Huh? Use mail.app with iTools email. Works great over cable modem. I moved from a Mediaone/ATT broadband account to a Cogeco (Canada) broadband account without a hitch. Plus, you get IMAP instead of POP.
That was the headline in my version of the story (rejected). I thought it had a bit of pizzazz. Oh well.
What's with them burying this info in the TechNet section anyhow? "Security by Obscurity" does not work! Now that it's on AP and the lead story on Boston.com they have to own up to it.
Wierd. Natalie Imbruglia is on that list. Wasn't the latest Natalie Imbruglia CD copy-protected in Europe? I guess she didn't have a say in the matter.
Actually, they tried, and failed miserably. Check out "Moon Zero Two" made in the early 70's. Even had bar-fights (in zero-g) and space six-shooters. Here's the IBDB link.
But they weren't plain old DOS. OS/2 1.0 was a fully multi-threaded, multi-tasking OS, but IBM hadn't finished the GUI yet. So Lotus and WordPrefect got their products to market first, because they believed Microsoft. And Microsoft suckered 'em.
Remember that Excel had something like a 90% share on the Mac back then. And, in the "Pirates of Silicon Valley" version of history, Gates wanted a way to get that kind of market share for his apps on the PC. He won't be as sure of getting it if IBM was in the driver's seat.
Well, I did use WP and 1-2-3 on OS/2, hell, I coded on OS/2 1.0 and 1.1. At that time, it was Microsoft, not IBM, that was pushing us to code new apps on OS/2. 1-2-3 3.0 was an amazing app, spreadsheets didn't get that cool again until Lotus Improv.
I wasn't talking about the GUI apps, BTW, I was talking about the multi-windowed character mode apps, that everyone was trying to madly get out the door. Everyone except Microsoft, that is.
Could it be that no one had a clue how to write a PM GUI application, and Microsoft gave up and wrote for Windows, instead? Especially since they had control over the entire platform.
Oh, and Microsoft almost shipped Office for OS/2? Was the product in the pipeline, or was it just Microsoft FUD?
I also don't agree that lots of 3rd party vendors saw the tide and got onto the Windows bandwagon. I remember when Windows 3.0 came out in 1990, and apart from the Microsoft apps (Excel was available immediately) there was one graphics company that had products ready. We waited for Procomm, dBase, 3270 emulators, etc. Most people ran their old apps in the DOS window.
And ya wanna know why WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 are inferior products to Word and Excel?
Because back when IBM and Microsoft where developing OS/2, Microsoft told WordPerfect and Lotus that OS/2 was the platform of the future.
Both companies spent loads developing brand-new versions for OS/2, and they were great. Then Microsoft shipped Windows 3.0 for $99, and they had Word and Excel ready for Windows. They never developed versions for OS/2. WordPerfect and Lotus could never regain the ground they lost, or the effort they wasted developing for OS/2.
Just to put the nail in the coffin, Microsoft shipped the first version of Access for $99, to kill dBase and Paradox. This is usually known as 'dumping' but for some reason Microsoft can get away with it.
This is how you extend your monopoly in operating systems to applications; lie to your competition.
The only reason that MS has so much weight, is that there is so much consumer demand for their products.
Oh, bull. Get a clue. What alternatives do consumers have? Try buying a PC that doesn't have Windows installed; it's almost impossible. Go into CompUSA and show me a word processor other than MS Word, or better yet, a spreadsheet other than Excel.
That's like saying there's a consumer demand for milk. As opposed to what other white liquid food product?
I am very tempted by the replicas of Sting [bytheswordinc.com]. Unfortunately they weigh far too much to fight with, and they're really easy to dint. Oh well..
The heck with that, I want a replica of the one ring.
I'm sure I can keep it safe, and it won't affect me at all. No, it won't, my precioussss....
Oh, crap, now you've done it. Gandalf himself would not speak those words. Mordor's now gonna 0wn slashdot, and we're along gonna become ring-wraiths, or something.
Well, #2 seems to refer to 'software piracy' which is the term I have a problem with in the first place. You are correct in pointing out that it has been accepted into common usage, but that doesn't make it right. I don't agree with twisting a word to describe something completely different, and you must concede that 'software piracy' and 'piracy on the high seas' have nothing in common.
As for your hair-splitting analyis of 'cocked-up', try a dictionary of english (british) slang:)
I think that, in this case, Merriam-Webster is cocked-up. They've taken the subversion of the word, and written it into law. Piracy was around long before copyright. A conspiracy theorist would suggest that M-W is controlled by the BSA et al, who are re-writing the dictionay to suit themselves.
Piracy is an act of robbery committed at sea. Any other use of the word is an attempt to make a minor crime sound a lot more heinous than it really is. Thank the spin doctors at the BSA, MPAA, and RIAA for this wonderful use of language.
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Huh? Use mail.app with iTools email. Works great over cable modem. I moved from a Mediaone/ATT broadband account to a Cogeco (Canada) broadband account without a hitch. Plus, you get IMAP instead of POP.
That was the headline in my version of the story (rejected). I thought it had a bit of pizzazz. Oh well.
What's with them burying this info in the TechNet section anyhow? "Security by Obscurity" does not work! Now that it's on AP and the lead story on Boston.com they have to own up to it.
Wierd. Natalie Imbruglia is on that list. Wasn't the latest Natalie Imbruglia CD copy-protected in Europe? I guess she didn't have a say in the matter.
Hey, since it's a live action, maybe they can use langauge that they aren't allowed to use on TV. I always wanted to hear Scooby Doo say:
"Raggy, you're a rashole."
Actually, they tried, and failed miserably. Check out "Moon Zero Two" made in the early 70's. Even had bar-fights (in zero-g) and space six-shooters. Here's the IBDB link.
*Sigh* Read first, post second.
From the article:
Universal told retailers that it would honor refunds on all returned discs -- even for CDs that have been opened.
So buy 'em, return em. Rinse, lather, repeat, until the bastards are backrupt.
Solomon IV (www.solomon.com), written entirely in VB 4. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Now there's a quote just waiting to become a sig!
But they weren't plain old DOS. OS/2 1.0 was a fully multi-threaded, multi-tasking OS, but IBM hadn't finished the GUI yet. So Lotus and WordPrefect got their products to market first, because they believed Microsoft. And Microsoft suckered 'em.
Remember that Excel had something like a 90% share on the Mac back then. And, in the "Pirates of Silicon Valley" version of history, Gates wanted a way to get that kind of market share for his apps on the PC. He won't be as sure of getting it if IBM was in the driver's seat.
Well, I did use WP and 1-2-3 on OS/2, hell, I coded on OS/2 1.0 and 1.1. At that time, it was Microsoft, not IBM, that was pushing us to code new apps on OS/2. 1-2-3 3.0 was an amazing app, spreadsheets didn't get that cool again until Lotus Improv.
I wasn't talking about the GUI apps, BTW, I was talking about the multi-windowed character mode apps, that everyone was trying to madly get out the door. Everyone except Microsoft, that is.
Could it be that no one had a clue how to write a PM GUI application, and Microsoft gave up and wrote for Windows, instead? Especially since they had control over the entire platform.
Oh, and Microsoft almost shipped Office for OS/2? Was the product in the pipeline, or was it just Microsoft FUD?
I also don't agree that lots of 3rd party vendors saw the tide and got onto the Windows bandwagon. I remember when Windows 3.0 came out in 1990, and apart from the Microsoft apps (Excel was available immediately) there was one graphics company that had products ready. We waited for Procomm, dBase, 3270 emulators, etc. Most people ran their old apps in the DOS window.
And ya wanna know why WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 are inferior products to Word and Excel?
Because back when IBM and Microsoft where developing OS/2, Microsoft told WordPerfect and Lotus that OS/2 was the platform of the future.
Both companies spent loads developing brand-new versions for OS/2, and they were great. Then Microsoft shipped Windows 3.0 for $99, and they had Word and Excel ready for Windows. They never developed versions for OS/2. WordPerfect and Lotus could never regain the ground they lost, or the effort they wasted developing for OS/2.
Just to put the nail in the coffin, Microsoft shipped the first version of Access for $99, to kill dBase and Paradox. This is usually known as 'dumping' but for some reason Microsoft can get away with it.
This is how you extend your monopoly in operating systems to applications; lie to your competition.
The only reason that MS has so much weight, is that there is so much consumer demand for their products.
Oh, bull. Get a clue. What alternatives do consumers have? Try buying a PC that doesn't have Windows installed; it's almost impossible. Go into CompUSA and show me a word processor other than MS Word, or better yet, a spreadsheet other than Excel.
That's like saying there's a consumer demand for milk. As opposed to what other white liquid food product?
Does this mean I can buy Photoshop now? Or are they still the scum of the earth? (Second to Microsoft that is.)
Or, to quote Asuka Langely:
What are you, stupid?
I am very tempted by the replicas of Sting [bytheswordinc.com]. Unfortunately they weigh far too much to fight with, and they're really easy to dint. Oh well..
The heck with that, I want a replica of the one ring.
I'm sure I can keep it safe, and it won't affect me at all. No, it won't, my precioussss....
Oh, crap, now you've done it. Gandalf himself would not speak those words. Mordor's now gonna 0wn slashdot, and we're along gonna become ring-wraiths, or something.
When will mortals learn?
Oh, come on. He is obviously a troll. Probably a rock troll, or a cave troll, possibly an orc....
They could have merged the Hello Kitty Laptop story, and the Aibo sex toy story, and come up with the Hello Kitty Vibrator.
IE 5.1 on Mac OS X doesn't work, and Adsubtract on W2K blocks them, too. (Checked IE on W2K, but I usually use Mozilla)
... marginalized.
I feel so
Uh, thanks, but my WRX is so damn fast now I couldn't deal with any extra horsepower. Would be fun on a rally course, tho...
That's days.
As for your hair-splitting analyis of 'cocked-up', try a dictionary of english (british) slang
I took my definition from Dictionary.com, BTW.
My youth neither, but they do now. Either it's the wonderbras, or something in the milk.
Piracy is an act of robbery committed at sea. Any other use of the word is an attempt to make a minor crime sound a lot more heinous than it really is. Thank the spin doctors at the BSA, MPAA, and RIAA for this wonderful use of language.