IE is integrated into the OS in the sense that if you remove it, a fair few things (like lots of functionality in Explorer, also lots of parts of Windows Help and HTMLHelp) would stop working.
However, most of the IE related code is in several seperate files, specifically: hlink.dll (HyperLink Library) iexplore.exe (main program exe) imgutil.dll (Image Decoder API) mshtml.dll (HTML rendering engine) jscript.dll (JScript runtime) shdocvw.dll (Internet Explorer core) wldap32.dll (Win32 LDAP implementation) msxml.dll (XML parser) pngfilt.dll (PNG library) and probobly a few others as well.
Microsoft would have nothing to loose and probobly a fair bit to gain if they were to Open Source those bits that are "IE" (and not the other bits connected to, related to or used by it e.g. Windows Media, Shell, Windows Core, Outlook, OLE, COM, Common Controls etc)
Especially if they then took the best "user changes" and put them into the official tree and future IE updates.
1.make the games better so people are more inclined to pay for them 2.stop charging a fortune, the cheaper they are the more likely someone will buy them 3.include better stuff in the box (e.g. a printed manual, mabie a poster of the main character or something) 4.use CD keys for online access to play multiplayer games 5.make valid CD keys a requirement to access extra stuff (like how you need a vaid CD key to get onto the official Neverwinter Nights forums or how you need a valid CD key to install patches for some versions of Borland Delphi) 6.make it easier to get replacement disks if yours are damaged/scratched/unreadable (i.e. send us the broken disks and some small amount to cover postage and we will send you a new copy of the game). Obviously it wouldnt apply for older stuff that they dont have anymore... 7.in addition to a paper manual, how about a PDF manual straight on the CD so that when the paper manual goes missing, you have a replacement.
A list of applications broken by windows Internet Connection Firewall (which I dont use) A list of applications broken by the NX features on X86-64 (which I am not affected by) and A list of applications broken by other things
Companies like ID (i.e. those that actually care about linux) already use cross-platform C/C++ and cross-platform libraries for their games.
e.g. OpenGL for graphics. OpenAL for audio SDL for inputs and stuff some kind of cross-platform networking API (I would guess there is one) etc
Why then cant they build the whole thing to be cross-platform from the get go and keep it cross platform all the way through. As long as they dont use any windows specific items (e.g. windows API calls) or impelement a linux "port" of that piece of code early on and keep it up-to-date, I dont see why they cant do things so that the thing always builds and runs on linux just like on windows.
If they do things right, linux is not a "port", its just another target for their build system.
Although I suspect that even libraries like OpenGL, are not as "cross platform" as they appear at first glance...
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I suspect one part of the problem for AOL is that there is content that doesnt render on anything but MSHTML/IE right now (including content that, for various reasons, is worth $$$ to AOL) and they would need to fix the content in order for things to work.
Why would any IT shop not want to use IE 6? Its been out long enough that its had various service packs and bugfixes so (unlike XPSP2 which is only just out), its probobly safe enough to use.
Its about controll. Big Media wants to make it such that devices that play non-DRM media are illegal. This would mean that if you wanted to create content (music, movies, probobly also Software if companies like M$ get in on the act), you need to pay big $$$ to Big Media to do so (and since they have a monopoly, they can, if they dont like the content you want to create, refuse to licence to you period).
What I want to know is why the big Technology companies (who have the most to loose from this action) dont get together and fight back... Companies like ATI, NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, IBM and others. Not to mention companies built around "free software" like RedHat. As well as organizations like the EFF and FSF. If these groups got together to fight Big Media... (remember, the technology industry is BIGGER than the media industry in terms of total $$$) If needs be, use their own dirty tricks against them (back-door "secret" payments to congress etc)
Although on the other hand, I suspect that there is some reason I havent thought of as to why opposing this would actually be bad rather than good for the tech companies:)
1.all cars with black boxes must state clearly somewhere that the device is fitted and what it records. 2.the owner of the vechicle must be able to get access to the data (i.e. dump and read it, not change it) 3.the only other people who should legally be able to read it are the police with a warrant. (or e.g. the NTSB or some other agency, again with a warrant) 4.It should be illegal for anyone else (e.g. mechanics) to dump the data without permission from the owner. and 5.they should not record any information that would link the car to the location the car was at at the time the data was collected.
Would be a contract that says if it is: A.done on company time B.done with company equipment or C.done because you were told by your boss to do it (i.e. "what you are being paid to do") they own it otherwise they dont.
The problem is, there is a grey area. Lets say you are employed by Microsoft to work on.NET and visual studio and stuff. Lets say you, in your spare time, decide to write a compiler from to.NET MSIL.
The grey area is whether your employer has any rights to it (because it is directly connected with what you do for a job)
way back when (when apollo was being fixed after the apollo 1 fire but before apollo 7) the soviets fired an unmanned "zond" craft around the moon in exactly this free-return path.
The US govt (CIA etc) got wind of this and told NASA. This news was what caused the change in plans that led to the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission.
I am still bitter at EA for not giving enough support to C&C Renegade, canceling C&C Renegade 2 and producing the abomination that is C&C Generals (which basicly ripped off Warcrap III)
Probobly because if they did that, lots of sites using ActiveX (e.g. corporate intranet sites that use it because a PHB who shouldnt be allowed within 5 miles of a computer decided it would be a good thing to use) would stop working because of the new security permissions (e.g. requiring controls to be signed)
Here in australia, a lot of places accept EFTPOS (which is where you pay direct from your bank account with your card and pin) and its great for those times when there is no ATM of your bank available (since paying for stuff by EFTPOS, even if you do cash out which not all stores offer, still costs less in fees than using another banks ATM)
all the ATMs I have seen issue $20s and $50s. Most of them (probobly not all of them though) do allow you to select your bill mix (do you want that $100 as 5x$20 or 2x$50?)
mabie there is some issue (3rd party IP for example) preventing IBM to release WPS.
Or perhaps the cost (time to make sure its sutable to release, time to clean it up, time to remove all the other OS/2 IP that might be in there and so on as well as the cost to pay people to do all that) is prohibitive.
Plus, its os/2 specific and would require lots of porting to run on the win32 API anyway.
Look at how long it took for the Open Watcom version of Watcom C/C++ to be finished and opened.
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IE is integrated into the OS in the sense that if you remove it, a fair few things (like lots of functionality in Explorer, also lots of parts of Windows Help and HTMLHelp) would stop working.
However, most of the IE related code is in several seperate files, specifically:
hlink.dll (HyperLink Library)
iexplore.exe (main program exe)
imgutil.dll (Image Decoder API)
mshtml.dll (HTML rendering engine)
jscript.dll (JScript runtime)
shdocvw.dll (Internet Explorer core)
wldap32.dll (Win32 LDAP implementation)
msxml.dll (XML parser)
pngfilt.dll (PNG library)
and probobly a few others as well.
Microsoft would have nothing to loose and probobly a fair bit to gain if they were to Open Source those bits that are "IE" (and not the other bits connected to, related to or used by it e.g. Windows Media, Shell, Windows Core, Outlook, OLE, COM, Common Controls etc)
Especially if they then took the best "user changes" and put them into the official tree and future IE updates.
1.make the games better so people are more inclined to pay for them
2.stop charging a fortune, the cheaper they are the more likely someone will buy them
3.include better stuff in the box (e.g. a printed manual, mabie a poster of the main character or something)
4.use CD keys for online access to play multiplayer games
5.make valid CD keys a requirement to access extra stuff (like how you need a vaid CD key to get onto the official Neverwinter Nights forums or how you need a valid CD key to install patches for some versions of Borland Delphi)
6.make it easier to get replacement disks if yours are damaged/scratched/unreadable (i.e. send us the broken disks and some small amount to cover postage and we will send you a new copy of the game). Obviously it wouldnt apply for older stuff that they dont have anymore...
7.in addition to a paper manual, how about a PDF manual straight on the CD so that when the paper manual goes missing, you have a replacement.
I have seen on my banks website and in my online banking "messages" section warnings about these fraudulant emails.
A list of applications broken by windows Internet Connection Firewall (which I dont use)
A list of applications broken by the NX features on X86-64 (which I am not affected by)
and A list of applications broken by other things
Companies like ID (i.e. those that actually care about linux) already use cross-platform C/C++ and cross-platform libraries for their games.
e.g. OpenGL for graphics.
OpenAL for audio
SDL for inputs and stuff
some kind of cross-platform networking API (I would guess there is one)
etc
Why then cant they build the whole thing to be cross-platform from the get go and keep it cross platform all the way through.
As long as they dont use any windows specific items (e.g. windows API calls) or impelement a linux "port" of that piece of code early on and keep it up-to-date, I dont see why they cant do things so that the thing always builds and runs on linux just like on windows.
If they do things right, linux is not a "port", its just another target for their build system.
Although I suspect that even libraries like OpenGL, are not as "cross platform" as they appear at first glance...
I suspect one part of the problem for AOL is that there is content that doesnt render on anything but MSHTML/IE right now (including content that, for various reasons, is worth $$$ to AOL) and they would need to fix the content in order for things to work.
Why would any IT shop not want to use IE 6?
Its been out long enough that its had various service packs and bugfixes so (unlike XPSP2 which is only just out), its probobly safe enough to use.
You would need a password also (what happens if someone steals the USB key)
Use the second mirror that was made for the origonal.
And the instruments currently constructed to replace the ones up there now.
Its about controll.
:)
Big Media wants to make it such that devices that play non-DRM media are illegal.
This would mean that if you wanted to create content (music, movies, probobly also Software if companies like M$ get in on the act), you need to pay big $$$ to Big Media to do so (and since they have a monopoly, they can, if they dont like the content you want to create, refuse to licence to you period).
What I want to know is why the big Technology companies (who have the most to loose from this action) dont get together and fight back...
Companies like ATI, NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, IBM and others. Not to mention companies built around "free software" like RedHat. As well as organizations like the EFF and FSF. If these groups got together to fight Big Media... (remember, the technology industry is BIGGER than the media industry in terms of total $$$)
If needs be, use their own dirty tricks against them (back-door "secret" payments to congress etc)
Although on the other hand, I suspect that there is some reason I havent thought of as to why opposing this would actually be bad rather than good for the tech companies
I am VERY surprised that Blizzard isnt doing a Starcraft 2 on the Warcraft III engine...
1.all cars with black boxes must state clearly somewhere that the device is fitted and what it records.
2.the owner of the vechicle must be able to get access to the data (i.e. dump and read it, not change it)
3.the only other people who should legally be able to read it are the police with a warrant. (or e.g. the NTSB or some other agency, again with a warrant)
4.It should be illegal for anyone else (e.g. mechanics) to dump the data without permission from the owner.
and 5.they should not record any information that would link the car to the location the car was at at the time the data was collected.
Would be a contract that says if it is:
.NET and visual studio and stuff. Lets say you, in your spare time, decide to write a compiler from to .NET MSIL.
A.done on company time
B.done with company equipment
or C.done because you were told by your boss to do it (i.e. "what you are being paid to do")
they own it
otherwise they dont.
The problem is, there is a grey area.
Lets say you are employed by Microsoft to work on
The grey area is whether your employer has any rights to it (because it is directly connected with what you do for a job)
way back when (when apollo was being fixed after the apollo 1 fire but before apollo 7) the soviets fired an unmanned "zond" craft around the moon in exactly this free-return path.
The US govt (CIA etc) got wind of this and told NASA. This news was what caused the change in plans that led to the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission.
Westwood Studios anyone?
I am still bitter at EA for not giving enough support to C&C Renegade, canceling C&C Renegade 2 and producing the abomination that is C&C Generals (which basicly ripped off Warcrap III)
Not to mention The Naked Gun 2 & 1/2 and The Naked Gun 33 & 1/3
Probobly because if they did that, lots of sites using ActiveX (e.g. corporate intranet sites that use it because a PHB who shouldnt be allowed within 5 miles of a computer decided it would be a good thing to use) would stop working because of the new security permissions (e.g. requiring controls to be signed)
Here in australia, some ATMs (usually those located physically at the branches)will let you deposit money.
Here in australia, a lot of places accept EFTPOS (which is where you pay direct from your bank account with your card and pin) and its great for those times when there is no ATM of your bank available (since paying for stuff by EFTPOS, even if you do cash out which not all stores offer, still costs less in fees than using another banks ATM)
Here in australia charging for use of ATMs from other banks is the norm.
Which is why I only ever use EFTPOS or ATMs from my bank if I can help it.
all the ATMs I have seen issue $20s and $50s.
Most of them (probobly not all of them though) do allow you to select your bill mix (do you want that $100 as 5x$20 or 2x$50?)
...when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
and spent it on something worthwhile like NASA or education or any other worthwhile thing, the world would be a better place.
IRAQ was a mistake, the country now worse off than it was before the US invaded.
mabie there is some issue (3rd party IP for example) preventing IBM to release WPS.
Or perhaps the cost (time to make sure its sutable to release, time to clean it up, time to remove all the other OS/2 IP that might be in there and so on as well as the cost to pay people to do all that) is prohibitive.
Plus, its os/2 specific and would require lots of porting to run on the win32 API anyway.
Look at how long it took for the Open Watcom version of Watcom C/C++ to be finished and opened.
also you can download FreeDoom and play that.