I agree. Microsoft got Windows Phone right. The OS is excellent
They were just years late to the party, decided to go home and change their underwear the moment they got to the party (the WP7 vs WP8 fiasco), found out they didn't actually have any friends (app developers) at the party, and they brought a prostitute (Nokia) as their date.
Yup. The current "preview" build, 10240, is the RTM build. For all intents and purposes, Windows 10 is in its final release form.
In any case, given the history of these things, it's inevitable that Microsoft is going to push out an automatic update that massively screws up millions of machines. At the point, the very next update they're going to push out is an update that disables automatic updates.
Nokia's Linux-based phone was "flying off the shelves" (I honestly hate that term) to pimply smartphone enthusiasts, in limited production quantities compared to the rest of their line. Not to mainstream consumers.
I'm not saying it was a bad phone, from everything I heard it was pretty good, but it wasn't some guaranteed "hit" in the waiting.
Going with Windows Phone turned out to be a bad choice, but the other choices they could have gone with may have also turned out to be bad. It could very well have been a no-win situation. They just went the most controversial route.
If you make websites, then I assume it would be trivial for you to have a custom domain from which you could make unlimited disposable email addresses?
The only point I see this changing is if someone discovers a horrible, easy-to-abuse exploit in older versions of Android, and releases the mother of all DDoS attacks on the cellular network, prompting quick security updates.
Aside from something like that happening, I don't see the update problem going away.
If it's classified as "he period when human activities started having a significant impact on Earth", then wouldn't the industrial revolution mark the start of that?
Or were coal-powered factories all over Europe belching horrible soot and smoke into the atmosphere not good enough?
The difference between this and Google Docs is that it's baked right into the OS, and has hooks for third parties to implement it in their applications.
So that is some sort of standardization. At least, on Apple devices.
Everyone's taking that snippet waaaay out of context.
OS X and iOS work better together now, they don't work the same.
As in, for example, you start typing a document on your desktop, like you normally would, and you can continue it on your phone seamlessly and automatically if you have to go out. Both with different, and appropriate, interfaces.
This isn't about making your desktop work LIKE a phone. It's about making your desktop work WITH your phone.
It's already somewhat available with iOS devices, and is completely under the user's control. Basically, without your AppleID and password, the phone cannot be wiped and reactivated by a thief, essentially making it a fancy paperweight. (So it's not really a "kill switch", just a really strong theft deterrent.) The owner can wipe it themselves remotely, for security, but it would still *also* require their AppleID and password inputted directly into the device to reactivate it.
It's been working since September, and no one's found a way to bypass it. (Yet.)
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That's not gonna fly. People are social, and expect a camera nowadays.
I was talking to someone who ran a photography store, and >90% of the photos they print these days come from smartphones.
I like having a camera that's not a potato.
I agree. Microsoft got Windows Phone right. The OS is excellent
They were just years late to the party, decided to go home and change their underwear the moment they got to the party (the WP7 vs WP8 fiasco), found out they didn't actually have any friends (app developers) at the party, and they brought a prostitute (Nokia) as their date.
I don't see the sense in using a car as currency. Those things lose 20% of their value the moment you drive them off the lot.
Yup. The current "preview" build, 10240, is the RTM build. For all intents and purposes, Windows 10 is in its final release form.
In any case, given the history of these things, it's inevitable that Microsoft is going to push out an automatic update that massively screws up millions of machines. At the point, the very next update they're going to push out is an update that disables automatic updates.
Nokia's Linux-based phone was "flying off the shelves" (I honestly hate that term) to pimply smartphone enthusiasts, in limited production quantities compared to the rest of their line. Not to mainstream consumers.
I'm not saying it was a bad phone, from everything I heard it was pretty good, but it wasn't some guaranteed "hit" in the waiting.
Going with Windows Phone turned out to be a bad choice, but the other choices they could have gone with may have also turned out to be bad. It could very well have been a no-win situation. They just went the most controversial route.
Meh. We don't even call them PCs anymore. They're desktops or laptops, Mac or Windows.
Personally, I was thrilled to get rid of the glossy bullshit.
A "lickable" OS was great to differentiate OS X and show off new technologies, but after a while it just looked tacky.
I know, right?
Why buy a greasy, flattened McDonalds burger when you can get a burger from {insert quality regional burger chain} for only 3x the price?
Its just ground beef and a bun, after all.
If you make websites, then I assume it would be trivial for you to have a custom domain from which you could make unlimited disposable email addresses?
The only point I see this changing is if someone discovers a horrible, easy-to-abuse exploit in older versions of Android, and releases the mother of all DDoS attacks on the cellular network, prompting quick security updates.
Aside from something like that happening, I don't see the update problem going away.
My daughter's second gen Moto G is on 4.4.
Apparently an update to 5.0.1 was released for it this past weekend, but that's still really pathetic for a phone from 2014.
"If it were not for Microsoft everything would be like Linux is what you meant to say."
If it weren't for Bill Gates, some other entrepreneurial weasel would have taken his place.
The free software types rarely knew how, had the resources, or even wanted to bring their technology to the wider world.
And then since my wife wants it for her mp3 player, not for an apple device, I need to run it through SoundConversion.
How old is her MP3 player? I would assume it supports AAC (which is iTunes' .m4a format), unless it's ancient or was very cheap.
The people who faithfully buy "Pentium" are like the people who faithfully bought "Oldsmobile".
If it's classified as "he period when human activities started having a significant impact on Earth", then wouldn't the industrial revolution mark the start of that?
Or were coal-powered factories all over Europe belching horrible soot and smoke into the atmosphere not good enough?
It's better they try and fail than not try at all.
Just ask Nortel.
If they're serious about it, and properly examine the assets and tech they already have, I'm sure they can find something they're good at.
Quebec is a weird case.
KFC is KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) in France.
KFC is PFK (Poulet Frite Kentucky) in Quebec.
Because laws.
The difference between this and Google Docs is that it's baked right into the OS, and has hooks for third parties to implement it in their applications.
So that is some sort of standardization. At least, on Apple devices.
Everyone's taking that snippet waaaay out of context.
OS X and iOS work better together now, they don't work the same.
As in, for example, you start typing a document on your desktop, like you normally would, and you can continue it on your phone seamlessly and automatically if you have to go out. Both with different, and appropriate, interfaces.
This isn't about making your desktop work LIKE a phone. It's about making your desktop work WITH your phone.
I've been using Yosemite for a couple of months.
It's not turning into iOS. It's just working alongside iOS better. On the surface, de-glossification aside, it's more or less the same as Mavericks.
But of course, let's whip ourselves into a frenzy without even trying it out. This is Slashdot, of course.
They've hired a science advisor, but why haven't they hired a comedy advisor?
This goes a bit further than remote wiping.
It's already somewhat available with iOS devices, and is completely under the user's control. Basically, without your AppleID and password, the phone cannot be wiped and reactivated by a thief, essentially making it a fancy paperweight. (So it's not really a "kill switch", just a really strong theft deterrent.) The owner can wipe it themselves remotely, for security, but it would still *also* require their AppleID and password inputted directly into the device to reactivate it.
It's been working since September, and no one's found a way to bypass it. (Yet.)
If they wanna be fair, then Cosmos should be given equal time in their church.
Awesome. So now all those assholes in luxury cars can have even brighter headlights to blind me in my mirrors.