Since they won't support it any more, isn't it only fair to the customers to release the source, so the community might attempt to support it? Can there be too many relevant-to-today top-secret algorithms in Win3.11 or Win95? Not likely (maybe the anti-Logitech stuff). But I'm sure there are parents or less-pc-inclined siblings still using it, and some people who would love to find out what makes Win95 [st]ick and FIX that sonofabitch.
I for one would like to see an end to contracts that don't even require me to click on an 'I Agree' button.
I would like to see an end to all contracts that don't involve my signature before paying. Clicking a button on a screen indicates nothing - a two month old baby could do that merely via muscle spasms; there is no guarantee of WHO clicked that button.
I'm pissed off that I can pay $50-$1000 for a boxed piece of software, open it up, and find out the publishers want to try and make further demands, now that they have my money.
And of course, we all know how every store and publisher treats the idea of opened software returns. It's a racket, and there's NO REASON a click-license should be upheld, in any situation.
though I still think Word 95 is to this day the best Word Processor ever written (flame away).
Why flame you for a sensible opinion?
Office 95 has been around for over 7 years, and there is STILL no service pack for it. A couple of Y2K patches (mostly for Excel) is about all. THAT'S good Office software.
True... except that many employees (certainly not all, but enough to have an impact on costs) would already have been using Windows XP elsewhere (eg, at home).
Also true, but your average non-enthusiast doesn't learn jack about their OS. People who have used windows for years often still call their OS 'Word', or 'Microsoft'. There is almost nothing a regular user will learn about XP that isn't easily transferrable to an X GUI.
You get a "More Comments" link on your user page and on other users' pages. Going through comment history might be a bit DB-intensive but we trust subscribers not to abuse the privilege.
You can add up to 400 friends and foes, instead of being limited to 200.
So, one plum is a next to useless feature, that will probably cripple slashdot if you use it, and the other is increasing a maximum on something that's a goddamn waste of time in the first place?
Although, I have to admit, in the face of non-subscriber features like "duplicate stories", "biased editor comments", "april-fool stories any time of the year", and "complete inability to learn fucking english", these plums come up a little sour.
'Score 3: Interesting' for an unsubstantiated opinion! Great!
Not saying I don't believe you, as such... but what improvements put NDS 'light years' ahead of AD?
I'm willing to bet that NDS is more robust, and perhaps a little better designed, but I can't believe 'light years ahead' without some actual information.
It just means Dan does not want to merge a lot of patches flying around.
Not necessarily - pretty much all of those patches have specific uses, and are not necessary for everyone. Why be forced to increase the size of your mail software for features you neither need nor want?
It means sendmail add more functionality and qmail is being the same as it was four years ago...
...and four years ago, it worked well, and it continues to work well. So you basically understand that qmail is incredibly stable and solid, while trying to put a negative light on it. Adding functionality means, in all likelihood, adding bugs (a vulnerability is only one type of bug). And sendmail is so enormous, it could be years before someone honest finds the next one.
BTW - "there are no known exploits of this vulnerability". And, basically there were almost no security issues with sendmail since maybe 1997.
"No known exploits for this vulnerability" is not the same as "There is no vulnerability", or even "There is no immediate danger".
P.S: Sorry for forgetting to turn off that stupid karma bonus - I hate how it lends my opinion a sort of 'more valid' label by modding me up automatically. As if making humorous statements in the past makes me more 'qualified' to comment on MTAs (or anything else that might be discussed on slashdot)! The default should be to post at the same level as everyone else - modding yourself up should be a conscious decision, not a side-effect of hitting submit too early...
If you read the article, they point out there is the capability to perform authentication before announcing updates. I would say this is the most likely reason for doing it on the server side - they plan to introduce a subscription based 'update' service.
Once again, Microsoft's same old plan, ever since the early days.
1) Provide a platform for others to create software on 2) Find out what software the majority like to pay for 3) Develop a competing package, which can then be marketed as an 'integrated windows solution' - everything works best when you choose all Microsoft, right?
They've been doing it for years, and now they've figured out how to streamline step 2 a little more.
Apparently it's a little known fact that many of the cygwin tools can function outside the cygwin bash window.
If you add your cygwin\bin directory to your PATH, you can happily use ls, grep, sed, awk etc in a normal MS command prompt. The only thing you lose is sensible handling of multiple commands (ie: pipes work much more reliably in the bash window)
why do we have "Magnum, PI" but not "Anderson, PE"?
"But Anderson, that bridge can't handle the load it's under!" (Anderson pulls out duct tape and a slide rule) "It will if *I* have anything to do with it" (cue MacGyver style music)
BTT's Law of Grammatical Correction: An attempt to correct someone else's spelling will almost certainly result in a mistake on your part.
OK, so the 'almost' stops it being a real law.
How about: The chance of a spelling or grammatical error creeping into a correction of the same is directly proportional to the author's confidence in their own abilities (ie: the people who recognize their own imperfections are more likely to re-read their post before hitting submit).
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Since they won't support it any more, isn't it only fair to the customers to release the source, so the community might attempt to support it? Can there be too many relevant-to-today top-secret algorithms in Win3.11 or Win95? Not likely (maybe the anti-Logitech stuff). But I'm sure there are parents or less-pc-inclined siblings still using it, and some people who would love to find out what makes Win95 [st]ick and FIX that sonofabitch.
I for one would like to see an end to contracts that don't even require me to click on an 'I Agree' button.
I would like to see an end to all contracts that don't involve my signature before paying. Clicking a button on a screen indicates nothing - a two month old baby could do that merely via muscle spasms; there is no guarantee of WHO clicked that button.
I'm pissed off that I can pay $50-$1000 for a boxed piece of software, open it up, and find out the publishers want to try and make further demands, now that they have my money.
And of course, we all know how every store and publisher treats the idea of opened software returns. It's a racket, and there's NO REASON a click-license should be upheld, in any situation.
though I still think Word 95 is to this day the best Word Processor ever written (flame away).
Why flame you for a sensible opinion?
Office 95 has been around for over 7 years, and there is STILL no service pack for it. A couple of Y2K patches (mostly for Excel) is about all. THAT'S good Office software.
I think it's no coincidence that these enormous images are all prefixed with 'PIA'.
True... except that many employees (certainly not all, but enough to have an impact on costs) would already have been using Windows XP elsewhere (eg, at home).
Also true, but your average non-enthusiast doesn't learn jack about their OS. People who have used windows for years often still call their OS 'Word', or 'Microsoft'. There is almost nothing a regular user will learn about XP that isn't easily transferrable to an X GUI.
In NZ, the correct term for a group of sheep is 'harem', not 'assload'.
So, one plum is a next to useless feature, that will probably cripple slashdot if you use it, and the other is increasing a maximum on something that's a goddamn waste of time in the first place?
Although, I have to admit, in the face of non-subscriber features like "duplicate stories", "biased editor comments", "april-fool stories any time of the year", and "complete inability to learn fucking english", these plums come up a little sour.
it's merely targetted at countries with the most suspectably dumb and gullable people.
I assume you refer to the people who pay for this method of 'advertising'.
Or do you mean the countries with the kind of person who makes up words, like 'misunderestimated', or 'suspectably'?
'Score 3: Interesting' for an unsubstantiated opinion! Great!
Not saying I don't believe you, as such... but what improvements put NDS 'light years' ahead of AD?
I'm willing to bet that NDS is more robust, and perhaps a little better designed, but I can't believe 'light years ahead' without some actual information.
It just means Dan does not want to merge a lot of patches flying around.
...and four years ago, it worked well, and it continues to work well. So you basically understand that qmail is incredibly stable and solid, while trying to put a negative light on it. Adding functionality means, in all likelihood, adding bugs (a vulnerability is only one type of bug). And sendmail is so enormous, it could be years before someone honest finds the next one.
Not necessarily - pretty much all of those patches have specific uses, and are not necessary for everyone. Why be forced to increase the size of your mail software for features you neither need nor want?
It means sendmail add more functionality and qmail is being the same as it was four years ago...
BTW - "there are no known exploits of this vulnerability". And, basically there were almost no security issues with sendmail since maybe 1997.
"No known exploits for this vulnerability" is not the same as "There is no vulnerability", or even "There is no immediate danger".
P.S: Sorry for forgetting to turn off that stupid karma bonus - I hate how it lends my opinion a sort of 'more valid' label by modding me up automatically. As if making humorous statements in the past makes me more 'qualified' to comment on MTAs (or anything else that might be discussed on slashdot)! The default should be to post at the same level as everyone else - modding yourself up should be a conscious decision, not a side-effect of hitting submit too early...
OK, so put your database behind a 'free registration required' link, and then slashdot won't link to it unless you're NYT.
So what is technically wrong with sendmail?
Sendmail is version 8.12.8, released last month. qmail is version 1.03, and has been for well over four YEARS.
What's technically wrong with sendmail? Apparently, a whole BUNCH of stuff.
if I have to look at ugly utility polls
What, you mean:
a) Ugly Water
b) Ugly Power
c) Ugly Phone
d) CowboyNeal
??
Um, somebody help me out here.
In Soviet Russia, consumers fuck Microsoft.
If you read the article, they point out there is the capability to perform authentication before announcing updates. I would say this is the most likely reason for doing it on the server side - they plan to introduce a subscription based 'update' service.
Once again, Microsoft's same old plan, ever since the early days.
1) Provide a platform for others to create software on
2) Find out what software the majority like to pay for
3) Develop a competing package, which can then be marketed as an 'integrated windows solution' - everything works best when you choose all Microsoft, right?
They've been doing it for years, and now they've figured out how to streamline step 2 a little more.
Apparently it's a little known fact that many of the cygwin tools can function outside the cygwin bash window.
If you add your cygwin\bin directory to your PATH, you can happily use ls, grep, sed, awk etc in a normal MS command prompt. The only thing you lose is sensible handling of multiple commands (ie: pipes work much more reliably in the bash window)
I'm looking forward to getting myself exempt from that pesky conservation of energy law...
I think you're code
Well, I think you're a script
12yearoldAlGore: Holy shit, what an idea! Let me write that down.
The vast majority of the other 53% probably lied.
I'll admit to using Windows. I won't admit to paying for it, though.
It's a pride thing... like not telling my friends that I paid $3000 for a Pentium 75 last week.
and am I firm beliver in the phrase "more than a handful is a waste" when refering to breast size.
I don't know how this got bastardized over time, but the correct phrase is in fact "more than a mouthful is wasted".
why do we have "Magnum, PI" but not "Anderson, PE"?
"But Anderson, that bridge can't handle the load it's under!"
(Anderson pulls out duct tape and a slide rule)
"It will if *I* have anything to do with it"
(cue MacGyver style music)
I just eclipsed Windows with Linux on my home system.
I just eclipsed my old toothbrush with a new one.
I just eclipsed the shit in my ass-crack with toilet paper.
Now, don't I sound FUCKING STUPID? Yes, I do.
BTT's Law of Grammatical Correction:
An attempt to correct someone else's spelling will almost certainly result in a mistake on your part.
OK, so the 'almost' stops it being a real law.
How about:
The chance of a spelling or grammatical error creeping into a correction of the same is directly proportional to the author's confidence in their own abilities (ie: the people who recognize their own imperfections are more likely to re-read their post before hitting submit).