Thanks for the enlightenment, now if MS office just gets ported to BSD, I will be in heaven! I really do hope that MS Windows is not just a cut and paste hack. I do understand the importance of kiss, and how MS has thrived on the stupid user.
For instance I have a friend who only runs XP pro on an open DSL, with no firewall, as admin all the time. I suspect that this is the case in the majority.
Just that fact that RPC and 135 are on by default out of the box, makes me question Microsofts true motives. I believe it is planned obsolecense. The only reason for this would be Bush style Government forced upgrades to the latest incarnation of so called MS (trusted computing).
I do not trust any monopoly that has to spin doctor it's every product to make up for the fact that in reality it is still a BETA!
ifconfig=ipconfig, netastat=netastat, cd=cd, mkdir=mkdir etc, etc. The only reason MS would buy a unix licence is that original Unix code might be in all the versions of the Windows kernel, just tweaked to work with the original MS C compilers. Basic (an interpreted language) is not the core language of the MS kernel variants, even though that is what Gates would like gullible people to believe. Using original Unix code for Windows with the security turned off is rather like turning a silk purse into a sows ear. The original versions of Windows 95 and NT where very Unix like, but an obvious cut and paste hack, remember how much of a beta they were, even though they sold like stink! Because real Unix variants were just too expensive.
There is more to this story than even the average computer guru knows. Most MSCE's don't even understand these things.
Hopefully the hardware manufactures will finally start to fight this idiot! It is obvious that he holds his hardware partners by the short hairs. HP and IBM have had enough, Sony is being shit on with the great XBOX dumping scheme. Maybe we might see a Linux friendly Sony VIAO very soon. It would be great if Canon and a few other manufactures started to realise that OSS drivers will help price and sales. I would gladly pay a premium for a Linux friendly digital camera. Now if Creative Labs can also realise the potential, Naw I'm dreaming. I would gladly pay more for effective Linux friendly software and hardware.
I just wonder if there are MS word docs out there ready to reveal more about the evil empire. It would only be fitting if Intel and IBM leaked some old word.docs from Redmond.... naw Microsoft couldn't be that stupid.
With the upcoming change to PCI X, Linux might become a hard sell if all the hottest new PCI devices are Windows only again! I was reading that the board and chip designers are all MS software funded. It might take up to the Linux 2.8 kernel to catch up, given that all the specs will need to be reversed. Maybe HP and IBM know something other hardware manufactures do not? Might PCI X bomb in its first incarnation?
Given an interface that uses advanced graphics. A really skookum java based music notation interface might be addressed as graphical elements. One of the most annoying aspects of current music notation software is the reliance on fonts and the lack of printer friendly vector drawing interfaces. MusicXML from Recordaire.com is a start, but alot more can be done.
The majority of web sites are not exactly "screen reader friendly" I have seen some visually disabled individuals using MS based screen readers. They quickly dump the junk. Not to mention ignorant e-mails that include junk giffs and xml twaddle!.NET inet scripting is the problem. I have seen disabled kids heart broken, because their parents spent thousands on MS software, and.NET garbage.
Internet connection lizard is not advertisement mechanism! It is a function that is not removable from the MS OS and is essential to MA and PA. Since when do you see MSN butterfly CD's in the mail? Microsoft is a convicted monopoly, with no scruples.(then again in the Bush version of American business I guess that is normal).
Microsoft spends squat on advertising compared to other big 500 corporations, they do not have to, they use unfair competitive practices. For that matter they get most of their advert time for free.
In a distant Galaxy... long ago
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The Emporer Gates has trapped the famous Tivo Jedi Paul, all might be lost!
Emporer Gates
"Come and join the Dark Side...Paul"
Jedi Paul "Never...never, as long as my Linux based Tivo is active the Tivo Jedi will defend the rights of the consumer to record!"
DarkAllen...Jedi Pauls father... "Listen to him, you will understand why you cannot resist him Paul!"
Jedi Paul...."NEVER"....!
Emporer Gates "Then you will die!! Now witness the power of this fully operational DRM enabled Windows Longhorn based entertainment centre!!"
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All true, but the reason Redmond is winning is clear. Microsoft could not care one whit about AOL, because the defaults in IE6 and internet connection lizard are still their key to world domination.
Internet Explorer defaults out of the box to MSN. This makes Ma and Pa America think that MSN is the internet. There is no real competition for Inet services. I have a friend who thinks that Hotmail is internet mail, he refuses to believe me when I tell him his DSL account includes mail. He does not even understand that you can have mail with your own ISP, in his case telus.net! As long as Microsoft is allowed to abuse and confuse the consumer this rediculous situation will be the case.
In Redmond Washington, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has presented the specs and API for a new all in one computer language. He said "There is no reason why programmers of the future should be forced into a shell. The ability to fork and close your binary will now be made easy, for the first time."
The name of the new language is very revealing to OpenSource coders, It is FORKU
Yes, I use my home computer to record 96/24. With microphones. The midi function through the joystick, which on the Mac can be used to trigger audio/record funtions, is hopeless on the PC even with DirectX 9. Direct X is a beast of spaghetti code, that is impossible to write extend functions without paying for an MS API. Yes there is a cartel, when I can afford a MAC, I will make the switch, permanently!
The whole concept of directX controls is the big thing holding Linux back for in all aspects of the entertainment industry. As long as there is an obvious MS hardware partner cartel, Linux will have big trouble breaking into the home market. Creative labs and the vid chip designers still pay lip service to open source and are afraid of offending if they let too many specs out. The reason why HP and Intel is being shit on by Microsoft is simply that they let out too much to open source developers.
There is no true way to surf the net anon. That is why ssh and PGP encription is still the best way to communicate semi privately. It is a good thing that regular net traffic is wide open. Eventually we will need two net systems, a secure one and one that is open. It is just a shame that Microsoft is setting the standards with their take on secure computing. This is why computer security needs to be open source. Essentially security software binaries are easy to reverse, there is no security in obscurity. I know this is an old saw, but now more than ever it rings true.
The patents held by Acorn have prevented bios based OS, so far. They expire next year I believe as the first Acorns came out about 1985. If they have been bought out by the dark side on planet Redmond and extented (with help from Gates political associates) then we can kiss our buts goodbye.
The greatest strenght of Linux is it's ability to be turned into a custom distro. This is why Linux could become a usable gaming distro, that could be included with the game. The problem is bells and whistles drivers for SB cards like the new 96/24 offerings from Creative. Until vid card and and sound card manufactures stop being lackies for MS software, this will not happen.
What would be really good is if a non-gui lily-dvi could display the parsed lily.out as the input script is being typed. Fundamently this would require a gui with sequential undo and redo, rather like a lilyscripting word processor. Building a small gui just for these functions would be easy. Just wounder why no one has done this? That is the way simple word processors used to work. I am aware of Anders and Notedit and all the other gui, the problem is they all rely on midi. See my home page comment about midi and Bach.
This is from an industry, that has enough Ottawa clout to subect Canadian radio listeners to endless drivel. To fill in content regulation requirements!
So if I am in Hongcouver I still hear Edward Bear and Terry Jacks on the oldies at least 3 times an hour. I hope their collective stupidity does them in and we start to see a free market for a change. I also resent having to pay money to those jerks every time I burn a Linux ISO. The extortionists deserve what that are about to reap, namely obscurity.
choose kernel to smp, you need to pass it to inet. But I guess a gui free environment is too hard. It is an ncurses based gui. Expand the kernel config options to support your amd's
Anybody can see the potential to elimate a computers bios and develope a flash rom OS. I doubt that software developers will warm to the idea. It might make the old Acorn arch and OS very attractive though.
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For instance I have a friend who only runs XP pro on an open DSL, with no firewall, as admin all the time. I suspect that this is the case in the majority.
Just that fact that RPC and 135 are on by default out of the box, makes me question Microsofts true motives. I believe it is planned obsolecense. The only reason for this would be Bush style Government forced upgrades to the latest incarnation of so called MS (trusted computing).
I do not trust any monopoly that has to spin doctor it's every product to make up for the fact that in reality it is still a BETA!
There is more to this story than even the average computer guru knows. Most MSCE's don't even understand these things.
Hopefully the hardware manufactures will finally start to fight this idiot! It is obvious that he holds his hardware partners by the short hairs. HP and IBM have had enough, Sony is being shit on with the great XBOX dumping scheme. Maybe we might see a Linux friendly Sony VIAO very soon. It would be great if Canon and a few other manufactures started to realise that OSS drivers will help price and sales. I would gladly pay a premium for a Linux friendly digital camera. Now if Creative Labs can also realise the potential, Naw I'm dreaming. I would gladly pay more for effective Linux friendly software and hardware.
Does this mean I can use Ghostscript to read the docs?
Microsoft spends squat on advertising compared to other big 500 corporations, they do not have to, they use unfair competitive practices. For that matter they get most of their advert time for free.
Emporer Gates "Come and join the Dark Side ...Paul"
Jedi Paul "Never...never, as long as my Linux based Tivo is active the Tivo Jedi will defend the rights of the consumer to record!"
DarkAllen...Jedi Pauls father... "Listen to him, you will understand why you cannot resist him Paul!"
Jedi Paul...."NEVER"....!
Emporer Gates "Then you will die!! Now witness the power of this fully operational DRM enabled Windows Longhorn based entertainment centre!!"
In Redmond Washington, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has presented the specs and API for a new all in one computer language. He said "There is no reason why programmers of the future should be forced into a shell. The ability to fork and close your binary will now be made easy, for the first time."
The name of the new language is very revealing to OpenSource coders, It is FORKU
choose kernel to smp, you need to pass it to inet. But I guess a gui free environment is too hard. It is an ncurses based gui. Expand the kernel config options to support your amd's