I am not 100% sure, but I would bet that all that "dedicated" hardware is just embedded Linux/BSD/QNX/whateverNix. For sure is not embedded Windows nor dedicated silicon. Please, prove that
it's all moving to Windows as the value proposition is better
I don't believe that. Security holes ii OSes are the worst beast. Windows holes get fixed in a matter of weeks (to be optimistic). The other OSes get fixes within days.
If you choose to stay in a jail don't complain for lack of freedom!
Windows (XP) is probably the best UI ever seen on PCs. But that's all. Everything else just sucks. Maybe Linux distributions are not that rock solid, but they are indeed very effective even on old hardware.
Can you get rid of Interweb Exploder? When you buy your car, you choose what you want: color, type of engine, type of gears and tyres and so on. You cannot choose how many tyres or whether have the steering wheel or not. Why cannot I do the same with my PC? With my (it's mine because I pay for it) OS? IE is like the steering wheel? Or is it more like the body color?
And, finally, I'm really sad for your company. Sincerely.
Microsoft OS is not important, they don't provide any infrastructure at all. Servers running Linux and other Unix-like OSes are much more important. Most of the PCs you see in offices just run a browser to access a centralized application. When HTML5 will be made the standard, this situation will become more and more widespread. Microsoft Internet Explorer is not important any more. But it should be just a browser, not a piece of software tightly bolted into the OS. And when you buy a brand new PC you have to pay also for Windows in almost all the world. whether you like it or not. Shops could have PCs without any OS on the shelves. It's be up to the customer to ask for an OS of they choice and later on to choose the browser they like.
NO, you are definitely wrong. Microsoft is not important. Freedom is.
Eu commission should simply ban Windows for downloads, sales, updates, cloudy stuff and so on. Just like (or more strict than) cocaine. It's forbidden to have, to sell, to use, to show and so on. Placing a fine without any result but making money is useless as far as the law enforcement is concerned. If the EU MS offices/officials would break the law, then they'd apply the law for illegal acts. Your question should have been: and what should we do in the meantime? My answer is: use the alternatives (Solaris, Linux or OS X) which comply with the law. You have to change your habits, of course as it's hard to use a different OS to mimik Windows. And it's doable: we successfully did already so when we jumped from DOS to Windows95.
If they want to really make any pressure on MS. If I fail to pay the fines to city police, they seize my car until I pay. The law should be equal to everyone.
Microsoft has proved to be able to deliver high quality software products. Namely, the Office suite (especially Excel), the flight simulator and I think a few more. When the operating system evolution went past the plain old command line (aka DOS), then Microsoft has been successful only as long as it's been novelty. Apple did it far better as far as the UI is concerned. *BSD and Linux-based OSes are much better in the overall operation. So, Mr. Soft, get back to where you once belonged!
I can't really find it in Linus' comment! As he's not Mormon (yes, there's an "m" there!) he cannot be respectful of someone else's religion! And, by the way Mitt, "emergency brakes" look a much better idea.
Blasphemy: profane or sacrilegious talk about God or sacred things.
As you cannot define what's sacred for everyone, you cannot place any "world wide" law. Unless you create an "international registry for sacred things" to be kept up to date. Then you'd need to resolve disputes, espcially those calling as sacred two opposite concepts/things.
Personally I keep "intelligence" and "freedom" as sacred, so that call for an international law is... a blasphemy to me! You insensitive and blaspheme clod!
I didn't ask *how* the thing will be done. I asked about the future of/. I presume that Geeknet has been acquired for some reasons. Let's say it's for advertisement collection. How will this change/.? Let's say it's for a business version of Geeknet. So/. is no business and will probably spinned off/sold off/whatever. I hardly believe Geeknet has been acquired for reasons other than profit. What'd be the answer about the future of/.?
Sometimes the best way to help people is to help humanity move forward.
Maybe helping a part of the Humanity to survive day-by-day (very very short term I mean) famine, starvation and thirst could also be a good idea, before helping the other part for better. But I may be wrong, of course.
Slashdot Mirror
It looks so insignificant ...
But my Linux box refuses to show me the marvels at "httpio:wwwannarborcomentertainmentwhirlydoodle-projectUGI3U41lTnh"!
Any chance to have a real URL?
Do they have an idea of the amount of data "to be stored"?
Politicians are all the same everywhere. They rule over things they don't understand.
I am not 100% sure, but I would bet that all that "dedicated" hardware is just embedded Linux/BSD/QNX/whateverNix.
For sure is not embedded Windows nor dedicated silicon.
Please, prove that
it's all moving to Windows as the value proposition is better
I don't believe that.
Security holes ii OSes are the worst beast. Windows holes get fixed in a matter of weeks (to be optimistic). The other OSes get fixes within days.
If you choose to stay in a jail don't complain for lack of freedom!
Windows (XP) is probably the best UI ever seen on PCs. But that's all. Everything else just sucks.
Maybe Linux distributions are not that rock solid, but they are indeed very effective even on old hardware.
Can you get rid of Interweb Exploder?
When you buy your car, you choose what you want: color, type of engine, type of gears and tyres and so on.
You cannot choose how many tyres or whether have the steering wheel or not.
Why cannot I do the same with my PC? With my (it's mine because I pay for it) OS?
IE is like the steering wheel? Or is it more like the body color?
And, finally, I'm really sad for your company. Sincerely.
Look also here: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-eu-monthly-201108-201208
Microsoft OS is not important, they don't provide any infrastructure at all.
Servers running Linux and other Unix-like OSes are much more important.
Most of the PCs you see in offices just run a browser to access a centralized application. When HTML5 will be made the standard, this situation will become more and more widespread.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is not important any more. But it should be just a browser, not a piece of software tightly bolted into the OS.
And when you buy a brand new PC you have to pay also for Windows in almost all the world. whether you like it or not.
Shops could have PCs without any OS on the shelves. It's be up to the customer to ask for an OS of they choice and later on to choose the browser they like.
NO, you are definitely wrong. Microsoft is not important. Freedom is.
Eu commission should simply ban Windows for downloads, sales, updates, cloudy stuff and so on.
Just like (or more strict than) cocaine. It's forbidden to have, to sell, to use, to show and so on.
Placing a fine without any result but making money is useless as far as the law enforcement is concerned.
If the EU MS offices/officials would break the law, then they'd apply the law for illegal acts.
Your question should have been: and what should we do in the meantime?
My answer is: use the alternatives (Solaris, Linux or OS X) which comply with the law.
You have to change your habits, of course as it's hard to use a different OS to mimik Windows.
And it's doable: we successfully did already so when we jumped from DOS to Windows95.
If they want to really make any pressure on MS.
If I fail to pay the fines to city police, they seize my car until I pay.
The law should be equal to everyone.
Microsoft has proved to be able to deliver high quality software products.
Namely, the Office suite (especially Excel), the flight simulator and I think a few more.
When the operating system evolution went past the plain old command line (aka DOS), then Microsoft has been successful only as long as it's been novelty.
Apple did it far better as far as the UI is concerned.
*BSD and Linux-based OSes are much better in the overall operation.
So, Mr. Soft, get back to where you once belonged!
prefer non-Microsoft operating systems! ... well, it's not a joke at all! It's reality!
Easy joke
I can't really find it in Linus' comment! As he's not Mormon (yes, there's an "m" there!) he cannot be respectful of someone else's religion!
And, by the way Mitt, "emergency brakes" look a much better idea.
From the "Concise Oxford"
Blasphemy: profane or sacrilegious talk about God or sacred things.
As you cannot define what's sacred for everyone, you cannot place any "world wide" law.
Unless you create an "international registry for sacred things" to be kept up to date.
Then you'd need to resolve disputes, espcially those calling as sacred two opposite concepts/things.
Personally I keep "intelligence" and "freedom" as sacred, so that call for an international law is ... a blasphemy to me!
You insensitive and blaspheme clod!
... and you cannot respect the intolerant.
Please elaborate? :)
I cannot: I'm from there.
We love New Zeland.
just in time when w3c will declare it obsolete in favor of the new one, HTML6.
should either quit smoking that stuff, or find better stuff to smoke.
Dice is mainly just interested in owning a tech news community.
This is scary in its own ...
I didn't ask *how* the thing will be done. /. /.? /. is no business and will probably spinned off/sold off/whatever. /.?
I asked about the future of
I presume that Geeknet has been acquired for some reasons.
Let's say it's for advertisement collection. How will this change
Let's say it's for a business version of Geeknet. So
I hardly believe Geeknet has been acquired for reasons other than profit.
What'd be the answer about the future of
Would you explain us what'd be the future of /.?
9.80665 m/s^2
I think yours is a case of normal gravity.
Thus no doctor is needed.
Is more powerful than the Atanasoff machine!
Sometimes the best way to help people is to help humanity move forward.
Maybe helping a part of the Humanity to survive day-by-day (very very short term I mean) famine, starvation and thirst could also be a good idea, before helping the other part for better.
But I may be wrong, of course.