things today. They can make a deal with somebody like Novell or Xandros who want to provide their users with a fully functional fully LEGAL linux desktop. This will help them to do that.
I don't see this being so popular with non-commercial distros like Debian because its a different set of users. But with commercial distros like Xandros (who already offer things like Codeweavers Office), I think its a great fit.
Perhaps most people here don't work for big companies, but the last big company I worked for is 2 years behind any newly released OS. It took that long for us to get XP. I don't know how anybody can expect companies to deploy a new OS from Microsoft 1 month after it is released.
1. I think what he was angry about is that people are speculating about his company without knowing enough about whats going on inside it. Now I know that's what speculation is, but it obviously offended him because they have been saying these things in the past and never coming true. What probably upset him was that other people actually listen to these people who have a track record of bad guessing.
2. I don't know why people think that in order to be a successful profitable company, it has to be the best at something. There are lots of companies that are not the BEST but are still making money. In the end, that's what matters right? There is lots of money to be made even if you are #2 or #3. Perfect example is Wii. I am sure Nintendo will make more money off their Wii than either Sony or Microsoft.
I think the problem lies with the attitude that the majority of the people have in India. To this day there is widespread corruption throughout the entire government and this process has been accepted by a majority of the people because they grow up with it as kids. In India, kids bribe the cops when they ride around on scooters without a license and get caught.
This leaves many of the people without a sense of ethics because they consider bribes just part of life.
Dont get me wrong, many of the people are not bad inherently, you dont see school shootings in India like you do in the US, but there is the issue of ethics because kids grow up in that environment and accept it. (Similar to the extermists that think Americans are evil, they really do think that because that is what they grew up around)
This is not going to change overnight, it will take atleast a couple of generations to change.
When will these people realize that you can only make these kinds of statements once. If you cannot follow through, the next time you make a statement like this, no one will care.
Just sell a license for a lifetime. You can just sell them licenses each time you charge for changes.
I just want to know, who are these idiots that pay them to send out spam for them.
Or you can have the dll be the webserver. They can just use Apache for windows and save themselves time and money by using open source software. I wonder if they though of that already. :)
If it didnt work for Verizon why does SBC think they will win? Is there anything different with this case?
Is there a standard for being a 100% OSS distribution? Who decides that? What other distros are 100% OSS.
the problem with this is the following, most users are told to use their isp as the relay for outgoing mail. this would mean that if the users travels somewhere else where their relaying server is not in the list of ips, their email would be marked as spam and be trashed.
a solution like this would be all or none, either everyone uses it and follows those rules, or no one will use it.
besides you now have to get all the people who own domains to get a list of ips together, not the most trivial thing for non technical people.
Are any politicans looking into any of this? I know that the agency makes a lot of money, but what about all the business in the US that have to waste money fighting legal battles because of this stupidity. I am sure the innovation this stops makes it justifiable to have the lawmakers of this country do something about this mess. If I was asked for a topic in the debate during the next presidential election this would definetly be one of them.
There are plenty of people that still buy cds today at $20. I think they will be glad to by at $13. Some that dont buy now might even buy at $13.
perhaps the weather is just getting nicer and people are actually stepping outside their homes?