They'll still have a taskbar, a system tray, a start menu button.
I think you can only trim MS windows so much. I've worked in unix environments that after logging in I've had two icons - one to open up the program I needed and another for a calculator app.
I just don't think windows comes close to being as scalable on either end that linux can be.
A stupid window user could be a fenced in stupid linux user. Under Linux you NEED to supply the root password to do anything remotely dangerous to the system. Proper configuration of the system and the GUI could lead to the user only being able to get to and run those applications they need.
I'm speaking from an IT perspective, if I could switch all the people I support from windows to linux.. no more headaches. No more 'oops I've resized my desktop when I was trying to change my background' or 'I don't know what I did I was in the control panel trying to uninstall this game...' No, they open their linux menu and get the 4 choices of the 4 programs they need to get their job done. Oh this user doesn't need web access to complete their tasks... they don't get web browser access and look at productivity soar!
Linux can be made to be idiot proof and beyond.
Linux can be dumbed down so a 2 year old can use it. I know, I have a 2 year old living with me, after I log him in he can use the mouse and click on the 4 different icons on the desktop (the only 4 accessible things to him) to hear the 4 seseme street characters sing.
Windows is dumbed down to the kindergarten level. Even if you're an IT wizard using XP, you're using an interface written for a 5 year old.
This is old, they've already done this with the classic movie Short Circuit and pushed the boundries of a robot living in our society with the ever popular Short Circuit 2
It is? Throwing pig bloods is a negative action, are the PETA people advocating draining of pig blood to throw on people?
Do the gay rights activists protest and hand out gay rights?
Can tree huggin hippies protest and hand out world peace?
Should the NRA protest and hand out guns? (yes)
But to protest corrupt software corperate giants AND advocate free software for the masses has the advantage of being able to not only hand out a flyer.... but to hand out the very solution.
It's pretty sad that I get excited to see Microsoft in trouble with the law again. It's sad that we have to rely on another country to punish the corperations in our borders that buy our government.
This'll be worse then a slap on the wrist. It'll be like a distant aunt telling you not do something at a family picnic.
He wouldn't have a job if companies wouldn't pay him for his services. I wouldn't download 300+ spam messages a day unless someone out there was clicking on them. All falls back on the un-educated computer user. I would imagine they would also have bad credit, problems keeping it up, and an overwhelming curiosity to see a naked Paris Hilton.
And how many times to you pay said Microsoft for their GUI DOS OS ?
5?
Cause I think that's how many times they released it. Under a different name with 'major release' improvements done to it.
Win95A Win95B Win98 Win98SE WinME
This is just my opinion. I don't use Apple (regularly). I try not to use Microsoft.
My beef is with the version naming. If it's a 'major release' then increase the major release number, not the bug fixes and updates number. And if its an update call it that, and definetly don't charge so much for it.
Once again just my opinions... which are frequently proven wrong.
This seems to me like Microsofts strategy. It's another year, get another 'major release' out of the door so we can get everyone to chip in another hundred dollars.
I used to use an old floppy based distro called Trinux. On about 3 floppies I had X server + GUI web browser and some network tools to do some testing. I think it was flown as a security tool distro but I used it mainly for network troubleshooting. Still ahve the floppies but I think the site and distro have died. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
OMG I searched for 'windows' on google.com and I had to scroll through several pages before I found one that wasn't related to Microsoft Windows. And even then they were links on where to buy and how to install windows. I just want to know what a window is.
Slashdot Mirror
But google is an acronym for 'search the internet'
...
...
...
Hey can you jump on your computer and MSN Search this for me
Hey get on and Yahoo this term
Nothing else will work
I'm swimming on a public beach, where do I put my ID?
;)
Nevermind don't answer pervert
You got my vote.
You forgot one important thing.
That's sensible
We have an unwritten law about common sense and it's use in our government affairs.
Doesn't make sense does it?
Exactly!
Educate me on some of the shortcomings of the X windowing system?
They'll still have a taskbar, a system tray, a start menu button.
I think you can only trim MS windows so much. I've worked in unix environments that after logging in I've had two icons - one to open up the program I needed and another for a calculator app.
I just don't think windows comes close to being as scalable on either end that linux can be.
A stupid window user could be a fenced in stupid linux user. Under Linux you NEED to supply the root password to do anything remotely dangerous to the system. Proper configuration of the system and the GUI could lead to the user only being able to get to and run those applications they need.
.. no more headaches. No more 'oops I've resized my desktop when I was trying to change my background' or 'I don't know what I did I was in the control panel trying to uninstall this game ...' No, they open their linux menu and get the 4 choices of the 4 programs they need to get their job done. Oh this user doesn't need web access to complete their tasks ... they don't get web browser access and look at productivity soar!
I'm speaking from an IT perspective, if I could switch all the people I support from windows to linux
Linux can be made to be idiot proof and beyond.
Linux can be dumbed down so a 2 year old can use it. I know, I have a 2 year old living with me, after I log him in he can use the mouse and click on the 4 different icons on the desktop (the only 4 accessible things to him) to hear the 4 seseme street characters sing.
Windows is dumbed down to the kindergarten level. Even if you're an IT wizard using XP, you're using an interface written for a 5 year old.
This is old, they've already done this with the classic movie Short Circuit and pushed the boundries of a robot living in our society with the ever popular Short Circuit 2
'The Government must play a greater role in punishing those who conceal their identities online.'
...
.. You're just guilty because they don't like the way it works now ...
If there's no law against using an alias on sites because you don't want your information public
It is? Throwing pig bloods is a negative action, are the PETA people advocating draining of pig blood to throw on people?
.... but to hand out the very solution.
Do the gay rights activists protest and hand out gay rights?
Can tree huggin hippies protest and hand out world peace?
Should the NRA protest and hand out guns? (yes)
But to protest corrupt software corperate giants AND advocate free software for the masses has the advantage of being able to not only hand out a flyer
We should organize more protests involving the giving away of free software.
Now if they threw pig blood at them it would've made mainstream news. But something good and worthwhile to humanity? that's not news
Can any other popular home theater system plug online on allow you to browse the hun?
HTPC is the way to go!
ignore me
It's pretty sad that I get excited to see Microsoft in trouble with the law again. It's sad that we have to rely on another country to punish the corperations in our borders that buy our government.
This'll be worse then a slap on the wrist. It'll be like a distant aunt telling you not do something at a family picnic.
Whatever
We've barely begun to break the horizon of humanities potential in the universe.
I think it's very ignorant of people to demonize in-animate objects. It's a way to blame something and not deal with the real problems.
Why don't they have a 5 day waiting period on boards with nails through them?
que Simpsons
He wouldn't have a job if companies wouldn't pay him for his services. I wouldn't download 300+ spam messages a day unless someone out there was clicking on them. All falls back on the un-educated computer user. I would imagine they would also have bad credit, problems keeping it up, and an overwhelming curiosity to see a naked Paris Hilton.
But Intel will continue to bully themselves deeper into markets, threatening new chip makers and computer manufactorers with it's giant weight.
HURRY!! Someone slap them on the wrist!!!
Amen
I give Microsoft credit for their Marketting and Public Relation skills.
Everything else has been bought
Rosie Odonnell could pay to make herself look like Pamela Anderson, but she'd still be an ugly bitch underneath it all.
And how many times to you pay said Microsoft for their GUI DOS OS ?
... which are frequently proven wrong.
5?
Cause I think that's how many times they released it. Under a different name with 'major release' improvements done to it.
Win95A
Win95B
Win98
Win98SE
WinME
This is just my opinion. I don't use Apple (regularly). I try not to use Microsoft.
My beef is with the version naming. If it's a 'major release' then increase the major release number, not the bug fixes and updates number. And if its an update call it that, and definetly don't charge so much for it.
Once again just my opinions
This seems to me like Microsofts strategy. It's another year, get another 'major release' out of the door so we can get everyone to chip in another hundred dollars.
Hey but as long as you pay Apple befor Microsoft
Reminds me of a great bumper stick I had just seen recently, read:
DUMBASS
It's Lack of Parenting
NOT
Video Games
I don't think the decision was:
1. Let our Teenagers Drink Beer
or
2. Go to War
If the worlds problems could be solved by drinking I'm sure we would've figured that out by now, and by 'we' I mean people in general.
I used to use an old floppy based distro called Trinux. On about 3 floppies I had X server + GUI web browser and some network tools to do some testing. I think it was flown as a security tool distro but I used it mainly for network troubleshooting. Still ahve the floppies but I think the site and distro have died.
Anyone know what I'm talking about?
OMG
I searched for 'windows' on google.com and I had to scroll through several pages before I found one that wasn't related to Microsoft Windows. And even then they were links on where to buy and how to install windows. I just want to know what a window is.
This search engine is broken!!
In this country I'm sure you could
I'm 6" 250lbs and the only beatings I witnessed in high school were the ones given by our football team to others.
Stereotyping is a handicap