Where did you hear that? There are new APIs in Windows XP. You could download the SDK to see for yourself. GDI+ and Text Services Framework are neither cosmetic changes nor bugfixes, to pick a couple of arbitrary examples.
It seems unlikely that new programs will not eventually use these APIs, especially GDI+.
I do not know how the US postal system works, but here in Denmark it is possible to avoid getting junk mail. You simply go to a postal office, ask not to recieve advertising, and put a sign on your door. You can ask to receive spam again later, if you want to. It works for me, and I would certainly mind if I suddenly started to get junk mail. I do not think it is quite that easy to avoid getting spam via email.
You apparently did not read the FAQ, which has a question which reads:
"Why isn't FreeWeb open source (yet)?"
I think what is interesting about FreeWeb is that FreeNet may potentially reach a larger audience, not whether or not it is open source. An easier way to use it goes a long way towards that, and FreeWeb does appear to be easier to use for the majority of potential users than that Java thingy.
>If an airport or an univeristyhospital is between the attacker and the target people may die.
Ok, I am off topic here, but... do you really think anyone would depend on the Internet where lives are at risk? That is something I find very hard to believe. I am sure most of them would be connected to a LAN, have other means of communication, control of electronics, and backup power generators in case a power plant is somehow affected.
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Where did you hear that? There are new APIs in Windows XP. You could download the SDK to see for yourself. GDI+ and Text Services Framework are neither cosmetic changes nor bugfixes, to pick a couple of arbitrary examples.
It seems unlikely that new programs will not eventually use these APIs, especially GDI+.
I do not know how the US postal system works, but here in Denmark it is possible to avoid getting junk mail. You simply go to a postal office, ask not to recieve advertising, and put a sign on your door. You can ask to receive spam again later, if you want to. It works for me, and I would certainly mind if I suddenly started to get junk mail. I do not think it is quite that easy to avoid getting spam via email.
You apparently did not read the FAQ, which has a question which reads:
"Why isn't FreeWeb open source (yet)?"
I think what is interesting about FreeWeb is that FreeNet may potentially reach a larger audience, not whether or not it is open source. An easier way to use it goes a long way towards that, and FreeWeb does appear to be easier to use for the majority of potential users than that Java thingy.
>If an airport or an univeristyhospital is between the attacker and the target people may die.
Ok, I am off topic here, but... do you really think anyone would depend on the Internet where lives are at risk? That is something I find very hard to believe. I am sure most of them would be connected to a LAN, have other means of communication, control of electronics, and backup power generators in case a power plant is somehow affected.