The problem is the name. Why call it "Windows-whatever" if it can't run Windows applications?
I would have called the OS "Doors". The marketing department would have a field day with this. "Open new Doors to exciting possibilities" and other bullshit.
Apple fanboys and consoles fanboys can be that excited, but they still wouldn't word it in that fashion.
"I think it's great they are getting these in stores!" sounds like the point of view of the seller, not the buyer.
As an example, a PS4 fanboy would say something like "I'll camp on the sidewalk for days if I have to, but I'm getting one on launch day! Xbox sucks!!1".
I'm not a big fan of Microsoft, but SurfaceRT has always inspired me.
Possible Microsoft shill detected.
I think it's great that they're getting these in the stores!
Microsoft shill confirmed.
After all, they are both stronger and better performing than iPads or Android tablets.
Microsoft FUD detected, presenting false data as facts.
They also come with many advanced features compared to those two.
More Microsoft FUD detected.
And don't forget about it - developer integration is well formed and ready for any (big or indie) publisher right out of the box with your latest Visual Studio version.
Maybe I'm a corporate drone that can only do so much as advise my superiors that either choice is wrong, but they receives "gifts" from either company.
So what we need is a new language targeted at the Web with security being the first design rule.
The language has to do everything to protect itself and the server, the programmer only calls dark boxes to do what he wants, i.e. no direct access to databases and similar insecure things.
Why is it the programmers who are supposed to never trust their input data? Shouldn't that be the job of the language itself? I bet the language designers, who would only need to do it once and make it built-in, would do a much better job than ten million programmers of various degrees of competency around the world.
There's so many aspects to everything, you cannot assume everyone is an expert on all areas required. You focus a lot on the security but I can bet your plugins would probably be extremely hard to integrate and use, look like crap and be a usability nightmare.
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godamnit slashdot we need an "edit post" feature. This isn't 1997 anymore.
Here's "a" one? WFT.
http://twokinds.keenspot.com/
LED stripes look like crap because you can see the individual LEDs. If you want a TRON look, nothing beats EL wire.
When did Microsoft save anyone from anything?
The problem is the name. Why call it "Windows-whatever" if it can't run Windows applications?
I would have called the OS "Doors". The marketing department would have a field day with this. "Open new Doors to exciting possibilities" and other bullshit.
Apple fanboys and consoles fanboys can be that excited, but they still wouldn't word it in that fashion.
"I think it's great they are getting these in stores!" sounds like the point of view of the seller, not the buyer.
As an example, a PS4 fanboy would say something like "I'll camp on the sidewalk for days if I have to, but I'm getting one on launch day! Xbox sucks!!1".
Possible Microsoft shill detected.
Microsoft shill confirmed.
Microsoft FUD detected, presenting false data as facts.
More Microsoft FUD detected.
Obvious shill is totally obvious.
Maybe I'm a corporate drone that can only do so much as advise my superiors that either choice is wrong, but they receives "gifts" from either company.
I'm not saying it's surprising, but the number of "I told you so" comments will be near infinite.
Whoever wins, we lose.
I can't wait to see the shit storm on the reprap.org forums...
So what we need is a new language targeted at the Web with security being the first design rule.
The language has to do everything to protect itself and the server, the programmer only calls dark boxes to do what he wants, i.e. no direct access to databases and similar insecure things.
Why is it the programmers who are supposed to never trust their input data? Shouldn't that be the job of the language itself? I bet the language designers, who would only need to do it once and make it built-in, would do a much better job than ten million programmers of various degrees of competency around the world.
Or, to bitcoin a phrase, he's trying to make something from nothing.
Yeah, we all know how it's going to turn out.
Tell them there's oil on Mars and they'll be taking the funds from the army instead of NASA.
After all, there's always funds for the army, even when there's no funds to take care of things back home.
That's a sure way of making the human race extinct.
There's so many aspects to everything, you cannot assume everyone is an expert on all areas required. You focus a lot on the security but I can bet your plugins would probably be extremely hard to integrate and use, look like crap and be a usability nightmare.
Is that a dog?
They did that in one of our lab at work, but all they said was "So long and thanks for all the fish". The next day, the dolphins were just... gone.
I don't think the mountain goats will care that much.
kiriath is right, the title is misleading.
eBay bucks? What?
Sure. I just hope they have a World of Warcraft account, on the Alliance side, on the Earthen Ring server.
This is the IRS we're talking about. It's going to cost you SILVERS, my friend!