He is a crook whether he's doing it for moral or financial reasons. He's not using the legitimate channels available to bring the issue to the surface. I realize it's not as easy as it sounds but it certainly more politically correct and less harmful to government.
IMO Snowden could also have used a different approach. Chopping down the tree when there's 1 bad branch is overkill. That's the ONLY reason I only ever partially agreed with what Snowden did. We expect our government to follow due process, we should to until they don't listen (which allegedly wasn't the case here)
Do you have a reference to this? First I've heard of this since the regulations in the US force manufacturers to allow 3rd parties in. This would have been fought in court by now if it's truly a lucrative market that's escaping them.
They have rights over the licensing model but the licensing model cannot dictate the environment. Where things change is when they make OEM distribution deals. Those come with clauses but they are mandatory by any means. MS does not have the right as it would fall into ANTI TRUST.
If you want to blame someone, blame the one negotiating these deals to save money to consumers. In this case, the h/w manufacturer.
The excuse is BS. Microsoft is the cause, by allowing crapware to be bundled in the first place
MS doesn't control what H/W manufacturers package with the OS. For be signature compliant they need to follow rules MS put in place.
Also, other OSes manage to get better hardware compatibility out of the box without Microsoft's massive labour force or playing around with drivers suddenly not working
That statement isn't clear to me. I don't know if your saying other OSes come with better h/w support than MS or the other way around. I'd like to know which other OSes you speak of because last I checked MAC OS didn't have any driver support beyond their own h/w. As for Linux, they have barebone hardware support which MS pretty much matches.
At first, Linux distributions just weren't easy to install for everyday end users. Today, that isn't true. However, most of the Linux support is still handled by the community and there is no accountability by any given entity. Dell, HP and company would love to put a free OS on their H/W but they don't want to handle OS issues because it now becomes their responsibility.
If you actually read into the real intent behind what Microsoft calls: "MS Signature PC", it's far more flattering to MS than this thread makes it sound like.
Check this article, it may change your point of view. Again, look at it from a consumer standpoint, not a techy with intentions to customize the H/W: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/...
MS has long looked bad because of poor packaging of it's OS with H/W. This is their way of solving that.
The point is, nobody is stopping manufacturers from making parts. The law makes it that it's an open market and prevents these companies from holding their customers hostage.
Now, in your case you are talking about a low volume item so nobody in the market is interested in investing time and money for a few sales. However, if you need brake rotors, pads, calipers, windshield... they are all available by 3rd parties at a much lower price than the BMW price.
On PC the numbers are clear. Less than 3% for Linux so I was off by a little. If you start including mobile devices and other arm base devices such as routers, tv boxes and such you increase their share to well above 50%.
Yes, they are a threat to some of their server market share. Web hosting, virtualization, data centers and even database hosting are all part of that but it has NOTHING to do with the end users buying laptops at BestBuy.
Microsoft is far more concerned with getting back in mobile and pushing out Mac OS out of the PC market than worrying about Linux which amongst most end users is not even a thought.
Microsoft has kept that desktop Linux share at 1% (actually 2% now) with these sorts of tactics over the years. It pays off for them.
First off, the article and other commenters pointed out how this was a Lenovo mistake that they were already in the process of fixing.
Second, when your market share is small, it's not enticing for the mainstream users. It's the same reason Apple and Android have taken the market while BB and MS are still trying to break it. You can't get application support without a user base.
If Linux was like Apple's iPhone to PC users, it would sell itself but it doesn't.
I would like to see the hardware industry regulated like the car industry. The car industry is very open (except the software side of course). You buy a car from X company and can get replacement parts from anybody. That's how hardware needs to be dealt with.
To protect the H/W manufacturers I would have a switch (software or hardware) that needs to be flipped before opening up the hardware to new software. This way if a unit turns out defective, the manufacturer can refuse deny the warranty claim (AS LONG as it's stipulated clearly that it will void the warranty).
No, I was talking about any situation where Autopilot must relinquish control... including safety emergencies. Not sure why anyone would make a distinction between one or the other. Point being, not all of them can be done over a time period of minutes.
Most people respond poorly when their vehicle loses traction. The computer will do a much better job at recovering control because it can make 1000 decision per second where a human being can make 10. Additionally is has a lot more accurate information to work with. Most dangerous situations will simply require the auto pilot to slow down and pull over which is fine. Additionally most dangerous situations start from the driver himself such as stopping too late, following too closely, losing focus... Proof of this is vehicles equipped with simple driver assist are seeing a massive reduction in accidents. My insurance dropped from $115 a month to $82 a month going from a 2007 to 2016 of the same make, model.
Most people buying Kaby Lake processor based products will have it come with Windows 10. Windows 8 and 8.1 are practically dead already and being replaced with Windows 10. Windows 7 is in constant decline and also being replaced with Windows 10. Facts are here: http://gs.statcounter.com/#des...
Corporation will roll out Windows 10 with the new computer hardware, this has happened from 95 to 98 to XP to 7 and now to 10.
Needless to say, I don't trust Windows 10 and I have not started up its virtual machine since then.
I won't argue that Windows 10 calls home or that it may or may not collect sensitive data. I will however say that if one owns are smart phone or uses one of the major search engines, Windows 10 is in no way worst.
I'm one of those that moved to Windows 10 because I live in the MS world and I honestly like it. I didn't care much about the call home AS LONG as it doesn't ruin my experience using the OS and doesn't send my files just because it can. All signs point to usage data being collected for both OS improvements and the pushing of ads. Unfortunately the last 2 patches have plagued me with the well know LOCK UP issue. They collect data to help solve it which I 100% approve of.
Everything you stated is the reason my IT department did not even consider AMD processors for our business. We were willing to pay more for Intel just to have piece of mind. 10 years later some of those processors were still active and needed to be decommissioned. I can't say the same for the AMD unit we had purchased for special performance requirements.
Inputting the password for them should be the response you give the officers. They actually do not need to know what your password is.
Otherwise, by that thinking the following should be true and just as harmful if not followed: - Never ever give your documents to a bank for a mortgage approval - Never ever go out to a restaurant - Never ever leave your car with a mechanic - Never ever let someone do surgery on you
You hand over documents to untrustworthy people all the time You eat food that could be poisoned You leave you car with people who may or may not have even graduated and would easily accept a few dollars to sabotage your vehicle You leave you life in the hands of doctors and surgeons
At some point you need to trust someone. What does it take for authorities to actually have a shot at doing their jobs. Cocain and $5000 cash is enough suspicion to dig further. Remember one thing, you don't need to cross borders and it's not your god given right to enter/exit as you please.
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He is a crook whether he's doing it for moral or financial reasons. He's not using the legitimate channels available to bring the issue to the surface. I realize it's not as easy as it sounds but it certainly more politically correct and less harmful to government.
IMO Snowden could also have used a different approach. Chopping down the tree when there's 1 bad branch is overkill. That's the ONLY reason I only ever partially agreed with what Snowden did. We expect our government to follow due process, we should to until they don't listen (which allegedly wasn't the case here)
Are these stats real? Can anybody confirm?
http://www.breitbart.com/big-g...
So you're telling me you can't install a retail copy of Windows 10 on any computer?
Do you have a reference to this? First I've heard of this since the regulations in the US force manufacturers to allow 3rd parties in. This would have been fought in court by now if it's truly a lucrative market that's escaping them.
They have rights over the licensing model but the licensing model cannot dictate the environment. Where things change is when they make OEM distribution deals. Those come with clauses but they are mandatory by any means. MS does not have the right as it would fall into ANTI TRUST.
If you want to blame someone, blame the one negotiating these deals to save money to consumers. In this case, the h/w manufacturer.
In other words, Microsoft CAN, and always has been able to, control what hardware manufacturers package with the OS.
They absolutely don't. If you worked for one of these companies you would know.
The brands do, they REALLY do.
What brands. The aftermarket companies cannot profit from low volume items. That simple.
No, the fact is that nobody can profit from it so why bother. Buy a low production car, pay the premium for parts. That simple.
The excuse is BS. Microsoft is the cause, by allowing crapware to be bundled in the first place
MS doesn't control what H/W manufacturers package with the OS. For be signature compliant they need to follow rules MS put in place.
Also, other OSes manage to get better hardware compatibility out of the box without Microsoft's massive labour force or playing around with drivers suddenly not working
That statement isn't clear to me. I don't know if your saying other OSes come with better h/w support than MS or the other way around. I'd like to know which other OSes you speak of because last I checked MAC OS didn't have any driver support beyond their own h/w. As for Linux, they have barebone hardware support which MS pretty much matches.
At first, Linux distributions just weren't easy to install for everyday end users. Today, that isn't true. However, most of the Linux support is still handled by the community and there is no accountability by any given entity. Dell, HP and company would love to put a free OS on their H/W but they don't want to handle OS issues because it now becomes their responsibility.
Must be the exception because numbers speak otherwise.
If you actually read into the real intent behind what Microsoft calls: "MS Signature PC", it's far more flattering to MS than this thread makes it sound like.
Check this article, it may change your point of view. Again, look at it from a consumer standpoint, not a techy with intentions to customize the H/W:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/...
MS has long looked bad because of poor packaging of it's OS with H/W. This is their way of solving that.
The point is, nobody is stopping manufacturers from making parts. The law makes it that it's an open market and prevents these companies from holding their customers hostage.
Now, in your case you are talking about a low volume item so nobody in the market is interested in investing time and money for a few sales. However, if you need brake rotors, pads, calipers, windshield... they are all available by 3rd parties at a much lower price than the BMW price.
On PC the numbers are clear. Less than 3% for Linux so I was off by a little. If you start including mobile devices and other arm base devices such as routers, tv boxes and such you increase their share to well above 50%.
PC market share:
https://www.netmarketshare.com...
Yes, they are a threat to some of their server market share. Web hosting, virtualization, data centers and even database hosting are all part of that but it has NOTHING to do with the end users buying laptops at BestBuy.
Microsoft is far more concerned with getting back in mobile and pushing out Mac OS out of the PC market than worrying about Linux which amongst most end users is not even a thought.
Marketing snippet. Not a true statement of love for Linux. It's a means to an end (getting them onboard with MS regardless of their needs).
Microsoft has kept that desktop Linux share at 1% (actually 2% now) with these sorts of tactics over the years. It pays off for them.
First off, the article and other commenters pointed out how this was a Lenovo mistake that they were already in the process of fixing.
Second, when your market share is small, it's not enticing for the mainstream users. It's the same reason Apple and Android have taken the market while BB and MS are still trying to break it. You can't get application support without a user base.
If Linux was like Apple's iPhone to PC users, it would sell itself but it doesn't.
I would like to see the hardware industry regulated like the car industry. The car industry is very open (except the software side of course). You buy a car from X company and can get replacement parts from anybody. That's how hardware needs to be dealt with.
To protect the H/W manufacturers I would have a switch (software or hardware) that needs to be flipped before opening up the hardware to new software. This way if a unit turns out defective, the manufacturer can refuse deny the warranty claim (AS LONG as it's stipulated clearly that it will void the warranty).
It's competition and Microsoft would never openly say they love Linux even if they've made use of it for their datacenters.
That being said, I doubt Microsoft feels they need to shutdown the 1% of users that insist on Linux. There's definitively more to this story.
No, I was talking about any situation where Autopilot must relinquish control... including safety emergencies. Not sure why anyone would make a distinction between one or the other. Point being, not all of them can be done over a time period of minutes.
Most people respond poorly when their vehicle loses traction. The computer will do a much better job at recovering control because it can make 1000 decision per second where a human being can make 10. Additionally is has a lot more accurate information to work with. Most dangerous situations will simply require the auto pilot to slow down and pull over which is fine. Additionally most dangerous situations start from the driver himself such as stopping too late, following too closely, losing focus... Proof of this is vehicles equipped with simple driver assist are seeing a massive reduction in accidents. My insurance dropped from $115 a month to $82 a month going from a 2007 to 2016 of the same make, model.
microsoft might commit corporate suicide
I doubt that.
Most people buying Kaby Lake processor based products will have it come with Windows 10. Windows 8 and 8.1 are practically dead already and being replaced with Windows 10. Windows 7 is in constant decline and also being replaced with Windows 10.
Facts are here: http://gs.statcounter.com/#des...
Corporation will roll out Windows 10 with the new computer hardware, this has happened from 95 to 98 to XP to 7 and now to 10.
This is a good place to start:
http://www.health.harvard.edu/...
Many brain studies have been made proving that it is the mechanism for humans to wake up when the sun comes out. We are simply wired that way.
Needless to say, I don't trust Windows 10 and I have not started up its virtual machine since then.
I won't argue that Windows 10 calls home or that it may or may not collect sensitive data. I will however say that if one owns are smart phone or uses one of the major search engines, Windows 10 is in no way worst.
I'm one of those that moved to Windows 10 because I live in the MS world and I honestly like it. I didn't care much about the call home AS LONG as it doesn't ruin my experience using the OS and doesn't send my files just because it can. All signs point to usage data being collected for both OS improvements and the pushing of ads. Unfortunately the last 2 patches have plagued me with the well know LOCK UP issue. They collect data to help solve it which I 100% approve of.
This is very different. It's a known criminal so you are actively making the decision to help them.
Everything you stated is the reason my IT department did not even consider AMD processors for our business. We were willing to pay more for Intel just to have piece of mind. 10 years later some of those processors were still active and needed to be decommissioned. I can't say the same for the AMD unit we had purchased for special performance requirements.
Inputting the password for them should be the response you give the officers. They actually do not need to know what your password is.
Otherwise, by that thinking the following should be true and just as harmful if not followed:
- Never ever give your documents to a bank for a mortgage approval
- Never ever go out to a restaurant
- Never ever leave your car with a mechanic
- Never ever let someone do surgery on you
You hand over documents to untrustworthy people all the time
You eat food that could be poisoned
You leave you car with people who may or may not have even graduated and would easily accept a few dollars to sabotage your vehicle
You leave you life in the hands of doctors and surgeons
At some point you need to trust someone. What does it take for authorities to actually have a shot at doing their jobs. Cocain and $5000 cash is enough suspicion to dig further. Remember one thing, you don't need to cross borders and it's not your god given right to enter/exit as you please.