Remember... all the big OEMs are pushing the high-end gaming systems to the "new breed of computer users". Just as there's a resurgence in IT spending, there's a new breed of home PC user that doesn't mind paying $3000+ for a high-end system. No, corporate America doesn't give a rip about overclocking cause they care about their warranties. But there's a growing group that does... and choices like this make them turn to AMD. AMD has better, cheaper 64bit support. And they still make overclocking easier. Intel is cutting off their nose to spite their face. Funny... you'd think Intel would learn from Microsoft's example instead of repeating the same mistakes...
Sure... wouldn't want to be able to overclock easily... gotta make us upgrade to the next, best, faster CPU. Maybe if AMD stops gaining market share from Intel, Intel will lighten up on those of us that want to overclock.
But those corporations are the *average user* I was referring to. Heck, I have 50+ PCs I'm responsible for. I have no intention of rolling SP2 anytime soon. Instead, we have a corporate firewall, AV software, anti-spyware software software, and built-in pop-up blocking in Mozilla (plus the google toolbar for IE). I don't need SP2 for my corporate systems. Sure, in time I'll probably roll it out, but I already have measures in place to address the majority of the needs that SP2 addresses. Its the average home user that just uses XP, Office, IE, and MSN... and they're the ones that won't know what broke, but probably won't get SP2 anyway because they don't have Automatic Updates installed, but if they get SP2, they'll call up Adobe or whoever and get the new versions of such and such. Unfortunately, SP2 won't affect a lot of home users until CDs start shipping from OEMs that include XP with SP2... since stock XP installs don't have automatic updates turned on.
Not so. Consider the recent Ask Slashdot article on the poor soul who repeatedly tried to re-install and patch XP (even with a CD with XP-SP1), but kept getting infected before he could get patched. SP2 is a good idea. The longer M$ delays it, the worse people will think of it and the more willing they will be to consider Linux. I am a Linux proponent and user, but from a marketing perspective, SP2 is necessary for M$'s survival. Waiting for Longhorn... which is years away... will do too much damage to M$'s reputation. They can't afford to wait til Longhorn.
The majority of XP users aren't using that many old apps anyway... the average XP user is just using XP, Office 2000+, IE6, and MSN. And the majority of 3rd party apps such as those from Adobe, Macromedia, etc will get free updates to be compatible. Its not such a big deal for the average user. I've often felt that M$ would be well served to release a new OS based on an entirely new codebase... get a group of developers that have never seen Windows source code, only the GUI and let them rewrite it without backwards. Then get the major vendors to release compatible versions of their software. Sure... things will lag for a bit, but Windows will get better and the app support will follow. Windows is still based on an almost 15 year old code base. Its time to rewrite it from the ground up. Screw the backwards compatibility. Move on.
Hmmm... I can only hope they release enough to better my understanding of their anti-SEO mechanisms. At least then I'll finally stand a chance of having a search for "Andrew Davis" actually show my personal website instead of page after page of that movie director dude (Independence Day, etc).:)
I lived through the Pacific Telesis split-up that birthed AT&T, Pacific Bell, etc. Now we have Verizon buying up all the small guys... GTE, Airtouch, NorthPoint, etc. I applaud the decision to reign SBC back in a bit, but when is someone going to put a smack down on Verizon. They're international, doing local, long distance, cellular, wireless, and DSL. They are exactly what everyone feared Pacific Telesis would be which is why they were split and deregulated. If we're not careful, the world will soon be SBC and Verizon only.
when asked if the U.S. would like to do something similar, Bush replied, "Asia makes all the cool cell phone advancements, Europe wants to can POTS and truly enter the digital era, and we have Microsoft. Why would we want to change anything?"
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Considering the "impending doom" we keep hearing about of the lack of available IPv4 numbers... one can only hope they intend to roll out their new network with IPv6. Heck, even a few class A's and NAT'ing each one to 254 usable addresses wouldn't help them...
There will be a large bus with the word MICROSOFT on it departing from Redmond, Washington. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find all onboard computers, re-install them with Linux, and place stuffed penguins in every nook and cranny. Alternatively, just blow it the hell up.
Just wait til SCO discovers that Microsoft's new HPC server uses technology from Linux (which according to SCO has illegal UNIX code in it) and then determines that Microsoft's UNIX license only covers the use of real UNIX and not UNIX illegally contributed to Linux and therefore Microsoft's use of Linux technologies to make their HPC server violates SCOs alleged copyrights. Once Microsoft starts making a profit from its HPC server, then SCO can sue them despite their UNIX license. Kind of circular, I know, but SCO isn't exactly known for using logic, common sense, and reason of late.
Not necessarily. According to the eWeek article, SCO was denied on its motion to have the case moved to a state court instead of a federal one. Even if a federal judge dismisses with prejudice, SCO can start a new fight in state court. Besides, they could always make new accusations that are just slightly different than the originals... in which case its considered an entirely new case and the with prejudice won't be applicable.
Personally I'd rather not see any of the cases (SCO vs. IBM... SCO vs. Novell... SCO vs. RedHat) dismissed. After all, a dismissed case can always be redone later. Personally, I'd rather see the cases and trials move on and see the truth told and *hopefully* IBM and Novell win. At least then we don't have a *what if* hanging over our heads.
Well since you seem so intent on speaking in foreign tongues to show you obvious superiority over a technical dweeb that gets most of his news from slashdot, here's something for you:
Notice that M$ hasn't made similar announcements about their recent source code theft problems? Probably cause they realize that for every hacker who use it to try and exploit a vulnerability, another hacker will rewrite part of the code and make it better, more stable, and more secure. Heck with Microsoft source code out there, Windows could one day be a stable, secure platform for people to migrate to instead of from
Clearly, he has a cencorship lawsuit. If nothing else, at least for any downtime his site incurred for having his content barred. Good thing he didn't post the Constitution...
Will it ever end? Funny that they get a patent on something I've been doing for 20+ years... I've always made it habit to use #TODO: in my comments for my code for pending things or things that need to be redone, then have a shell script parse my code for the comments and email them to me weekly prior to status meetings, etc. I wonder if any of these will count as "prior art" or its counterpart to fighting this atrocity?
I don't know that I necessarily "stay off of Windows" as I also stay off of Solaris, Mac OS, etc. I even stay off of FreeBSD. I use all the above OSs in my line of work (computer consultant). However, I find that Linux is the best platform for connecting to all the other OSs. Linux connects to Sun, Mac, *nix, and Windows better than Sun, Mac, or Windows connect to each other. I also like choice. I like knowing I can keep my stable RH9 system and upgrade apps as they are released, but I can also use FC2 and try some newer, bleeding edge stuff. For me, its mostly a decision of compatibility and/or accessibility with other environments combined with the fulfillment of my personal need to tinker under the hood... something I can't really do on Windows, and am sometimes limiting on Solaris and Mac due to not all the code being public. My Linux laptop connects to all the networks I need (wired LAN, 802.11b, Verizon celluar network internet access) as well as the OSs my clients use Solaris, Mac OS 9/X, Netware, Windows. Further, I find more vendors that are *seeing the light* are developing for Windows and Linux, not Windows and other OSs. For example, both Network Associates and Computer Associates have made recent Linux software announcements. Note that they haven't made any new Netware, or Mac announcements, and no Solaris announcements at all. I see Linux as the most thriving OS out there and the one with the most (growing) vendor support next to Windows. Heck, in irony, its even most likely that we'll start to see Linux viruses than we will Netware or Sun viruses. In summary, its interoperability and the ability to tweak things that makes me choose Linux over Windows... or to choose something other than Windows. In all honesty, its not cost as I have access to all the costly Windows' softwares.
I coded in C/C++ for about 5 years. Learned some perl, php, and python too. More recently, I've been a sysadmin for 8+ years, but I still do a lot of coding... and some DBA work... and I consultant on the side cause my wife doesn't work and my salary, even almost 12 years of experience later makes for a decent life, but not the best one. Plus I've been laid off enough that consulting is my little "what if" plan. My first kid came about 2 years into my coding career. I have three now... ages 12, 10, and 3. When it all comes down to it... its all about time. I work Mon-Fri from 9am to 6pm. Mon, Wed, & Thur nights, I code and other stuff from 9pm to midnight. Tues and Fri, I don't do anything unless emergency requires that I do. Then on Saturday from 7am to noon, I work more. So I get my fulltime salary, another 10 to 15 hours of side work a week, but I get to have dinner with my family every night. I get every evening with them and most of the weekend. Having tried different combinations, this is the only schedule that allowed everything to happen without sacrificing something... either the boy's hockey game, or the wife, etc. Plus, being salaried, I can take a morning or afternoon off when the wife has to take a kid to the doctor or dentist. And with three weeks of vacation a year, I enjoy two weeks off and with the family, and one week I spend consulting full time for a nice little check that gets saved until November when we go Xmas shopping with it. For me its all about priorities and schedules and knowing when to turn the cell phone off and when to leave the PDA at home.
Is it just me or is Sun a bit too chummy with M$ these days? Sounds to me like Linux has taken away a good chunk of UNIX (Solaris) market share and is now threatening M$ desktop share, so now Sun and M$ are letting bygones be bygones and *not exactly* working in concert to trounce Linux.
...no, not the strike, but the fact that I posted this last week when the strikes were just as imminent and my story was rejected. Now someone else says the same thing I said and gets it posted. Someone must be doing someone a favor somewhere.
I know, I know... troll, flamebait, whiner... call me what you will... but its true.
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Remember... all the big OEMs are pushing the high-end gaming systems to the "new breed of computer users". Just as there's a resurgence in IT spending, there's a new breed of home PC user that doesn't mind paying $3000+ for a high-end system. No, corporate America doesn't give a rip about overclocking cause they care about their warranties. But there's a growing group that does... and choices like this make them turn to AMD. AMD has better, cheaper 64bit support. And they still make overclocking easier. Intel is cutting off their nose to spite their face. Funny... you'd think Intel would learn from Microsoft's example instead of repeating the same mistakes...
Sure... wouldn't want to be able to overclock easily... gotta make us upgrade to the next, best, faster CPU. Maybe if AMD stops gaining market share from Intel, Intel will lighten up on those of us that want to overclock.
But those corporations are the *average user* I was referring to. Heck, I have 50+ PCs I'm responsible for. I have no intention of rolling SP2 anytime soon. Instead, we have a corporate firewall, AV software, anti-spyware software software, and built-in pop-up blocking in Mozilla (plus the google toolbar for IE). I don't need SP2 for my corporate systems. Sure, in time I'll probably roll it out, but I already have measures in place to address the majority of the needs that SP2 addresses. Its the average home user that just uses XP, Office, IE, and MSN... and they're the ones that won't know what broke, but probably won't get SP2 anyway because they don't have Automatic Updates installed, but if they get SP2, they'll call up Adobe or whoever and get the new versions of such and such. Unfortunately, SP2 won't affect a lot of home users until CDs start shipping from OEMs that include XP with SP2... since stock XP installs don't have automatic updates turned on.
Not so. Consider the recent Ask Slashdot article on the poor soul who repeatedly tried to re-install and patch XP (even with a CD with XP-SP1), but kept getting infected before he could get patched. SP2 is a good idea. The longer M$ delays it, the worse people will think of it and the more willing they will be to consider Linux. I am a Linux proponent and user, but from a marketing perspective, SP2 is necessary for M$'s survival. Waiting for Longhorn... which is years away... will do too much damage to M$'s reputation. They can't afford to wait til Longhorn.
Actually... it was a poll done a few months ago by some research org. I forget which one, but I recall seeing it posted on /.
The majority of XP users aren't using that many old apps anyway... the average XP user is just using XP, Office 2000+, IE6, and MSN. And the majority of 3rd party apps such as those from Adobe, Macromedia, etc will get free updates to be compatible. Its not such a big deal for the average user. I've often felt that M$ would be well served to release a new OS based on an entirely new codebase... get a group of developers that have never seen Windows source code, only the GUI and let them rewrite it without backwards. Then get the major vendors to release compatible versions of their software. Sure... things will lag for a bit, but Windows will get better and the app support will follow. Windows is still based on an almost 15 year old code base. Its time to rewrite it from the ground up. Screw the backwards compatibility. Move on.
Hmmm... I can only hope they release enough to better my understanding of their anti-SEO mechanisms. At least then I'll finally stand a chance of having a search for "Andrew Davis" actually show my personal website instead of page after page of that movie director dude (Independence Day, etc). :)
I lived through the Pacific Telesis split-up that birthed AT&T, Pacific Bell, etc. Now we have Verizon buying up all the small guys... GTE, Airtouch, NorthPoint, etc. I applaud the decision to reign SBC back in a bit, but when is someone going to put a smack down on Verizon. They're international, doing local, long distance, cellular, wireless, and DSL. They are exactly what everyone feared Pacific Telesis would be which is why they were split and deregulated. If we're not careful, the world will soon be SBC and Verizon only.
Quick Robin... throw me the bat-dupe
when asked if the U.S. would like to do something similar, Bush replied, "Asia makes all the cool cell phone advancements, Europe wants to can POTS and truly enter the digital era, and we have Microsoft. Why would we want to change anything?"
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Considering the "impending doom" we keep hearing about of the lack of available IPv4 numbers... one can only hope they intend to roll out their new network with IPv6. Heck, even a few class A's and NAT'ing each one to 254 usable addresses wouldn't help them...
What??? No DVD support? How many more devices are going to be made that do a little of everything but still don't do it all?
There will be a large bus with the word MICROSOFT on it departing from Redmond, Washington. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find all onboard computers, re-install them with Linux, and place stuffed penguins in every nook and cranny. Alternatively, just blow it the hell up.
Just wait til SCO discovers that Microsoft's new HPC server uses technology from Linux (which according to SCO has illegal UNIX code in it) and then determines that Microsoft's UNIX license only covers the use of real UNIX and not UNIX illegally contributed to Linux and therefore Microsoft's use of Linux technologies to make their HPC server violates SCOs alleged copyrights. Once Microsoft starts making a profit from its HPC server, then SCO can sue them despite their UNIX license. Kind of circular, I know, but SCO isn't exactly known for using logic, common sense, and reason of late.
Not necessarily. According to the eWeek article, SCO was denied on its motion to have the case moved to a state court instead of a federal one. Even if a federal judge dismisses with prejudice, SCO can start a new fight in state court. Besides, they could always make new accusations that are just slightly different than the originals... in which case its considered an entirely new case and the with prejudice won't be applicable.
Personally I'd rather not see any of the cases (SCO vs. IBM... SCO vs. Novell... SCO vs. RedHat) dismissed. After all, a dismissed case can always be redone later. Personally, I'd rather see the cases and trials move on and see the truth told and *hopefully* IBM and Novell win. At least then we don't have a *what if* hanging over our heads.
Well since you seem so intent on speaking in foreign tongues to show you obvious superiority over a technical dweeb that gets most of his news from slashdot, here's something for you:
gluteous maximus orafice
Notice that M$ hasn't made similar announcements about their recent source code theft problems? Probably cause they realize that for every hacker who use it to try and exploit a vulnerability, another hacker will rewrite part of the code and make it better, more stable, and more secure. Heck with Microsoft source code out there, Windows could one day be a stable, secure platform for people to migrate to instead of from
Clearly, he has a cencorship lawsuit. If nothing else, at least for any downtime his site incurred for having his content barred. Good thing he didn't post the Constitution...
It was called "The Blob"
Will it ever end? Funny that they get a patent on something I've been doing for 20+ years... I've always made it habit to use #TODO: in my comments for my code for pending things or things that need to be redone, then have a shell script parse my code for the comments and email them to me weekly prior to status meetings, etc. I wonder if any of these will count as "prior art" or its counterpart to fighting this atrocity?
I don't know that I necessarily "stay off of Windows" as I also stay off of Solaris, Mac OS, etc. I even stay off of FreeBSD. I use all the above OSs in my line of work (computer consultant). However, I find that Linux is the best platform for connecting to all the other OSs. Linux connects to Sun, Mac, *nix, and Windows better than Sun, Mac, or Windows connect to each other. I also like choice. I like knowing I can keep my stable RH9 system and upgrade apps as they are released, but I can also use FC2 and try some newer, bleeding edge stuff. For me, its mostly a decision of compatibility and/or accessibility with other environments combined with the fulfillment of my personal need to tinker under the hood... something I can't really do on Windows, and am sometimes limiting on Solaris and Mac due to not all the code being public. My Linux laptop connects to all the networks I need (wired LAN, 802.11b, Verizon celluar network internet access) as well as the OSs my clients use Solaris, Mac OS 9/X, Netware, Windows. Further, I find more vendors that are *seeing the light* are developing for Windows and Linux, not Windows and other OSs. For example, both Network Associates and Computer Associates have made recent Linux software announcements. Note that they haven't made any new Netware, or Mac announcements, and no Solaris announcements at all. I see Linux as the most thriving OS out there and the one with the most (growing) vendor support next to Windows. Heck, in irony, its even most likely that we'll start to see Linux viruses than we will Netware or Sun viruses. In summary, its interoperability and the ability to tweak things that makes me choose Linux over Windows... or to choose something other than Windows. In all honesty, its not cost as I have access to all the costly Windows' softwares.
I coded in C/C++ for about 5 years. Learned some perl, php, and python too. More recently, I've been a sysadmin for 8+ years, but I still do a lot of coding... and some DBA work... and I consultant on the side cause my wife doesn't work and my salary, even almost 12 years of experience later makes for a decent life, but not the best one. Plus I've been laid off enough that consulting is my little "what if" plan. My first kid came about 2 years into my coding career. I have three now... ages 12, 10, and 3. When it all comes down to it... its all about time. I work Mon-Fri from 9am to 6pm. Mon, Wed, & Thur nights, I code and other stuff from 9pm to midnight. Tues and Fri, I don't do anything unless emergency requires that I do. Then on Saturday from 7am to noon, I work more. So I get my fulltime salary, another 10 to 15 hours of side work a week, but I get to have dinner with my family every night. I get every evening with them and most of the weekend. Having tried different combinations, this is the only schedule that allowed everything to happen without sacrificing something... either the boy's hockey game, or the wife, etc. Plus, being salaried, I can take a morning or afternoon off when the wife has to take a kid to the doctor or dentist. And with three weeks of vacation a year, I enjoy two weeks off and with the family, and one week I spend consulting full time for a nice little check that gets saved until November when we go Xmas shopping with it. For me its all about priorities and schedules and knowing when to turn the cell phone off and when to leave the PDA at home.
Is it just me or is Sun a bit too chummy with M$ these days? Sounds to me like Linux has taken away a good chunk of UNIX (Solaris) market share and is now threatening M$ desktop share, so now Sun and M$ are letting bygones be bygones and *not exactly* working in concert to trounce Linux.
...no, not the strike, but the fact that I posted this last week when the strikes were just as imminent and my story was rejected. Now someone else says the same thing I said and gets it posted. Someone must be doing someone a favor somewhere.
I know, I know... troll, flamebait, whiner... call me what you will... but its true.