No. OpenTV provides various middleware-type products to companies looking to build and deploy interactive television services. The don't provide anything directly to end-users, so far as I know.
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I'd like to request an invitation to your group. I have a great many high quality files, adequate bandwith, and I promise never to do anything to harm the group.
OK, here's the big deal as far as I see it, to silence all those people who feel this article justifies shameless Microsoft bashing.
When running C++ code, you have raw access to the entire machine. You can do whatever you want to memory, hardware, etc. without any restrictions. Granted, the OS may try to limit you to a certain memory space, and segfault, but this is moot. You can still access private data in your own memory space by manipulating pointers. This is the same for Microsoft or Open Source software.
The reason getting access to privates in C# is a big deal is that it is a language that is supposed to be protected by a runtime. This runtime should protect the integrity of the code at all times, thus eliminating a certain amount of security issues. Not doing this is a huge issue, and something that those programming for.NET should be aware of. Thus, people have a right to bitch about it.
Incidently, Microsoft touts the speed of.NET over Java. I wonder if these benchmarks would still hold up if MS's runtime did the proper checking and verification that Sun's runtime does.
First of all, let me say that I am pleased to see Linux being used in an "end user" environment where the common computer user will be exposed to it. However, there seems to be some confusion in some of the posts with regard to this article. Primarily the fact that some see this as an example as how to transition from Windows to Linux. It must be noted that previously the city of Largo was running *nix systems, SCO OpenServer in this case. Obviously, the transition from one *nix to another is going to be more similiar than a corresponding transition from Windows to Linux.
Secondly, as an avid computer geek, and a user of both Linux and Windows, I must say that (without regard to the cool "tech factor") Windows is much more user friendly. For my own purposes, I use Linux as my primary programming system, however most daily tasks (web browsing, e-mail, document writing, etc.) is done in Windows. Many replies here seem to state this as a good way to transition people from Windows to Linux by getting them familiar with Linux. The general theme seems to be "show people that Linux is not the hard-to-use, command-line-interface operating system." The article by itself is, however, a testament to this not being the case. A central server is used where all programs are stored and admistration is done by experienced professionals. The user never learns how to install programs, fix basic problems, etc. If a user of such a system were to buy a computer with Linux preinstalled because "I use it at the office," any good will exhibited by the user toward the Linux experience will be sorely lost the minute the user in question tries to install OpenOffice themselves, much less install the lastest ALSA drivers to get their new audio card working. Issues like these are fine when a system administrator is dealing with them, but present an entirely new issue when the end user is dealing with it. These are the types of issues that need to be addressed on the home desktop front if Linux is going to gain the widespread acceptance that it deserves.
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No. OpenTV provides various middleware-type products to companies looking to build and deploy interactive television services. The don't provide anything directly to end-users, so far as I know.
I'd like to request an invitation to your group. I have a great many high quality files, adequate bandwith, and I promise never to do anything to harm the group.
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OK, here's the big deal as far as I see it, to silence all those people who feel this article justifies shameless Microsoft bashing.
.NET should be aware of. Thus, people have a right to bitch about it.
.NET over Java. I wonder if these benchmarks would still hold up if MS's runtime did the proper checking and verification that Sun's runtime does.
When running C++ code, you have raw access to the entire machine. You can do whatever you want to memory, hardware, etc. without any restrictions. Granted, the OS may try to limit you to a certain memory space, and segfault, but this is moot. You can still access private data in your own memory space by manipulating pointers. This is the same for Microsoft or Open Source software.
The reason getting access to privates in C# is a big deal is that it is a language that is supposed to be protected by a runtime. This runtime should protect the integrity of the code at all times, thus eliminating a certain amount of security issues. Not doing this is a huge issue, and something that those programming for
Incidently, Microsoft touts the speed of
First of all, let me say that I am pleased to see Linux being used in an "end user" environment where the common computer user will be exposed to it. However, there seems to be some confusion in some of the posts with regard to this article. Primarily the fact that some see this as an example as how to transition from Windows to Linux. It must be noted that previously the city of Largo was running *nix systems, SCO OpenServer in this case. Obviously, the transition from one *nix to another is going to be more similiar than a corresponding transition from Windows to Linux.
Secondly, as an avid computer geek, and a user of both Linux and Windows, I must say that (without regard to the cool "tech factor") Windows is much more user friendly. For my own purposes, I use Linux as my primary programming system, however most daily tasks (web browsing, e-mail, document writing, etc.) is done in Windows. Many replies here seem to state this as a good way to transition people from Windows to Linux by getting them familiar with Linux. The general theme seems to be "show people that Linux is not the hard-to-use, command-line-interface operating system." The article by itself is, however, a testament to this not being the case. A central server is used where all programs are stored and admistration is done by experienced professionals. The user never learns how to install programs, fix basic problems, etc. If a user of such a system were to buy a computer with Linux preinstalled because "I use it at the office," any good will exhibited by the user toward the Linux experience will be sorely lost the minute the user in question tries to install OpenOffice themselves, much less install the lastest ALSA drivers to get their new audio card working. Issues like these are fine when a system administrator is dealing with them, but present an entirely new issue when the end user is dealing with it. These are the types of issues that need to be addressed on the home desktop front if Linux is going to gain the widespread acceptance that it deserves.
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