That is why source code tends not to leak - it is not because it's kept in a big safe, no matter what Microsoft's marketing people tell us to the contrary.
Source code tends not to leak? Since when? Im sure Debian, Valve, and others can attest to the falacy of that statement.
Now, you can make whatever goofball claims you want regarding how MS regards their source code, but one thing is very true- it is, indisputably, THEIR source code, so if they dont want to share it with the world at large, such is their perogative. Some may not agree with their position, but they should, regardless, respect thier position.
Finally, this is very important: If you propose to continue working in the IT industry, and somebody offers you a look at the source, just say no. Remember - if you learn too much about the internals of Microsoft products, you may find yourself unable to work for anybody except Microsoft. Yike
That is, quite possibly, the dumbest statement Ive ever heard. Good thing the hack author works for something like The Register, and isnt burdened by things which could hinder a real journalist. Like the truth.
A good strategy in any project is not tying your wagon too tightly to things you have no direct control (or even influence) over.
It seems Mono made a mistake in relying too heavily on Wine. It may have been more work, and may have been a duplication of effort, but they would have been better off in the long run recreating what they needed to, especially if their goal is 100% compatibility. Thus, they can only attain that 100% if (and its a big IF) Wine also attains it.
Ya, and so was I. You can use an FTP server as your distribution point. You dont HAVE to point it at McAfee's FTP server.
He isnt 110% right on that point, because Ive set this up for serveral organizations.
Now, as I said, this may have changed with the newer versions: I cant say, because I havent used them. But with the 4.x versions, you can either manually enter the alternate FTP server, or just edit the registry settings via logon script (which is what I did). The only thing I *couldnt* do via registry changes was, strangely enough, enabling the ability to check for updates on a schedule. I could get tell it where, when, and how to get the updates, just not to actually do it. This also wasnt in any config file either; I have no idea how it saved that info.
Damn, maybe thats what has been keeping Mosaic/Netscape/Communicator/Mozilla/whatever from becoming the dominant browser all these years. Its the name! Eventaully, they will get just the right name, and they will once again become a mighty bastion of profitability!
Maybe they should change their name to something catchy, like, hmmm... "Internet Explorer"
Nothing wrong at all. Those were pretty much my thoughts when reading this posting.
Have you ever attended a useless meeting?
I think a better question is have we ever attended a useful meeting. I would say, with the exception of maybe one or two meetings, they have all pretty much been "bring the clueless up to something resembling speed" sessions.
I use McAfee's software, and you can upgrade/update via FTP- you dont need a Windows server at all.
Now, Im using an older version, and not the latest and greatest, but they still update the 4.x engine and virus definitions. I think the only bad thing about the 4.0 version is it doesnt run on XP; but I think 4.0.1 does.
I heard Romero has been working on the MyDaikatana.a worm for the past five years. Unfortunately, he released it into the wild and nobody noticed; it apparently couldnt spread.
In another move to be announced later in the week, SCO will be changing their company name to a symbol. Since the symbol will be unpronouncable in court, SCO will then (or so their lawyers hope) win by default.
They also thought people wanted cards which could do 500fps in 800x600, rather than true/high color cards which ran at high resolutions. nVidia came along with a design with had 2/3d, high resolutions, lots of colors, and *didnt* lose speed doing it.
Ah, how the mighty keep falling. Im just sad it has to be a company like ATI taking them down (I never liked ATI).
My problem isnt that they provide drivers for different versions, its that there is no rhyme nor reason to their methods. One printer may have a proper driver set (all Win9x and a Win NT/2k/XP driver), while others bounce all over the place, or *require* the print manager software (no plain vanilla PCL or PS driver).
I dont view the problem as one with Windows at all. If they can do it for all their old printers, and many of their new ones, they are just making junk drivers or printers with the rest of them.
Ive been getting less and less happy with HP's printers. IMO, the printer division is catching up with the shoddy workmanship of the rest of HP, and they are now going to drag Compaq down with them, too.
Their print drivers are now all goofy, and they force you to install buggy 'print management' software, which makes them function very poorly as network printers. Also, the quality of their Jet Direct cards is declining. And whoever put in their web based printer management should be shot; it comes from the factory completely open, meaning anybody setting it up who doesnt lock it down will leave it open to the whole network.
They also stopped, for the most part, making combined drivers, again making their printers bad for network printers. If you need different drivers for 95, 98, 98se, me, nt, 2000, and xp, it makes it impossible to centrally manage the drivers. A windows print server groups drivers as 95/98/me, nt/2000, and 2000/xp. So separate drivers dont really work in a mixed environment, and they dont put anything into the driver which will flag it as invalid. Meaning many printers need to be set up by hand, raising your support costs.
Its a shame there isnt really an alternative to HP for corporate customers. They may not be as good as they once were, but they are still better than their competition.
And the Secret Service is the one who prosecutes counterfeiters.
Funny story (but not for the guy who did it), a few years ago my brother was working as a bartender at a popular nightclub. One of his customers starts spending some big money (nothing really suspicious there, however), but mentions that he is about to go into prision for a few years. At that point, he received a some crisp new bills with a 'different' feel to them. He looked at it, and it didnt look right, so he tested it with his 'fake money' marker.
Anyway, the guy was arrested shortly after for passing fake currency, and he didnt even get to have more than a drink or two. Not the best way to spend your last days of freedom =)
It looks like PalmSource is aiming directly at Symbian's success with Nokia's series 60 platform
Looks more like PalmSource is aiming at finally doing something besides losing money and market share.
With all the buzz surrounding their product, PalmOS could have been the one OS to rule them all (all the small devices, that is). Instead, they waited until tons of other people made the kinds of moves they should have been making (handspring especially).
Speaking of Handspring, if I were them I would have flipped off Palm and purchased the PalmOS after they spun it off into its own company. Why they need Palm (and more importantly, its bumbling executives) weighing them down is something I cant figure out.
Well, than I must be a total dumb shit, because here I was under the assumption that my FM114P wasnt accessible via tftp or telnet. at least, I was never able to connect to it that way, and there is absolutely nothing in the manual, forums, or support site...
But you say my statement is totally untrue (not just incorrect in some cases, but TOTALLY untrue!), so please do me a favor and let me know how to do it. I always thought using telnet and trying to connect to that ip address was all there was to it...
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Source code tends not to leak? Since when? Im sure Debian, Valve, and others can attest to the falacy of that statement.
Now, you can make whatever goofball claims you want regarding how MS regards their source code, but one thing is very true- it is, indisputably, THEIR source code, so if they dont want to share it with the world at large, such is their perogative. Some may not agree with their position, but they should, regardless, respect thier position.
Finally, this is very important: If you propose to continue working in the IT industry, and somebody offers you a look at the source, just say no. Remember - if you learn too much about the internals of Microsoft products, you may find yourself unable to work for anybody except Microsoft. Yike
That is, quite possibly, the dumbest statement Ive ever heard. Good thing the hack author works for something like The Register, and isnt burdened by things which could hinder a real journalist. Like the truth.
It seems Mono made a mistake in relying too heavily on Wine. It may have been more work, and may have been a duplication of effort, but they would have been better off in the long run recreating what they needed to, especially if their goal is 100% compatibility. Thus, they can only attain that 100% if (and its a big IF) Wine also attains it.
He isnt 110% right on that point, because Ive set this up for serveral organizations.
Now, as I said, this may have changed with the newer versions: I cant say, because I havent used them. But with the 4.x versions, you can either manually enter the alternate FTP server, or just edit the registry settings via logon script (which is what I did). The only thing I *couldnt* do via registry changes was, strangely enough, enabling the ability to check for updates on a schedule. I could get tell it where, when, and how to get the updates, just not to actually do it. This also wasnt in any config file either; I have no idea how it saved that info.
Maybe they should change their name to something catchy, like, hmmm... "Internet Explorer"
Have you ever attended a useless meeting?
I think a better question is have we ever attended a useful meeting. I would say, with the exception of maybe one or two meetings, they have all pretty much been "bring the clueless up to something resembling speed" sessions.
This is going to be the greatest stock since Netscape!
Now, Im using an older version, and not the latest and greatest, but they still update the 4.x engine and virus definitions. I think the only bad thing about the 4.0 version is it doesnt run on XP; but I think 4.0.1 does.
I heard Romero has been working on the MyDaikatana.a worm for the past five years. Unfortunately, he released it into the wild and nobody noticed; it apparently couldnt spread.
It seems the only people making serious money from high tech are the lawyers.
But Red Hat's point is that somebody can bring down Slashdot, with a hack. And, were it a race, I dont think /. could bring them down in 45 seconds.
Too bad they cant mod down that "45 second" article; Im sure they really would like to suppress it.
Now it should be abundantly clear to everyone that Video Games do not cause violence: rap music does.
In another move to be announced later in the week, SCO will be changing their company name to a symbol. Since the symbol will be unpronouncable in court, SCO will then (or so their lawyers hope) win by default.
Ah, how the mighty keep falling. Im just sad it has to be a company like ATI taking them down (I never liked ATI).
I dont view the problem as one with Windows at all. If they can do it for all their old printers, and many of their new ones, they are just making junk drivers or printers with the rest of them.
And maybe if their virus does real damage, they have to sit in the corner and wear a funny hat.
But what about the 'Bush Boom'? They keep telling us that everything is better than it ever was... could it be that somebody is lying?
Or something like that...
Their print drivers are now all goofy, and they force you to install buggy 'print management' software, which makes them function very poorly as network printers. Also, the quality of their Jet Direct cards is declining. And whoever put in their web based printer management should be shot; it comes from the factory completely open, meaning anybody setting it up who doesnt lock it down will leave it open to the whole network.
They also stopped, for the most part, making combined drivers, again making their printers bad for network printers. If you need different drivers for 95, 98, 98se, me, nt, 2000, and xp, it makes it impossible to centrally manage the drivers. A windows print server groups drivers as 95/98/me, nt/2000, and 2000/xp. So separate drivers dont really work in a mixed environment, and they dont put anything into the driver which will flag it as invalid. Meaning many printers need to be set up by hand, raising your support costs.
Its a shame there isnt really an alternative to HP for corporate customers. They may not be as good as they once were, but they are still better than their competition.
Funny story (but not for the guy who did it), a few years ago my brother was working as a bartender at a popular nightclub. One of his customers starts spending some big money (nothing really suspicious there, however), but mentions that he is about to go into prision for a few years. At that point, he received a some crisp new bills with a 'different' feel to them. He looked at it, and it didnt look right, so he tested it with his 'fake money' marker.
Anyway, the guy was arrested shortly after for passing fake currency, and he didnt even get to have more than a drink or two. Not the best way to spend your last days of freedom =)
You forgot Palm 98, Second Edition, and the ill-fated Palm, Millenium Edition. We will probably have to wait a while for the latter.
Looks more like PalmSource is aiming at finally doing something besides losing money and market share.
With all the buzz surrounding their product, PalmOS could have been the one OS to rule them all (all the small devices, that is). Instead, they waited until tons of other people made the kinds of moves they should have been making (handspring especially).
Speaking of Handspring, if I were them I would have flipped off Palm and purchased the PalmOS after they spun it off into its own company. Why they need Palm (and more importantly, its bumbling executives) weighing them down is something I cant figure out.
I guess they will just have to go back to the old method of giving your absentee ballot to your local alderman.
But you say my statement is totally untrue (not just incorrect in some cases, but TOTALLY untrue!), so please do me a favor and let me know how to do it. I always thought using telnet and trying to connect to that ip address was all there was to it...
I have a Netgear RT314, and it can be managed via telnet, no problems.
Well I dont, and it cant.
So it is true.