It seems to me that most of the annoying parts in the Vista experience are not related to the kernel itself, but to higher layers. Of course there are hardware and driver compatibility issues, but the guy is explicitly saying they're going to improve that part in Windows 7.
All in all, I don't see why "a lot of Microsoft houses [would] begin to dump the platform altogether", if Microsoft works on these issues and makes the Vista-inheriting OS less of a mess to work with.
Vista is a failure for Microsoft. But at the same time it's an incredible source of feedback from their customers. I wouldn't be surprised if Windows 7 was a really good and successfull OS, seing all they learnt from Vista.
Games aren't having a problem looking great. They're having a problem looking great and doing it fast enough and game developers are having a problem creating the content to fill these luscious realistic-looking worlds.
Lately, games are having a problem being fun:/
I would love to see game editors work on the entertaining part of the games, which is basically what the customer is paying for.
In March 1986, it's interesting to see that HP, Bell, IBM, SUN, Intel and TI registered their domain during the same month. IBM and SUN, but also Intel and TI got theirs on the exact same day.
How wrong he was ! Look, in 2007, most major still push the CD as the main way to sell music. Some even try to sell vinyls again. This Zappa guy was so damn wrong about what the consummer wants ! Oh wait...
I'm very curious about the way the community would react if Microsoft provided a patch to an open-source app, just like they could have done in this case.
This time you know it's going to happen, and you have a whole year to think about how you could say that you, as an USA citizen, don't accept it that way. If enough people do so, instead of admitting it's the way it has got to be, perhaps things will change.
Windows is a gaming failure, just as it is a desktop failure :
- Everyone uses it.
- Some people even pay for it.
- The whole industry considers it as the De Facto standard (for non-console gaming).
Let's start calling Windows a failure, the day it doesn't make money to Microsoft anymore. Right now it's the only non-console platform that 99.99% gamers in the world will consider.
You have to realize that except for the USA and the UK, most of the occidental world countries don't consider being at war or threatened, and don't apply all this surveillance crap you're talking about in your post. It's not only Poland (which I agree is a great country nowadays), really.
(I don't live in the US neither)
Denmark, Sweden and Norway have such policies, and a pretty fast and efficient justice system. All this works very well because those countries have at most 10M citizens. In bigger countries like the US for instance, population is close to 30 times bigger, which makes things sower and harder to manage I guess.
From what is said in the French press and on French news websites, Deezer's music catalog is far from being 100% legal. They have a few agreements, but for most of the songs they have at best *contacted* the corresponding recording company.
They have a temporary agreement with the SACEM, till December 2007, with the SACEM having the ability to make it stop even sooner if they want. What makes me think this thing won't last, is the fact their agreement is based on the promise that their service is the first one where the user can listen to the music without the data being downloaded on the user's system, and without the user having the ability to record it.
In other words they guarantee that there's no way for user to record a song and listen to it without using their service. Hello there, Total Recorder and similar applications.
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This sounds like an awesome plot for a South Park episode !
It seems to me that most of the annoying parts in the Vista experience are not related to the kernel itself, but to higher layers. Of course there are hardware and driver compatibility issues, but the guy is explicitly saying they're going to improve that part in Windows 7.
All in all, I don't see why "a lot of Microsoft houses [would] begin to dump the platform altogether", if Microsoft works on these issues and makes the Vista-inheriting OS less of a mess to work with.
Vista is a failure for Microsoft. But at the same time it's an incredible source of feedback from their customers. I wouldn't be surprised if Windows 7 was a really good and successfull OS, seing all they learnt from Vista.
Last time that kind of things happened in European countries, it lead to revolutions. Not to jokes.
I think it obviously depends on the quality, and above all the relevance of the data, to the problem you're trying to solve.
I'm possibly gonna be moderated "Funny", but the Vista guidelines are well done IMO.
Let's just restrict the access to that guy's backyard, and forbid he let any chinese people use his binoculars.
Lately, games are having a problem being fun
I would love to see game editors work on the entertaining part of the games, which is basically what the customer is paying for.
Is the number of pages the new unit of choice, when it comes to legal threats ?
It's not a catch...it's a trap !
In March 1986, it's interesting to see that HP, Bell, IBM, SUN, Intel and TI registered their domain during the same month. IBM and SUN, but also Intel and TI got theirs on the exact same day.
How wrong he was ! Look, in 2007, most major still push the CD as the main way to sell music. Some even try to sell vinyls again. This Zappa guy was so damn wrong about what the consummer wants ! Oh wait...
It's not like they have any means to know you actually viewed their source.
It's been a while since we last heard from you, Mac Giver ! How have you been ? :)
I'm very curious about the way the community would react if Microsoft provided a patch to an open-source app, just like they could have done in this case.
Our best bet is to ask Netcraft about it.
1% of USA citizens on the streets a couple times would be more than enough to gather plenty of media corevage. And it usually starts there.
What's different ?
This time you know it's going to happen, and you have a whole year to think about how you could say that you, as an USA citizen, don't accept it that way. If enough people do so, instead of admitting it's the way it has got to be, perhaps things will change.
The Linden Labs letter amazes me. Just like the page title says : "a company that gets it"...I think it's the first time I see that :)
Windows is a gaming failure, just as it is a desktop failure : - Everyone uses it. - Some people even pay for it. - The whole industry considers it as the De Facto standard (for non-console gaming). Let's start calling Windows a failure, the day it doesn't make money to Microsoft anymore. Right now it's the only non-console platform that 99.99% gamers in the world will consider.
You have to realize that except for the USA and the UK, most of the occidental world countries don't consider being at war or threatened, and don't apply all this surveillance crap you're talking about in your post. It's not only Poland (which I agree is a great country nowadays), really.
(I don't live in the US neither) Denmark, Sweden and Norway have such policies, and a pretty fast and efficient justice system. All this works very well because those countries have at most 10M citizens. In bigger countries like the US for instance, population is close to 30 times bigger, which makes things sower and harder to manage I guess.
The OpenMoko product, as much pro-consumer as it can be, is very far from being consumer-ready.
From what is said in the French press and on French news websites, Deezer's music catalog is far from being 100% legal. They have a few agreements, but for most of the songs they have at best *contacted* the corresponding recording company.
They have a temporary agreement with the SACEM, till December 2007, with the SACEM having the ability to make it stop even sooner if they want. What makes me think this thing won't last, is the fact their agreement is based on the promise that their service is the first one where the user can listen to the music without the data being downloaded on the user's system, and without the user having the ability to record it.
In other words they guarantee that there's no way for user to record a song and listen to it without using their service. Hello there, Total Recorder and similar applications.
Despite what is said above, the Singapore Airlines website doesn't mention StarOffice, but MSOffice. Using Wine maybe ?
I can finally use WordPad at its full potential !