I've been in IT for over 20 years now; and until 7 years ago, Office was my mostly used application. Nowadays though I hardly ever use Word or Excel, I've used Powerpoint more often though. At a hospital I consult; we changed to OOo and after changing the default save format option to the corresponding Office equivalents; the users hardly noticed the difference.
These days the only application used in offices is the browser, and Firefox has already won the battle and the war on that front.
At my company I would like a stripped-down Firefox without features like awesome bar and other bloat. Is there a way to do this, easily?
Also I have the SmartQ 7 and SmartQ 5 MIDs which are basedon the ARM processor. Thedefault browseris Midori... can I get a Firefox compiled for the ARM to run on that?
I hink firefox shoudl focus on these and similar issues...
Weve taken everything thats good about Vista, along with the core infrastructure of the operating system, and weve made it faster and slimmed down the code to make it more effective.
Weve also tried to listen to what customers want in terms of a much slicker user interface and the ability to engage with it far more intuitively. Thats the product that were delivering.
Why are the reviews saying 7 is completely different to Vista, and will be a success? I can only see more disaster for MS. I checked with a few retail outlets in India; and the feedback is that customers are removing 7 andloading Pirated XP instead. I feel this means Corporates will 'up'grade 7 to XP for the time being then.
If this is a GPL violation, I'm sure it wasn't deliberate by Microsoft.
That doesn't reduce their guilt however. If they got something written by a 3rd party, they need to have strict auditing practices in place. The responsibility solely vests with Microsoft.
************** MR. STEWART: Well, first of all the only ruling that we're -- backtrack a bit, to say, we oppose, sir, in this case because we recognize that there are difficult problems out there in terms of patentability of software innovations and medical diagnostics.
JUSTICE KENNEDY: You thought we -- you thought we would mess it up.
MR. STEWART: I didn't think --
(Laughter.)
MR. STEWART: We didn't think the Court would mess it up. We thought that this case would provide an unsuitable vehicle for resolving the hard questions because the case doesn't involve computer software or medical diagnostic techniques, and therefore, we thought the Court would arrive at the position that I think, at least some members are feeling that you have arrived at, that you will decide this case, and most of the hard questions remain unresolved. And, frankly, we think that's true. *******************
Can someone explain to me:
1. Why the govt. does not want to resolve the mess that is software patents, now that a golden opportunity has been presented?
2. Why is it the job of the govt. deputy solicitor to uphold the political interests of the US of A rather than the legality of the issue at hand? (there is an opinion here that software patents help the USA in World Trade.... which seems very dubious to me at any rate).
3. How is it technically feasible, if at all, to make a ruling on the Business Methods case without influencing whether software can or cannot be patented?
I think the govt. (read deputy solicitor) seems very worried that many lawyers and patent powerhouses would come crashing down as a result of this ruling.
Instead of being a small, simple browser that just did one thing well; Firefox has become way too bloated and indeed the plans for the future seem to impart it with a ribbon-like interface and more nonsensical things. Doesn't sound too good for a nice well-loved product.
Considering netbooks are shipping with 7 and ram costs less than shipping
Real Netbooks are devices like the SmartQ5 and the SmartQ7 which I have got evaluation pieces from China for about $170 a piece. These devices contain the ARM-11 series processor with 256MB of RAM and 1GB of storage.
Windows7 requires regular disk drives and that makes it a mini-Notebook; not a Netbook.
Basically Microsoft took the Netbook, added a disk and forced it onto the market through big-name h/w vendors. This will not work with the ARM-range of Netbooks on which Windows will not run; but Maemo, Ubuntu, Fedora etc run decently enough.
While what you say is a valid point indeed, if Intel sees MS supporting ARM; it will immediately (and with much better success) come up with a much less power hungry Linux and make a separate processor for that. All the lock-ins such as ACPI etc which MS and Intel worked hand in glove will come crashing suddenly, when Intel's blood is running cold.
Well said. This means Microsoft cannot employ the Strong-Arm tactics it used with Asus to compel the vendor to drop Linux based Netbooks.
I'm already evaluating a SmartQ5 and a SmartQ7 MID from a Chinese vendor SmartDevices, as a data entry terminal and doctors' PC at a hospital where I consult. Since our HMIS and PACS systems are both web-based, we don't need Windows on the client side, just a decent sized screen and a simple windowing environment, which Linux provides on the ARM processors.
is not an engineer. Windows 7 requires lots more RAM than XP and is slower than XP on the same hardware. That doesn't speak highly about those who engineered Windows 7.
In every other field, progress mans efficiency, not more bloat.
Windows 7 is nothing but Refurbished Vista.. which was XP with lots of bloat and less of new features. The only reason Windows 7 is being released is for MS to make a revenue stream for nothing. It is not much different from XP.
In India, student loans are 12% compound interest; while the borrowing rate in good banks is as high as 7.5% compunded quarterly.Money makes the world go round...
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Don't be surprised to see a spate of patent attacks on Ogg Theora... which we may or may not fund ourselves.
Wow!! Amazing.. just the very thought! Long may it continue...
I've been in IT for over 20 years now; and until 7 years ago, Office was my mostly used application. Nowadays though I hardly ever use Word or Excel, I've used Powerpoint more often though. At a hospital I consult; we changed to OOo and after changing the default save format option to the corresponding Office equivalents; the users hardly noticed the difference.
These days the only application used in offices is the browser, and Firefox has already won the battle and the war on that front.
and they are trying to upgrade it to XP instead...
In other words, they are blaming Windows 7. Very conforting for Average Joe.
The ACID conformance is still at a dismal 30% compared to 90% of chrome, Safari and Opera.
The internet willstill be divided into 2 - the Microsoft world and the Real, Normal world.
Shame, really. So many years, and the leopard has yet to change its spots.
At my company I would like a stripped-down Firefox without features like awesome bar and other bloat. Is there a way to do this, easily?
Also I have the SmartQ 7 and SmartQ 5 MIDs which are basedon the ARM processor. Thedefault browseris Midori... can I get a Firefox compiled for the ARM to run on that?
I hink firefox shoudl focus on these and similar issues...
it involves a piece of furniture and some kinetic energy. As effective as spitting in the wind.
Weve taken everything thats good about Vista, along with the core infrastructure of the operating system, and weve made it faster and slimmed down the code to make it more effective.
Weve also tried to listen to what customers want in terms of a much slicker user interface and the ability to engage with it far more intuitively. Thats the product that were delivering.
Why are the reviews saying 7 is completely different to Vista, and will be a success? I can only see more disaster for MS. I checked with a few retail outlets in India; and the feedback is that customers are removing 7 andloading Pirated XP instead. I feel this means Corporates will 'up'grade 7 to XP for the time being then.
If this is a GPL violation, I'm sure it wasn't deliberate by Microsoft.
That doesn't reduce their guilt however. If they got something written by a 3rd party, they need to have strict auditing practices in place. The responsibility solely vests with Microsoft.
I enjoyed this bit of the exchanges the most:
**************
MR. STEWART: Well, first of all the only ruling that we're -- backtrack a bit,
to say, we oppose, sir, in this case because we recognize that there are
difficult problems out there in terms of patentability of software innovations
and medical diagnostics.
JUSTICE KENNEDY: You thought we -- you thought we would mess it up.
MR. STEWART: I didn't think --
(Laughter.)
MR. STEWART: We didn't think the Court would mess it up. We thought that this
case would provide an unsuitable vehicle for resolving the hard questions
because the case doesn't involve computer software or medical diagnostic
techniques, and therefore, we thought the Court would arrive at the position
that I think, at least some members are feeling that you have arrived at, that
you will decide this case, and most of the hard questions remain unresolved.
And, frankly, we think that's true.
*******************
Can someone explain to me:
1. Why the govt. does not want to resolve the mess that is software patents, now
that a golden opportunity has been presented?
2. Why is it the job of the govt. deputy solicitor to uphold the political
interests of the US of A rather than the legality of the issue at hand? (there
is an opinion here that software patents help the USA in World Trade.... which
seems very dubious to me at any rate).
3. How is it technically feasible, if at all, to make a ruling on the Business
Methods case without influencing whether software can or cannot be patented?
I think the govt. (read deputy solicitor) seems very worried that many lawyers
and patent powerhouses would come crashing down as a result of this ruling.
Instead of being a small, simple browser that just did one thing well; Firefox has become way too bloated and indeed the plans for the future seem to impart it with a ribbon-like interface and more nonsensical things. Doesn't sound too good for a nice well-loved product.
Thanks for a good laugh, Sir! But at least in Britney's underwear, it covers something useful.
Microsoft is now my employer, and I have no reason to cater to the needs of the user community anymore.
Considering netbooks are shipping with 7 and ram costs less than shipping
Real Netbooks are devices like the SmartQ5 and the SmartQ7 which I have got evaluation pieces from China for about $170 a piece. These devices contain the ARM-11 series processor with 256MB of RAM and 1GB of storage.
Windows7 requires regular disk drives and that makes it a mini-Notebook; not a Netbook.
Basically Microsoft took the Netbook, added a disk and forced it onto the market through big-name h/w vendors. This will not work with the ARM-range of Netbooks on which Windows will not run; but Maemo, Ubuntu, Fedora etc run decently enough.
A lesson for Windows Engineers. Aim for 256MB, not 2GB. The era of Netbooks is upon us, and it looks like Microsoft will miss the bus.
While what you say is a valid point indeed, if Intel sees MS supporting ARM; it will immediately (and with much better success) come up with a much less power hungry Linux and make a separate processor for that. All the lock-ins such as ACPI etc which MS and Intel worked hand in glove will come crashing suddenly, when Intel's blood is running cold.
Well said. This means Microsoft cannot employ the Strong-Arm tactics it used with Asus to compel the vendor to drop Linux based Netbooks.
I'm already evaluating a SmartQ5 and a SmartQ7 MID from a Chinese vendor SmartDevices, as a data entry terminal and doctors' PC at a hospital where I consult. Since our HMIS and PACS systems are both web-based, we don't need Windows on the client side, just a decent sized screen and a simple windowing environment, which Linux provides on the ARM processors.
This grade of machines need Linux on them... not Windows; and Asus has been in bed with MS for some while now.
is not an engineer. Windows 7 requires lots more RAM than XP and is slower than XP on the same hardware. That doesn't speak highly about those who engineered Windows 7.
In every other field, progress mans efficiency, not more bloat.
Windows 7 is nothing but Refurbished Vista.. which was XP with lots of bloat and less of new features. The only reason Windows 7 is being released is for MS to make a revenue stream for nothing. It is not much different from XP.
That is the most important question, more than general availability.
Why did it take 7 long months for Microsoft to issue this patch? Fixes using Registry hacking were available on theweb immediately then...
In India, student loans are 12% compound interest; while the borrowing rate in good banks is as high as 7.5% compunded quarterly.Money makes the world go round...
For the pain of using a Mac at work, I might as well get a Linux box at 1/4th the price.