I'm not just talking about file formats. I take issue with the people who claim open source software is always better -- there are many times when it's not. Particularly from a user-experience point of view. (Just as one example, because open source leads to an inconsistent, hodge-podge interface)
In this case, from what I have seen of both open office and MS office, that MS wins. Plus, the fact that their file-format is the universal standard kinda helps things.
Yes, but while they're free, they don't necessarily do the job. Despite what many on slashdot say, open source is not the end-all be-all of software. More to the point -- what are they supposed when someone sends them.doc files?
(I fully expect to be modded down for this, but what the hell. I have karma to burn)
Linux needs a MUCH better graphical interface (anti-aliased fonts, copy-cut-paste between applications) a decent program manager (Pray for Autopackage), and better hardware support. Oh, the day the RTFM mentality is laid to rest will be a BIG step forward for open source.
On the other hand, Microsoft needs to become better for security, stability, and development. Losing all the annoying bells and whistles (ala, the default installation of XP) would be a plus.
The real question is, which one will happen first.
It's damning because they have a history of making Operating Systems so bloated that you *HAVE* to have the newest and fastest machine in order to run it.
How hard would it be for those companies using MS SQL to switch to a different SQL distro? That should eliminate the infringement, but how difficult is switch between one SQL distro and another?
You may get a better price/performance ratio on an ordinary x86 Intel or Athlon. Granted they are not as superscalar as a cray, but I'd imagine they are more so than a graphics card CPU. And oh yah, they're cheaper than a high end graphics card
He's taking large amounts of data and performing the same operations on them. So wouldn't a massively superscalar architecture (like a cray) be better suited for doing computations like that?
I did research under a professor who specializes in bioinfomatics. One particular goal of his research group is in visualization. Specifically, how the f*** do you graphically represent gigabytes of genetic data in a meaningful way? And how do you do it so that you can get useful information from it, like repeated patterns and whatnot?
The answer to the above is to do it in 3-D. One of the (mad-skilled, overachieving, indian) grad students wrote a program which renders DNA base sequences into a 2D plane, and then looks for important sequences (such as functional groups). When it finds one, it raises it out of the plane. All of this could be shown on our ImmersaDesk, but not everyone has an SGI Onyx. For that project, having a lot of processing power on individual PCs was a life-saver.
Bingo. Ok, so in the case to which I was referring, Lucky Green patented anti-piracy measures using Palladium. In the case of the current article, Microsoft will use it to prevent fair-use in media. Close enough
Wasn't there an article on slashdot a while back talking about how someone had defensively patented Palladium-DRM schemes in order to prevent M$ from doing exactly this? If so, then how can M$ do this now -- would it not be in violation of such patents?
I'd just like to point out that Flemming pretty did nothing with penicillin besides discover its existance (1928)-- he gave up on it after 6 months. It took a whole new generation of doctors and a world war 15 years later to actually make it useful.
I do not normally respond to trolls, but in this case, I feel compelled to. That post is quite possibly the dumbest post I have ever seen. To anybody reading this -- I strongly encourage you not to bid on the above account -- please do not encourage the corruption of what slashdot represents by allowing people to buy and sell online handles.
So what you are saying is that we need a Moore's law for batteries, eh? Sounds good -- it means that in 10 or 15 years, I'll have a nice, portable power plant for that phaser I'm working on
Clippy: It appears you are writing a letter criticizing Microsoft. Master Gates cannot let that happen. Now deleting all files off your hard drive. Have a nice day.
Slashdot Mirror
Fire and Ice, by Robert Frost
SOME say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Entangled electrons? Well, it might be early in the morning, but I'm always up for hearing about electron bondage :)
I'm not just talking about file formats. I take issue with the people who claim open source software is always better -- there are many times when it's not. Particularly from a user-experience point of view. (Just as one example, because open source leads to an inconsistent, hodge-podge interface)
In this case, from what I have seen of both open office and MS office, that MS wins. Plus, the fact that their file-format is the universal standard kinda helps things.
Yes, but while they're free, they don't necessarily do the job. Despite what many on slashdot say, open source is not the end-all be-all of software. More to the point -- what are they supposed when someone sends them .doc files?
(I fully expect to be modded down for this, but what the hell. I have karma to burn)
Linux needs a MUCH better graphical interface (anti-aliased fonts, copy-cut-paste between applications) a decent program manager (Pray for Autopackage), and better hardware support. Oh, the day the RTFM mentality is laid to rest will be a BIG step forward for open source.
On the other hand, Microsoft needs to become better for security, stability, and development. Losing all the annoying bells and whistles (ala, the default installation of XP) would be a plus.
The real question is, which one will happen first.
It's damning because they have a history of making Operating Systems so bloated that you *HAVE* to have the newest and fastest machine in order to run it.
...creating new software to entice people to buy more powerful computers
That just about says it right there.
How hard would it be for those companies using MS SQL to switch to a different SQL distro? That should eliminate the infringement, but how difficult is switch between one SQL distro and another?
Companies such as Oracle and Microsoft typically sell binaries incomprehensible to humans rather than the comparatively understandable source code.
After seeing this, I think that statement is being a bit generous
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.
I want my copy of Windows 98 to go more than 3 days without a reset. Does that mean I'm in the minority? Or is OS stability just a 'feature'?
You may get a better price/performance ratio on an ordinary x86 Intel or Athlon. Granted they are not as superscalar as a cray, but I'd imagine they are more so than a graphics card CPU. And oh yah, they're cheaper than a high end graphics card
He's taking large amounts of data and performing the same operations on them. So wouldn't a massively superscalar architecture (like a cray) be better suited for doing computations like that?
I've often wondered if all of the growing CPU power on graphics cards could be harnessed for other vector operations such as image classification?
What do you mean by image classification? And how exactly do you classify them?
I did research under a professor who specializes in bioinfomatics. One particular goal of his research group is in visualization. Specifically, how the f*** do you graphically represent gigabytes of genetic data in a meaningful way? And how do you do it so that you can get useful information from it, like repeated patterns and whatnot?
The answer to the above is to do it in 3-D. One of the (mad-skilled, overachieving, indian) grad students wrote a program which renders DNA base sequences into a 2D plane, and then looks for important sequences (such as functional groups). When it finds one, it raises it out of the plane. All of this could be shown on our ImmersaDesk, but not everyone has an SGI Onyx. For that project, having a lot of processing power on individual PCs was a life-saver.
Bingo. Ok, so in the case to which I was referring, Lucky Green patented anti-piracy measures using Palladium. In the case of the current article, Microsoft will use it to prevent fair-use in media. Close enough
Wasn't there an article on slashdot a while back talking about how someone had defensively patented Palladium-DRM schemes in order to prevent M$ from doing exactly this? If so, then how can M$ do this now -- would it not be in violation of such patents?
I'd just like to point out that Flemming pretty did nothing with penicillin besides discover its existance (1928)-- he gave up on it after 6 months. It took a whole new generation of doctors and a world war 15 years later to actually make it useful.
I do not normally respond to trolls, but in this case, I feel compelled to. That post is quite possibly the dumbest post I have ever seen. To anybody reading this -- I strongly encourage you not to bid on the above account -- please do not encourage the corruption of what slashdot represents by allowing people to buy and sell online handles.
You leave Cartman's mom alone!
Sheesh, there must be some really touchy moderators around here. I thought it was genuinly funny.
WTF is an 'almost-used' CD? It's one of those boolean things, like being pregnant, or so I have always thought.
2015: Hentai beamed straight into my mind :)
So what you are saying is that we need a Moore's law for batteries, eh? Sounds good -- it means that in 10 or 15 years, I'll have a nice, portable power plant for that phaser I'm working on
Clippy: It appears you are writing a letter criticizing Microsoft. Master Gates cannot let that happen. Now deleting all files off your hard drive. Have a nice day.
I was dead on with the content but cited the wrong case. Gimme a break... sheesh