LokiTorrent could have simply given up the domain name to the MPAA willingly (ie without a court order but still under pressure/threat of an extended lawsuit).
You'd be surprised how many things that come out of Microsoft Research make their way into products. The technology behind the MSN desktop search for instance... was in development for a number of years prior to the Google desktop search.
Did you know Microsoft even has a few MD (yes, Medical Doctors) who are using advanced computer modeling in HIV research. You can find an talk with one of those MD's from Channel 9.
FYI: Microsoft has the largest Mac development group outside of Apple. It is unlikely that they would shut it down because of Apple making competing software.
One of the biggest criticisms I have heard of.NET is that it is not portable to non Microsoft/Windows platforms. Microsoft has released Rotor, a CLR/BCL system for FreeBSD systems, that with some work can be made to work with MacOS X. Furthermore, there is the Mono system which provides a CLR for Linux.
My question is does Microsoft have any intentions of implementing a CLR and BCL for any other non Microsoft platforms where applications built under one would be (relatively) easily used under another (provided the application does not rely on P/Invokes of course)? If not... why?
It's kinda like stealing pot from a dealer, chances are, he's not going to report the theft.
Regardless of what is worse, 419ing of DoSing, both are bad and both are illegal, and just like copyright infringement on P2P, people will try to justify it "it's not like I am going to pay for it anyway" and "they already have enough money".
And of course there is no value to Microsoft software, nor does it's software and presence provide a stabilizing force within the industry to prevent the sorts of forking we see within OSS projects.
How is this any different than the Linux business model?
Step 1: Find useful piece of software Step 2: Change name strings to claim as own Step 3: Note that it is your special version of previous software Step 4: Sell Step 5: Profit
Er, no. The yellow bar is how IE shows *popups* and ActiveX controls by default. It is possible to tweak the settings so that it will not block everything, as you seem to have it.
The default block message for an Active X control should be something along the lines of...
"To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options..."
Morons? Perhaps... but they've got a hell of a lot more money than you or I... so if they are morons... I wouldn't mind being one too if it meant I could create such a powerful company.
A not to well known fact is that a well written Visual C++ app, written for non managed code can be compiled with managed code support with a single compiler flag which is.../clr
You can compile any C++ code to C++ managed code, however some hacks may not work as well as they once did.
Also, under longhorn, they will not be eliminating the WIN32 systems, they will still be there, hell, they still exist under 64 bit Windows implementations, because of compatibility concerns they will be around for ages to come.
I doubt Microsoft will ever 'force everyone to rewrite for.NET', however they will make such a switch advantageous to you, not by crippling the old API's, but by making the new ones so much better that you'll wonder how you got along with out them in past.
Let me expand on that earlier statement. No member of my immediate or extended family (parents, siblings, uncles, aunts or cousins have EVER had a piece of spyware or adware on their systems).
I am unfortunately the go to guy for computer things... and I have trained them all well.
It's like unprotected sex, hell of a lot more fun than using protection all of the time, just so long as you know the rules and don't f-up.
I believe the parent poster is not familiar with the concept of a de-facto standard. Even as an IE fan I will be the first to agree that it sucks that it does not do the officials standards the best... but the fact that people have to make accommodations for the most dominant browser is nothing new.
I work for a company that builds systems for use with digital television systems that are used by broadcasters and producers, lots of head end stuff. It is not uncommon that we find some product on the market that doesn't adhere to ISO13181-1 very well for instance (head to Best Buy with me and I can point and rant), of course, we as a small company have no way to force the likes of Sony and others to change what they are doing it or now... even though it doesn't conform to the standard... so, we need to find a happy medium between supporting the standards and working on such incompatible devices.
As I've said in other posts here, if Firefox and other browsers want to be taken seriously, they and their fans cannot waste time crying because the big guy isn't playing by the rules, they need to learn to play by the same rules as well as the real ones.
We have an IT group here who has our systems pretty well secured, it's been years since a virus has made it past the firewall, and no one with in my department has had a piece of spyware or adware so long as I've been here (2 years). The only people within the company (~150 people) who have any issues are the sales people who tend to dink with their systems in very bad ways and install lots of useless crap.
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The Running Man?
I could be wrong (almost zero chance of it), but O'Brien (played by Colm Meaney) was part of the series from the first episode of DS9.
This one seems to be one of the few level headed persons posting on this article.
Yes, it's bad that there is a flaw in MSFT software, but they have released a patch, now move on.
LokiTorrent could have simply given up the domain name to the MPAA willingly (ie without a court order but still under pressure/threat of an extended lawsuit).
You'd be surprised how many things that come out of Microsoft Research make their way into products. The technology behind the MSN desktop search for instance... was in development for a number of years prior to the Google desktop search.
Did you know Microsoft even has a few MD (yes, Medical Doctors) who are using advanced computer modeling in HIV research. You can find an talk with one of those MD's from Channel 9.
Personaly I prefer the newer Starbuck... not that the original to which you refer was bad.
FYI: Microsoft has the largest Mac development group outside of Apple. It is unlikely that they would shut it down because of Apple making competing software.
GPLed code on IE? Care to back up that accusation?
True... but then why did they submit the CLR and C# specs for ECMA for standardization?
Specificly...
Standard ECMA-334: C# Language Specification
Standard ECMA-335: Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)
One of the biggest criticisms I have heard of .NET is that it is not portable to non Microsoft/Windows platforms. Microsoft has released Rotor, a CLR/BCL system for FreeBSD systems, that with some work can be made to work with MacOS X. Furthermore, there is the Mono system which provides a CLR for Linux.
My question is does Microsoft have any intentions of implementing a CLR and BCL for any other non Microsoft platforms where applications built under one would be (relatively) easily used under another (provided the application does not rely on P/Invokes of course)? If not... why?
Probably not.
It's kinda like stealing pot from a dealer, chances are, he's not going to report the theft.
Regardless of what is worse, 419ing of DoSing, both are bad and both are illegal, and just like copyright infringement on P2P, people will try to justify it "it's not like I am going to pay for it anyway" and "they already have enough money".
your steps 2.5 and 4.5 are optional.
And of course there is no value to Microsoft software, nor does it's software and presence provide a stabilizing force within the industry to prevent the sorts of forking we see within OSS projects.
How is this any different than the Linux business model?
Step 1: Find useful piece of software
Step 2: Change name strings to claim as own
Step 3: Note that it is your special version of previous software
Step 4: Sell
Step 5: Profit
Er, no. The yellow bar is how IE shows *popups* and ActiveX controls by default. It is possible to tweak the settings so that it will not block everything, as you seem to have it.
The default block message for an Active X control should be something along the lines of...
"To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options..."
Don't forget Xbox Live... and their pockets are even deeper than Gamespys.
Morons? Perhaps... but they've got a hell of a lot more money than you or I... so if they are morons... I wouldn't mind being one too if it meant I could create such a powerful company.
Come on, the most of the Asimov books dealing with the 3 laws focused on their flaws and how they would not always enforce the desired behavior.
We need more than just 3 laws... we need an easy to use and unstoppable kill switch.
A not to well known fact is that a well written Visual C++ app, written for non managed code can be compiled with managed code support with a single compiler flag which is... /clr
.NET', however they will make such a switch advantageous to you, not by crippling the old API's, but by making the new ones so much better that you'll wonder how you got along with out them in past.
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You can compile any C++ code to C++ managed code, however some hacks may not work as well as they once did.
Also, under longhorn, they will not be eliminating the WIN32 systems, they will still be there, hell, they still exist under 64 bit Windows implementations, because of compatibility concerns they will be around for ages to come.
I doubt Microsoft will ever 'force everyone to rewrite for
BTW, the 'internal BSD port' of the CLR you mentioned is not so internal, it's called Rotor and can be had from : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?F
One note though, while it does work for Mac OS X, it does not do Windows.Forms just yet, for that Mono might be the way to go.
As well as 2 years ago, not to mention last year and 4 and 5 years ago to boot.
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Somehow... I think we'll see this article for many years to come.
I know what could help, a Linux gamer switch commercial similar to the one that the Red vs Blue guys did when talking about the great gaming on the mac http://www.roosterteeth.com/archive/download.php/
Let me expand on that earlier statement. No member of my immediate or extended family (parents, siblings, uncles, aunts or cousins have EVER had a piece of spyware or adware on their systems).
I am unfortunately the go to guy for computer things... and I have trained them all well.
It's like unprotected sex, hell of a lot more fun than using protection all of the time, just so long as you know the rules and don't f-up.
or be smart about your online habits.
I have never had a piece of spyware on my home PC and run IE and Outlook exclusively.
I believe the parent poster is not familiar with the concept of a de-facto standard. Even as an IE fan I will be the first to agree that it sucks that it does not do the officials standards the best... but the fact that people have to make accommodations for the most dominant browser is nothing new.
I work for a company that builds systems for use with digital television systems that are used by broadcasters and producers, lots of head end stuff. It is not uncommon that we find some product on the market that doesn't adhere to ISO13181-1 very well for instance (head to Best Buy with me and I can point and rant), of course, we as a small company have no way to force the likes of Sony and others to change what they are doing it or now... even though it doesn't conform to the standard... so, we need to find a happy medium between supporting the standards and working on such incompatible devices.
As I've said in other posts here, if Firefox and other browsers want to be taken seriously, they and their fans cannot waste time crying because the big guy isn't playing by the rules, they need to learn to play by the same rules as well as the real ones.
Please take a look at a comment I posted above to a comment very similar to yours, it responds to both of you.http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=138135&cid =11555962
We have an IT group here who has our systems pretty well secured, it's been years since a virus has made it past the firewall, and no one with in my department has had a piece of spyware or adware so long as I've been here (2 years). The only people within the company (~150 people) who have any issues are the sales people who tend to dink with their systems in very bad ways and install lots of useless crap.