Thinks about a state like Colorado, the 8th largest state. I-25 and I-70 cut north to south and east to west respectively. Both combined are under 1,000 miles in length, roughly 800-900 miles off the top of my head. Think about areas like the Northeast were you can drive through eight states in a day and it becomes more clear.
I wonder if you realize that you are a single drop in the ocean of users and as such, you aren't going to be given much regard? It is called economies of scale, get used to it. The number of Windows 98 users doesn't merit businesses supporting them. Your scenario that you have, with the high cost of upgrades, shows you where the supply and demand curve is for your situation.
I guess you are a nerd that never took any physics or math in college heh? I've been to Hiroshima too, you're being to Hiroshima doesn't mean you understand physics.
So operating system vendors are supposed to keep compatibility with old releases? That hampers innovation. Did it ever occur to you that continuing to build for old environments may require more effort than it is worth? Maybe you should pony up some money, you and all the other pre-Win2k users(95, NT, ME)can start a fund to keep development going. You really expect to pay $100 for something in 1998 and keep getting support for it as long as you want to run it?
You and your manager are obviously not as experienced or capable as you think you are. You really think you are going to port 5 years of code to Java? What guarantee do you have that this off-shore outsourcing company isn't going to just bolt with your code? Who do you know that has worked with them. How did you come to work with them? You sound like you don't know your own requirements.
The heart of the US military apparently isn't watched any harder than me when I drive around town. Really.... are those two time lapse cameras really the best they had?
Do you have a screen shot of that? I've used xine with the win32 codecs to play content that doesn't have Linux support but I've not had success when a website searches for a specific plugin.
So there is a free license that allows the playing of DVDs available? I'm not arguing on the side of encryption on DVDs, I hate the MPAA and the RIAA. I am asking questions about the legality of what you are proposing.
I've used Linux since Slack 2.x and the first kernel I ran was a 1.2.13 kernel so I have some Linux experience. Can you be specific about the legalities you refer to with Windows and codecs? Lets say you go to a website like ohhhh cnn.com and try to watch a video there, how do you get around their setup? If you don't go to cnn.com, you've said you can play any media file you've tried so I have to assume you don't go there, how should a Linux user react to not being able to view the videos as they present them on their site?
Every DVD drive I've purchased has come with Windows software to play DVDs. Is this not the case for you? Do you agree with the plugin situation for the aforementioned formats?
Is it always the five year plan? Of course we will pretend that Mac OS and Windows are stagnant in those 5 years. Linux doesn't drive the industry, so development isn't focused on it and as such, it is always trailing.
How about I live where I want? I have a right to defend myself, just like any other animal would defend itself, and the fact that I can handle and use lethal weapons makes my defense easier. If I chose to live in an area inhabited by polar bears we are in competition and therefore I have a right to assure my survival. You should get in the real world.
I just don't download useless crap so I think that goes a long way as to why I don't have problem... that and my use of Linux and Firefox/Thunderbird when I am on Windows with a strict firewall(ingress and egress) and anti-virus and spyware/adware sweeps. I use my computer for work, not for tooling around at websites that announce I'm this days winner everytime I'm there so that helps a lot too.
When I saw the first question I laughed out loud. I guess they may be going on the domain name but the quiz is really bad. I took it and got 4 out of 8. I guess you are supposed to go research the sites because there reasonings for answers couldn't be gleaned from the screen shots. Funny, I've never had a virus or spyware on my machine, I don't allow automatic anything, and I failed! What a joke.
The reason IBM and Redhat do so well is because they provide pay support. If not for the likes of IBM and Redhat, Linux would be as well known as NetBSD because it is the province of geeks that like to do things for themselves and that don't like to help others. They think, "I did it on my own, why can't you?" I've been using Linux for the better part of 10 years now and I think it is dead on the desktop. I see Apple and Microsoft accellerating away on the desktop front while Linux takes over the traditional UNIX workstation/server market. Having a bunch of people doing what they want hasn't provided us with Linux, Mozilla, OpenOffice, Apache, etc... those all took structured coordinated efforts
The blurb at the top of the page isn't in context. Dell is saying they pushed Intel to use 802.11b instead of HomeRF, that they asked for 64 bit extensions in their processors and pushed for PCI Express.
Have you told your friend you feel like you are getting robbed? Your slashdot ID links to the company page so it would be easy for your friend to find out that you are talking publicly about this. If that isn't a problem that is fine but I sense it could cause tension.
Microsoft does charge for Windows update, it is included in the price of the operating system. Redhat can't charge for Linux, they charge for providing packaging and support. Redhat has done a lot for Linux and I don't really think it is fair to take them to task for building a successful busines model.
Simple operating system checks to see what hardware it is running on. The firware could be modified. I simply don't see this as a viable option for everyday use because who knows where somebody is going to come in with some far fetched claim based loosely on the DMCA.
As I recall they are going off of the Windows Server 2003 code base. I don't have it on my right now but I read an article where the lead developers came in to Balmers office one day and said they couldn't secure the code they were working with and needed to start from scratch, that is why there was no Server XP. I could be wrong though.
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Thinks about a state like Colorado, the 8th largest state. I-25 and I-70 cut north to south and east to west respectively. Both combined are under 1,000 miles in length, roughly 800-900 miles off the top of my head. Think about areas like the Northeast were you can drive through eight states in a day and it becomes more clear.
I wonder if you realize that you are a single drop in the ocean of users and as such, you aren't going to be given much regard? It is called economies of scale, get used to it. The number of Windows 98 users doesn't merit businesses supporting them. Your scenario that you have, with the high cost of upgrades, shows you where the supply and demand curve is for your situation.
I guess you are a nerd that never took any physics or math in college heh? I've been to Hiroshima too, you're being to Hiroshima doesn't mean you understand physics.
So operating system vendors are supposed to keep compatibility with old releases? That hampers innovation. Did it ever occur to you that continuing to build for old environments may require more effort than it is worth? Maybe you should pony up some money, you and all the other pre-Win2k users(95, NT, ME)can start a fund to keep development going. You really expect to pay $100 for something in 1998 and keep getting support for it as long as you want to run it?
You and your manager are obviously not as experienced or capable as you think you are. You really think you are going to port 5 years of code to Java? What guarantee do you have that this off-shore outsourcing company isn't going to just bolt with your code? Who do you know that has worked with them. How did you come to work with them? You sound like you don't know your own requirements.
The heart of the US military apparently isn't watched any harder than me when I drive around town. Really.... are those two time lapse cameras really the best they had?
Do you have a screen shot of that? I've used xine with the win32 codecs to play content that doesn't have Linux support but I've not had success when a website searches for a specific plugin.
So there is a free license that allows the playing of DVDs available? I'm not arguing on the side of encryption on DVDs, I hate the MPAA and the RIAA. I am asking questions about the legality of what you are proposing.
Well you can go to your local software store and buy that windows DVD software can't you? How does that work for Linux?
I've used Linux since Slack 2.x and the first kernel I ran was a 1.2.13 kernel so I have some Linux experience. Can you be specific about the legalities you refer to with Windows and codecs? Lets say you go to a website like ohhhh cnn.com and try to watch a video there, how do you get around their setup? If you don't go to cnn.com, you've said you can play any media file you've tried so I have to assume you don't go there, how should a Linux user react to not being able to view the videos as they present them on their site?
Every DVD drive I've purchased has come with Windows software to play DVDs. Is this not the case for you? Do you agree with the plugin situation for the aforementioned formats?
Which of those distributions has a legal DVD player and has plugin support for all the latest Real/QT/Windows Media formats?
Is it always the five year plan? Of course we will pretend that Mac OS and Windows are stagnant in those 5 years. Linux doesn't drive the industry, so development isn't focused on it and as such, it is always trailing.
How about I live where I want? I have a right to defend myself, just like any other animal would defend itself, and the fact that I can handle and use lethal weapons makes my defense easier. If I chose to live in an area inhabited by polar bears we are in competition and therefore I have a right to assure my survival. You should get in the real world.
Should've remained silent... the guy was from jolly olde England.
Your cluster doesn't have the memory bandwidth that mainframe does and the network latency puts it behind in performance too.
I just don't download useless crap so I think that goes a long way as to why I don't have problem... that and my use of Linux and Firefox/Thunderbird when I am on Windows with a strict firewall(ingress and egress) and anti-virus and spyware/adware sweeps. I use my computer for work, not for tooling around at websites that announce I'm this days winner everytime I'm there so that helps a lot too.
When I saw the first question I laughed out loud. I guess they may be going on the domain name but the quiz is really bad. I took it and got 4 out of 8. I guess you are supposed to go research the sites because there reasonings for answers couldn't be gleaned from the screen shots. Funny, I've never had a virus or spyware on my machine, I don't allow automatic anything, and I failed! What a joke.
The reason IBM and Redhat do so well is because they provide pay support. If not for the likes of IBM and Redhat, Linux would be as well known as NetBSD because it is the province of geeks that like to do things for themselves and that don't like to help others. They think, "I did it on my own, why can't you?" I've been using Linux for the better part of 10 years now and I think it is dead on the desktop. I see Apple and Microsoft accellerating away on the desktop front while Linux takes over the traditional UNIX workstation/server market. Having a bunch of people doing what they want hasn't provided us with Linux, Mozilla, OpenOffice, Apache, etc... those all took structured coordinated efforts
The blurb at the top of the page isn't in context. Dell is saying they pushed Intel to use 802.11b instead of HomeRF, that they asked for 64 bit extensions in their processors and pushed for PCI Express.
Have you told your friend you feel like you are getting robbed? Your slashdot ID links to the company page so it would be easy for your friend to find out that you are talking publicly about this. If that isn't a problem that is fine but I sense it could cause tension.
When did you stop watching The Simpsons on Sunday nights?
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Microsoft does charge for Windows update, it is included in the price of the operating system. Redhat can't charge for Linux, they charge for providing packaging and support. Redhat has done a lot for Linux and I don't really think it is fair to take them to task for building a successful busines model.
Simple operating system checks to see what hardware it is running on. The firware could be modified. I simply don't see this as a viable option for everyday use because who knows where somebody is going to come in with some far fetched claim based loosely on the DMCA.
As I recall they are going off of the Windows Server 2003 code base. I don't have it on my right now but I read an article where the lead developers came in to Balmers office one day and said they couldn't secure the code they were working with and needed to start from scratch, that is why there was no Server XP. I could be wrong though.