"Frankly, it's just sloppiness on MS part" No, you had it right the first time. It's "the BSD-type philosophy versus consumer". Most people just want to check email, browse and type of a few word docs. They don't want to learn how and why their computer does things.
"They used to excel at "educating" the user by creating great paths in their dev tools how to do stuff"
This is true. They gained market share in large part by making sure developers had great tools. This is not the same as common users though. My mom doesn't care about dev tools, she just wants to see pictures of her grandson.
"if anybody could "get computing right" it should be MS" Right for who? No one can get computing right for everyone. No one can even get the wheel right for everyone and its been around a lot longer.
In fact it is being back ported to XP and server 2003. This is a good think as it means apps written for LH will look and work the same on XP.
Here a channel9 interview where Allchin talks more about this:
I'm sure MS marketing would still like a bite of that sliver of pie but the majority of Windows users don't even give a fart, let alone a shit, about OSX.
We will still be assaulted by the unavoidable media that will surround it. The only thing worse than the first prequel itself was the onslaught of marketing that it came oozing in on.
Yeah, but even we don't care much about the fly over states. I don't think I've ever met anyone from North Dakota. For all I know it may just be a place on a map and little else.
This is the problem with software firewalls. They are software so software is needed to turn them on and off. They could have made it an always on no mater what type of thing but that would be worse.
The welfare of the many outweighs the needs of the few.
Your hammer analogy is flawed because any ban should be based on what the tools are used for not what they could be used for. So if it has been determined that this tool is used for bad more than good and there are other tools that can be used for the good that are harder for kiddies to get then it should be hobbled.
You didn't read my whole sig. I'm a Real Geek (tm). I have a 9 pocket vest that I wear (and call my geek utility vest) that holds all my geek tools. It fits nicely in the top left breast pocket. I've even wired it with built in headphones. Not kidding at all.:)
Granted. It is a bit big to jog with. I'm a geek though, so that isn't really a problem. What I like about it is the built in FM receiver AND transmitter. So when I get in my car I unplug the headphones and BOOM, it switches over to transmit mode without any added doodads. And the software for it is open source. And it has native OGG support.
I have no idea what you are talking about and I suspect neither do you. The Neuros shipped last year sometime. The NeurosII is out and I'm listening to it right now.
People can get by without it. My boss has decades of software development experience and is the fastest two finger typist I've ever seen. His secret is he doesn't hunt much and is a very fast pecker.
I would be nice if an editor would post something to let us know what is going on. The site comes back up and goes on with no explanation. And that is text book bad customer service.
MS Research is an open research group much like Xerox PARC was (with some of the same people). They publish papers and have been working on stuff like this for years. So it isn't so easy to say who stole which idea from whom. All you can say is that Apple beat them to market with it.
I thought MS would only license XP Tablet Edition for devices that used an active digitizer such as a Wacom. Or maybe Sony is large enough they were able to get there way. It's a mistake though because the Tablet experience is just not the same with Passive input. For that price I'd rather wait for the OQO.
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"Frankly, it's just sloppiness on MS part"
No, you had it right the first time. It's "the BSD-type philosophy versus consumer".
Most people just want to check email, browse and type of a few word docs. They don't want to learn how and why their computer does things.
"They used to excel at "educating" the user by creating great paths in their dev tools how to do stuff"
This is true. They gained market share in large part by making sure developers had great tools.
This is not the same as common users though. My mom doesn't care about dev tools, she just wants to see pictures of her grandson.
"if anybody could "get computing right" it should be MS"
Right for who? No one can get computing right for everyone. No one can even get the wheel right for everyone and its been around a lot longer.
Here you go then...
"Now take that same machine, upgrade the video card to a GeForce FX 5200"
Fair enough, but it can be done. How easy and cheap will it be to upgrade the iMac card?
MOD Parent up!
In fact it is being back ported to XP and server 2003. This is a good think as it means apps written for LH will look and work the same on XP. Here a channel9 interview where Allchin talks more about this:
I know and I agree. But.
*sigh*
I'm still gonna have to get one.
"allow MS users to overtake the Mac.....
Guess not!"
Um. 93% > 4%
I'm sure MS marketing would still like a bite of that sliver of pie but the majority of Windows users don't even give a fart, let alone a shit, about OSX.
We will still be assaulted by the unavoidable media that will surround it. The only thing worse than the first prequel itself was the onslaught of marketing that it came oozing in on.
Unless of coarse they are still looking for the Pacific Ocean.
Yeah, but even we don't care much about the fly over states. I don't think I've ever met anyone from North Dakota. For all I know it may just be a place on a map and little else.
This is the problem with software firewalls. They are software so software is needed to turn them on and off. They could have made it an always on no mater what type of thing but that would be worse.
The welfare of the many outweighs the needs of the few. Your hammer analogy is flawed because any ban should be based on what the tools are used for not what they could be used for. So if it has been determined that this tool is used for bad more than good and there are other tools that can be used for the good that are harder for kiddies to get then it should be hobbled.
You didn't read my whole sig. I'm a Real Geek (tm). :)
I have a 9 pocket vest that I wear (and call my geek utility vest) that holds all my geek tools. It fits nicely in the top left breast pocket. I've even wired it with built in headphones. Not kidding at all.
Granted. It is a bit big to jog with. I'm a geek though, so that isn't really a problem.
What I like about it is the built in FM receiver AND transmitter. So when I get in my car I unplug the headphones and BOOM, it switches over to transmit mode without any added doodads.
And the software for it is open source. And it has native OGG support.
I have no idea what you are talking about and I suspect neither do you. The Neuros shipped last year sometime. The NeurosII is out and I'm listening to it right now.
As with any major update:
If you don't back up your 'homework' Murphy will slap you down.
Backup eary; Backup often.
"Microsoft (almost) made it close to an original deadline?"
Close is such a relative word.
Wasn't the very original deadline sometime mid-last year?
I'm not seeing it. They do cliam 400+ miles on a tank but they don't say how much the tank holds.
People can get by without it. My boss has decades of software development experience and is the fastest two finger typist I've ever seen. His secret is he doesn't hunt much and is a very fast pecker.
I would be nice if an editor would post something to let us know what is going on. The site comes back up and goes on with no explanation.
And that is text book bad customer service.
Embellishing your own works in progress is HYPE.
Downplaying other peoples works in progress is FUD.
I'm sure the bug check status screen will still be VGA mode as it is now.
MS Research is an open research group much like Xerox PARC was (with some of the same people). They publish papers and have been working on stuff like this for years. So it isn't so easy to say who stole which idea from whom. All you can say is that Apple beat them to market with it.
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Move to XP. This is one thing that I love about XP. I agree that it is so annoying to be stuck with a loading (or hung) window. They fixed this in XP.
The code that loads the Master Boot Record and launches NTLDR is 16 bit IIRC. Other than that it's all 32 bit.
Source: Inside Windows 2000 by Mark E. Russinovich and David A. Solomon.
I thought MS would only license XP Tablet Edition for devices that used an active digitizer such as a Wacom.
Or maybe Sony is large enough they were able to get there way. It's a mistake though because the Tablet experience is just not the same with Passive input.
For that price I'd rather wait for the OQO.