"Many of the viruses that have plagued consumers and businesses over the last two years have spread fast and far because of weaknesses in Microsoft's popular e-mail program Outlook."
maybe they should change the name of the program to lookout!
>>I've had a cable modem through Charter for two over two years now, and outside of a hellacious week brought on by Code Red running rampant across idiot's machines, it has been more reliable than my dial-up account ever was. Bandwidth loss due to too many people on the network is a function of the cable company underestimating the number of subscribers on one hub. Half of my neighborhood is on the service, and I never seem to get less than 250Kbps even during peak day hours. At 8PM, I usually have 400 - 600Kbps. And I get all of this for $29.95 per month plus I get a 10% discount off my cable bill.
funny,
i'm signed up with charter also (768 Kbps) and the last four months my modem works only in the morning and that never get over 256 Kbps. in the afternoon i have to get connected with my dial up modem cause is so slow and all that for 39.95 a month.
what state is that you get 600Kbps with 29.95 a month???
>> Recent case studies (the Internet) provide very dramatic evidence... that commercial quality can be achieved / exceeded by OSS projects.
The above is from the document.
Dramatic evidence? what do they mean? dramtic as in
"This is really bad for microsoft" or dramatic as in
"dramatically fast improvements".
I'm an old fashion guy... when telemarketers call i just put the phone down and let them talk to themselves. I go on with my work... after a while i hear the tone that tells me they have hanged up.
I have been reading though the posts and i've seen people saying that patch and don't get infected etc. My question is, how will you patch something that doesn't exist. I mean if a virus doesn't exist then there is no patch for that virus. You will get a patch after a virus has been discovered, and a patch has been released. But until then it might be too late. Somebody said (in a previous thread) that if an os was designed with security in mind the patches would be to a minimum. I agree to that and i like to say that it's not the admins fault. If MS had not all these security holes then maybe a few patches would "close" the holes and admins would be able to keep up with the patches.
>I kinda wish everyone would stop trying to make Unix a desktop machine when windows and mac do it so much better already.
StarOffice is available for windows also. I doubt there are going to be a lot of people switching their whole desktop to unix just because of the office suit. Even if S.O. is succesful and people actually start doing the switch they still not going to switch to unix because of training and costs and yatta...yatta...yatta.
This is going to be a tough battle but i truly wish them good luck. I hope this trial brings out how unjustifiable the DMCA is and maybe the government get a move to change things a bit.
Just Hoping...
that's good news. People that don't like to open star office to read a MS office document ought to be happy. personally, i'm using star office. It works just fine for me. Now for the the quicktime and shockwave it propably worth buying since more and more web sites are using shockwave and i haven't found anything to view quicktime movies in my computer.
i've been reading through posts and it bothered me when people say it's the admins fault for not patching.
excuseme here for a sec but if you buy a car do you buy it broken?Did you see any car company to offer "patches" for a car?
even In rare cases of a defective engine the owner takes the car in and have it replaced if he bought it brand new. Car companies don't have customers opening the hood and applying patches.
that the author is correct. Just think about it for a moment. How is it easier to read for the eye, reading from a computer screen or a book. a screen is always harsher to the eye than paper. Personaly i like to read my books when i'm laying down. the computer takes this away, unless if i nail my screen on the ceeling.
the other point i would like to make is that, people if they are going to spend money to buy e-books have better to make sure tthey don't loose those books. I mean just look at how many people are formating their hard drive every 6 months. do you think that anybody likes to buy the same book over and over again? i sure don't. When i buy a book i like to have it on a book shelf. maybe i wanna read that book 10 years after the day i bought it. I'm sure i'm going to change hardware at least 3 times within the next 10 years. I'm going to have to call adobe every time i change hardware to let me copy MY copy of the book on my new machine?
just pondering and wondering....
I agree with you 100%. But think about it.They control over 90% of home desktops. Do you think they give a rats us about 8% of the people, who by the way, are using open source? About buisiness migrating to linux because they are forced, you still have to think about the buisiness world in general, because once a few major companies start using their incompatibilities, many smaller companies will follow.
In order to make some sense out of things you would have to compare both sides.
first, let's consider that you buy windows once( or come with a machine that you buy) because microsoft publishes a new version every so many years. Linux companies publish new versions every 6 months. Many of the users buy distributions regularly, and that because others want to see how functional it is, other just want to see the difference and contribute something, others because of better hardware support.
If you just think about it, what's 30 dollars every six months for a new distro. if you put the total together it comes out to around $120, for 2 years vs m$ which comes to around $100 in case you upgrade to every new version of windows.
that said,
one has to think about how much money you actually spend with in those three years on third party software. personaly i never bought third party software for linux. For windows that's not the case. I know people that every week they are out buying new software for their win box.
To me, linux costs much less rather than windows. maybe i'm spending a few extra cash in different distros but oh well, still the loss is much less than that of windows.
Reading the article, gave me a feeling that either one of them lies or both lie, just to get their way. about saying that the GPL is not enforcable, i don't think that this is right. I think it is enforcable, and one should realize that be looking back a few weeks. You can see M$ trying to create a bad name for the gpl cause they can't touch it. Do you think that microsoft with the myriads of lawyers would be afraid to touch any program under the gpl if they new they could defeat the gpl in court? i don't think so.
regards,
My Thoughts
And who are you to say to other people that they are dumb. I guess you were born and knew what linux is and how to mount and unmount partitions. Well, i'm sorry to say that but not everybody has your inteligence. After all if you don't want to help others just pretend you don't know what linux is.
38. The Windows XP operating system leaves the user with little choice but to employ
Passport. As soon as the user starts a computer and uses a modem, a dialog box appears
on the screen stating: You ve just connected to the Internet. You need a Passport to use
Windows XP Internet communications features (such as instant messaging, voice chat
and video), and to access Net-enabled features. Click here to set up your Passport.
Imagine that. as soon as you try and dial up, winows will MAKE you -wether you like it or not- to sign up and get a passport. Talk about dictatorship.
another point:
44. To use Windows XP, consumers will be unfairly led to believe that they need a
Microsoft Passport. Passport is the basic user credential of Hailstorm. Although
Microsoft claims the users own their information and that consumers will control the
use of that information, Microsoft will charge consumers to relay this vast amount of
individually identifiable information, ranging from their home addresses to the
documents stored on their computers. Microsoft will also charge recipients to use the
information.
That's how you can make money. Charge people to give you their info, and charge those who want those info. Very smart. Why haven't i thought of that before.
Slashdot Mirror
take a look at the linux from scratch side.
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org
i think it helps understand how the whole system works together.
good luck!
in the article is mentioned:
"Many of the viruses that have plagued consumers and businesses over the last two years have spread fast and far because of weaknesses in Microsoft's popular e-mail program Outlook."
maybe they should change the name of the program to lookout!
cat /dev/zero > file_with_data_you_want_to_dissapear
>>So my question is why design and build something that only a few geeks will want... and even then, just because of the "hey, it runs linux" factor?
how about because a company wants to save money by not paying palm or microsoft for licensing.
i think there is a port for windows also of gcc and maybe g++ (not very sure).
you may wanna check this side right here(djgpp)
>>I've had a cable modem through Charter for two over two years now, and outside of a hellacious week brought on by Code Red running rampant across idiot's machines, it has been more reliable than my dial-up account ever was. Bandwidth loss due to too many people on the network is a function of the cable company underestimating the number of subscribers on one hub. Half of my neighborhood is on the service, and I never seem to get less than 250Kbps even during peak day hours. At 8PM, I usually have 400 - 600Kbps. And I get all of this for $29.95 per month plus I get a 10% discount off my cable bill.
funny,
i'm signed up with charter also (768 Kbps) and the last four months my modem works only in the morning and that never get over 256 Kbps. in the afternoon i have to get connected with my dial up modem cause is so slow and all that for 39.95 a month.
what state is that you get 600Kbps with 29.95 a month???
>> Recent case studies (the Internet) provide very dramatic evidence ... that commercial quality can be achieved / exceeded by OSS projects.
... i'm speachless
The above is from the document.
Dramatic evidence? what do they mean? dramtic as in
"This is really bad for microsoft" or dramatic as in
"dramatically fast improvements".
since this come from MS it's probably the second.
what can i say
I'm an old fashion guy... when telemarketers call i just put the phone down and let them talk to themselves. I go on with my work ... after a while i hear the tone that tells me they have hanged up.
I have been reading though the posts and i've seen people saying that patch and don't get infected etc. My question is, how will you patch something that doesn't exist. I mean if a virus doesn't exist then there is no patch for that virus. You will get a patch after a virus has been discovered, and a patch has been released. But until then it might be too late. Somebody said (in a previous thread) that if an os was designed with security in mind the patches would be to a minimum. I agree to that and i like to say that it's not the admins fault. If MS had not all these security holes then maybe a few patches would "close" the holes and admins would be able to keep up with the patches.
why didn't they release a patch and they actually prefered to release a new version.
Otherwise you may have accidents while you are on the phone.
>I kinda wish everyone would stop trying to make Unix a desktop machine when windows and mac do it so much better already.
StarOffice is available for windows also. I doubt there are going to be a lot of people switching their whole desktop to unix just because of the office suit. Even if S.O. is succesful and people actually start doing the switch they still not going to switch to unix because of training and costs and yatta...yatta...yatta.
Just my humble opinion
This is going to be a tough battle but i truly wish them good luck. I hope this trial brings out how unjustifiable the DMCA is and maybe the government get a move to change things a bit.
Just Hoping...
You should read the whole paragraph. The first time he hacked it, took him 3 lines of code and the second time just one line of code.
that's good news. People that don't like to open star office to read a MS office document ought to be happy. personally, i'm using star office. It works just fine for me. Now for the the quicktime and shockwave it propably worth buying since more and more web sites are using shockwave and i haven't found anything to view quicktime movies in my computer.
sometimes i would like to have a sec more to press the delete button to get into the bios and change a few settings.
i've been reading through posts and it bothered me when people say it's the admins fault for not patching.
excuseme here for a sec but if you buy a car do you buy it broken?Did you see any car company to offer "patches" for a car?
even In rare cases of a defective engine the owner takes the car in and have it replaced if he bought it brand new. Car companies don't have customers opening the hood and applying patches.
that the author is correct. Just think about it for a moment. How is it easier to read for the eye, reading from a computer screen or a book. a screen is always harsher to the eye than paper. Personaly i like to read my books when i'm laying down. the computer takes this away, unless if i nail my screen on the ceeling. ....
the other point i would like to make is that, people if they are going to spend money to buy e-books have better to make sure tthey don't loose those books. I mean just look at how many people are formating their hard drive every 6 months. do you think that anybody likes to buy the same book over and over again? i sure don't. When i buy a book i like to have it on a book shelf. maybe i wanna read that book 10 years after the day i bought it. I'm sure i'm going to change hardware at least 3 times within the next 10 years. I'm going to have to call adobe every time i change hardware to let me copy MY copy of the book on my new machine?
just pondering and wondering
I agree with you 100%. But think about it.They control over 90% of home desktops. Do you think they give a rats us about 8% of the people, who by the way, are using open source? About buisiness migrating to linux because they are forced, you still have to think about the buisiness world in general, because once a few major companies start using their incompatibilities, many smaller companies will follow.
In order to make some sense out of things you would have to compare both sides.
first, let's consider that you buy windows once( or come with a machine that you buy) because microsoft publishes a new version every so many years. Linux companies publish new versions every 6 months. Many of the users buy distributions regularly, and that because others want to see how functional it is, other just want to see the difference and contribute something, others because of better hardware support.
If you just think about it, what's 30 dollars every six months for a new distro. if you put the total together it comes out to around $120, for 2 years vs m$ which comes to around $100 in case you upgrade to every new version of windows.
that said,
one has to think about how much money you actually spend with in those three years on third party software. personaly i never bought third party software for linux. For windows that's not the case. I know people that every week they are out buying new software for their win box.
To me, linux costs much less rather than windows. maybe i'm spending a few extra cash in different distros but oh well, still the loss is much less than that of windows.
that's all folks!
Reading the article, gave me a feeling that either one of them lies or both lie, just to get their way. about saying that the GPL is not enforcable, i don't think that this is right. I think it is enforcable, and one should realize that be looking back a few weeks. You can see M$ trying to create a bad name for the gpl cause they can't touch it. Do you think that microsoft with the myriads of lawyers would be afraid to touch any program under the gpl if they new they could defeat the gpl in court? i don't think so.
regards,
My Thoughts
And who are you to say to other people that they are dumb. I guess you were born and knew what linux is and how to mount and unmount partitions. Well, i'm sorry to say that but not everybody has your inteligence. After all if you don't want to help others just pretend you don't know what linux is.
That is not funny.... It is actually true.
The difference is that in /. you can still read what is posted and add comments to stories without having a password and username.
from the paper:
38. The Windows XP operating system leaves the user with little choice but to employ Passport. As soon as the user starts a computer and uses a modem, a dialog box appears on the screen stating: You ve just connected to the Internet. You need a Passport to use Windows XP Internet communications features (such as instant messaging, voice chat and video), and to access Net-enabled features. Click here to set up your Passport.
Imagine that. as soon as you try and dial up, winows will MAKE you -wether you like it or not- to sign up and get a passport. Talk about dictatorship.
another point:
44. To use Windows XP, consumers will be unfairly led to believe that they need a Microsoft Passport. Passport is the basic user credential of Hailstorm. Although Microsoft claims the users own their information and that consumers will control the use of that information, Microsoft will charge consumers to relay this vast amount of individually identifiable information, ranging from their home addresses to the documents stored on their computers. Microsoft will also charge recipients to use the information.
That's how you can make money. Charge people to give you their info, and charge those who want those info. Very smart. Why haven't i thought of that before.