You're confusing two products, WinCE and PocketPC.
WinCE runs on many CPU's and comes with source (to look at, not modify)
PocketPC is a flavor of CE with additional stuff thrown in for a specific product. Its now limited to the ARM CPU so software writers don't need multiple binaries to support all the products, HP, Compaq, Toshiba etc
So is this worse than the Linux wu_ftp bug that was hidden by obscurity?
Seems like that was worse since the exploit didn't require user assistance.
Thanks to Red Hat though for telling us so we can patch our machines. Too bad the GPL public review didn't catch that problem for so long. Ditto for Bind, SendMail...
I guess this means you don't care about intellectual property.
It's the same old attitude of entitlement, "its on the net, so it must always be free".
Although after saying that, I feel copyright laws should only last for a reasonable time of say less than 20 years. That is more than sufficient for the authors to be renumerated while letting the work flow into the public domain as copyright originally was intended to do.
While Red Hat says they almost made a profit, its only by excluding other, huge expenses. 37.2 million was excluded, the net loss is 55.3 million.
The number to look at is that their earnings went down 15%.
This is bad news for Red Hat.
Someone in another post said that the price of Red Hat has gone too high. I disagree, you buy one and make copies.
How does the post I'm replying to merit being here? They argue that killing kids and parents is justified because he/she thinks America exploited someone.
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this will be mod'ed down for troll bait, but sheesh, I used OS/2 and it sucked.
It wasn't stable when you ran many apps, it was too easy to write code that locked the system up, and it was gawd awful to install.
Yeah, I saw the speech rec software for OS/2 ver 4(?). It barely worked.
Yes OS/2 was cool next to DOS and CPM. But it was way behind the Mac and also behind Windows once Win 95 came out.
Ok, so Windows NT, 2000, CE, and XP have this already.
What about other UNIXes though? BSD, Solaris, and the such?
Does OSX inherit this from BSD?
I thought other UNIX's and Windows and OSX already did this.
In fact, I'm surprised that Linux doesn't do it.
This isn't meant to be flame-bait, I'm a newbie in regards to the kernel. But isn't this common technology everywhere else?
Should I write a letter or just
buy some Microsoft stock?
[ does this make me a troll? ]
You're confusing two products, WinCE and PocketPC.
WinCE runs on many CPU's and comes with source (to look at, not modify)
PocketPC is a flavor of CE with additional stuff thrown in for a specific product. Its now limited to the ARM CPU so software writers don't need multiple binaries to support all the products, HP, Compaq, Toshiba etc
If the CLR is on PocketPC, then this might change
When I read the Netcraft study, it said the Linux folks were there and left when they couldn't get the system running fast enough.
Also, didn't Linus later say the results were valid and useful for improving Linux.
It sounds like the Netcraft study is used for FUD by both sides.
BTW, I wonder how Slashdot would react to VA Linux or Redhat memos being made up or leaked.
Yeah, besides recent Linux FTP and Unix BIND and sendmail problems, among others, why nothing besides MS has problems.
More seriously, we all need to grow up and past our anti-MS obsessions.
So is this worse than the Linux wu_ftp bug that was hidden by obscurity?
Seems like that was worse since the exploit didn't require user assistance.
Thanks to Red Hat though for telling us so we can patch our machines. Too bad the GPL public review didn't catch that problem for so long. Ditto for Bind, SendMail...
I'll dump this Linux stuff and load Windows XP.
With XP, full disclosure of problems happens quickly, whether MS wants it or not.
Linux coders pretend that its secure by hiding the problems.
How about some of the new HP, Compaq, or Toshiba Pocket PC's as stocking stuffers.
Copies of Windows XP under the tree for every adult.
and of course, an XBox for each kid and me.
For next year, a Tablet PC would be nice.
How about a little bit of astroturf too?
How do you know the EC commissioners weren't bought?
It was Sun Microsystems that brought this suit into being.
Regardless of feelings towards MS, it seems the EU has an unfair legal system where the judges are the jury and the prosecution.
Sure its free, Taco would rather whine than pay for it or just ignore it.
I guess this means you don't care about intellectual property. It's the same old attitude of entitlement, "its on the net, so it must always be free". Although after saying that, I feel copyright laws should only last for a reasonable time of say less than 20 years. That is more than sufficient for the authors to be renumerated while letting the work flow into the public domain as copyright originally was intended to do.
While Red Hat says they almost made a profit, its only by excluding other, huge expenses. 37.2 million was excluded, the net loss is 55.3 million. The number to look at is that their earnings went down 15%. This is bad news for Red Hat. Someone in another post said that the price of Red Hat has gone too high. I disagree, you buy one and make copies.
How does the post I'm replying to merit being here? They argue that killing kids and parents is justified because he/she thinks America exploited someone.
Mod them to -2.