It'd be great if Microsoft did release the source, but knowing them, they'd screw it up by putting it under a no-modifications license or something. It'll be interesting to see how this whole thing progresses.
They're going to try to use thin appliance type servers to compete with the Threat that Linux poses to them
"Thin appliance type servers"? If they're a small office, they can just use a spare workstation as a server by installing FreeBSD or Linux on it. No need to buy some special device suited for a special purpose.
Not that I think Windows 2000 will pose any threat in this area, mind you..
One community, slightly used. Contains lots of people that like interacting with each other.. Fun for all ages. $99 OBO.
I'm not sure what it is, but community-oriented purchases are such a letdown. Like when Netscape bought that community-assembled directory, and when AOL bought ICQ (not that ICQ was worth anything to begin with, mind you), and when AOL bought Netscape (hmm).. It just seems like profiting from the cooperation of others.
$89 bucks just for Microsoft to edit a few files and run them through a compiler? I think not. I can spend $39.95 and get a set of FreeBSD 3.1 CDs and get a million times more usefulness out of them than I would with software from Microsoft and its ilk.
Look on the bright side, they're probably saving up for when they lose the DOJ trial.:-)
I've found the Hauppauge WinTV (despite its name) to be a great tv/video board which works quite nicely with the newest kernels. The main and only reason I didn't buy the ATI board when I was shopping was because I remembered hearing bad things about people working on driver support for them under Linux.
This editorial in Mac opinion discusses the way Microsoft's competitors may attack Microsoft: making computers irrelevant by replacing them with information appliances.
Microsoft is already irrelevant to the average PC user. People don't refer to their computer as the "Machine Running Microsoft Windows 98", they refer to it as "that thing with the Start button". Microsoft has basically shot itself in its own foot by dumbing down the masses so much, that the person making the OS doesn't even matter. As long as it has a usable interface and it'll run all the neat new software releases out there, people will be happy.
I don't think "Information Appliances" are going to take down Microsoft. The OS is already irrelevant, and the hardware is already out there to support alternatives.
Make no mistake, if an OS gets good enough at "Windows-integration", and the OEMs pick it up, the outsider OS will proceed to envelop and obliterate Microsoft in one foul swoop. Their only strength is the amount of software out there for Windows.
This raises another interesting point.. What happens to all those shiny new Divx discs that people bought (or didn't)? Since the Divx collective will no longer exist to bill the person, I guess the discs are about as good as frisbees.:-)
You can't say it hasn't been coming.. Divx was a bad idea, and its dismal sales are no surprise. They didn't follow the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) guideline. Too many caveats and rules to follow to get a DIVX disc working. It's a good thing nice, simple Open DVD will triumph in the end.
If you honestly think that Linux equals the best commercial software, you really aren't looking very hard. It's a shame that I've seen so many similar (and equally uninformed) comments on this thread
I'm talking about within the confines of x86 hardware. Linux and FreeBSD are by far the best operating environments available for x86 in my opinion.
Mr. Torvalds has said that he is anxious for Linux to continue to grow in its capabilities so that it equals even the best commercial software.
The fact that Linux and the free BSDs are smashing Windows NT's house of cards at every turn is enough to shoot down this little FUDlet quote.
To say Linux equals even the best commercial software is more of an insult.. After having used Linux and other assorted free OSes for 4+ years, I'd say they surpasses it by a longshot.
Where do we draw the line between a program that knowingly mails to everyone in your address book (so-called virus), or a program that accidently mails to everyone in your address book (possibly a mail program in development, being debugged)?
Maybe due to encoding errors.. Mine doesn't skip. I've been listening to nothing but 128 kbps files for a few days now and mine hasn't skipped even once.
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If you want to call it GNU/Linux, fine. Don't force your opinion on everyone else.
It'd be great if Microsoft did release the source, but knowing them, they'd screw it up by putting it under a no-modifications license or something. It'll be interesting to see how this whole thing progresses.
"Thin appliance type servers"? If they're a small office, they can just use a spare workstation as a server by installing FreeBSD or Linux on it. No need to buy some special device suited for a special purpose.
Not that I think Windows 2000 will pose any threat in this area, mind you..
Hmmm.. not to add any fuel to the Red Hat/Slashdot Conspiracy fire, but.. LINK
One community, slightly used.
Contains lots of people that like interacting with each other..
Fun for all ages.
$99 OBO.
I'm not sure what it is, but community-oriented purchases are such a letdown. Like when Netscape bought that community-assembled directory, and when AOL bought ICQ (not that ICQ was worth anything to begin with, mind you), and when AOL bought Netscape (hmm).. It just seems like profiting from the cooperation of others.
The actual look of the site will probably be something like this.
Let's just hope Bill Gates' Corbis doesn't patent spirally things in logos. :-)
Look on the bright side, they're probably saving up for when they lose the DOJ trial. :-)
I've found the Hauppauge WinTV (despite its name) to be a great tv/video board which works quite nicely with the newest kernels. The main and only reason I didn't buy the ATI board when I was shopping was because I remembered hearing bad things about people working on driver support for them under Linux.
Microsoft is already irrelevant to the average PC user. People don't refer to their computer as the "Machine Running Microsoft Windows 98", they refer to it as "that thing with the Start button". Microsoft has basically shot itself in its own foot by dumbing down the masses so much, that the person making the OS doesn't even matter. As long as it has a usable interface and it'll run all the neat new software releases out there, people will be happy.
I don't think "Information Appliances" are going to take down Microsoft. The OS is already irrelevant, and the hardware is already out there to support alternatives.
Make no mistake, if an OS gets good enough at "Windows-integration", and the OEMs pick it up, the outsider OS will proceed to envelop and obliterate Microsoft in one foul swoop. Their only strength is the amount of software out there for Windows.
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This raises another interesting point.. What happens to all those shiny new Divx discs that people bought (or didn't)? Since the Divx collective will no longer exist to bill the person, I guess the discs are about as good as frisbees. :-)
You can't say it hasn't been coming.. Divx was a bad idea, and its dismal sales are no surprise. They didn't follow the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) guideline. Too many caveats and rules to follow to get a DIVX disc working. It's a good thing nice, simple Open DVD will triumph in the end.
This is a good thing. The more big names we have out there who are (moderately) on our side, the better.
I'm talking about within the confines of x86 hardware. Linux and FreeBSD are by far the best operating environments available for x86 in my opinion.
The fact that Linux and the free BSDs are smashing Windows NT's house of cards at every turn is enough to shoot down this little FUDlet quote.
To say Linux equals even the best commercial software is more of an insult.. After having used Linux and other assorted free OSes for 4+ years, I'd say they surpasses it by a longshot.
Proprietary compilers? That kind of takes all the fun out of programming on a Linux box.
Where do we draw the line between a program that knowingly mails to everyone in your address book (so-called virus), or a program that accidently mails to everyone in your address book (possibly a mail program in development, being debugged)?
Reminds me of the SNL skit where Bill Gates blew up "Apple Computer's new Korean manufacturing plant" live on Microsoft TV.
The Open Sound System has a movement?
Maybe due to encoding errors.. Mine doesn't skip. I've been listening to nothing but 128 kbps files for a few days now and mine hasn't skipped even once.
Isn't this about the point in the script where Microsoft swoops down and finishes off the rest of the Internet?
Cute.