is it just me, or doesn't that sound contradictory
No. If everything is modular and you have to enable things by default then it will be off at install time, and won't have any footprint until you enable it. They started the "off by default" route with 2003, it just looks like Longhorn Server is taking it further.
it will be a cold day in hell when IE has decent support for the standard
Just like the Microsoft objects in java were extra functionality to allow you to write java programs to hook into the OS? Once you go outside a standard it's not good, no matter who the source. Unless you want to go back to <blink>?
it will be a cold day in hell when IE has decent support for the standard
And of course when someone goes their own way and breaks the standard by embrace and extend then supporting the standard doesn't help. If MS did this slashdot would be up in arms, when it's Open Source suddenly it's ok?
Lucas also announced that due to the bad reception the prequels had on certain geek web sites such as slashdot he was developing a story line especially for the geek crowd, "The Adventures of Padme".
He went on to explain the plot would not be complicated, however Ms Portman would lose her clothing, fall into in a vat of grits and eventually end up petrified (in carbonite) before being delivered by Boba Fett to Taco the Hutt. He expects to being in $60 million from slashdot readership alone.
Ah, apologies, I thought you were referring to the view at home, not the store clerks.
However I can see vending machines replacing clerks for this. Right now, outside I think it's Wimbledon tube is a BlockBuster vending machine. Insert card, take home movie, return it the next day. Adding a fingerprinter scanner to this would not be hard.
(And no, I have no idea why I'm arguing that this would be doable when I hate the idea!)
Actually, from a technology point of view it wouldn't be that hard. Fingerprint reader on the remote, which everyone has to hand, and away it goes. However how long would a cheeto polluted scanner work for?
The tech-savvy will easily find a way around this protection...it's only a matter of time.
Already done. Finegrprints are easily fakeable, another reason to reject biometrics. If someone else uses your fingerprints how can you recall it, change it?
It's not just the router remember, it's the NICs that need support as well. It's all very well having great encryption on your router, but if your users' machines don't have the option to use it then you have to use the lowest common denominator.
For example XP now supports WPA2, but even if you get a router that has it neither Toshiba or Dell appear to offer NIC drivers that support it.
I'm not saying Linux can't do it, I was addressing the point that users don't know how to maintain the OS. They don't and shouldn't need to.
As for downloading and burning a new linux ISO, well, it's possible, but to be comparable you'd need to get PC manufacturers to make the ISOs available with 3rd party drivers already there and configured so users don't have to hunt about, figure out why they need swap space, the settings X needs for their specific card and so on.
The updates are signed with a very specific key, so simply hijacking DNS/route corruption wouldn't do much. Also, of course, you'd have to replication the service at the Microsoft end, responding to querys from various update clients asking if something new is available.
90% of the users out there have no idea how to keep there windows updated, how to reinstall windows.
By default the OS will keep itself updated, checking for updates and installing them, or prompting you to install them. Turning that off causes a little "You're at risk" icon to appear in the toolbar. Home users just see the updates come down and install.
To reinstall it's put the restore CD in the drive and boot. Normally that will load up the correct 3rd party drivers as the PC manufacturer has put those into the restore process.
Users don't need or want to know how to do these things, but if it becomes necessary it shouldn't take more than 5 keypresses.
Especially considering the added development costs for using ASP.NET (IE you don't need any type of costly development environment to develop in PHP).
Aside from the cost of the server, which you already mentioned where is the costly development environment for asp.net? SharpDevelop is free and GPLed. Microsoft offer WebMatrix for free (although it is just for asp.net applications) and you can also use notepad and compile by hand using the.net SDK.
any decent employee could learn the same stuff better from a book than from the classes they go to
No-one forces you to attend classes to get an MCSE, you can quite happily learn from books then take the examples "stand-alone".
As for the partner program, well that's true (but you get get bits back) but it only applies to resellers/development shops. Banks, governments et al. are not applying to be Microsoft Gold Partners.
Hell, they could even donate money to fund Open projects in the UK!
So instead of my tax money going to microsoft it goes to open source? Frankly I don't see that as better. If schools save money put it back into the school. My taxes should not go to promote Open Source, or Microsoft.
I doubt the goal it's about becoming an expert in an especific product.
Now that would depend on the course wouldn't it? Consistency is probably the most important. These days UK schools get very little freedom over what they teach, the curriculum is set by central government. There would be the place to start persuasion, if the materials produced show OSS examples then the spread would be quicker.
However, schools should be teaching what's best, not what's cheapest. Switching because it's cheaper is not, in my opinion, a valid reason.
Nor should schools be a place to push an OSS agenda simply because it's OSS.
Schools should, in theory, be pushing what is best for the pupil, not what is cheapest. So whilst there is an argument for using free software to teach, for example, programming, a course which teachs pupils spreadsheets or word processing could, arguably be using the most widespread software.
Oh and the article title isn't exactly truthful. "Told to Dump Microsoft" makes it sound like it's an order from on high; it's not. It's a recommendation, not a government mandate.
There's a reason for that. USB devices can optionally support serial numbers as part of their identification process. If there is no serial number and a device is plugged into a new USB port Windows has no idea if it is the exact same device as last time, just that it's the same model of hardware, thus it scans again. However I don't get a reboot requirement when this happens with my QuickCam, I just get the Found New Hardware process. Your camera drivers must be dire.
All of this makes it really annoying that my phone, despite having an unique IMEI number exhibits the same "Found New Hardware" behaviour because lazy ass hardware manufacturers can't be bothered to advertise their device serial number over USB.
Bonus? Who needs a stinking karma bonus? Now if subscription meant that there was a duplicate topic and press release as topic filter I'd buy that for a dollar.
Not only is it an American organization, but - the horror! - it's a corporation as well
You may well snort, but please, just because google has become a poster child with their "Do no evil" slogan (despite logging all your searchs with that lovely cookie their drop) there is a valid argument that government funded libraries should make their works available for free, through another government funded project.
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Coming soon to an already bloated browser near you.
... in emerging markets where high-speed Internet access is unavailable or prohibitively expensive Intel are adding another proprietary chip set, with all the driver and support issues that entails to connect to a rare wireless system that is also expensive to install and maintain.
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So AMD still haven't solved their heat problem?
No. If everything is modular and you have to enable things by default then it will be off at install time, and won't have any footprint until you enable it. They started the "off by default" route with 2003, it just looks like Longhorn Server is taking it further.
Just like the Microsoft objects in java were extra functionality to allow you to write java programs to hook into the OS? Once you go outside a standard it's not good, no matter who the source. Unless you want to go back to <blink>?
And of course when someone goes their own way and breaks the standard by embrace and extend then supporting the standard doesn't help. If MS did this slashdot would be up in arms, when it's Open Source suddenly it's ok?
Lucas also announced that due to the bad reception the prequels had on certain geek web sites such as slashdot he was developing a story line especially for the geek crowd, "The Adventures of Padme".
He went on to explain the plot would not be complicated, however Ms Portman would lose her clothing, fall into in a vat of grits and eventually end up petrified (in carbonite) before being delivered by Boba Fett to Taco the Hutt. He expects to being in $60 million from slashdot readership alone.
However I can see vending machines replacing clerks for this. Right now, outside I think it's Wimbledon tube is a BlockBuster vending machine. Insert card, take home movie, return it the next day. Adding a fingerprinter scanner to this would not be hard.
(And no, I have no idea why I'm arguing that this would be doable when I hate the idea!)
Actually, from a technology point of view it wouldn't be that hard. Fingerprint reader on the remote, which everyone has to hand, and away it goes. However how long would a cheeto polluted scanner work for?
Already done. Finegrprints are easily fakeable, another reason to reject biometrics. If someone else uses your fingerprints how can you recall it, change it?
For example XP now supports WPA2, but even if you get a router that has it neither Toshiba or Dell appear to offer NIC drivers that support it.
Even Windows supports it, the mac address used can be over ridden in the registry.
Actually, in the UK (where we saw the ending first) Galactica is already on DVD, both the pilot and series 1.
As for downloading and burning a new linux ISO, well, it's possible, but to be comparable you'd need to get PC manufacturers to make the ISOs available with 3rd party drivers already there and configured so users don't have to hunt about, figure out why they need swap space, the settings X needs for their specific card and so on.
The updates are signed with a very specific key, so simply hijacking DNS/route corruption wouldn't do much. Also, of course, you'd have to replication the service at the Microsoft end, responding to querys from various update clients asking if something new is available.
By default the OS will keep itself updated, checking for updates and installing them, or prompting you to install them. Turning that off causes a little "You're at risk" icon to appear in the toolbar. Home users just see the updates come down and install.
To reinstall it's put the restore CD in the drive and boot. Normally that will load up the correct 3rd party drivers as the PC manufacturer has put those into the restore process.
Users don't need or want to know how to do these things, but if it becomes necessary it shouldn't take more than 5 keypresses.
Aside from the cost of the server, which you already mentioned where is the costly development environment for asp.net? SharpDevelop is free and GPLed. Microsoft offer WebMatrix for free (although it is just for asp.net applications) and you can also use notepad and compile by hand using the .net SDK.
Visual Studio is not your only option.
No-one forces you to attend classes to get an MCSE, you can quite happily learn from books then take the examples "stand-alone".
As for the partner program, well that's true (but you get get bits back) but it only applies to resellers/development shops. Banks, governments et al. are not applying to be Microsoft Gold Partners.
So instead of my tax money going to microsoft it goes to open source? Frankly I don't see that as better. If schools save money put it back into the school. My taxes should not go to promote Open Source, or Microsoft.
Now that would depend on the course wouldn't it? Consistency is probably the most important. These days UK schools get very little freedom over what they teach, the curriculum is set by central government. There would be the place to start persuasion, if the materials produced show OSS examples then the spread would be quicker.
However, schools should be teaching what's best, not what's cheapest. Switching because it's cheaper is not, in my opinion, a valid reason.
Schools should, in theory, be pushing what is best for the pupil, not what is cheapest. So whilst there is an argument for using free software to teach, for example, programming, a course which teachs pupils spreadsheets or word processing could, arguably be using the most widespread software.
Oh and the article title isn't exactly truthful. "Told to Dump Microsoft" makes it sound like it's an order from on high; it's not. It's a recommendation, not a government mandate.
All of this makes it really annoying that my phone, despite having an unique IMEI number exhibits the same "Found New Hardware" behaviour because lazy ass hardware manufacturers can't be bothered to advertise their device serial number over USB.
Bonus? Who needs a stinking karma bonus? Now if subscription meant that there was a duplicate topic and press release as topic filter I'd buy that for a dollar.
You may well snort, but please, just because google has become a poster child with their "Do no evil" slogan (despite logging all your searchs with that lovely cookie their drop) there is a valid argument that government funded libraries should make their works available for free, through another government funded project.
Coming soon to an already bloated browser near you.
Well it would have been a nice idea, until you brought clap into it....
Can I have what they're having please?