I can still recall writing C++ code for an old class using the GNU C++ compiler on Linux...and having people in the rest of the class, using M$ Visual Studio
Oh, you are the coolest non-conformist I've ever met, can I get your digits?
No really, the fact that you used a LINUX instead of a MICROSOFT product and then posted it on SLASHDOT, wow that's...I'm speechless.
From microsoft.com: Flaw in RPC Endpoint Mapper Could Allow Denial of Service Attacks (331953)
You're right, this is HUGE (A DOS attack!? We'd better protect our File/Fax Servers from this one!! Our employees might try a distributed DOS on us!
I'm switching because I don't want to run an OS that has as many holes as WinNT does...
You're right because all of the reasons you stated affect your silly File and Fax Server sooo much. Good one.
But there's no point in discussing this with you. You're an inflammatory troll.
If that means that I defend all of the nonsensical MS bashing that goes on here, then you're right. You made NO sense in saying that this affects your 2 piddly little servers, and you're just making things up to be a karma whore. I didn't say that I dont like Linux, I've done a lot with it in my career but I hate stupid people who make no sense.
...(we) have figured for years that Microsoft would, as per their support agreement, patch security holes until that end of life date. Turns out that they were lying
We all feel sooo sorry for you. Primarily because you're not all that bright.
MS isn't going to fix ONE security problem that wont' even affect your File or Fax server's unless you have them on the Internet like an a$$ (you probably do don't you?) and you're going to switch to Linux.
We expect to switch to Linux for our file server by the end of the SLA...
I would wait until you get a bigger brain to attempt that. If you haven't gotten NT to work as a simple File and Fax server by now, then you won't be able to do anything with Linux. It requires reading. Furthermore, if it does work why are you switching at all??
I will say though, wonderful troll! I applaude your efforts! Your post was on topic and sprinkled with just enough "fact" for people to really believe you and you only used the word Linux one time.
Running a Win2K PDC cuts off functionality from NT and Win9x clients
Actually, that's only true if you're running the Win2K PDC in Native-Only mode which is NOT the default. The default is to run in Compatability Mode which works great with WinNT 3.5/4 and Win9x clients.
As for software that will only run with 9x and NT, could you perhaps tell us which software that is? The only reason I ask is because I have a lot of stuff that was built for Win 3.11 and DOS (My father's business accounting software, old HP Scanner software, etc.) that runs great on Win2K.
Windows: Telling Linux to try to keep up since 1991.
Ok, now I know that I fell for it, but exactly what INSIGHT does this post give you moderators? What new information can be gleened from the parent post??
Oh, I see the person mentioned that he uses a Mac and that he *thinks* that MS's DRM plan will screw up your computer.
Well, I guess that since everything else in the world is for Windows, you all have to have something to keep yourselves happy.
Im already laughing from my PC at how Mac and *nix lUsers smugly think that their OS is so much better! Hohoho, yeah, I really want to write a virus for the Mac so all three people that use it will be harmed!!
Actually, I was being defensive, not hostile. Well it turns out, there's really nothing to be defensive about. Sorry for the CAPS, I was simply stating sarcastic emphasis;)
You can also click the object to select it and use the Eject choice...
Yes, I realize that these are accessible as I mentioned previously, I concede...this was a bad argument!
I can say without lying that the Dual G4-1Ghz I use at work is no slouch at all. My G4-500 on the other hand is showing its age, but that hardly has anything to do with the operating system.
Personally I like to use a 500-700Mhz laptop and not a dual Ghz tower just to run my OS smoothly:)
You didn't even describe the Microsoft Windows cycling behavior properly...
I didn't describe it as in-depth as you did, however the basic premise is what I said earlier. Geez, you are a nit-picker:)
Regardless, you yourself said that you were just stating your opinion. Well, how can you state as a "matter of fact" that something is superior to something else when superiority is totally subjective in this case??
Well yes, that is a simple troll whether you admit it or not, and I took the bait. (I mean, look where you're posting) Shame on me for defending my favorite OS!
If you don't agree with my opinion, then state why instead of accusing me of being an Apple troll.
Okay, here's a list of reasons why OSX is not FAR SUPERIOR to Windows:
Why should I have to drag ANYTHING to eject or disconnect a mounted drive? That is stupid and here's why: It's NOT OBVIOUS. Why can't I just press the button on the cd-rom drive like a normal human being? Oh, now you're going to tell me that the new G4's have an eject button. Great! What about the guy with the NFS Share that got deleted below?? In Windows, you right-click and choose Disconnect. In Windows, you right-click something to get a list of available options. This makes too much sense for backwards ass Mac Users.
The Dock. It's too big and it's a waste of cpu time.
It's slow. Don't lie to me I've tried it plenty of times.
The Dock supports task switching from the keyboard, but incredibly, only in the order that applications appear in the dock. Which is next to useless. - The Reg Task switching in Windows is easy, Alt+Tab to go forwards, Alt+Shift+Tab to go backwards.
The folder browser shows you items inside of a folder when you expand a folder instead of just showing you the contents on the right pane.
And, of course, limited support without third-party software for multi-button mice.
Far Superior my ass, more like Grossly Inferior. And that's just the GUI nevermind the fact that it's tied to proprietary hardware and Apple fakes all of their benchmarks to make it seem like Photoshop runs quicker or something (it doesn't, I have proof, if you want it let me know).
I can't even believe all of the hostility towards Apple and Apple users.
Oh, and Windows users aren't supposed to take offense at the average small minded Mac users' passive-aggressive statements like The Apple comes with an actual GUI far superior to Microsoft Windows...??? Yeah, you read Slashdot a whole lot and still think that's not a TROLL? Good one.
...someone might actually own something that works better.
Umm, yeah as we've seen OSX works a lot better. It works so much better that a whole 3% of the worlds desktop computer users use it on a daily basis.
The Apple comes with an actual GUI far superior to Microsoft Windows
Ahem.
Do you really think you can make a statement like that and get away with it? Why don't you list the ways that the Apple GUI is far superior to Windows instead of TROLLING like that?
Yeah, I like having all of my menus at the top of the screen all of the time. OSX Rocks. Drag the CDRom to the trashcan to eject? That's a great one.
Get a grip on yourself, Steve Jobs won't be your friend just because you really, really want to suck his dick.
That's because it has been about 8 months since I learned how to wade through the forrest of tabs required to turn those "features" off, and four months since I've been forced to use Office
Well, if it took you 8 months to figure out some trivial settings then you shouldn't be aloud near a computer...well I guess you can use a Mac then.
Everytime I go to a website that has a Java Applet on it, this stupid Java Terminal thing pops up in my system tray and doesn't go away until I close every instance of IE.
Other than that I just wanted to ask about this phrase in the story from Warner Bro's vice president (Wendy Aylsworth):
It is important for consumers to understand that systems which lack an effective technology to limit unauthorized copying of our most valuable and highest quality content, will not be able to receive it
It's integrated with Windows. So for instance a system dialog that asks for a url can pop-up URL's from my browsing history, or a program can integrate IE (as an ActiveX Control) without an extra install.
Another benefit of integration is that I have the comfort of knowing that any Windows box I go to has the familiar IE interface for me to use. This type of standardisation is important for users to be productive.
Actually, there is another reason...an add-on product called Popup Stopper Companion ($39.95) works ALOT better than anything Mozilla can do to stop Popups in my experience.
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Oh, you are the coolest non-conformist I've ever met, can I get your digits?
No really, the fact that you used a LINUX instead of a MICROSOFT product and then posted it on SLASHDOT, wow that's...I'm speechless.
Thank you sir for this most under-rated post.
or how many platforms support it. With standards in place, supported platforms and vendors will increase naturally with time.
And I think that standards for programming languages are taken just a little bit more seriously than standards for an office document.
C'mon people, C# is kicking Java's collective a$$ and you know it.
From microsoft.com: Flaw in RPC Endpoint Mapper Could Allow Denial of Service Attacks (331953)
You're right, this is HUGE (A DOS attack!? We'd better protect our File/Fax Servers from this one!! Our employees might try a distributed DOS on us!
I'm switching because I don't want to run an OS that has as many holes as WinNT does...You're right because all of the reasons you stated affect your silly File and Fax Server sooo much. Good one.
But there's no point in discussing this with you. You're an inflammatory troll.If that means that I defend all of the nonsensical MS bashing that goes on here, then you're right. You made NO sense in saying that this affects your 2 piddly little servers, and you're just making things up to be a karma whore. I didn't say that I dont like Linux, I've done a lot with it in my career but I hate stupid people who make no sense.
We all feel sooo sorry for you. Primarily because you're not all that bright.
MS isn't going to fix ONE security problem that wont' even affect your File or Fax server's unless you have them on the Internet like an a$$ (you probably do don't you?) and you're going to switch to Linux.
We expect to switch to Linux for our file server by the end of the SLA...I would wait until you get a bigger brain to attempt that. If you haven't gotten NT to work as a simple File and Fax server by now, then you won't be able to do anything with Linux. It requires reading. Furthermore, if it does work why are you switching at all??
I will say though, wonderful troll! I applaude your efforts! Your post was on topic and sprinkled with just enough "fact" for people to really believe you and you only used the word Linux one time.
I say again, excellent job!
Exactly right my man, it deserves whatever support MS says it should get, which at this point is none.
And it's too much fun to make all the Linux zealots upset when I say something pro-MS, so *NO* I won't stopActually, that's only true if you're running the Win2K PDC in Native-Only mode which is NOT the default. The default is to run in Compatability Mode which works great with WinNT 3.5/4 and Win9x clients.
As for software that will only run with 9x and NT, could you perhaps tell us which software that is? The only reason I ask is because I have a lot of stuff that was built for Win 3.11 and DOS (My father's business accounting software, old HP Scanner software, etc.) that runs great on Win2K.
Windows: Telling Linux to try to keep up since 1991.
BTW, a fix is available for a charge, it's called: Upgrading to Win2k.
I dont mean to take this out on you personally but I'm getting sick of the mis-modding going on here.
I hate Microsoft (Windows ease of use is way over-rated). I love Unix and Linux and the Mac OS X. Long Live Linus!
Oh, I see the person mentioned that he uses a Mac and that he *thinks* that MS's DRM plan will screw up your computer.
Well, I guess that since everything else in the world is for Windows, you all have to have something to keep yourselves happy.
Uhh, yeah. Thats why every business in the world uses Windows for the desktop.
Im already laughing from my PC at how Mac and *nix lUsers smugly think that their OS is so much better! Hohoho, yeah, I really want to write a virus for the Mac so all three people that use it will be harmed!!
This is hilarious: http://www.lindows.com/lindows_screenshots_mseula. php
Actually, I was being defensive, not hostile. Well it turns out, there's really nothing to be defensive about. Sorry for the CAPS, I was simply stating sarcastic emphasis ;)
You can also click the object to select it and use the Eject choiceYes, I realize that these are accessible as I mentioned previously, I concede...this was a bad argument!
I can say without lying that the Dual G4-1Ghz I use at work is no slouch at all. My G4-500 on the other hand is showing its age, but that hardly has anything to do with the operating system.Personally I like to use a 500-700Mhz laptop and not a dual Ghz tower just to run my OS smoothly :)
You didn't even describe the Microsoft Windows cycling behavior properly...I didn't describe it as in-depth as you did, however the basic premise is what I said earlier. Geez, you are a nit-picker :)
Regardless, you yourself said that you were just stating your opinion. Well, how can you state as a "matter of fact" that something is superior to something else when superiority is totally subjective in this case?? Well yes, that is a simple troll whether you admit it or not, and I took the bait. (I mean, look where you're posting) Shame on me for defending my favorite OS!
Okay, here's a list of reasons why OSX is not FAR SUPERIOR to Windows:
- Why should I have to drag ANYTHING to eject or disconnect a mounted drive? That is stupid and here's why: It's NOT OBVIOUS. Why can't I just press the button on the cd-rom drive like a normal human being? Oh, now you're going to tell me that the new G4's have an eject button. Great! What about the guy with the NFS Share that got deleted below?? In Windows, you right-click and choose Disconnect. In Windows, you right-click something to get a list of available options. This makes too much sense for backwards ass Mac Users.
- The Dock. It's too big and it's a waste of cpu time.
- It's slow. Don't lie to me I've tried it plenty of times.
- The Dock supports task switching from the keyboard, but incredibly, only in the order that applications appear in the dock. Which is next to useless. - The Reg Task switching in Windows is easy, Alt+Tab to go forwards, Alt+Shift+Tab to go backwards.
- The folder browser shows you items inside of a folder when you expand a folder instead of just showing you the contents on the right pane.
- And, of course, limited support without third-party software for multi-button mice.
Far Superior my ass, more like Grossly Inferior. And that's just the GUI nevermind the fact that it's tied to proprietary hardware and Apple fakes all of their benchmarks to make it seem like Photoshop runs quicker or something (it doesn't, I have proof, if you want it let me know). I can't even believe all of the hostility towards Apple and Apple users.Oh, and Windows users aren't supposed to take offense at the average small minded Mac users' passive-aggressive statements like The Apple comes with an actual GUI far superior to Microsoft Windows...??? Yeah, you read Slashdot a whole lot and still think that's not a TROLL? Good one.
Umm, yeah as we've seen OSX works a lot better. It works so much better that a whole 3% of the worlds desktop computer users use it on a daily basis.
Ahem.
Do you really think you can make a statement like that and get away with it? Why don't you list the ways that the Apple GUI is far superior to Windows instead of TROLLING like that?
Yeah, I like having all of my menus at the top of the screen all of the time. OSX Rocks. Drag the CDRom to the trashcan to eject? That's a great one.
Get a grip on yourself, Steve Jobs won't be your friend just because you really, really want to suck his dick.
Well, if it took you 8 months to figure out some trivial settings then you shouldn't be aloud near a computer...well I guess you can use a Mac then.
Dude, whoe the hell wants to look at that shit? You might as well just program in assembly.
Everytime I go to a website that has a Java Applet on it, this stupid Java Terminal thing pops up in my system tray and doesn't go away until I close every instance of IE.
Does anyone know how to stop that from happening?
Okay, sure I'll just ship ya that 3,000$ piece of equipment before your check clears, no problem.
And he thinks PC users are stupid.
It is important for consumers to understand that systems which lack an effective technology to limit unauthorized copying of our most valuable and highest quality content, will not be able to receive it
Isn't that what Kazaa is for?.
I don't know, maybe my ears aren't big enough...
The other problem is that there is no one service that has all of the record companies' artists. That's why I like Kazaa.
So, I guess that means you should go learn Websphere or something.
thanks :)
It's integrated with Windows. So for instance a system dialog that asks for a url can pop-up URL's from my browsing history, or a program can integrate IE (as an ActiveX Control) without an extra install.
Another benefit of integration is that I have the comfort of knowing that any Windows box I go to has the familiar IE interface for me to use. This type of standardisation is important for users to be productive.
Actually, there is another reason...an add-on product called Popup Stopper Companion ($39.95) works ALOT better than anything Mozilla can do to stop Popups in my experience.