APK, It seems that you have something important to say, but I don't understand most of it. I suggest you read Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy. That book was very helpful to me.
What would I pay to see open sourced? Microsoft Windows OS.
All nations of the world need to get together and tell Microsoft they want to save huge amounts of money by buying Windows from Microsoft and making it open source.
Microsoft could decide against selling. Then all nations could support ReactOS.
There is an underlying problem with an open source Windows OS. That project would need FAR better leadership than the parts of Linux outside the kernel are getting now. Who would be the leaders? Is good software development leadership not possible considering the present development of human civilization?
Anyone who thinks that my analysis in my grandparent comment is useful has evidence that I am more clear-minded than some people about technology management.
We are seeing technology companies that are shockingly badly managed. Why is that happening? Are we experiencing a general social breakdown?
One small but indicative example: On the Mozilla Foundation Download Firefox in your language web page the 32-bit and 64-bit versions have the same file name!
The browser situation is very, very ugly. Firefox is now, basically, owned by Microsoft, who is apparently trying to destroy it. In the past, Google paid Mozilla Foundation $300 million each year (December 22, 2011) to make Google search the default search engine in Firefox. Google apparently didn't cause problems in the design of Firefox, even though it paid a shocking amount.
Now, I understand, Mozilla Foundation gets most of its money from Microsoft: Microsoft pays Yahoo. Yahoo pays Mozilla Foundation to make "Yahoo search" (actually mostly Microsoft Bing search) (April 16, 2015) the default search engine in Firefox.
The Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Composer GUIs have been damaged, apparently deliberately. File saves in the newer versions of both ask for a new file name, and don't suggest the last one chosen. The damage was reported several months ago, but has not been fixed.
Is that another example of Microsoft's Embrace, Extend, Extinguish? People who feel forced away from Thunderbird may choose Microsoft software to replace it. Is that something Microsoft is trying to accomplish?
In my opinion, dishonest people should not be employed in management. In my opinion, the managers and members of the board of directors of both Microsoft and Mozilla Foundation who approved the dishonesty of sneakily re-configuring Mozilla Foundation products should be immediately fired, and not allowed to have management positions in the future.
Mozilla Foundation may be desperate now that it has lost the incredible amount of money paid by Google.
"Broken extensions will no doubt anger many of Firefox's few remaining users."
Broken extensions will be EXTREMELY destructive to Firefox, in my opinion. Broken extensions will be as though Mozilla Foundation spent $100 million on advertising to kill Firefox. Extensions are the main reason I use Firefox and Pale Moon (Pale Moon had a 64-bit version before Firefox).
I installed Google's Chrome browser a long time ago. I discovered Chrome had installed 3 system services. So Chrome and Google had more control over my computer than I normally allow myself. Now, no more Chrome on any of my computers.
Why do software company managers become self-destructive? Firefox managers are EXTREMELY self-destructive, in my opinion. Google is rapidly traveling from "Do no evil" to "Do evil if it make money" if that initially makes money, in my opinion.
My Firefox and Pale Moon extensions
The first is a Pale Moon ad-blocker. Some Firefox extensions don't work in Pale Moon:
Adblock LatitudeFor Pale Moon browser only. Blocks display of ads. "Adblock Latitude is a direct fork of Adblock Plus made specifically for the Pale Moon browser."
BetterPrivacy
Deletes Local Shared Objects, LSOs. LSOs are files placed
on your computer by the
Adobe Systems Flash plug-in. Use of Adobe Flash allows web
sites to track you, permanently even though your browser is configured
to delete the files known as "Cookies" after each re-starting of your
operating system.
CanvasBiocker
Prevents websites from using the Javascript <canvas> API to fingerprint
them.
"This add-on will stop working when Firefox 57 arrives in November
2017."
"This add-on will stop working when Firefox 57 arrives in November 2017 and Mozilla
drops support for XUL / XPCOM / legacy add-ons. It should still work on Firefox 52
ESR until ESR moves to Firefox 59 ESR in 2018 (~Q2).
"There is no 'please port it' or 'please add support for it' this time, because the
entire add-on eco system changes and the technology behind this kind of add-on gets
dropped without replacement."
Facebook
Blocker Prevents Facebook from following you everywhere there are
Facebook "Like" buttons.
Firebug
"Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools
at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor
CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page..."
"JCPenney has it's entire business built on this sort of deceptive sale. A CEO came along and tried to end the practice, start having non-gamed sale prices, and the business cratered."
Overall, JCPenney's abuse of customers hasn't been successful, apparently.
(There may be a problem with the conclusion that JCPenney's price abuse caused the company's failures. My understanding is that there were many other areas of poor managemen at JCPenney. So, it would require considerable analysis to discover all the elements of failure.)
There are many, many other defects in Amazon management. Every web page, for example, tries to sell you something else before giving full information about a product.
Playing games with prices is EXTREMELY self-destructive. People buy much more from companies they know they can trust. When a company can't be trusted, customers must spend time thinking carefully about every item before buying.
Amazon abuses employees, according to news reports:
Slashdot Mirror
"They are stupid by design."
Samsung is now SamCried?
Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made
Quote: "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC."
The Miracle of Hiroshima -- Jesuits survived the atomic bomb thanks to the rosary
APK, It seems that you have something important to say, but I don't understand most of it. I suggest you read Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy. That book was very helpful to me.
What would I pay to see open sourced? Microsoft Windows OS.
All nations of the world need to get together and tell Microsoft they want to save huge amounts of money by buying Windows from Microsoft and making it open source.
Microsoft could decide against selling. Then all nations could support ReactOS.
There is an underlying problem with an open source Windows OS. That project would need FAR better leadership than the parts of Linux outside the kernel are getting now. Who would be the leaders? Is good software development leadership not possible considering the present development of human civilization?
The top 5 problems with Linux. Quote: "... the community is vastly divided by tribal identity."
Another quote, very scary. Strap yourself into your chair so that you don't get hurt if you faint: "Linus Torvalds is mortal."
I agree that monopolies can be unhealthy.
More detail about the ethics: Microsoft pays Mozilla Foundation through Yahoo to make Bing the default search engine in Firefox. Bing is used by a lot of people because they don't know about other options. That isn't "popular".
Windows 10 is used by a lot of people because they were forcefully switched away from their original Microsoft OS version. That isn't "popular".
I made a mistake. I should have written:
37,083,648 Firefox Setup 55.0.1.exe (64-bit version)
34,050,760 Firefox Setup 55.0.1.exe (32-bit version)
I added "_64-bits" and "_32-bits" to the file names when I saved the files. We support some 32-bit computers so we need both.
Mozilla Foundation should use file names that indicate the difference.
From the Mozilla Foundation Download Firefox in your language web page:
Not the same file:
37,083,648 Firefox Setup 55.0.1_64-bits.exe
34,050,760 Firefox Setup 55.0.1_32-bits.exe
Anyone who thinks that my analysis in my grandparent comment is useful has evidence that I am more clear-minded than some people about technology management.
We are seeing technology companies that are shockingly badly managed. Why is that happening? Are we experiencing a general social breakdown?
One small but indicative example: On the Mozilla Foundation Download Firefox in your language web page the 32-bit and 64-bit versions have the same file name!
The browser situation is very, very ugly. Firefox is now, basically, owned by Microsoft, who is apparently trying to destroy it. In the past, Google paid Mozilla Foundation $300 million each year (December 22, 2011) to make Google search the default search engine in Firefox. Google apparently didn't cause problems in the design of Firefox, even though it paid a shocking amount.
Now, I understand, Mozilla Foundation gets most of its money from Microsoft: Microsoft pays Yahoo. Yahoo pays Mozilla Foundation to make "Yahoo search" (actually mostly Microsoft Bing search) (April 16, 2015) the default search engine in Firefox.
The Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Composer GUIs have been damaged, apparently deliberately. File saves in the newer versions of both ask for a new file name, and don't suggest the last one chosen. The damage was reported several months ago, but has not been fixed.
Is that another example of Microsoft's Embrace, Extend, Extinguish? People who feel forced away from Thunderbird may choose Microsoft software to replace it. Is that something Microsoft is trying to accomplish?
In my opinion, dishonest people should not be employed in management. In my opinion, the managers and members of the board of directors of both Microsoft and Mozilla Foundation who approved the dishonesty of sneakily re-configuring Mozilla Foundation products should be immediately fired, and not allowed to have management positions in the future.
Mozilla Foundation may be desperate now that it has lost the incredible amount of money paid by Google.
Broken extensions will be EXTREMELY destructive to Firefox, in my opinion. Broken extensions will be as though Mozilla Foundation spent $100 million on advertising to kill Firefox. Extensions are the main reason I use Firefox and Pale Moon (Pale Moon had a 64-bit version before Firefox).
I installed Google's Chrome browser a long time ago. I discovered Chrome had installed 3 system services. So Chrome and Google had more control over my computer than I normally allow myself. Now, no more Chrome on any of my computers.
Why do software company managers become self-destructive? Firefox managers are EXTREMELY self-destructive, in my opinion. Google is rapidly traveling from "Do no evil" to "Do evil if it make money" if that initially makes money, in my opinion.
My Firefox and Pale Moon extensions
The first is a Pale Moon ad-blocker. Some Firefox extensions don't work in Pale Moon:
"This add-on will stop working when Firefox 57 arrives in November 2017."
"This add-on will stop working when Firefox 57 arrives in November 2017 and Mozilla drops support for XUL / XPCOM / legacy add-ons. It should still work on Firefox 52 ESR until ESR moves to Firefox 59 ESR in 2018 (~Q2).
"There is no 'please port it' or 'please add support for it' this time, because the entire add-on eco system changes and the technology behind this kind of add-on gets dropped without replacement."
USE THIS: ghostery-5.4.10-sm+an+fx.xpi Link: Version 5.4.10
Ghostery sells data it collects. (Business Insider, Jun 18, 2013)
Ghostery web site
"(as if traffic in London ever goes faster than 20 mph)"
We could try to discover which is the most badly-managed city. One entry: Seattle Misery.
Let's have a LibreOffice championship.
LibreOffice needs improvements in its user interface. Those who compete could suggest improvements.
"Systemd, the ever growing cancer that seeks to subsume the entire Linux userland..."
Who benefits from SystemD destructiveness? Red Hat's consulting? Microsoft?
Linux does seem to be moving in the direction of destroying itself. Stories:
9 Lethal Linux Commands You Should Never Run
The top 5 problems with Linux. Quote: "... the community is vastly divided by tribal identity."
Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2017 edition
"Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person"
Clearly, we need to send Bill Gates some money. Can you afford a few dollars?
"JCPenney has it's entire business built on this sort of deceptive sale. A CEO came along and tried to end the practice, start having non-gamed sale prices, and the business cratered."
JCPenney is closing 138 stores. (March 17, 2017)
Overall, JCPenney's abuse of customers hasn't been successful, apparently.
(There may be a problem with the conclusion that JCPenney's price abuse caused the company's failures. My understanding is that there were many other areas of poor managemen at JCPenney. So, it would require considerable analysis to discover all the elements of failure.)
Jeff Bezos is not as bad as Donald Trump, but Bezos says and does things that show he isn't thinking carefully.
Remote control over drones can ALWAYS be eliminated or hijacked by radio frequency interference.
Technology ALWAYS has failures, like those at Three Mile Island, Fukushima Daiichi, and Chernobyl.
Amazon drone delivery: nine ways it could go horribly wrong (March 26, 2015)
I don't want drones near where I live. Will drones be allowed near where Jeff Bezos lives?
There are many, many other defects in Amazon management. Every web page, for example, tries to sell you something else before giving full information about a product.
Playing games with prices is EXTREMELY self-destructive. People buy much more from companies they know they can trust. When a company can't be trusted, customers must spend time thinking carefully about every item before buying.
Amazon abuses employees, according to news reports:
Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace (Aug. 15, 2015)
Worse than Wal-Mart: Amazon's sick brutality and secret history of ruthlessly intimidating workers (Feb. 23, 2014)
Amazon Under Fire Over Alleged Worker Abuse in Germany (February 19, 2013)
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, owns a spaceflight company, Blue Origin. Would you fly into space with a company whose owner makes abusive web pages?
I should have said Firefox in Windows, Windows 7 and formerly Windows XP.
I find that Firefox is unstable when there are many windows and tabs. I've reported that numerous times.
I meant fixes. Each update may have fixed several issues.
Vista had many problems, so many people paid a full price again for Windows 7.
If there are hundreds of millions of current users who lack technical understanding, should it be okay to stop maintaining the software?
See The Singing Trump on America's Got Talent with 4 men dressed as Secret Service Agents. The Singing Trump says who he loves.
Be sure to watch the 2nd song of that performance. Look at the laughing when he says, "Am I sexual?"
Comment from one viewer: "This is most original act I've seen on AGT and it's also best comedy act on AGT in [a] long time."
Watch the 1st audition.
"Funny thing is ..."
It's NOT funny. Microsoft has a LONG history of releasing buggy programs.
Microsoft fixed more than 2,403 bugs in Windows XP, before abandoning it.
APK,
I looked at the UltraDefrag. Interesting. Why do you continue to use Defraggler?
Thanks for being more careful communicating. In the past it has been difficult to understand what you write.