And I thought that one of the F/OSS "business models" was charging for support?
First, there's no "Linux" that can do such a thing. There's maybe a dozen major versions/vendors and probably a hundred or so subniches. Saying "Linux" as if it's some sort of monolithic entity just shows ignorance.
Second, there's maybe a dozen major versions, which means that support for one version doesn't necessarily translate into support for another.
Third, there are already tons of "Linux" sites out there. Search Google.
Finally, such a thing flies in the face of F/OSS when you think about it, because Linux is based on the idea that no one single version/program/site can suit everyone's needs. (Also its greatest weakness.)
Yeah, but those are the stats of the W3Schools site. As such I'd EXPECT them to be Windows-heavy, since a rather large portion of their client base would come from web developers working from the company office.
Which tends to own just what brand of computer OS?
Allow SMS/text messaging only. No voice. Then we can have peace and quiet, and bozo business types who're afraid to be out of touch for an hour or so can still communicate with their underlings.
Forget Rosetta, think Parallels and Coherence mode, run "antique" applications in a VM that appears fully integrated into the desktop. Build all of your new applications in.NET where feasible, or as binaries making new, secure system calls when not.
Want to use the new XYZ features in 7? Then rebuild/recompile your applications. Otherwise you're VM'ed.
"Doing this kind of thing is trivial on a computer..."
Ah... no. Because you have basically one chance to get it right. Find a stack overflow exploit somewhere and you have to pick one address point to try. Miss, and in all likelihood the application that downloaded your trojan TIFF blows up with a stack or protection error. (To pick one example.)
So to continue your analogy the burglar tries each door by lighting a stick of dynamite. Which is something the neighbors tend to notice.
And most people (myself included) tend to think of improved security as "features". Especially if it means that I'm not wasting time running virus scans and updating virus profiles and all of the other make-work needed to keep a typical Windows system functional.
Actually, I'd tend to view it as just one of a series of preventative measures that one takes in order to KEEP from getting sick. A band-aid is something you throw on AFTER you've been cut up.
And yes, we probably could do more, but not until people are willing to take a minor hit in performance in exchange for hardened security features and layers. Linux in particular tends to erupt in flame wars over just a 0.12% increase/decrease in scheduler performance. And Window's folk won't give up an extra half-frame in Quake...
"DVD Player.app won't skip past things that the movie studios put on the DVD..."
True. In order to license the codecs and software needed to play DVDs legally a DVD Player has to honor the DVD player spec, which means honoring the stupid "operation not allowed" messages embedded in the DVDs.
No, because when you don't tip its face-to-face, and there's a chance that it could come back to bite you in the rear later if the waitstaff remembers your face.
Music parasites, however, aren't "tipping" because they think they're anonymous sitting there in their parents basement.
Same reason, basically, as why they download everything in existence, but wouldn't dare risk swiping the box off the shelf.
Perhaps some faction at Apple truly thought that web-apps would be enough. Or they couldn't release an iPhone, Leopard, and a SDK all at the same time. Or the web-based SDK was a trial balloon, floated to see if they really needed to do all of that work after all.
"Getting people to use encryption is always a tough sell, because most people, to be perfectly frank, lead lives that are so completely boring that nobody would ever want to read their mail, and they know it."
Or the flip side of the equation. Many are already placing already anything and everything about themselves on MySpace and Facebook. With so much information already public and available, what's to hide?
I think it also depends how "crowded" that space is, in that if there's already a ton of decent to excellent forum packages out there, why dilute the space even further by posting your own?
One of the strengths of F/OSS is that there are usually a lot of solutions to any given problem. One of the major weaknesses is that often there are too many solutions to a given problem, with the end result being that there are too few contributors spread across too many projects.
First, anyone who thinks it's "free" is nuts. Any price "bundled" into the player or phone service will per passed along to the end user.
And as such, here's a better question: What happens to the music when you stop paying the subscription?
Most subscription services of that type cancel all of your music when you're done. Are you going to want to pay two or three years worth of subscription fees and end up with nothing?
Without the camera-on-a-stick it would probably have to be touch AND pressure sensitive. I'd doubt most alternative sensors could detect "hovering" fingers otherwise. With touch-and-pressure, you could hold it and not "click" until you pressed firmly enough.
Seriously. Palms and fingertips don't sweat or contain oil glands. It's only by touching your face, nose, or other parts of your body that oils begin to accumulate on the fingertips.
And you might going to the bathroom and washing your hands after you eat.
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"So the corvette buyers totally miss out..."
"So the corvette buyers have better things to do with their time..." There, I fixed it for you.
And I thought that one of the F/OSS "business models" was charging for support?
First, there's no "Linux" that can do such a thing. There's maybe a dozen major versions/vendors and probably a hundred or so subniches. Saying "Linux" as if it's some sort of monolithic entity just shows ignorance.
Second, there's maybe a dozen major versions, which means that support for one version doesn't necessarily translate into support for another.
Third, there are already tons of "Linux" sites out there. Search Google.
Finally, such a thing flies in the face of F/OSS when you think about it, because Linux is based on the idea that no one single version/program/site can suit everyone's needs. (Also its greatest weakness.)
"Maybe we really do want every airline to be the lowest common denominator."
Not really, but it's the end result of going to Travelocity or Expedia, searching for a flight, and then getting the cheapest ticket possible.
Yeah, but those are the stats of the W3Schools site. As such I'd EXPECT them to be Windows-heavy, since a rather large portion of their client base would come from web developers working from the company office.
Which tends to own just what brand of computer OS?
Actually, one should read the conclusion of the article, which is 180 degrees opposite from that of the /. summary.
Yeah, but how many page views are we currently talking about? The FAQ says 80 million pages per month, but that info was last updated in '04.
Without knowing how heavy the load is, I don't know if I'm supposed to be impressed or not... (grin)
"Why do these solutions escape the multimillion dollar investigation teams assigned to solving these issues?"
What makes you think I'm NOT on an investigation team assigned to solving these issues? (grin)
Allow SMS/text messaging only. No voice. Then we can have peace and quiet, and bozo business types who're afraid to be out of touch for an hour or so can still communicate with their underlings.
Forget Rosetta, think Parallels and Coherence mode, run "antique" applications in a VM that appears fully integrated into the desktop. Build all of your new applications in .NET where feasible, or as binaries making new, secure system calls when not.
Want to use the new XYZ features in 7? Then rebuild/recompile your applications. Otherwise you're VM'ed.
"... four years after the research literature has that ASLR is trivial for an attacker to beat..."
Sources? Seems to me that it prevents, say, trojan-TIFF buffer overflows just fine. People tend to notice when their application crashes.
"Doing this kind of thing is trivial on a computer..."
Ah... no. Because you have basically one chance to get it right. Find a stack overflow exploit somewhere and you have to pick one address point to try. Miss, and in all likelihood the application that downloaded your trojan TIFF blows up with a stack or protection error. (To pick one example.)
So to continue your analogy the burglar tries each door by lighting a stick of dynamite. Which is something the neighbors tend to notice.
And most people (myself included) tend to think of improved security as "features". Especially if it means that I'm not wasting time running virus scans and updating virus profiles and all of the other make-work needed to keep a typical Windows system functional.
"It's still a bandaid though..."
Actually, I'd tend to view it as just one of a series of preventative measures that one takes in order to KEEP from getting sick. A band-aid is something you throw on AFTER you've been cut up.
And yes, we probably could do more, but not until people are willing to take a minor hit in performance in exchange for hardened security features and layers. Linux in particular tends to erupt in flame wars over just a 0.12% increase/decrease in scheduler performance. And Window's folk won't give up an extra half-frame in Quake...
"DVD Player.app won't skip past things that the movie studios put on the DVD..."
True. In order to license the codecs and software needed to play DVDs legally a DVD Player has to honor the DVD player spec, which means honoring the stupid "operation not allowed" messages embedded in the DVDs.
And some people have a legitimate reason (i.e. poor service) for not tipping. We're not discussing them either.
No, because when you don't tip its face-to-face, and there's a chance that it could come back to bite you in the rear later if the waitstaff remembers your face.
Music parasites, however, aren't "tipping" because they think they're anonymous sitting there in their parents basement.
Same reason, basically, as why they download everything in existence, but wouldn't dare risk swiping the box off the shelf.
"If anybody pays (or rather, if enough people pay to cover hosting costs) it's a win for the band."
By that logic if your boss pays you anything at all for your work, say $5 for the entire week, then it's a "win".
Just because you make a few breadcrumbs doesn't make it worth doing fulltime.
You don't sell 4-5 billion of something if people don't want it.
Could depend upon performance over Edge in most places. If you're restricted to WiFi then you could be SOL and back to the cell network elsewhere.
Perhaps some faction at Apple truly thought that web-apps would be enough. Or they couldn't release an iPhone, Leopard, and a SDK all at the same time. Or the web-based SDK was a trial balloon, floated to see if they really needed to do all of that work after all.
"Getting people to use encryption is always a tough sell, because most people, to be perfectly frank, lead lives that are so completely boring that nobody would ever want to read their mail, and they know it."
Or the flip side of the equation. Many are already placing already anything and everything about themselves on MySpace and Facebook. With so much information already public and available, what's to hide?
I think it also depends how "crowded" that space is, in that if there's already a ton of decent to excellent forum packages out there, why dilute the space even further by posting your own?
One of the strengths of F/OSS is that there are usually a lot of solutions to any given problem. One of the major weaknesses is that often there are too many solutions to a given problem, with the end result being that there are too few contributors spread across too many projects.
First, anyone who thinks it's "free" is nuts. Any price "bundled" into the player or phone service will per passed along to the end user.
And as such, here's a better question: What happens to the music when you stop paying the subscription?
Most subscription services of that type cancel all of your music when you're done. Are you going to want to pay two or three years worth of subscription fees and end up with nothing?
I suppose you've never used a phone in the dark?
Without the camera-on-a-stick it would probably have to be touch AND pressure sensitive. I'd doubt most alternative sensors could detect "hovering" fingers otherwise. With touch-and-pressure, you could hold it and not "click" until you pressed firmly enough.
Stop touching yourself.
Seriously. Palms and fingertips don't sweat or contain oil glands. It's only by touching your face, nose, or other parts of your body that oils begin to accumulate on the fingertips.
And you might going to the bathroom and washing your hands after you eat.