If you can't open the window, I don't want to work there.
Silence, solitude, and personal space must be available, somewhere. Some company work spaces are like cult brainwashing weekends - you can't leave, you can't be alone, you can't hear yourself think. Of course, if your company doesn't want independent, creative thought, all you need is one big meeting room.
Whenever I'm forced to choose between two evils, I like to go with the one I haven't tried yet.
In the case of anti-trust enforcement, only structural or behavioral modifications are allowed the court. Behavioral constraints have been ignored by MS, so now we're trying the structural changes. The judge says in his memo, the outcome of a breakup cannot be predicted.
Aside from recovering court cost, the judge can't even impose a fine.
Usually, those who feel that MS has broken the law, and who also feel that their code should be made public, believe that this would keep MS from further monopolistic manipulation via API changes.
Having their code open-sourced is another matter entirely, and shouldn't be confused with simply publishing it.
I have no doubt that someone, maybe not Slashdot fans, but someone, would be able to find the bugs that lead to instability in the code, and recommend patches to MS. Given MS's attitude toward bugs in the past, though, I wonder if they would even be able to accept and use these outright gifts.
before some criminal(s) steal a lot of money from a bunch of online bank accounts. I have no problem giving out my credit card #s online, because there's a legal limit to my liability if it's stolen. But if your bank accounts are looted, you're probably going to be stuck. And it _will_ happen, eventually, to someone.
"If your software isn't working right, _you're_ doing something wrong", which is often just a fraud. Guys who have successfully run Pr1mos, AS/400, VMS, Novell Netware, etc., etc., don't suddenly become incompetent when faced with a supposedly admin-friendly box doing more than 1 job.
That's what happened at my last job - heavily loaded NT servers that wouldn't stay up, even after MS themselves came in to fix it.
The problem with NT seems to be a combination of specific memory leaks, which a particular installation may or may not activate, and an increased vulnerability to conflicts between applications, because of (1)the registry, (2) the lack of separate paths for libraries and executables, (3) the disorganized approach to different versions of the same dynamic library, and (4) possibly other things. But, Steve Ballmer _has_ been re-focusing on product quality, we can hope that future versions of NT will be more polished.
The NT fs arch may or may not be better than vfs, but if no one uses it, it does no one any good. Right now, NT has inadequate choices for file systems, and doesn't seem to be getting any new ones.
I saw in a MicroCenter circular, that they will give you a $400 coupon toward a PC purchase (allowing a $200 PC at the low end)if you commit to two years of $20/month Internet access - thru MSN!
This is probably completely funded by MS (and therefore suspect;-) ), and isn't as good a deal as it looks - a $400 coupon in return for a $480 commitment, and many good ISPs have $10/month plans these days. And who stays with their first ISP for 2 years?
Then there are the Gateway ISP/PC packages. It appears that there is real competition in this area.
I used Win95 at work, came to the conclusion I didn't want it, but couldn't avoid having it bundled and paid for when I bought machines. A consumer rip-off, plain as day.
Then there was the QuickC incident. ..too long to get into. Bottom line, they ripped me off.
Only today in the New York Times, there was mention of an e-mail sent to Compaq by a MS account manager which contained a thinly-veiled threat that there would be no change, in spite of the 1995 consent decree, to the per-processor OS licensing. How do you defend such contempt for law enforcement? This is only today's news; it's been going on for years.
My attitude towards MS was formed by having my wallet lightened by them three times (yes, shame on me), and getting _nothing_ in return. I have no sympathy for those who commit consumer fraud.
Charles Lingo, who filed the suit, was part of the Windows Refund Day march - he was quoted by the AP.
BTW, I've seen some legal analysts wailing that the MS defense team is screwing up. I don't think there's any strategy which would do better - MS can't be defended because their behavior has been indefensible.
Technique #12: Prop up unknown 'experts'. Call up your brother-in-law's college roommate and ask him what he thinks of this dumb release you gotta write a article about, so you can get back to playing solitaire.
Actually, there are people at ZD who know how to do research. The problem seems that the editorial level there doesn't know the difference between journalism and 'winging it'.
Unless the per-processor, per-series, or per-anything but per-unit licensing goes away, nothing will have been accomplished. And, in the face of the demonstrated lack of integrity of the people who run MS, only fines that seem monstrous to the average person would have the desired effect.
I think a large fine is in order in any case. I'm not into vengeance, and I think that the interests of MS employees and stockholders must be respected, but there's nothing quite like a big fine to change a corporate culture.
Another remedy which might help is to require MS to leave the browser market. Their market share was mostly gained illegally, and forcing one of the monopolists out of the Internet picture would give freedom on the Internet a better chance (which would make the Internet more valuable in the long run, for other Internet companies, and for democracy).
Yes, it's always apples and oranges. Linux wasn't running a GUI, which accounts at least partly for its better performance. But, it was speaking to WinXX clients in their native language with their filesystem, while NT (as far as I know) won't do NFS. Once I heard John Blair speak and he claimed that Linux was not the best platform for Samba. All in all, I think the upshot is not that Linux is so good (pardon; it is so good) but that NT is so bad, like the comparison mentioned above with OS/2 points out. Netware doesn't do SMB, but I understand that it has the most efficient fileserver protocol, better than SMB or NFS.
NT so often comes out last in performance compared to _anything_ else. It is difficult to understand why folks defend it, even here on/.
Slashdot Mirror
Now which are the pirates, Virginia Beach, or Microsoft?
at http://www.zdnet.com/sp/stories/issue/0,4537,21961 15,00.html
complete with charts showing NT at the bottom.
If you can't open the window, I don't want to work there.
Silence, solitude, and personal space must be available, somewhere. Some company work spaces are like cult brainwashing weekends - you can't leave, you can't be alone, you can't hear yourself think. Of course, if your company doesn't want independent, creative thought, all you need is one big meeting room.
Whenever I'm forced to choose between two evils, I like to go with the one I haven't tried yet.
In the case of anti-trust enforcement, only structural or behavioral modifications are allowed the court. Behavioral constraints have been ignored by MS, so now we're trying the structural changes. The judge says in his memo, the outcome of a breakup cannot be predicted.
Aside from recovering court cost, the judge can't even impose a fine.
Usually, those who feel that MS has broken the law, and who also feel that their code should be made public, believe that this would keep MS from further monopolistic manipulation via API changes.
Having their code open-sourced is another matter entirely, and shouldn't be confused with simply publishing it.
I have no doubt that someone, maybe not Slashdot fans, but someone, would be able to find the bugs that lead to instability in the code, and recommend patches to MS. Given MS's attitude toward bugs in the past, though, I wonder if they would even be able to accept and use these outright gifts.
I believe FDIC only insures against failure of the bank, not fraud committed against you or the institution.
As far as moderation problems, I can't help you there.
before some criminal(s) steal a lot of money from a bunch of online bank accounts. I have no problem giving out my credit card #s online, because there's a legal limit to my liability if it's stolen. But if your bank accounts are looted, you're probably going to be stuck. And it _will_ happen, eventually, to someone.
Score xero? This is why i no longer visit /. I have naught but obscenities to say to thee filthy swine at MS. Swine, Swine, SWINE!!!!!
When Bill G. gets a head transplant, what part do they throw away?
"If your software isn't working right, _you're_ doing something wrong", which is often just a fraud. Guys who have successfully run Pr1mos, AS/400, VMS, Novell Netware, etc., etc., don't suddenly become incompetent when faced with a supposedly admin-friendly box doing more than 1 job.
That's what happened at my last job - heavily loaded NT servers that wouldn't stay up, even after MS themselves came in to fix it.
The problem with NT seems to be a combination of specific memory leaks, which a particular installation may or may not activate, and an increased vulnerability to conflicts between applications, because of (1)the registry, (2) the lack of separate paths for libraries and executables, (3) the disorganized approach to different versions of the same dynamic library, and (4) possibly other things. But, Steve Ballmer _has_ been re-focusing on product quality, we can hope that future versions of NT will be more polished.
The NT fs arch may or may not be better than vfs, but if no one uses it, it does no one any good. Right now, NT has inadequate choices for file systems, and doesn't seem to be getting any new ones.
I saw in a MicroCenter circular, that they will give you a $400 coupon toward a PC purchase (allowing a $200 PC at the low end)if you commit to two years of $20/month Internet access - thru MSN!
;-) ), and isn't as good a deal as it looks - a $400 coupon in return for a $480 commitment, and many good ISPs have $10/month plans these days. And who stays with their first ISP for 2 years?
This is probably completely funded by MS (and therefore suspect
Then there are the Gateway ISP/PC packages. It appears that there is real competition in this area.
"Your new arm is big and strong. . . not like that little crummy white one on the other side."
My driving finger is just about shot.
I used Win95 at work, came to the conclusion I didn't want it, but couldn't avoid having it bundled and paid for when I bought machines. A consumer rip-off, plain as day.
.too long to get into. Bottom line, they ripped me off.
Then there was the QuickC incident. .
is that Linux is a little easier to install than either Win95 or NT
In the words of Sam Kinison, in the Rodney Dangerfield film, "Back to School",
"Good Answer!"
is to disbelieve everything M$ flacks, lawyers, salesmen, employees, contractors, etc. say. Sometimes you'll be wrong but more often you'll be right.
Toshiba.
Only today in the New York Times, there was mention of an e-mail sent to Compaq by a MS account manager which contained a thinly-veiled threat that there would be no change, in spite of the 1995 consent decree, to the per-processor OS licensing. How do you defend such contempt for law enforcement? This is only today's news; it's been going on for years.
My attitude towards MS was formed by having my wallet lightened by them three times (yes, shame on me), and getting _nothing_ in return. I have no sympathy for those who commit consumer fraud.
Charles Lingo, who filed the suit, was part of the Windows Refund Day march - he was quoted by the AP.
BTW, I've seen some legal analysts wailing that the MS defense team is screwing up. I don't think there's any strategy which would do better - MS can't be defended because their behavior has been indefensible.
Technique #12: Prop up unknown 'experts'. Call up your brother-in-law's college roommate and ask him what he thinks of this dumb release you gotta write a article about, so you can get back to playing solitaire.
Actually, there are people at ZD who know how to do research. The problem seems that the editorial level there doesn't know the difference between journalism and 'winging it'.
Unless the per-processor, per-series, or per-anything but per-unit licensing goes away, nothing will have been accomplished. And, in the face of the demonstrated lack of integrity of the people who run MS, only fines that seem monstrous to the average person would have the desired effect.
I think a large fine is in order in any case. I'm not into vengeance, and I think that the interests of MS employees and stockholders must be respected, but there's nothing quite like a big fine to change a corporate culture.
Another remedy which might help is to require MS to leave the browser market. Their market share was mostly gained illegally, and forcing one of the monopolists out of the Internet picture would give freedom on the Internet a better chance (which would make the Internet more valuable in the long run, for other Internet companies, and for democracy).
Is it Motif, or some homebrew widget set? I was looking all over their site yesterday for some clue, figured I might get a quick answer here - ?
Yes, it's always apples and oranges. Linux wasn't running a GUI, which accounts at least partly for its better performance. But, it was speaking to WinXX clients in their native language with their filesystem, while NT (as far as I know) won't do NFS. Once I heard John Blair speak and he claimed that Linux was not the best platform for Samba. All in all, I think the upshot is not that Linux is so good (pardon; it is so good) but that NT is so bad, like the comparison mentioned above with OS/2 points out. Netware doesn't do SMB, but I understand that it has the most efficient fileserver protocol, better than SMB or NFS.
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NT so often comes out last in performance compared to _anything_ else. It is difficult to understand why folks defend it, even here on