China hasn't been socialist since their 1978 reforms. Disney hasn't been capitalist (in the sense of participating in a free market economy) since they bought the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998, and probably weren't before then.
If you're on the side of capitalism, support China. If you agree with Disney's destruction of the public domain, support them.
There's a "Preview" button just to the left of the "Submit" one. It's time-consuming and annoying to have to deal with, but it's a fact of life. Get over it.
After a simple search, I found plenty of ad blocking extensions for IE:
Now your only remaining problem is to work out which one of those is actually spyware which will hijack your browser, install half a dozen trojans and send every password you use to a crime syndicate in Miami.
There is all this talk about OS security, but it's all in the hands of the users. To deny someone the ability to take control of their own machine is barbaric - I think we all agree with that statement.
The patent's not about user security, it's about owner security.
It provides a way for the owner of the operating system (Microsoft, in the specific case of Vista) to lock out the owner of the machine. It's a way of denying someone the ability to take control of their own machine, precisely what you and the OP describe as barbaric, and it's there because it's the only way Microsoft will ever be able to enforce DRM on a tool as versatile as a Personal Computer.
Dell just created a bargaining chip in pricing negotiations Windows licenses for their bread and butter business.
I doubt it. Many of the local whitebox builders are starting to offer low-end machines with Ubuntu pre-installed. They're selling reasonably specced Sempron-based boxes for less than AU$400.
The OEM price for Vista Home Basic is about the same as XP Home was - about AU$130, while the cheapest version of Office is about AU$220 wholesale. Building a Microsoft computer as capable as the Ubuntu equivalent would double the cost of the machine.
Dell knows the low end Windows PC market as it stands isn't sustainable, and they don't want to be massively undercut by hundreds of thousands of specialty box builders. They'll be dipping a toe in the Linux waters because they know it may be the only way they'll survive.
My experience with F/OSS as a whole is that it tends to be compatible only with the one use case that represents the itch the author needed to scratch.
You mean highly focused, non versatile FOSS projects like Linux, Apache, Firefox, Open Office, Perl, PostrgreSQL, GNUe, etc etc?
Ummm well that sounds great in theory, but in practice the big box stores employ minimum-wage minimum-IQ staff who really don't want to be there in the first place.
The day the music died (simplified, in the spirit of Don McLean) was the day Shawn Fanning released Napster.
The only music which died that day was commercial pop.
Real music was set free the day Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev ported AMP to Windows and created Winamp. The descendants of those they emancipated are growing up fast, and it won't be long before there's more music out of the box than in.
The result will be more music and better music.
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance,
That I could make those people dance,
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Vista SKUs Recommended Retail Price (AU)
Windows Vista Home Basic $385
Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade $199
Window Vista Home Premium $455
Window Vista Home Premium Upgrade Academic $179
Window Vista Home Premium Upgrade $299
Windows Vista Ultimate $751
Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade $495
Windows Vista Business $565
Windows Vista Business Upgrade $379
(the DDR-DDR2 socket jump by AMD doesnt really count as that was a necessary thing)
Actually, the forced switch to AM2/DDR2 has hurt AMD badly. With their on-die memory controller Athlon 64s were very efficient (97%) at using the memory bandwidth of the original DDR400 memory, but relatively poor at using DDR2 because of it's worse CAS latency.
Pushing the change to DDR2 was a clever move on Intel's part. Not only did they make AMD change their socket design, which upset their customers, the new memory also hobbles on-die memory controller, one of the key performance advantages of the Athlon design.
It's only retail pricing that's way over the top. OEM prices are generally equivalent or lower than XP. I think that's MS's bait for the big boxshifters - by keeping the price of the OS to hobbyists and small retailers so high, they discourage white box builders and individuals.
An off the shelf Dell looks very price-competitive when your OS contributes 30%+ to the cost of the machine.
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Tough guy, huh?
e2d2, meet Rasterman. http://www.enlightenment.org/
Sorry guys, but this is just another "gee I wish I could find yet one more way to bash MS" story.
Your post is yet another pointless "gee I wish I could find yet one more way to promote MS" posting.
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Just sayin'...
No, the kitchen sink was yesterday.
http://www.globalsources.com/manufacturers/Stainle ss-Steel-Kitchen-Sink.html
China hasn't been socialist since their 1978 reforms. Disney hasn't been capitalist (in the sense of participating in a free market economy) since they bought the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998, and probably weren't before then.
If you're on the side of capitalism, support China. If you agree with Disney's destruction of the public domain, support them.
Good to see a rocket scientist who can get unit conversion right...
There's a "Preview" button just to the left of the "Submit" one. It's time-consuming and annoying to have to deal with, but it's a fact of life. Get over it.
Now your only remaining problem is to work out which one of those is actually spyware which will hijack your browser, install half a dozen trojans and send every password you use to a crime syndicate in Miami.
Leaping all the way ahead to imitating AREXX on a late '80s Amiga...
The patent's not about user security, it's about owner security.
It provides a way for the owner of the operating system (Microsoft, in the specific case of Vista) to lock out the owner of the machine. It's a way of denying someone the ability to take control of their own machine, precisely what you and the OP describe as barbaric, and it's there because it's the only way Microsoft will ever be able to enforce DRM on a tool as versatile as a Personal Computer.
I doubt it. Many of the local whitebox builders are starting to offer low-end machines with Ubuntu pre-installed. They're selling reasonably specced Sempron-based boxes for less than AU$400.
The OEM price for Vista Home Basic is about the same as XP Home was - about AU$130, while the cheapest version of Office is about AU$220 wholesale. Building a Microsoft computer as capable as the Ubuntu equivalent would double the cost of the machine.
Dell knows the low end Windows PC market as it stands isn't sustainable, and they don't want to be massively undercut by hundreds of thousands of specialty box builders. They'll be dipping a toe in the Linux waters because they know it may be the only way they'll survive.
So does Microsoft.
And look at all the trouble THAT's caused...
You mean highly focused, non versatile FOSS projects like Linux, Apache, Firefox, Open Office, Perl, PostrgreSQL, GNUe, etc etc?
No, the GPL is about freedom for the user, not the developer.
How can you tell when the stage is level?
Drool is coming out of both sides of the drummer's mouth.
You mean drummers, right?
The only music which died that day was commercial pop.
Real music was set free the day Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev ported AMP to Windows and created Winamp. The descendants of those they emancipated are growing up fast, and it won't be long before there's more music out of the box than in.
The result will be more music and better music.
Recommended Retail Pricing (RRP) is as follows:
Vista SKUs Recommended Retail Price (AU)
Windows Vista Home Basic $385
Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade $199
Window Vista Home Premium $455
Window Vista Home Premium Upgrade Academic $179
Window Vista Home Premium Upgrade $299
Windows Vista Ultimate $751
Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade $495
Windows Vista Business $565
Windows Vista Business Upgrade $379
Ain't it great to have a monopoly?
Provide the source code under an open license. It's how we want it to happen.
Ok. Rootkit my Knoppix CD then.
Actually, the forced switch to AM2/DDR2 has hurt AMD badly. With their on-die memory controller Athlon 64s were very efficient (97%) at using the memory bandwidth of the original DDR400 memory, but relatively poor at using DDR2 because of it's worse CAS latency.
Pushing the change to DDR2 was a clever move on Intel's part. Not only did they make AMD change their socket design, which upset their customers, the new memory also hobbles on-die memory controller, one of the key performance advantages of the Athlon design.
It's only retail pricing that's way over the top. OEM prices are generally equivalent or lower than XP. I think that's MS's bait for the big boxshifters - by keeping the price of the OS to hobbyists and small retailers so high, they discourage white box builders and individuals.
An off the shelf Dell looks very price-competitive when your OS contributes 30%+ to the cost of the machine.
XUL, aka XML User Interface Language, is intended to be used to modify the browser interface, not the web pages the browser is displaying.
Nice troll otherwise. Make sure you collect your shilling before you leave.
Christ on a stick! That's a bloody good reason to hide EVERY problem from the IT Nazis.
Does anyone ever get any work done?