you could output everything to PDF or HTML, couldn't you?
Thanks for the suggestion, but no. PDF isn't an editable format, and these documents need to be live. HTML is editable, but doesn't fit into the workflow of most companies involved.
The solution is some form of XML document format, and ubiquitous reader/writers of that format. Pretty much everyone with a clue in industry knows that, but MS is fighting tooth and nail to prevent it, because it chips away at a keystone of their monopoly.
Or...there are people who simply do not know about Firefox.
TFA is about websites which are coded to be IE only.
Any web developer who does not know about Firefox is stupid or lazy.
In any event, there is no need to support Firefox, Safari, IE or any browser at all. There is only a need to code to W3C standards, not to browser-specific hacks. IE's extensions to standard HTML were made specifically to Embrace, Extend, then Extinguish the free internet. Don't contribute to the trap.
I work in project planning and management, mainly in heavy engineering, rail and mining. To do these jobs properly, you need a set of plans and schedules for things like safety, environment, quality etc, which become the core documents for all of the companies and teams working on the project.
A while ago, I wrote a tool to help analyse the details of scopes of work, contracts and client correspondence and output the result into a set of plans which comply with the contract, legislation and relevant standards. Currently, the tool outputs text files (.csv for spreadsheet data), which are then imported into MS Word or Excel, formatting, diagrams and charts are added, and the documents are shared. A lot of that information is then entered into MS Project, and costs and schedules developed.
The tool would be much more valuable if it could directly output formatted documents. It would be much more valuable if it could open and parse structured input documents such as org charts and project schedules. With ODF or a similar open format in common use, this tool would make project documents more quickly, there'd be less errors, and the documents would be more consistent. The tool is currently only for in-house use, since the text files it produces require a level of expertise to work with. With an open document format, I'd be able to make the tool suitable for release to other teams. Planners would be able to collaborate better with project managers, suppliers etc.
As it is with Microsoft's monopoly and format lockin, this tool has laid latent as an in-house tool for nearly a decade, and I'm sure it's only one of many. Every time I see results like this one in Florida, it's like a kick in the gut, because that's the real cost of Microsoft's dirty behaviour. Every project which uses half-arsed tools like Word costs more. Every project incurs more risk. Downstream customers pay more for their products, and so it goes on.
That's the real world cost, not the pissy few bucks MS gets as a result of their standover tactics.
Microsoft: You need to pay more to run Vista under virtualization.
Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!
Apple: You may never, under any circumstances, on any hardware, at any time, for any reason, ever run OS X under virtualization. Period.
Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!
Linux: It's free. Run it on whatever hardware you want. Run as many instances on as many machines as you damn well feel like. Treat it like it's yours to keep.
Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!
Did you happen to miss the anti-trust trial, US Govt vs. Microsoft?
I heard about it.
Please tell us about the penalty imposed after the conviction, and tell us how it affected Microsoft's ability to maintain their monopoly and the 85% profit margins which went with being an abusive monopoly.
Because the ambulance driver is certified to be safe at the higher speeds and is trained in "illegal" driving maneuvers so that he will not collide with anything
I used to be an ambo, and when we were doing the driver training, it was emphasised that we could break road rules when the situation required it, however only if we were certain it was safe for us and the general public to do so.
The implication (spelled out by the instructor) was that if we were involved in an accident, we clearly had not made certain it was safe to break road rules, and therefore would not be protected from the law or from civil action.
Nobody I know objected to that. None of the ambos I knew were ever involved in a serious accident while on a high priority job, so I don't know what would have really happened if there'd been a big one.
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Upgrading to them is as easily as doing "Windows Update." Linux (and BSD) distros will never be this easily patched due to the very nature of being open source.
Who modded this drivel "Insightful"?
Just about any Linux distro released in the past couple of years has an update tool which will not only patch the OS, but all of the applications as well. All of the additional tools you need to buy to make Windows useful have to be updated separately.
Linux is MUCH simpler than that.
I don't have to go to ANY website to update my current desktop (SLED 10), an icon glows orange in my toolbar, clicking it gives me the option to update.
if there's a firewall blocking the traffic, OS vulnerabilities are mostly moot.
Perhaps you'd better have a look at Linux firewalling - it's performed inside the Linux kernel http://www.netfilter.org/. If the Linux OS is vulnerable when it's internet facing, then so is the firewall.
The OP was spreading FUD, and (s)he's been called on it.
There are still vulnerabilities for people to take advantage of - fewer, certainly, but they're still there.
I'm using a Linux (CentOS) box as a firewall for my Windows network. Can you give me an example of the vulnerabilities you mention? I'd like to know how much risk I'm taking.
A lot of good comments go unnoticed because they get a 0 score (for being ACs), while an entire ocean of useless babble get automatically promoted to +1 (registered users) or +2 (karma loaded jerks).
I suspect that MS has paid FUDers here to try and keep things in check.
It does look that way, doesn't it? There's certainly a consistency about a lot of the MS-promoting, competitor-denigrating posts that makes it look like there's a script being followed.
I wonder where the money trail goes? Someone like DCI, PayPerPost or Edelman? Or does MS retain someone in marketing to run a few drones?
It wouldn't take too many people to keep a dozen or two sock-puppet accounts and have them respond to any criticism of MS or it's products. It would be handy in other ways too - if an article discussion looks like it'll be really damaging for the company, it'd be a no-brainer to plant a red-herring troll post early in the discussion to steer follow-ups into one of the typical/. flamefests.
So what's the lack of average Joe interest in Linux reflect?.
Of the people I've talked computers with and who are aware of Linux, the common responses are:
1. Application lock in.
2. Format lock in.
3. FUD (many varieties of misinformation).
4. Unfamiliar UI.
5. Not sufficiently better/different (can't be bothered).
6. Lack of peer support (asking mates how to fix something).
7. Lack of hardware vendor support. (Sorry, I don't care if there's smoke coming from your peripheral. We won't help because you're using an unsupported OS).
My crowd's not particularly computer geeky (film/video and engineering, mostly), so it's not a huge sample size though.
Windows is finally becoming like Office - a mature product that already does what 99% of its users need, and where updates offer only increasingly trivial features and/or specialized features for niche markets.
No, Windows has become a product that 99% of its users have no expectation of improvement. There are plenty of visionary computer users who are frustrated with the sluggishness of OS (and office) innovation, but are powerless in the face of the MS monopoly.
The lack of interest in Vista reflects stagnation, not satisfaction.
I'd argue that optimizing the response time of an interactive processes over that of more resource-intensive processes is a good design choice on the part of Microsoft.
I gave Vista a fairly good try in video editing/3D rendering before reverting to XP. It IS a resource hog, and while you're right in saying MS has prioritised UI responsiveness over application performance, that only applies to the OS portion of the UI, not application UI.
What that means is that trying to work on any design/documentation etc while rendering in the background feels like wading through molasses. There hasn't been an OS that'll multitask applications effectively on commodity hardware since the Amiga in the late 80's, and Vista won't change that dismal record.
Actually, what I said was that in a monopoly situation, the vendor decides what consumers get. That's what's wrong with the OS market at the moment.
As to the rest of your question, "the market" is a collective name for consumers and vendors, and the balance they negotiate between themselves. Advertising is a tool used by vendors to persuade consumers to want their product, so demand is always what the consumer really wants.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but no. PDF isn't an editable format, and these documents need to be live. HTML is editable, but doesn't fit into the workflow of most companies involved.
The solution is some form of XML document format, and ubiquitous reader/writers of that format. Pretty much everyone with a clue in industry knows that, but MS is fighting tooth and nail to prevent it, because it chips away at a keystone of their monopoly.
TFA is about websites which are coded to be IE only.
Any web developer who does not know about Firefox is stupid or lazy.
In any event, there is no need to support Firefox, Safari, IE or any browser at all. There is only a need to code to W3C standards, not to browser-specific hacks. IE's extensions to standard HTML were made specifically to Embrace, Extend, then Extinguish the free internet. Don't contribute to the trap.
No that'd be a bad idea.
For a start, the soldiers would never know if they'd fallen flat on their backs or their OS had bluescreened again.
Really? Has Netcraft confirmed this?
El SombreroRojo es muerto. Viva CentOS!
I work in project planning and management, mainly in heavy engineering, rail and mining. To do these jobs properly, you need a set of plans and schedules for things like safety, environment, quality etc, which become the core documents for all of the companies and teams working on the project.
A while ago, I wrote a tool to help analyse the details of scopes of work, contracts and client correspondence and output the result into a set of plans which comply with the contract, legislation and relevant standards. Currently, the tool outputs text files (.csv for spreadsheet data), which are then imported into MS Word or Excel, formatting, diagrams and charts are added, and the documents are shared. A lot of that information is then entered into MS Project, and costs and schedules developed.
The tool would be much more valuable if it could directly output formatted documents. It would be much more valuable if it could open and parse structured input documents such as org charts and project schedules. With ODF or a similar open format in common use, this tool would make project documents more quickly, there'd be less errors, and the documents would be more consistent. The tool is currently only for in-house use, since the text files it produces require a level of expertise to work with. With an open document format, I'd be able to make the tool suitable for release to other teams. Planners would be able to collaborate better with project managers, suppliers etc.
As it is with Microsoft's monopoly and format lockin, this tool has laid latent as an in-house tool for nearly a decade, and I'm sure it's only one of many. Every time I see results like this one in Florida, it's like a kick in the gut, because that's the real cost of Microsoft's dirty behaviour. Every project which uses half-arsed tools like Word costs more. Every project incurs more risk. Downstream customers pay more for their products, and so it goes on.
That's the real world cost, not the pissy few bucks MS gets as a result of their standover tactics.
You can see a full list of signals here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(computing), but:
and;Oceania does include Micronesia, but Guam isn't in Micronesia. Guam is part of the United States.
The main islands which make up the Federated States of Micronesia are Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei & Yap.
No, this being Slashdot, it normally ends in a Kleenex.
Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!
Apple: You may never, under any circumstances, on any hardware, at any time, for any reason, ever run OS X under virtualization. Period.
Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!
Linux: It's free. Run it on whatever hardware you want. Run as many instances on as many machines as you damn well feel like. Treat it like it's yours to keep.
Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!
Beginning to understand yet?
I heard about it.
Please tell us about the penalty imposed after the conviction, and tell us how it affected Microsoft's ability to maintain their monopoly and the 85% profit margins which went with being an abusive monopoly.
But ant-Sco weenie-ism is anti-Microsoft weenie-ism.
Who do you reckon's behind all this, after all?
I used to be an ambo, and when we were doing the driver training, it was emphasised that we could break road rules when the situation required it, however only if we were certain it was safe for us and the general public to do so.
The implication (spelled out by the instructor) was that if we were involved in an accident, we clearly had not made certain it was safe to break road rules, and therefore would not be protected from the law or from civil action.
Nobody I know objected to that. None of the ambos I knew were ever involved in a serious accident while on a high priority job, so I don't know what would have really happened if there'd been a big one.
Who modded this drivel "Insightful"?
Just about any Linux distro released in the past couple of years has an update tool which will not only patch the OS, but all of the applications as well. All of the additional tools you need to buy to make Windows useful have to be updated separately.
Linux is MUCH simpler than that.
I don't have to go to ANY website to update my current desktop (SLED 10), an icon glows orange in my toolbar, clicking it gives me the option to update.
I work in I.T. as an MS sysadmin.
That explains a lot.
Perhaps you'd better have a look at Linux firewalling - it's performed inside the Linux kernel http://www.netfilter.org/. If the Linux OS is vulnerable when it's internet facing, then so is the firewall.
The OP was spreading FUD, and (s)he's been called on it.
He was claiming Linux is too vulnerable to use as an internet facing box. My Linux firewall is connected to the internet. Is it vulnerable?
I'm using a Linux (CentOS) box as a firewall for my Windows network. Can you give me an example of the vulnerabilities you mention? I'd like to know how much risk I'm taking.
I am a karma loaded jerk, you insensitive clod!
It does look that way, doesn't it? There's certainly a consistency about a lot of the MS-promoting, competitor-denigrating posts that makes it look like there's a script being followed.
I wonder where the money trail goes? Someone like DCI, PayPerPost or Edelman? Or does MS retain someone in marketing to run a few drones?
It wouldn't take too many people to keep a dozen or two sock-puppet accounts and have them respond to any criticism of MS or it's products. It would be handy in other ways too - if an article discussion looks like it'll be really damaging for the company, it'd be a no-brainer to plant a red-herring troll post early in the discussion to steer follow-ups into one of the typical /. flamefests.
A topic for the next Halloween email perhaps?
At least their spin control's getting better even if their OS isn't.i sters_invent_huge_demand/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/28/ms_spinme
What do you mean "Dear Aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all"?
Of the people I've talked computers with and who are aware of Linux, the common responses are:
1. Application lock in.
2. Format lock in.
3. FUD (many varieties of misinformation).
4. Unfamiliar UI.
5. Not sufficiently better/different (can't be bothered).
6. Lack of peer support (asking mates how to fix something).
7. Lack of hardware vendor support. (Sorry, I don't care if there's smoke coming from your peripheral. We won't help because you're using an unsupported OS).
My crowd's not particularly computer geeky (film/video and engineering, mostly), so it's not a huge sample size though.
No, Windows has become a product that 99% of its users have no expectation of improvement. There are plenty of visionary computer users who are frustrated with the sluggishness of OS (and office) innovation, but are powerless in the face of the MS monopoly.
The lack of interest in Vista reflects stagnation, not satisfaction.
Or 30 days, whichever is sooner?
"HardOCP Spends 30 Days With Vista"?
Wadda ya mean RTFA, I don't even RTFT!
All MS fanboys say that.
I'd argue that optimizing the response time of an interactive processes over that of more resource-intensive processes is a good design choice on the part of Microsoft.
I gave Vista a fairly good try in video editing/3D rendering before reverting to XP. It IS a resource hog, and while you're right in saying MS has prioritised UI responsiveness over application performance, that only applies to the OS portion of the UI, not application UI.
What that means is that trying to work on any design/documentation etc while rendering in the background feels like wading through molasses. There hasn't been an OS that'll multitask applications effectively on commodity hardware since the Amiga in the late 80's, and Vista won't change that dismal record.
Actually, what I said was that in a monopoly situation, the vendor decides what consumers get. That's what's wrong with the OS market at the moment.
As to the rest of your question, "the market" is a collective name for consumers and vendors, and the balance they negotiate between themselves. Advertising is a tool used by vendors to persuade consumers to want their product, so demand is always what the consumer really wants.