And somehow the practice of large businesses using extremely cheap labour, gouging their customers, imposing onerous restrictions (drm) on paying customers is morally right? Greedy capitalists will do anything they can, wether moral or not, if it will increase profits.
It's all about capitalism... Pirates are making available a cheaper and often superior (no drm) product. It is our duty as good capitalists to get best value for ourselves.
Actually, despite what MS will tell you, a server should be fundamentally different to a desktop, it should have a lot less software installed... MS's server versions are quite the opposite, they're basically desktops with additional server applications installed, they have a ton of desktop related functionality that is completely useless on a server sitting in a rack somewhere.
It's not really commandline only, it loads the gui components and then runs cmd.exe instead of explorer.exe, you still have a gui, can still use the mouse and move your cmd.exe windows around, and you can still load gui based apps... It's not like the pure text consoles offered by a unix based os.
It shouldn't really have a web browser installed by default... This is supposed to be a SERVER... Your not meant to use it as a workstation or browse sites from it... If you need to get files onto it, it should have some facility to allow you to transfer those files from your workstation. You should keep the amount of code running on your server down to an absolute minimum, and something so large and complex as a web browser that interacts with the outside world is a terrible idea.
Depends on the business... Technically oriented businesses often have a lot more linux, businesses where the primary focus is not computing related tend to have a lot of windows (often managed by external companies). Also a lot of office related stuff is usually all windows, but backend and internet related stuff can be linux based... A lot of smallish companies who think they're 100% windows often have linux boxes and don't realise it... A huge amount of networking equipment runs linux these days.
Remote apps instead of a full desktop - already done by X11 and citrix for many years. Hyper-v - already done by xen, kvm, vmware and a whole load more, most linux distros already had some kind of vm shipping by default.
Depends on the CPU... gcc has reasonable performance on x86, but on ia64 or ppc the vendor supplied compilers have a big advantage. even on x86 icc leads by a considerable margin in some areas, especially on very new processors.
You just need to structure the support differently.. Instead of per incident, you charge a fixed amount per year, that way more reliable software means less callouts and therefore more profit.
3d graphics cards were around in those days, they were just very high end and extremely expensive, SGI made them for instance. IRC is a form of instant messaging and it was created in 1988, and IRC itself was based on an existing chat program according to wikipedia. What you call "practical" cell phones are just an evolution of the impractical ones that existed before, and radios existed long before to do a similar function. Digital cameras too are simply an evolution of analog cameras, it was already possible to store images digitally in 1989. World wide web was basically an extension to existing bbs menus and systems like gopher. Mobile computing existed in 1989, it just required bigger less practical devices. Digital video existed in 1989, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDXL for instance, DVD is just a higher quality version. Writable optical media existed in the 1980s, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floptical (specifically the bit about iomega licensing it in 1989) Digital audio existed in 1989 too, mp3 is merely a better form of compression allowing higher quality in less space. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gps says the first satellite navigation system was used by the us navy in 1960, gps is merely an extension of this.
They won't do that because they can't, MS's monopoly status prevents them from doing so, very few people would buy such devices. This should be grounds for another antitrust case really, force MS to support other filesystems and formats like everyone else does.
The ipod can use HFS+, but then it can only be used with mac or linux.
The biggest hurdle is preinstalls and advertising in mass media, since most people never install any OS themselves. They buy a preinstall, or get techs in some store to do the (re)install for them. When it comes to those techs, windows is better for business because users are more likely to come back for a reinstall.
It says the device is unformatted and offers to format it for you... Which in itself is misleading and (most likely intentional) harmful behavior since it makes it easy to destroy devices which are formatted for other systems.
Not just filesystem, but file formats too... If MS were to tell you that you could no longer use FAT32 then it would be technically illegal to recover data from such a filesystem. And don't forget about all the proprietary formats which can only be opened by MS programs, as well as those that have been reverse engineered and can be opened with varying degrees of success by other programs...
For example, if you have a load of files saved by visio, and MS revoke your license to use visio (which they can do at any time, read the eula) what can you do without breaking the law?
Tomtom are a european company (from holland i believe), software patents are not valid in europe therefore they had no reason to waste money. They also had no choice but to use fat32 in order to interoperate with windows, a potential antitrust issue... Other filesystems are light years ahead but ms don't bother to implement them in windows.
They already have to a degree, if you want to upgrade the tomtom software they expect you to use their "tomtom home" program these days.. Previously you could just unzip the new version onto the memory card.
If your using their software, and the devices already run linux, then making the cards use ext2 as a filesystem wouldn't be too difficult.
Most tomtom users never connect the devices to their computers, they just use them standalone.
The ipod uses HFS+ when you format it on a mac, it only uses fat32 if you set it up on a windows system... If they go after apple then it's their own customers who would be hurt most since they refuse to support any outside filesystems in their os.
Tomtom could quite easily reconfigure their devices to use ext2/3 on the memory cards instead.
There will just be hidden costs that come later... When was the last time a uk government run it project didn't end up costing more than the original budget?
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And somehow the practice of large businesses using extremely cheap labour, gouging their customers, imposing onerous restrictions (drm) on paying customers is morally right?
Greedy capitalists will do anything they can, wether moral or not, if it will increase profits.
Which makes it a significant improvement over 2k3, which forced you to install all that crud.
It's all about capitalism... Pirates are making available a cheaper and often superior (no drm) product. It is our duty as good capitalists to get best value for ourselves.
Actually, despite what MS will tell you, a server should be fundamentally different to a desktop, it should have a lot less software installed... MS's server versions are quite the opposite, they're basically desktops with additional server applications installed, they have a ton of desktop related functionality that is completely useless on a server sitting in a rack somewhere.
It's not really commandline only, it loads the gui components and then runs cmd.exe instead of explorer.exe, you still have a gui, can still use the mouse and move your cmd.exe windows around, and you can still load gui based apps... It's not like the pure text consoles offered by a unix based os.
It does beg the question, why does a "server" os need directx 10?
It shouldn't really have a web browser installed by default...
This is supposed to be a SERVER... Your not meant to use it as a workstation or browse sites from it... If you need to get files onto it, it should have some facility to allow you to transfer those files from your workstation. You should keep the amount of code running on your server down to an absolute minimum, and something so large and complex as a web browser that interacts with the outside world is a terrible idea.
Depends on the business...
Technically oriented businesses often have a lot more linux, businesses where the primary focus is not computing related tend to have a lot of windows (often managed by external companies).
Also a lot of office related stuff is usually all windows, but backend and internet related stuff can be linux based... A lot of smallish companies who think they're 100% windows often have linux boxes and don't realise it... A huge amount of networking equipment runs linux these days.
I would say a minimal install is very relevant for a file server... Who wants tons of crap on a machine thats only acting as a file server?
Remote apps instead of a full desktop - already done by X11 and citrix for many years.
Hyper-v - already done by xen, kvm, vmware and a whole load more, most linux distros already had some kind of vm shipping by default.
Perhaps his small firm provides helpdesk services to other firms?
Depends on the CPU... gcc has reasonable performance on x86, but on ia64 or ppc the vendor supplied compilers have a big advantage. even on x86 icc leads by a considerable margin in some areas, especially on very new processors.
The performance gap is even bigger on IA64 too...
You just need to structure the support differently..
Instead of per incident, you charge a fixed amount per year, that way more reliable software means less callouts and therefore more profit.
3d graphics cards were around in those days, they were just very high end and extremely expensive, SGI made them for instance.
IRC is a form of instant messaging and it was created in 1988, and IRC itself was based on an existing chat program according to wikipedia.
What you call "practical" cell phones are just an evolution of the impractical ones that existed before, and radios existed long before to do a similar function.
Digital cameras too are simply an evolution of analog cameras, it was already possible to store images digitally in 1989.
World wide web was basically an extension to existing bbs menus and systems like gopher.
Mobile computing existed in 1989, it just required bigger less practical devices.
Digital video existed in 1989, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDXL for instance, DVD is just a higher quality version.
Writable optical media existed in the 1980s, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floptical (specifically the bit about iomega licensing it in 1989)
Digital audio existed in 1989 too, mp3 is merely a better form of compression allowing higher quality in less space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gps says the first satellite navigation system was used by the us navy in 1960, gps is merely an extension of this.
Windows wont touch an ISO9660 filesystem unless it thinks the device is a CD... Linux doesn't care and will use any fs on any type of block device.
They won't do that because they can't, MS's monopoly status prevents them from doing so, very few people would buy such devices. This should be grounds for another antitrust case really, force MS to support other filesystems and formats like everyone else does.
The ipod can use HFS+, but then it can only be used with mac or linux.
Ubuntu is much easier to install than windows...
The biggest hurdle is preinstalls and advertising in mass media, since most people never install any OS themselves. They buy a preinstall, or get techs in some store to do the (re)install for them.
When it comes to those techs, windows is better for business because users are more likely to come back for a reinstall.
It says the device is unformatted and offers to format it for you... Which in itself is misleading and (most likely intentional) harmful behavior since it makes it easy to destroy devices which are formatted for other systems.
Not just filesystem, but file formats too...
If MS were to tell you that you could no longer use FAT32 then it would be technically illegal to recover data from such a filesystem. And don't forget about all the proprietary formats which can only be opened by MS programs, as well as those that have been reverse engineered and can be opened with varying degrees of success by other programs...
For example, if you have a load of files saved by visio, and MS revoke your license to use visio (which they can do at any time, read the eula) what can you do without breaking the law?
Tomtom are a european company (from holland i believe), software patents are not valid in europe therefore they had no reason to waste money.
They also had no choice but to use fat32 in order to interoperate with windows, a potential antitrust issue... Other filesystems are light years ahead but ms don't bother to implement them in windows.
The more MS pursue those who have implemented FAT, the more those vendors will consider UDF...
They already have to a degree, if you want to upgrade the tomtom software they expect you to use their "tomtom home" program these days..
Previously you could just unzip the new version onto the memory card.
If your using their software, and the devices already run linux, then making the cards use ext2 as a filesystem wouldn't be too difficult.
Most tomtom users never connect the devices to their computers, they just use them standalone.
The ipod uses HFS+ when you format it on a mac, it only uses fat32 if you set it up on a windows system... If they go after apple then it's their own customers who would be hurt most since they refuse to support any outside filesystems in their os.
Tomtom could quite easily reconfigure their devices to use ext2/3 on the memory cards instead.
There will just be hidden costs that come later...
When was the last time a uk government run it project didn't end up costing more than the original budget?