There'll be a dozen shopfront computer stores advertising pre-built computer systems. They build them in their backrooms and sell them to local families and businesses. Those guys pay wholesale prices of about AU$160.00 for Vista home premium, AU$320.00 for Office 2007 Standard and AU$50.00 for Norton Antivirus.
They can retail a Sempron/Ubuntu home or small office system for less than it costs them in wholesale MS/Antivirus licenses.
That's what Dell (and the second tier vendors) are scared of. If they drop the ball now, and let these little guys get a big enough foothold in the home/SME market, they could be in trouble.
That massive discount Microsoft gives them over smaller OEMs is Dell's biggest competitive advantage. Now they'll have to compete more directly with local whitebox builders.
They don't have much choice though. The local box builders have already switched to Ubuntu as their OS of choice. Dell has to match them or be swamped.
It's just fairly non-reactive under most conditions, and even if it does start decomposing in a self-sustaining fashion it doesn't normally detonate.
Yep, It's an oxidiser and needs a fuel to ignite, but when there's fuel there, it'll be a very energetic fire. I'm guessing there was some fuel vapour release, probably from the semi trailer in the photo here. http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnN26257938. html
Is there a service that lets you date files? I've always thought this was a good idea. Send a file over the internet to some organization, and they digitally sign it, and somehow include the date which it was signed.
What happens when the sharks get wind of this? Not only will they have frickin' lasers on their heads, they'll be able to track our every move with their radio direction sensors.
Those chips'll be inside fish in no time, you mark my words...
Maybe I heard wrong, I'm going to find RSN as I plan on getting a Macbook Pro.
You probably heard (mostly) right. I have, and support, Linux WinXP/Vista and OSX machines here. Quite frankly, after a smallish learning curve, there's almost no difference transitioning between them.
Windows is the most troublesome over the long haul, mostly because of malware, but choosing between the other two comes down to taste. I prefer Linux for the customisability myself, but if you're struggling with the flexibility freedom buys you, a Mac's not a bad choice.
What's to stop MS from making two OS versions based on the same underlying framework?
Because the existing framework is kludgy, unstable and insecure, but highly backwards compatible.
The idea is to build a whole new OS which avoids the pitfalls of the NT line and drops backwards compatibility to do so. Any legacy apps can run in "classic" Windows in a VM.
The analogy is closer to the Mac Classic/OSX divide than Win 9x/NT. Basically, the author of tfa is suggesting that Microsoft adopt Apple's approach to introducing a new OS with the old embedded, but with the added refinement of making the old OS available for people who want to hit the metal more directly.
It's not a bad thought, and might be Microsoft's only way out of the legacy trap.
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GPLv3 is viral. It's almost like the Midas touch. Everything it touches turns to "Free Software" and there are a lot of us that make programs that people use but couldn't possibly make a living off of selling services to
Microsoft has been propagating the same FUD about every version of the GPL. It wasn't true then, and it isn't true now.
The discussion was specific to Ubuntu and Linspire.
The market will decide between truly free software like Ubuntu, which requires users to jump some admittedly easy hoops before playing restricted media, or Linspire, which makes media playing immediate, at the expense of giving up freedoms. Ubuntu is based on Debian and includes dpkg in the base install.
Or, would you rather the MS Office document standard to remain closed?
OOXML doesn't open it.
It just describes it, and incompletely at that.
The sole purpose of OOXML is to torpedo any real standard document format. With Microsoft's machinations in the various ISO committees, it's ridiculous to continue pretending they have any intention of allowing real interoperability.
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Perhaps not a vice choice here on Slashdot.
Probably not. The submitter of the article is Larry Bagina, who has a chequered history here.
As far as I'm aware, the major discussion from the GCC team regarding GPLv3 was how to handle backports.
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It's under Data Series/Statistics. There's a selection of bars and indicators.
WGA.
Just so you don't feel left out, here's an Aussie example for you to look at... http://www.cheapestpc.com.au/
Don't worry, I don't think anyone will be able to read that far.
Can you please elaborate?
Look in your local newspaper.
There'll be a dozen shopfront computer stores advertising pre-built computer systems. They build them in their backrooms and sell them to local families and businesses. Those guys pay wholesale prices of about AU$160.00 for Vista home premium, AU$320.00 for Office 2007 Standard and AU$50.00 for Norton Antivirus.
They can retail a Sempron/Ubuntu home or small office system for less than it costs them in wholesale MS/Antivirus licenses.
That's what Dell (and the second tier vendors) are scared of. If they drop the ball now, and let these little guys get a big enough foothold in the home/SME market, they could be in trouble.
That massive discount Microsoft gives them over smaller OEMs is Dell's biggest competitive advantage. Now they'll have to compete more directly with local whitebox builders.
They don't have much choice though. The local box builders have already switched to Ubuntu as their OS of choice. Dell has to match them or be swamped.
Gigli.
Yep, It's an oxidiser and needs a fuel to ignite, but when there's fuel there, it'll be a very energetic fire. I'm guessing there was some fuel vapour release, probably from the semi trailer in the photo here. http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnN26257938. html
This is the service you're looking for. http://www.openaccess.org/index.php?section=86
Big Brother hell!
What happens when the sharks get wind of this? Not only will they have frickin' lasers on their heads, they'll be able to track our every move with their radio direction sensors.
Those chips'll be inside fish in no time, you mark my words...
You probably heard (mostly) right. I have, and support, Linux WinXP/Vista and OSX machines here. Quite frankly, after a smallish learning curve, there's almost no difference transitioning between them.
Windows is the most troublesome over the long haul, mostly because of malware, but choosing between the other two comes down to taste. I prefer Linux for the customisability myself, but if you're struggling with the flexibility freedom buys you, a Mac's not a bad choice.
Your proposal is acceptable.
Maybe.
But it might also be adopted, then raised by Microsoft as Son of Bob.
Kill it now.
Not really.
Have a look at the WB1.2 easter egg messages to get an idea of how the Amiga developers felt about Commodore http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/messages.html
Owwww. She kicked the shit out of me, you bastard.
So what is Applications/Utilities/Installer.app for?
Better if lead group are smoke/reflective chaff shells. Then just keep popping off regular mortars until the air clears. Rinse. Repeat.
They tried "Microsoft Gates" at one stage, but people got confused.
Because the existing framework is kludgy, unstable and insecure, but highly backwards compatible.
The idea is to build a whole new OS which avoids the pitfalls of the NT line and drops backwards compatibility to do so. Any legacy apps can run in "classic" Windows in a VM.
The analogy is closer to the Mac Classic/OSX divide than Win 9x/NT. Basically, the author of tfa is suggesting that Microsoft adopt Apple's approach to introducing a new OS with the old embedded, but with the added refinement of making the old OS available for people who want to hit the metal more directly.
It's not a bad thought, and might be Microsoft's only way out of the legacy trap.
Microsoft has been propagating the same FUD about every version of the GPL. It wasn't true then, and it isn't true now.
You don't need to know. It just works.
Do you know how Windows handles .msi files when you double-click them?
The discussion was specific to Ubuntu and Linspire.
The market will decide between truly free software like Ubuntu, which requires users to jump some admittedly easy hoops before playing restricted media, or Linspire, which makes media playing immediate, at the expense of giving up freedoms. Ubuntu is based on Debian and includes dpkg in the base install.- Download the Automatix
.deb file.
- Double click the
.deb file.
Yes, I can see how that might stump MS shills. The rest of us will be ok though.OOXML doesn't open it.
It just describes it, and incompletely at that.
The sole purpose of OOXML is to torpedo any real standard document format. With Microsoft's machinations in the various ISO committees, it's ridiculous to continue pretending they have any intention of allowing real interoperability.
Probably not. The submitter of the article is Larry Bagina, who has a chequered history here.
As far as I'm aware, the major discussion from the GCC team regarding GPLv3 was how to handle backports.