If Vista grows and OS X is constant the XP is falling. No big news. I'm not forgetting Linux or BSD, but I doubt anyone using that would ever go back to windows. I wouldn't. And it wouldn't really have an impact unfortunately.
I would however change my Tiger for a Leopard when it comes out, and add a notebook to boot. Can someone give me the sites which are being watched; I'll just add some script visiting every one of those sites with my Linux and OS X machines. Bye bye windows:)
I also wonder whether the iPhone counts as OS X, and whether a million devices would make an impact on the statistics.
I *am* an Apple fan, but I must say, the vaio really looks great. I just bet it would look even better running OS X:)
It's a shame though they always put those windows and Intel stickers near the keyboard; that really does not improve the looks at all. Maybe they should try to remove those; that it runs Vista is obvious, and Intel could probably think up a small, classy sticker for those high-end notebooks. If at all necessary.
For you sake I hope he wasn't involved in the recent "case" against MySpace.
The AGs wanted loggings from MySpace without the required warrant (a fairly extensive opinion can be found on TheRegister http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/25/myspace_pr ivacy/ and this not get them. In stead of following the rules as laid down by you representatives they chose to use the press to exert pressure on MySpace, who indeed folded.
From a government branch, especially one which should enforce the laws, I would demand that they themselves uphold the law if at all possible, and not ignore laws which do not suit them at the moment.
At present, everything which has to do with AGs is suspect as far as I'm concerned. It might be that this AG really cares about the law, and wishes to protected consumers as he should do, or that he just wishes to score some cheap political points like the rest of them seem to want.
I believe one of the major reasons DRM was invented is to redefine and enforce the fair use rights as the studios see them.
I have the feeling that you might view those rights differently and now so will the courts for css protected content. For instance, you might now view a legally obtained css protected dvd on a linux box *shudder*.
This is not entirely true. It is not always feasible to change your software just like that. Processing patches can be a lot of work for the customer, as their IT department might wish to test the patched version on test systems. Furthermore a patch may impact other parts of an application, especially if a bug resides deep in the framework and the application is complex.
In such a case it really is not bad to consider fixing a low-risk bug in the next "normal" release when a usual full QA test has verified that no other stuff has, or seems to be broken.
Leaving a high-risk, or highly irritating bug be will cost you customers. But daily dumping patches on your customers ICT department will also not endear you to them; and changing functionality or accidentally introducing new bugs will not endear you to the end users.
It's always a difficult decision to make, and you never make the right one:)
By the way, I like making software, and I like to make quality software. It's all about the money, but consistently delivering bad or buggy software will cost you your customers. It does not (always) pay to be cheap, and I believe most companies know that.
As an individual, how much less on your own are you if you have a retail version?
I do think one should buy the software one uses (I know I do), but I don't expect any personal support from Microsoft; I'm already glad if they fix known (security) bugs in a decent time frame.
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If Vista grows and OS X is constant the XP is falling. No big news. I'm not forgetting Linux or BSD,
:)
but I doubt anyone using that would ever go back to windows. I wouldn't.
And it wouldn't really have an impact unfortunately.
I would however change my Tiger for a Leopard when it comes out, and add a notebook to boot. Can someone
give me the sites which are being watched; I'll just add some script visiting every one of those
sites with my Linux and OS X machines. Bye bye windows
I also wonder whether the iPhone counts as OS X, and whether a million devices would make an impact
on the statistics.
I *am* an Apple fan, but I must say, the vaio really looks great. I just bet it would look even better running OS X :)
It's a shame though they always put those windows and Intel stickers near the keyboard; that really does not improve the looks at all.
Maybe they should try to remove those; that it runs Vista is obvious, and Intel could probably think up a small, classy sticker for those high-end notebooks. If at all necessary.
For you sake I hope he wasn't involved in the recent "case" against MySpace.
r ivacy/ and this not get them.
The AGs wanted loggings from MySpace without the required warrant (a fairly extensive opinion can be found on TheRegister http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/25/myspace_p
In stead of following the rules as laid down by you representatives they chose to use the press to exert pressure on MySpace,
who indeed folded.
From a government branch, especially one which should enforce the laws, I would demand that they themselves uphold the law
if at all possible, and not ignore laws which do not suit them at the moment.
At present, everything which has to do with AGs is suspect as far as I'm concerned. It might be that this AG really cares
about the law, and wishes to protected consumers as he should do, or that he just wishes to score some cheap political
points like the rest of them seem to want.
I believe one of the major reasons DRM was invented is to redefine and enforce the fair use rights as the studios see them.
I have the feeling that you might view those rights differently and now so will the courts for css protected content. For
instance, you might now view a legally obtained css protected dvd on a linux box *shudder*.
The most important news is also available in http://ars.userfriendly.org/.
As there is only one cartoon a day you can be sure the news is adequately filtered.
This is not entirely true. It is not always feasible to change your software just like that. Processing patches can be a lot of work for the customer, as their IT department might wish to test the patched version on test systems. Furthermore a patch may impact other parts of an application, especially if a bug resides deep in the framework and the application is complex.
In such a case it really is not bad to consider fixing a low-risk bug in the next "normal" release when a usual full QA test has verified that no other stuff has, or seems to be broken.
Leaving a high-risk, or highly irritating bug be will cost you customers. But daily dumping patches on your customers ICT department will also not endear you to them; and changing functionality or accidentally introducing new bugs will not endear you to the end users.
It's always a difficult decision to make, and you never make the right one:)
By the way, I like making software, and I like to make quality software. It's all about the money, but consistently delivering bad or buggy software will cost you your customers. It does not (always) pay to be cheap, and I believe most companies know that.
As an individual, how much less on your own are you if you have a retail version?
I do think one should buy the software one uses (I know I do), but I don't expect
any personal support from Microsoft; I'm already glad if they fix known (security)
bugs in a decent time frame.