I'm not pro-microsoft in everything...but this is just stupid.
If i was microsoft i would say "ok...well see you later Europe."
This isn't stupid. When you do business in some foreign country, then you have to respect that countries laws. Earlier this week ABN AMRO, a large Dutch bank, was fined (in the USA) 80 M$ for violating USA banking laws.
If European businesses have to obey US law when doing business in the USA, then American businesses have to obey Europen law when doing business in Europe. And MS violated European laws repeatedly, so now they have to pay - just like any other compagny violating European laws.
After all, MS doesn't have to do business in Europe. If they don't like Europe and it's laws, then they are free to leave.
No, they won't feel it. With a multi-billion dollar / month cashflow (a major part of it being net profit) they are not going to feel a fee like this.
$2.4M/day = approx. $7.5M/month << monthly profit.
For Windows development, Visual Studio is the only way to go...
If you had written 'most popular way to go' or 'most used way to go', then I might have agreed. However, there are other development environments for Windows, used by million coders around the globe, so your statement about Visual Studio being the only way to go is simply incorrect.
I have found NO free development tools for the Windows platform that are easy to use and as well thought out as the Visual Studio product line.
Ever heard about Borland Delphi? The Personal Edition is free (as in beer) for personal (non-commercial) use. When you want to make money of the code you're writing, then you'll have to buy Delphi Professional or an even bigger (and more expensive) version, but Delphi Personal Edition is nice for someone who wants to do some recreational coding.
Also consider Borland JBuilder, C++ Builder or Oracle JDeveloper.
Most MS critics are not upset because MS is winning, but because MS is using unfair and illegal means in order to win.
People have chosen to use MS software and they have chosen to give MS a majority market share.
You mean: PC manufacturers have chosen to bundle Windows and Office on every system they sell, not giving a rebate to consumers who want a new PC without Windows+Office. Having Windows+Office preinstalled on every new system gave MS a majority market share.
Joe Average will reason that, having already paid for the pre-installed software, he is going to use that software instead of buying and installing alternative software - after all, the only software Joe Average installs on his PC is the software that get's automatically installed when you surf to the wrong websites with IE as your browser.
Please stop parroting the MS marketing speak; MS Office isn't running on most PC's because the consumers chose to use it, but because the PC manufactures preinstalled it.
If Microsoft had to actually compete, they would cease to exist.
Microsoft does compete - every time they release a new Windows/Office version they have to compete against the installed base of older Windows/Office versions.
it will work when the diesel engine is hot. So after a cold start it will take maybe ten kilometers before the diesel engine temperature is high enough to produce steam - which makes the system unsuitable for short trips.
OTOH: it will be a nice extra for long haul trucks.
Indeed, if a 3242 words long comment to a 9:18 article is posted at 9:22, then it must be a copy&paste action - nobody types that many words in 4 minutes.
So please MOD the parents parent to 'Flamebait'.
Were Norton AV and the other anti-virus suites silent as Sony's rootkit ran wild on peoples systems? If so, their software would be in the garbage immediately if this were on one of my boxes.
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I wouldn't do that; IMHO an incomplete protection against digital malware is better than no protection at all.
"...to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace."
Yes, there are treaties covering space - and George W. can/will step unilaterally outside these treaties, as he already did with other treaties.
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There's a big difference between putting a document on screen for someone to read and marking it up for semantic content: there's more cruft in HTML than is required for the former and nothing to assist with the latter.
Maybe you shouldn't judge HTML for being (un)able to do the things it is nowadays used for, but for it's ability to do the things it was originally designed for.
If a language fails for a task within it's design limits, then the language (implementation) is bad/broken; if said language fails at a task that's beyond it's design limits, then IMHO the language is OK and you should use another language for the given task.
Yes, but the one thing they haven't been successful in is pointing out the danger of DRM to Joe Sixpack.
Antivirus software reporting the Sony DRM software as a virus should take care of that.
Oh yes, and popular DJ's on national radio should warn their audience about the Sony DRM shit^H^H^Hoftware.
Which would be cheaper, building and launching another one, or moving the one we got?
Without a reliable launchsystem (say "shuttle"), the answer to that question doesn't matter...
I.M.H.O. NASA should get the successor to the shuttlefleet operational a.s.a.p..
The proposed shuttle successor would make launches less expensive - both launching a new ISS and moving the current one would become cheaper.
Alse read Mercano's repley Catch-22, it ought to be modded 'Insightful'.
Yes and no. Theoretically we can, however the amount of fuel needed for the required orbital change is *huge*. Launching that amount of fuel to the ISS is prohibitively expensive.
It's not the altitude of the orbit, it's the orbits angle with the equator that Michael Griffin is referring to.
The Russians put the first parts of the ISS in orbit, and did it in an orbit that is easier for them than for the Americans. The large angle with the equator reduces the amount of payload the shuttle can bring to the ISS.
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You're right. I should have typed $75M/month. Stupid typo.. :(
Always hit "preview" before hitting "submit"
This isn't stupid. When you do business in some foreign country, then you have to respect that countries laws. Earlier this week ABN AMRO, a large Dutch bank, was fined (in the USA) 80 M$ for violating USA banking laws.
If European businesses have to obey US law when doing business in the USA, then American businesses have to obey Europen law when doing business in Europe. And MS violated European laws repeatedly, so now they have to pay - just like any other compagny violating European laws.
After all, MS doesn't have to do business in Europe. If they don't like Europe and it's laws, then they are free to leave.
No, they won't feel it. With a multi-billion dollar / month cashflow (a major part of it being net profit) they are not going to feel a fee like this.
$2.4M/day = approx. $7.5M/month << monthly profit.
If you had written 'most popular way to go' or 'most used way to go', then I might have agreed. However, there are other development environments for Windows, used by million coders around the globe, so your statement about Visual Studio being the only way to go is simply incorrect.
I have found NO free development tools for the Windows platform that are easy to use and as well thought out as the Visual Studio product line.
Ever heard about Borland Delphi? The Personal Edition is free (as in beer) for personal (non-commercial) use. When you want to make money of the code you're writing, then you'll have to buy Delphi Professional or an even bigger (and more expensive) version, but Delphi Personal Edition is nice for someone who wants to do some recreational coding.
Also consider Borland JBuilder, C++ Builder or Oracle JDeveloper.
... which consumer rights do you want to junk today ?
What about "AUTORUN==AUTOINFECT" ?
Most MS critics are not upset because MS is winning, but because MS is using unfair and illegal means in order to win.
People have chosen to use MS software and they have chosen to give MS a majority market share.
You mean: PC manufacturers have chosen to bundle Windows and Office on every system they sell, not giving a rebate to consumers who want a new PC without Windows+Office. Having Windows+Office preinstalled on every new system gave MS a majority market share.
Joe Average will reason that, having already paid for the pre-installed software, he is going to use that software instead of buying and installing alternative software - after all, the only software Joe Average installs on his PC is the software that get's automatically installed when you surf to the wrong websites with IE as your browser.
Please stop parroting the MS marketing speak; MS Office isn't running on most PC's because the consumers chose to use it, but because the PC manufactures preinstalled it.
Microsoft does compete - every time they release a new Windows/Office version they have to compete against the installed base of older Windows/Office versions.
it will work when the diesel engine is hot. So after a cold start it will take maybe ten kilometers before the diesel engine temperature is high enough to produce steam - which makes the system unsuitable for short trips.
OTOH: it will be a nice extra for long haul trucks.
The very fact that heat is transfered into the system implies that said system isn't completely closed - the heatsource is actually part of it.
Indeed, if a 3242 words long comment to a 9:18 article is posted at 9:22, then it must be a copy&paste action - nobody types that many words in 4 minutes.
So please MOD the parents parent to 'Flamebait'.
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Maybe you shouldn't judge HTML for being (un)able to do the things it is nowadays used for, but for it's ability to do the things it was originally designed for.
If a language fails for a task within it's design limits, then the language (implementation) is bad/broken; if said language fails at a task that's beyond it's design limits, then IMHO the language is OK and you should use another language for the given task.
Antivirus software reporting the Sony DRM software as a virus should take care of that.
Oh yes, and popular DJ's on national radio should warn their audience about the Sony DRM shit^H^H^Hoftware.
Nonsense. You don't have to subscribe to GMail, it's your own decision to eat their dogfood. If you don't like GMail, then don't subscribe.
Because we don't have a mod-option 'Sick humor' the parent post should be modded 'Insightful' :( .
Without a reliable launchsystem (say "shuttle"), the answer to that question doesn't matter...
I.M.H.O. NASA should get the successor to the shuttlefleet operational a.s.a.p..
The proposed shuttle successor would make launches less expensive - both launching a new ISS and moving the current one would become cheaper.
Alse read Mercano's repley Catch-22, it ought to be modded 'Insightful'.
Yes and no. Theoretically we can, however the amount of fuel needed for the required orbital change is *huge*. Launching that amount of fuel to the ISS is prohibitively expensive.
Welcome to Slashdot! It is amazing how many Slashdot article headlines need to be corrected by the insertion of 'not'.
Yep, and it's amazing too how many posts need to be modded to 'Troll' <grin>.
The Russians put the first parts of the ISS in orbit, and did it in an orbit that is easier for them than for the Americans. The large angle with the equator reduces the amount of payload the shuttle can bring to the ISS.
Or building hurricane-proof levees near, let's say, New Orleans. That would've generated another $200BN ...
Headline doesn't reflect the Michael Griffin quote in the summary :(.
FYI: Twente is an area in the east of The Netherlands.