Wow, this could give Microsoft a usable operating system.
Except they have no experience selling stuff that works. this could be very disorienting indeed.
And what about the customers, what are they going to think when they stop getting all those cool viruses,? Of course, I would expect MS to add the official MS viral operating environment right on top of Linux, since that's what the users need. because at MS, they are all about those users, and what they need and shit.
ok, first off. congrats to the great people working on WINE.
that being said. why would I go through all the trouble of dumping windows and switching to linux/bsd only to then attempt to run my windows programs?
OS/2 emulated windows, didn't do shit for it's long term viability. Linux/BSD does not needs windows apps. they need native apps. as IBM learned why would company X port their app to Linux when it's runs (with varied success) in wine?
not trying to troll, just really really don't "get" the efforts to make windows shit run without windows. don't bother with the long-winded intelligent rebuttal to this, because obviously you are wrong.
okay so we're back to using a google widget to manage our entire computing experience.
bullshit
when google produces applications, then lets talk about fear and loathing at microsoft.
with os, no os, any os. fuck, we have that now. am I unable to use google with my mac box? no. how about my bsd box. no. how about my solaris box. no. google works there too. simply fucking amazing my browser loads google from anywhere.
gee maybe MS needs to get one of those "works anywhere" web sites too.
I don't buy this, a browser on a machine with no OS. so Gates needs to be afraid of a technology that for one doesn't exist, isnt' on the immediate horizon and simpy isn't happening.
ok, someone else have a better explanation that a future of machines running a google browser with no OS?
maybe I am just slow, but I don't really understand WHY Microsoft would even give a shit about google.
Google has no OS, no Office Suite, no database, they are a website. what's the fucking competition? MS already lost the cool website wars about 8 years ago.
is this really over a searching? And why would Bill Gates give a damn about google as long as the people using google are doing it on windows? Is google leading the migration from windows? if so, I missed that headline. Are they working on google OS? Google Office? GoogSQL?
Can someone explain again why it is that google "threatens" microsoft? only use english, not "industry-speak" (aka nonsense)
opening up this code if anything might help existing operating systems out there figure out preemptive multitasking. OS/2 may not have done everything well, but this wasn't one of them.
The issue is really quite simple. IBM was supposed to use SCO's code to develop Monterey, and instead, they apparently used it to enhance Linux. Everything else being said about this case is just rehashing of religious fervor and procedural issues.
Wow, Deja vu. IBM paid MS to code OS/2, and they instead worked on NT. maybe IBM just figured if it worked once...
wow, living on cruise ship permanently with 600 other humans. just wait till the whole damn place comes down with some ghastly flu. then again.
and given to the pirate nature of this thing, I think in such a case, we should quaranteen the place offshore. let the local medical folks rake em over the coals to service them out at sea.
a couple of those incidents should scare off the smartest people, as well as leave some angst amonst those thinking about giving them a time-critical project.
I suppose it won't be hard to find 600 people on this planet who will take such a crappy job.
now if can just get the Delay or Bush children to post copyrighted work on "shared" servers this law would quickly melt into nothing and the problem would be solved.
agreed, MS out-laywered Sybase bigtime. Sybase gave away the farm on that one. But this was when people trusted MS, MS was still stringing IBM and Lotus along with their vaporous os/2 work.
if this is another stac, then I expect they will just make the required payment and move on.
As dubious as it sounds, it can also be a matter of, after looking at it indetail, they discovered that there was nothing special about it.
This certainly could be the case.
I know they were so unimpressed with Stac's disk compression technology, that they quickly wrote their own from scratch in a clean room. wait, maybe that was Sybase SQL Server. No, that's not it.
maybe the risk losing a suit in the end is cheaper than either paying legit royalties or investing the R&D to roll your own. I think maybe MS has so much money, they are willing to take these sorts of risks, it's only money...that stuff falls from the sky for them.
Personally, I wish SP2 *would* be a forced upgrade for everybody. It's not like people haven't had time to prepare; it's been over 6 months right? Anybody who is not yet ready
this is simply not reasonable for corporations with investments in 3rd party and in-house built software. you can't just upgrade because the vendor forces it. fixpacks for the OS must go through rigorous testing with all software combinations before deployment. upgrade costs can be phenomenal for this sort of task (or perhaps better referred to as a tax).
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Wow, this could give Microsoft a usable operating system.
Except they have no experience selling stuff that works. this could be very disorienting indeed.
And what about the customers, what are they going to think when they stop getting all those cool viruses,? Of course, I would expect MS to add the official MS viral operating environment right on top of Linux, since that's what the users need. because at MS, they are all about those users, and what they need and shit.
yes, they should just pack it up, it's all over for Firefox.
at least it will have BSD to keep it company
they should just continue down the list of processors until there are none left.
this could be their finest contribution to computing...by leaving.
MS has certainly reached my 8 year old. He intuitively came up with "Windows sucks" just by using Windows for a very short time.
ok, first off. congrats to the great people working on WINE.
that being said. why would I go through all the trouble of dumping windows and switching to linux/bsd only to then attempt to run my windows programs?
OS/2 emulated windows, didn't do shit for it's long term viability. Linux/BSD does not needs windows apps. they need native apps. as IBM learned why would company X port their app to Linux when it's runs (with varied success) in wine?
not trying to troll, just really really don't "get" the efforts to make windows shit run without windows. don't bother with the long-winded intelligent rebuttal to this, because obviously you are wrong.
Notice how Rosen's blog has no comments section.
No place to provide a clue
since he's made it clear he doesn't want to pay you for that last week, spend that unpaid week not working.
this reminds of when Windows UAE's were finally addressed once and for all.
okay so we're back to using a google widget to manage our entire computing experience.
bullshit
when google produces applications, then lets talk about fear and loathing at microsoft.
with os, no os, any os. fuck, we have that now. am I unable to use google with my mac box? no. how about my bsd box. no. how about my solaris box. no. google works there too. simply fucking amazing my browser loads google from anywhere.
gee maybe MS needs to get one of those "works anywhere" web sites too.
I don't buy this, a browser on a machine with no OS. so Gates needs to be afraid of a technology that for one doesn't exist, isnt' on the immediate horizon and simpy isn't happening.
ok, someone else have a better explanation that a future of machines running a google browser with no OS?
maybe I am just slow, but I don't really understand WHY Microsoft would even give a shit about google.
Google has no OS, no Office Suite, no database, they are a website. what's the fucking competition? MS already lost the cool website wars about 8 years ago.
is this really over a searching? And why would Bill Gates give a damn about google as long as the people using google are doing it on windows? Is google leading the migration from windows? if so, I missed that headline. Are they working on google OS? Google Office? GoogSQL?
Can someone explain again why it is that google "threatens" microsoft? only use english, not "industry-speak" (aka nonsense)
all must be converted to the one true open source thing
so the world didn't fall on their knees and worship the screenshots....they must all be taken down.
but...
MS got more slashdot love...mission accomplished?
mark me troll if you must. but I see this as a legitmate question....
if he's so damn paranoid, what the hell is he using windows for?
opening up this code if anything might help existing operating systems out there figure out preemptive multitasking. OS/2 may not have done everything well, but this wasn't one of them.
The issue is really quite simple. IBM was supposed to use SCO's code to develop Monterey, and instead, they apparently used it to enhance Linux. Everything else being said about this case is just rehashing of religious fervor and procedural issues.
Wow, Deja vu. IBM paid MS to code OS/2, and they instead worked on NT. maybe IBM just figured if it worked once...
wow, living on cruise ship permanently with 600 other humans. just wait till the whole damn place comes down with some ghastly flu. then again.
and given to the pirate nature of this thing, I think in such a case, we should quaranteen the place offshore. let the local medical folks rake em over the coals to service them out at sea.
a couple of those incidents should scare off the smartest people, as well as leave some angst amonst those thinking about giving them a time-critical project.
I suppose it won't be hard to find 600 people on this planet who will take such a crappy job.
love boat, huh? well that show was stupid too
can't even imagine the gajillion ways this is going to fubar. Just glad I won't be manning any of their helpdesks.
now if can just get the Delay or Bush children to post copyrighted work on "shared" servers this law would quickly melt into nothing and the problem would be solved.
agreed, MS out-laywered Sybase bigtime. Sybase gave away the farm on that one. But this was when people trusted MS, MS was still stringing IBM and Lotus along with their vaporous os/2 work.
if this is another stac, then I expect they will just make the required payment and move on.
As dubious as it sounds, it can also be a matter of, after looking at it indetail, they discovered that there was nothing special about it.
This certainly could be the case.
I know they were so unimpressed with Stac's disk compression technology, that they quickly wrote their own from scratch in a clean room. wait, maybe that was Sybase SQL Server. No, that's not it.
maybe the risk losing a suit in the end is cheaper than either paying legit royalties or investing the R&D to roll your own. I think maybe MS has so much money, they are willing to take these sorts of risks, it's only money...that stuff falls from the sky for them.
I seriously doubt you own 40 legit gigs.
Hell, this user has 40 legit gigs tied up in a few live versions of 'Dark Star'
Lou Gerstner I recall was a catalyst for the current emphasis on services, but that was what, well over a decade ago.
I suppose they are simply repeating the mantra. This is definately not a new thing for IBM.
Bah... do you honestly think that the DHS is going to listen to you?
And you know this because of all the letters you've written that they've ignored?
Not trying to defend DHS, but the idea that we say nothing because they will ignore it anyway is pretty pathetic.
Personally, I wish SP2 *would* be a forced upgrade for everybody. It's not like people haven't had time to prepare; it's been over 6 months right? Anybody who is not yet ready
this is simply not reasonable for corporations with investments in 3rd party and in-house built software. you can't just upgrade because the vendor forces it. fixpacks for the OS must go through rigorous testing with all software combinations before deployment. upgrade costs can be phenomenal for this sort of task (or perhaps better referred to as a tax).