Did I just read that right? The US government reckon Windows is so insecure it represents a threat to national security? Billg's lawyers better start deciding what to spend the overtime payments on.
And presumably if and when Mr Gates says it'll cost you $50/month to see websites the way they were designed to be seen you'll hand over the readies like a good little consumer.
>Mozilla is a fine example of everything that is wrong with open-source software.
Hey, lets get those prejudices out the way before we start!
>Most of its problems originate from the fact that its developers are hacks (and not in the good sense)
I think the noun you were looking for was "hacker" not "hack" - in English (as opposed to American) a "hack" is a journalist
> The project has no direction and the concept of "project management" is unknown to the participants.
It also has no half-witted arse-for-a-brain manager who wouldn't know a browser from a bagel introducing pointless features 'cause he read an article that said it would be cool.
> "this feature must be completed by X date"
Such as Bill "this bug be must fixed by ah, whenever" GAtes
> And Mozilla 1.0 is by no means more polished or finished than a typical closed-source OTS software package
Hey Windows 1.0 rocked!
> It's a RAM hog.
Have you seen XP?
> It does not support the current generation of Web-related standards.
Oh right, now you are taking the piss.
> I have a Sun workstation that cost more money than Slashdot earns in a year.
This explains why you like Microsoft. You have more more than sense.
>I can tell you that those of us who use UNIX for real work... would have appreciated a fast, standards-compliant browser with the Navigator 4.08 GUI
So recompile it. That's what open source is for.
>For example, the mail client is absolutely useless, because almost all Windows business users use Outlook or Outlook Express.
Because they are using MS Exchange - therefore your point is completely OT. Oh and sorry, remind me, which email client is the most efficient distributor of viruses/worms in history?
> As a browser, Internet Explorer is superior to Mozilla.
No, as a proprietory browser IE is Microsoft's anti-competitive leverage tool.
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Did I just read that right? The US government reckon Windows is so insecure it represents a threat to national security? Billg's lawyers better start deciding what to spend the overtime payments on.
And presumably if and when Mr Gates says it'll cost you $50/month to see websites the way they were designed to be seen you'll hand over the readies like a good little consumer.
> This explains why you like Microsoft. You have more more than sense. "More money than sense". No, I can't proof-read my own typing.
>Mozilla is a fine example of everything that is wrong with open-source software.
... would have appreciated a fast, standards-compliant browser with the Navigator 4.08 GUI
Hey, lets get those prejudices out the way before we start!
>Most of its problems originate from the fact that its developers are hacks (and not in the good sense)
I think the noun you were looking for was "hacker" not "hack" - in English (as opposed to American) a "hack" is a journalist
> The project has no direction and the concept of "project management" is unknown to the participants.
It also has no half-witted arse-for-a-brain manager who wouldn't know a browser from a bagel introducing pointless features 'cause he read an article that said it would be cool.
> "this feature must be completed by X date"
Such as Bill "this bug be must fixed by ah, whenever" GAtes
> And Mozilla 1.0 is by no means more polished or finished than a typical closed-source OTS software package
Hey Windows 1.0 rocked!
> It's a RAM hog.
Have you seen XP?
> It does not support the current generation of Web-related standards.
Oh right, now you are taking the piss.
> I have a Sun workstation that cost more money than Slashdot earns in a year.
This explains why you like Microsoft. You have more more than sense.
>I can tell you that those of us who use UNIX for real work
So recompile it. That's what open source is for.
>For example, the mail client is absolutely useless, because almost all Windows business users use Outlook or Outlook Express.
Because they are using MS Exchange - therefore your point is completely OT. Oh and sorry, remind me, which email client is the most efficient distributor of viruses/worms in history?
> As a browser, Internet Explorer is superior to Mozilla.
No, as a proprietory browser IE is Microsoft's anti-competitive leverage tool.