Doubt it, because Quartz Extreme uses OpenGL to pull its tricks, and there's no way Microsoft would use something like that when they can re-invent the wheel again. That said, I'll bet they go for a DirectX-based system. That way, you'll be caught in an endless loop of upgrading video drivers and DirectX modules.:P
There's nothing in the article to say that the servers that were knocked out were running Windows. It's more logical to assume they were UNIX servers that were over-whelmed by the Slammer traffic. Of course, this is Bellevue, so they could be dumb enough to be running Windows Servers connected directly to the Internet, courtesy of their dear friends next door in Redmond...
I call bullshit. Give me one example. The Windows EULA specifically says that there is NO WARRANTY with the software. Who would be stupid enough to run a mission-critical, not to mention life-critical system on such a shaky foundation?
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I'm pretty sure it was a little New Mexico company called "Micro Soft". Bill Gates' one true innovation was the concept of selling software. He was doing it before the Apple and Visicalc had been introduced. Check 'The Pirates of Silicon Valley" and the history of the Home Brew Computer club for the details.
having SCO speak on how to defend intellectual property rights is like Bill Gates giving a speech on business ethics. You just know that's gonna end up as someone's sig.:)
Ahh, but how real are those feedback comments? Drill down on some feedbacks, and you might find that they're all automated, and from people shipping stuff electronically. For a few bucks, this is an easy way to pad your ratings, before pulling a scam.
Except this time the 'target' is a minor. I bet they didn't check that part. Now they're going to get raked over the coals for picking on a kid. Ah well. Any bad press for Microsoft has to be a good thing.:P
I know it's not nice to make fun of someone's name, but they've just appointed Scott Lemon as Chief Technologist. Kinda tells you something about the state of UNIXware, doesn't it?
Betamax died because a) Sony wouldn't license the format to anyone else, or b) renting porn became a big thing and Sony wouldn't allow commercial porn tapes to be manufactured. Pick your urban legend.:P
By the way, Apple is also a lap dog for Microsoft that they keep around only so that they can argue that they are not a monopoly. Then it's a pretty poorly-trained lapdog that bites the hand that feeds it and piddles on the new rug.
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+5 funny!
(Unless you were serious)
Doubt it, because Quartz Extreme uses OpenGL to pull its tricks, and there's no way Microsoft would use something like that when they can re-invent the wheel again. :P
That said, I'll bet they go for a DirectX-based system. That way, you'll be caught in an endless loop of upgrading video drivers and DirectX modules.
+5 funny, but so obscure hardly anyone will get it. :)
Doubt it. Remember that Microsoft bought an eastern european anti-virus software company a few months ago.
Remember, a lot of ATMs come from Diebold, the friendly people who designed those voting terminals we've read so much about. :)
Does that help?
There's nothing in the article to say that the servers that were knocked out were running Windows. It's more logical to assume they were UNIX servers that were over-whelmed by the Slammer traffic. ...
Of course, this is Bellevue, so they could be dumb enough to be running Windows Servers connected directly to the Internet, courtesy of their dear friends next door in Redmond
I call bullshit. Give me one example. The Windows EULA specifically says that there is NO WARRANTY with the software. Who would be stupid enough to run a mission-critical, not to mention life-critical system on such a shaky foundation?
I'm pretty sure it was a little New Mexico company called "Micro Soft". Bill Gates' one true innovation was the concept of selling software. He was doing it before the Apple and Visicalc had been introduced. Check 'The Pirates of Silicon Valley" and the history of the Home Brew Computer club for the details.
having SCO speak on how to defend intellectual property rights is like Bill Gates giving a speech on business ethics. :)
You just know that's gonna end up as someone's sig.
Ahh, but how real are those feedback comments?
Drill down on some feedbacks, and you might find that they're all automated, and from people shipping stuff electronically.
For a few bucks, this is an easy way to pad your ratings, before pulling a scam.
This would hurt sales and cause a major inconvenience.
SCO has sales? I thought they shut down that department to make more room for legal.
Oooh! You must have upset some neocon moderators.
Huh. I wonder what a knighthood goes for, these days?
You forgot Bill Gates ...
Yup, it's like that old poster of a New Yorker's view of America.
Oh sure. But do you think sleazoid lawyers that send out big foot letters would bother with that expense?
And how, pray tell, would they check his age? It's not part of the whois record, and I'll bet that's all they're working on.
Yee, but this is Microsoft we're talking about here. Remember that Simpsons episode?
"Buy him out, boys."
Except this time the 'target' is a minor. I bet they didn't check that part. Now they're going to get raked over the coals for picking on a kid. :P
Ah well. Any bad press for Microsoft has to be a good thing.
I know it's not nice to make fun of someone's name, but they've just appointed Scott Lemon as Chief Technologist.
Kinda tells you something about the state of UNIXware, doesn't it?
And reading the press release I notice that the key contact for the company has a yahoo.com email address.
Color me impressed!
Betamax died because a) Sony wouldn't license the format to anyone else, or b) renting porn became a big thing and Sony wouldn't allow commercial porn tapes to be manufactured. :P
Pick your urban legend.
The Phantom Game Console - If SCO made game platforms instead of lawsuits.
By the way, Apple is also a lap dog for Microsoft that they keep around only so that they can argue that they are not a monopoly.
Then it's a pretty poorly-trained lapdog that bites the hand that feeds it and piddles on the new rug.
Ha, ha, ha! Try again. I'm a Mac user. I don't mind paying for something of value.