OpenOffice.org 638c for Mac OS X using the X11 windowing system from XFree86.org was built today.
From the FAQ:
This pre-alpha release is meant for developers and interested users only, and is not a final release by any means. It contains many bugs, is missing major functionality, is not completely stable, and requires additional software to run, such as the XWindows windowing system from the XFree86 project. The 638 release serves as a proof-of-concept build showing that the free OpenOffice.org suite can indeed be ported to Mac OS X and Darwin. Work is continuing to create a stable, bug-free 1.0 port based on OpenOffice.org 1.0, which will include both the XWindows version and a Mac OS X Aqua graphics version, but more developers are needed. Everyone is invited to join the project and lend a hand!
Even at a pre-alpha stage, this is as good a reason as any to dump Microsoft entirely!
Forgetting that, there is still the EU. There is China. There is Peru. There are a lot of countries that they've bullied that now have a lot of anger and reasonable alternatives (Linux/OS X).
Why would they make things efficient and easy, when, as a destructive monopolistic force, they could screw everyone and steal everything that isn't bolted down?
When you keep seeing this stuff coming out, each time a more egregious, ridiculous example of monopolistic greed run crazy, you have to keep asking: Do they remember that they are in the penalty phase of an antitrust trial? That there are 9 brave states looking to cut them off? That the EU can still take a crack at it? Are things so isolated up at Redmond that nobody there recognizes how astonishing bad all of this makes them look?
I'm confused: Are decapitations/dismemberments of non-humans acceptable? Also, it would prohibit killing of humans with lethal weapons. What about traditionally non-lethal weapons (foozeball bats, broccoli, post-its)?
Is it just more or does this seem targeted at GTA 3?
Microsofties testifying poorly for the company. Yesterday, Microsoft's Will Poole, vice president in charge of the company's Windows New Media Platform division, conceded that he couldn't think of anything Microsoft had done with its audio and video capabilities to address a trial court's April 2000 findings against the company.
The states also brought out an email from a different Microsoft employee, Kurt Buecheler, who wrote that when Microsoft went to distribute market development money to computer manufacturers, "a key criteria will be shipping Windows Media Player."
Today, when the states lawyer enquired as to why IE6 played music files with WMP technology even if the user had selected RealPlayer as their default, Microsoft executive Linda Averett said Microsoft could use RealNetworks software to play music in Internet Explorer, but chooses not to.
"The reason it is not replaceable is that Microsoft does not allow it to be replaceable, correct?" Schmidtlein (dissenting states attorney) asked.
"Correct, it is an integrated feature," Averett testified.
She also testified about the complaint by RealNetworks that the XP search program couldn't find RealNetworks files. She claimed it was a mistake that had been fixed two weeks ago. This would make it a month after states' top lawyer, Brendan Sullivan, showed the search problem during opening arguments as evidence of Microsoft's wrongdoing.
Lego set a great example, and received the rewards of respecting the community that buys/programs their product. Sony was scared, but they've learned. Good. Maybe more can.
Why do PC cases continue to be "difficult"?
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I've read alot of PC case mod stories linked to from here, and I've enjoyed them. But one question keeps popping into my head: why do PC cases continue to be so generally difficult to work with?
I have a B&W G3. When I want to add something, I pull the ring and swing the side down. Everything is open and easy to access. 2 seconds. A child could do it. And my G3 is over 3 years old.
I have yet to see a PC case out there that approaches the ease of access that Apple had 3 years ago. Am I just not up the market? I know that alot of manufacturers were adding colorful plastic sections to their cases. I've seen the neon additions and clear windows from the modders. Why hasn't even one manufacturer tried to make the case an easy thing to work with?
I had earlier made comments on the earlier pathetic witnesses that Microsoft has assembled for this part of the trial. Here are links to news.com stories about their efforts, conflicts and failures.
AMD CEO Jerry Sanders admitting that he hadn't read the state's proposed sanctions, and that he'd specifically asked Microsoft to support AMD's new chip (which they have, since) (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-883961.html)
University of Chicago economist Kevin Murphy admitting that he'd done little on antitrust until hired by Microsoft in 1998, and that all of his research since had been at least partially funded by them (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-885605.html)
Onyx Chief Executive Brent Frei (the former Microsoftie), who also hadn't read the states proposals, had Microsoft general counsel Bill Neukom tell him what to testify about and had to ask Neukom what "balkanization" meant. (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-886341.html) (about halfway down the page).
Autodesk Chief Technology Officer Scott Borduin's, who after disparing the state's sanctions because it would put at risk the "stable, predictable" platform offered by Windows", was forced to admit that he had complained when Microsoft excluded Java from Windows XP, thus fragmenting Windows. (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-886341.html)
Onyx Chief Executive Brent Frei (the former Microsoftie) admitting about "balkanization" (same URL, lower down in the article)
University of Chicago economist Kevin Murphy admitting that he'd done little on antitrust until hired by Microsoft in 1998, and that all of his research since had been at least partially funded by them (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-885605.html)
AMD CEO Jerry Sanders admitting that he hadn't read the state's proposed sanctions, and that he'd specifically asked Microsoft to support AMD's new chip (which they have, since) (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-883961.html)
I've been submitting stories for awhile now (all rejected) on the ineffective witnesses that Microsoft has been using during this phase of the trial.
They've had several industry witnesses who were forced to admit that they'd never read the settlement or the states proposals. The economist who testified for Microsoft had to admit that all of his research in this area had been funded by Microsoft, the Autodesk exec who after defending Microsoft had to relate how screwed over he felt by them excluding Java from Windows XP (needed for some Autodesk software). The most fun was the former Microsoftie, now head of his own company, who testified that the states plan would lead to the "balkanization" of Windows. On cross, he admitted that the Microsoft lawyers wrote the first draft of his testimony, and that he hadn't even know what balkanization meant.
How much are these Microsoft lawyers getting if this is the level of their trial prep?
Are there any major players in this field that you would want see naked? From Bill to Linus (opposite ends of the spectrum), I'd like them all to stay clothed.
And the truly horrifying image is of dancing monkeyboy Steve Ballmer au natural.
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From the FAQ:
This pre-alpha release is meant for developers and interested users only, and is not a final release by any means. It contains many bugs, is missing major functionality, is not completely stable, and requires additional software to run, such as the XWindows windowing system from the XFree86 project. The 638 release serves as a proof-of-concept build showing that the free OpenOffice.org suite can indeed be ported to Mac OS X and Darwin. Work is continuing to create a stable, bug-free 1.0 port based on OpenOffice.org 1.0, which will include both the XWindows version and a Mac OS X Aqua graphics version, but more developers are needed. Everyone is invited to join the project and lend a hand!
Even at a pre-alpha stage, this is as good a reason as any to dump Microsoft entirely!
Forgetting that, there is still the EU. There is China. There is Peru. There are a lot of countries that they've bullied that now have a lot of anger and reasonable alternatives (Linux/OS X).
The latter option seems more the Microsoft way.
When you keep seeing this stuff coming out, each time a more egregious, ridiculous example of monopolistic greed run crazy, you have to keep asking: Do they remember that they are in the penalty phase of an antitrust trial? That there are 9 brave states looking to cut them off? That the EU can still take a crack at it? Are things so isolated up at Redmond that nobody there recognizes how astonishing bad all of this makes them look?
Is it just more or does this seem targeted at GTA 3?
Microsofties testifying poorly for the company. Yesterday, Microsoft's Will Poole, vice president in charge of the company's Windows New Media Platform division, conceded that he couldn't think of anything Microsoft had done with its audio and video capabilities to address a trial court's April 2000 findings against the company.
The states also brought out an email from a different Microsoft employee, Kurt Buecheler, who wrote that when Microsoft went to distribute market development money to computer manufacturers, "a key criteria will be shipping Windows Media Player."
Today, when the states lawyer enquired as to why IE6 played music files with WMP technology even if the user had selected RealPlayer as their default, Microsoft executive Linda Averett said Microsoft could use RealNetworks software to play music in Internet Explorer, but chooses not to.
"The reason it is not replaceable is that Microsoft does not allow it to be replaceable, correct?" Schmidtlein (dissenting states attorney) asked.
"Correct, it is an integrated feature," Averett testified.
She also testified about the complaint by RealNetworks that the XP search program couldn't find RealNetworks files. She claimed it was a mistake that had been fixed two weeks ago. This would make it a month after states' top lawyer, Brendan Sullivan, showed the search problem during opening arguments as evidence of Microsoft's wrongdoing.
Yesterday's testimony: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-900213.htmlr osoft-Antitrust.html
Today's testimony: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Mic
To fight our wars?
If they come back, Decker can hunt them down. We haven't programmed them with empathy. That's the difference, you see.
Lego set a great example, and received the rewards of respecting the community that buys/programs their product. Sony was scared, but they've learned. Good. Maybe more can.
It's John Big-Boo-TAY!!!
I have a B&W G3. When I want to add something, I pull the ring and swing the side down. Everything is open and easy to access. 2 seconds. A child could do it. And my G3 is over 3 years old.
I have yet to see a PC case out there that approaches the ease of access that Apple had 3 years ago. Am I just not up the market? I know that alot of manufacturers were adding colorful plastic sections to their cases. I've seen the neon additions and clear windows from the modders. Why hasn't even one manufacturer tried to make the case an easy thing to work with?
Subject says it.
AMD CEO Jerry Sanders admitting that he hadn't read the state's proposed sanctions, and that he'd specifically asked Microsoft to support AMD's new chip (which they have, since) (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-883961.html)
University of Chicago economist Kevin Murphy admitting that he'd done little on antitrust until hired by Microsoft in 1998, and that all of his research since had been at least partially funded by them (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-885605.html)
Onyx Chief Executive Brent Frei (the former Microsoftie), who also hadn't read the states proposals, had Microsoft general counsel Bill Neukom tell him what to testify about and had to ask Neukom what "balkanization" meant. (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-886341.html) (about halfway down the page).
Autodesk Chief Technology Officer Scott Borduin's, who after disparing the state's sanctions because it would put at risk the "stable, predictable" platform offered by Windows", was forced to admit that he had complained when Microsoft excluded Java from Windows XP, thus fragmenting Windows. (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-886341.html)
It's about halfway down the article.
Onyx Chief Executive Brent Frei (the former Microsoftie) admitting about "balkanization" (same URL, lower down in the article)
University of Chicago economist Kevin Murphy admitting that he'd done little on antitrust until hired by Microsoft in 1998, and that all of his research since had been at least partially funded by them (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-885605.html)
AMD CEO Jerry Sanders admitting that he hadn't read the state's proposed sanctions, and that he'd specifically asked Microsoft to support AMD's new chip (which they have, since) (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-883961.html)
They've had several industry witnesses who were forced to admit that they'd never read the settlement or the states proposals. The economist who testified for Microsoft had to admit that all of his research in this area had been funded by Microsoft, the Autodesk exec who after defending Microsoft had to relate how screwed over he felt by them excluding Java from Windows XP (needed for some Autodesk software). The most fun was the former Microsoftie, now head of his own company, who testified that the states plan would lead to the "balkanization" of Windows. On cross, he admitted that the Microsoft lawyers wrote the first draft of his testimony, and that he hadn't even know what balkanization meant.
How much are these Microsoft lawyers getting if this is the level of their trial prep?
And the truly horrifying image is of dancing monkeyboy Steve Ballmer au natural.
I mean, let's face it: why didn't they just kill Mum Ra?
eWeek has an article about how Microsoft Windows Update has actually removed hot fixes, causing a site to be re-hit by Nimda.