I think the review is a bit unfair. I'm running Office XP on Windows XP here and find it just as fast as Office 2000. They've overlooked the fact that Windows XP starts way faster than Windows 2000. This is only on a Duron 700 with 128Mb of ram.
Thing is though it will push webmasters into making.NET only pages. Imagine Joe User goes to your website which has a Java applet on it. Lots of users will end up saying "your website doesn't work". They don't want to have to download a JVM (which are normally about 10-20MB - long time on a dial up connection).
It's all about trying to kill off Java - Microsoft could have bundled Sun's JVM but they've chosen not to - that speaks volumes if you ask me.
I seem to remember reading also that the government's IT departments have been told not to use Linux for future websites, instead to use Microsoft IIS as part of this deal - a bit shady it has to be said!
You have to laugh though that the very law the RIAA lobbied for is being turned against them! It's a good point - if I encrypt my data, no-one - including the RIAA - has a right to decrypt it under the DMCA.
I'm from the UK, but the way the EU is going it looks like we might end up with something similar to the DMCA - it worries me.
I don't understand the reasons behind the company
RedHat. First the spend millions of dollars (?) on developing the
operating system Linux, then they are giving it away for free! Where
is the revenue?
RedHat don't make any money really from developing the distribution, they make money from offering support solutions to end users (e.g. phone support, boxed versions with manuals etc)
Another question is how people can trust this freeware software. If
it's possible to download it for free, how can we be sure that the
guys who are giving it away have the right intentions?
How do you know the commercial software that you're using is secure? Internet Explorer 5 recently had a security flaw in it. Windows NT4 had several major security issues and it was designed for mission critical uses.
Freeware is perfectly safe, provided you download it from trusted websites such as TUCOWS where they review and test them. Most companies that I know of will not allow any application, freeware or commercial, to be installed without testing it first.
The Register have posted a similar story to this. This "new revamped policy" is apparently based on TRUSTe which does not guarantee the privacy of your messages, just data about you.
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I think the review is a bit unfair. I'm running Office XP on Windows XP here and find it just as fast as Office 2000. They've overlooked the fact that Windows XP starts way faster than Windows 2000. This is only on a Duron 700 with 128Mb of ram.
It's all about trying to kill off Java - Microsoft could have bundled Sun's JVM but they've chosen not to - that speaks volumes if you ask me.
I seem to remember reading also that the government's IT departments have been told not to use Linux for future websites, instead to use Microsoft IIS as part of this deal - a bit shady it has to be said!
Looks like all of the BOFH's across the world will be running out to buy this baby! :)
I'm from the UK, but the way the EU is going it looks like we might end up with something similar to the DMCA - it worries me.
I believe some Nokia phones allow you to choose different ring tones for differant people - also icons can appear as well. Pretty sweet!
RedHat don't make any money really from developing the distribution, they make money from offering support solutions to end users (e.g. phone support, boxed versions with manuals etc)
Another question is how people can trust this freeware software. If it's possible to download it for free, how can we be sure that the guys who are giving it away have the right intentions?
How do you know the commercial software that you're using is secure? Internet Explorer 5 recently had a security flaw in it. Windows NT4 had several major security issues and it was designed for mission critical uses.
Freeware is perfectly safe, provided you download it from trusted websites such as TUCOWS where they review and test them. Most companies that I know of will not allow any application, freeware or commercial, to be installed without testing it first.
Anyway thats my 2p - grrr nash....
The Register have posted a similar story to this. This "new revamped policy" is apparently based on TRUSTe which does not guarantee the privacy of your messages, just data about you.