Why is that surprising? Reports have been coming out of Redmond for years that there is heavy fighting for resources for the various projects that Mirosoft is pursuing. Even a company of Microsoft's size doesn't have unlimited resources (especially manpower) and each division believes it's working on The Next Big Thing.
Frankly, I'd be more surprised if everyone got along at Redmond. It's been a long time since everyone knew each other at Microsoft and could wonder in and out of the various divisions pitching in a hand where needed.
If Microsoft were serious about their "Trustworthy Computing" initiative, they'd buy PGP and integrate it into Outlook/Outlook Express and their Mac equivalents and make it mind numbingly easy to use. Within just a few years millions of people would be using PGP.
This doesn't exactly strengthen the arguments of those who believe that IE is the best browser (cough, cough, such as yours truly), that's for sure.
This little incident explains in detail why I've slowly stripped as much Microsoft software from my system as possible. Unlike many on/. I don't have an innate bias against Microsoft and don't mind using their software if it gets the job done but if even using the back button on my browser can someone fsck me up, well, it's time to consider some radical alternatives. Linux and a browser should run pretty sweet on a 1Ghz AMD...
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Only if they modified it and had the Vogons proclaiming that All Your Base Are Belong to Us.
Of course, Someone set us up the bomb might work in parts as well.
If she looks like Dana Sculley, I'd give up my pants just to calm the situation.
Why is that surprising? Reports have been coming out of Redmond for years that there is heavy fighting for resources for the various projects that Mirosoft is pursuing. Even a company of Microsoft's size doesn't have unlimited resources (especially manpower) and each division believes it's working on The Next Big Thing.
Frankly, I'd be more surprised if everyone got along at Redmond. It's been a long time since everyone knew each other at Microsoft and could wonder in and out of the various divisions pitching in a hand where needed.
And how long before a product that will primarily be used for piracy (Ha ha, backups, funny stuff there) will itself be pirated?
John Katz is still going to be on /. isn't he? Grumble...
If Microsoft were serious about their "Trustworthy Computing" initiative, they'd buy PGP and integrate it into Outlook/Outlook Express and their Mac equivalents and make it mind numbingly easy to use. Within just a few years millions of people would be using PGP.
Now who wouldn't celebrate something like that?
Shh....you just espoused free market thoughts in that rant.
To deal with the pop ups and like, just use Proxomitron. You can find it at http://proxomitron.cjb.net.
This doesn't exactly strengthen the arguments of those who believe that IE is the best browser (cough, cough, such as yours truly), that's for sure.
/. I don't have an innate bias against Microsoft and don't mind using their software if it gets the job done but if even using the back button on my browser can someone fsck me up, well, it's time to consider some radical alternatives. Linux and a browser should run pretty sweet on a 1Ghz AMD...
This little incident explains in detail why I've slowly stripped as much Microsoft software from my system as possible. Unlike many on