Not a slam on 'stay at home moms' in the least, but there are more of those then 'stay at home dads', so just purely by the #'s there is a better chance of them finding some time to be online during the day then the males of the population.
1 - That shows intent , so dont use that in court.. 2 - That is true, though your ISP might cut you off for violating the AUP in the process. ( but better that then fined/jailed )... 4 - Dont forget the plethora of viruses/trojans out there.
Too bad my PC has been hacked into in the past ( ok, actually it was my PC based router and all i had to do was reboot, but still you get the idea, trojaned PC's are quite common these days ).. And i use WEP for my laptop...
Umm no, its not 'nothing'.. Agreed its not high in large enough volumes, but its not free. Have you ever dealt with Microsoft on an enterprise volume license agreement before? Sounds like you haven't.
I never said there wernt lesser alternatives, i just dont see them replacing exchange in most large Microsoft based shops in the foreseeable future. ( my defintion of 'killer' ).
And before you call me a microsoftee.. I refuse to run anything Microsoft based at home, and i have in the past supported (nearly) microsoft-free zones. I just am wiling to accept they own the market for all practical purposes, and a hodgepodge of tools that gets you about 2/3 of the way there isnt going to change that.
Someday, you wont have a choice. Expect the HSD at some point to require you to run an 'approved operating system' if you want to get online, or even worse if they go door to door ( dont laugh, its been done before ). All in the name of 'national security and safety' of course.
And you get 2 guesses on what will be approved and what wont.
Sooooo does that also include their virtualization products? Hmmmm?
This seems sort of counter productive to me, i would think they would want peopele to run vista on as many machines as they can.. Especially if there is a chance they can push a user away from another OS. But then again, they are a monopoly, they dont always have to do what makes sence.
As a business, if you keep doing that every year ( up to 5, then you have to dissolve your company ) you better have something to back it up when you get audited.
As a home user selling stuff on ebay, its not a big issue i agree. ( and is often the case.. selling off your old stuff for much less then you paid when it was new )
There is too much integration ( vendor lockin? ) of exchange ( via outlook ) with the rest of office ( and AD, and document DRM ) for a 3rd party to ever be considered a 'killer'.
Will OSS choices be an option for a small market share that can do without the integration, sure, but not a 'killer' by any stretch of the imagination.
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Even if they were 'gagged', its his software, his forum, his mailing list... We arent talking about a government here.
Quite a few people care.
If no one cared, there wouldn't have been a fork a while ago.
But that said, it *is* Deiter's software, so he can change the licensing if he wants. ( and we can all go about our merry way with the fork too.. )
Who cares? the point got across, didnt it?
its not like the audience here really deserves proof reading.
No, id say they wont 'downgrade' to vista unless they *know* their critical apps work.
Not a slam on 'stay at home moms' in the least, but there are more of those then 'stay at home dads', so just purely by the #'s there is a better chance of them finding some time to be online during the day then the males of the population.
1 - That shows intent , so dont use that in court.. ...
2 - That is true, though your ISP might cut you off for violating the AUP in the process. ( but better that then fined/jailed )
4 - Dont forget the plethora of viruses/trojans out there.
Too bad my PC has been hacked into in the past ( ok, actually it was my PC based router and all i had to do was reboot, but still you get the idea, trojaned PC's are quite common these days ).. And i use WEP for my laptop...
Since they have control over it, and they are a governmental agency, they can just include "required binary only modules'.
So sure, thats an option.
Great, tell everyone and make it harder for the 'non profit' collector.
Bastards.
He gave his life in an act of protecting his country, which by definition gives him the right to be called a patriot.
Now, one can debate all day long if he was misguided or not, but his actions are what i speak of.
Granted no. Guaranteed, yes. ( there is a slight difference there )
So they arrested him, sounds pretty clear cut to me.
Last i heard, you arent guaranteed the right of free speech over there, so it was time to pay the piper.
And this is news, why?
No, but it does replace a lot of it..
One can argue that bios isnt a true OS anyway. Its only by really stretching the rules is it considered one.
Umm no, its not 'nothing'.. Agreed its not high in large enough volumes, but its not free. Have you ever dealt with Microsoft on an enterprise volume license agreement before? Sounds like you haven't.
Doesnt replace all the features of Exchange.
I never said there wernt lesser alternatives, i just dont see them replacing exchange in most large Microsoft based shops in the foreseeable future. ( my defintion of 'killer' ).
And before you call me a microsoftee.. I refuse to run anything Microsoft based at home, and i have in the past supported (nearly) microsoft-free zones. I just am wiling to accept they own the market for all practical purposes, and a hodgepodge of tools that gets you about 2/3 of the way there isnt going to change that.
Paranoia doesnt disqualify the fact they are out to get you.
Remember this in 10 years.
You have got to be kidding.
You dont think that some muslim that blows himself up in a car bomb cares about collateral damage? Hell, that is his main intent...
Someday, you wont have a choice. Expect the HSD at some point to require you to run an 'approved operating system' if you want to get online, or even worse if they go door to door ( dont laugh, its been done before ). All in the name of 'national security and safety' of course.
And you get 2 guesses on what will be approved and what wont.
Sooooo does that also include their virtualization products? Hmmmm?
This seems sort of counter productive to me, i would think they would want peopele to run vista on as many machines as they can.. Especially if there is a chance they can push a user away from another OS. But then again, they are a monopoly, they dont always have to do what makes sence.
What i prefer is that this could have remained a 1/2 way intelligent discussion, instead of it degenerating into a totally off topic Bush bash.
Geesh, get over it already.
In regards to your question: in war the goal is to win. Eliminating the enemy is an effective way of doing this.
Are for books and movies.. In the real world the only law is to win. You cant come in 2nd in a war.
As a business, if you keep doing that every year ( up to 5, then you have to dissolve your company ) you better have something to back it up when you get audited.
As a home user selling stuff on ebay, its not a big issue i agree. ( and is often the case.. selling off your old stuff for much less then you paid when it was new )
So you are using exchange at home too, and proving that its hard to seriously consider something else as a 'killer'.
I doubt it will ever really happen.
There is too much integration ( vendor lockin? ) of exchange ( via outlook ) with the rest of office ( and AD, and document DRM ) for a 3rd party to ever be considered a 'killer'.
Will OSS choices be an option for a small market share that can do without the integration, sure, but not a 'killer' by any stretch of the imagination.