Actually, the joke's on everybody who really believes cut & paste will be missing.
This happens with every MS OS release. They'll make some controversial claim, like the non-negotiable startup sound in Vista, or the three-process limit in 7 netbook edition, then "reverse" the decision amongst grandiose statements like "We listen to our users!"
In a month or so, you'll see a marketing campaign based on "This is YOUR mobile OS"....
There should be a whole bunch of red faces on Slashdot for putting this on the front page.
There's nothing new about using vegetables as electrolytes, and all of the electricity is derived from the non-sustainable zinc and copper, not the boiled spud.
Comparing timber to oil is not a valid analogy because timber is a renewable resource.
Then think energy, not oil.
The oil we're using with such wild abandon is valuable to us because it is comprised of densely stored solar energy from millions of years ago.
That's not a lot different from using lumber stored in forests, and when the stored item runs out, we're reduced to using the much less dense renewable versions.
It's not impossible, but it does take more effort than simply collecting the stored versions.
Actually, Microsoft doesn't have a "vulnerable blind spot". What they have is an applications stack lever. They've never managed to reach into the mobile platforms because their whole business is built on application/data incompatibility with other platforms. The cost of moving from Microsoft is not the loss of Windows. It's the loss of the millions of Windows apps.
That's wonderful for them when they "compete" in the Wintel market, but elsewhere, without the support of that weight of backwards compatible applications, their OS efforts are exposed as bland, clunky and unreliable.
Most likely Microsoft noticed they hadn't been getting value for their advertorial dollars, and rushed this one into the queue to get their name on the Slashdot frontpage for a few hours.
The story's certainly not interesting enough to be voted up on its own merits.
I have been using the same laptop for 5 years, and it's still considered pretty good. It started with XP, ran Vista, and now competently handles Windows 7
That's more an indicator of how badly OS progress has stagnated under the Microsoft monopoly than any intrinsic quality of the x86 hardware.
Microsoft has a history of trying to sell Linux-relevant patents to trolls and of using third-party proxies to attack Linux.
Microsoft has not changed its hostility towards Linux or open formats. Mono MAY be safe, but don't use it for infrastructure projects. Don't encourage the use of Microsoft-sponsored formats or protocols.
Mono is best used as a solely Windows compatibility tool.
why would you actually need a flying car? Everyone could just move with jetpacks.
And if Toyota made them, they'd very quickly move a long way up.
You may think it'd be funny to watch a hailstorm of frozen ex-Segway driving yuppies pelting down, but if one of them hit you, you'd soon be laughing on the other side of your face.
It's just an attempt to spin the story against Microsoft, for no apparent reason, since they want the bridge done as soon as possible. Read the linked article.
Actually no,
I'll quote it instead.
McGinn’s proposal, which is also supported by House Speaker Frank Chopp, is to come up with a new 520 plan that would incorporate high-capacity transit (light rail or bus-rapid transit) as well as two HOV and two general-purpose lanes.
Microsoft’s loud support for the less transit-heavy 520 plan would appear to conflict with Bill Gates’ stated commitment to make reducing climate emissions
The article is correct You should be apologising for being such an abject apologist.
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Try adding food colouring, or just leave it in a warm, humid place. Though my refrigerator seems to work fine for that...
Actually, the joke's on everybody who really believes cut & paste will be missing.
This happens with every MS OS release. They'll make some controversial claim, like the non-negotiable startup sound in Vista, or the three-process limit in 7 netbook edition, then "reverse" the decision amongst grandiose statements like "We listen to our users!"
In a month or so, you'll see a marketing campaign based on "This is YOUR mobile OS"....
There's nothing new about using vegetables as electrolytes, and all of the electricity is derived from the non-sustainable zinc and copper, not the boiled spud.
So where do I find the other 1001 of them?
You could just use the Microsoft Borg icon.
Cyprus
That is disgraceful.
Code to standards. Let the poor browsers fail.
Microsoft created this situation, you should expose their failings, not paper over them.
Then think energy, not oil.
The oil we're using with such wild abandon is valuable to us because it is comprised of densely stored solar energy from millions of years ago.
That's not a lot different from using lumber stored in forests, and when the stored item runs out, we're reduced to using the much less dense renewable versions.
It's not impossible, but it does take more effort than simply collecting the stored versions.
Sort of.
Actually, Microsoft doesn't have a "vulnerable blind spot". What they have is an applications stack lever. They've never managed to reach into the mobile platforms because their whole business is built on application/data incompatibility with other platforms. The cost of moving from Microsoft is not the loss of Windows. It's the loss of the millions of Windows apps.
That's wonderful for them when they "compete" in the Wintel market, but elsewhere, without the support of that weight of backwards compatible applications, their OS efforts are exposed as bland, clunky and unreliable.
Actually, I expect one of their main partners to strongly encourage a litigious patent troll to buy them.
They would be in a very strong position to torpedo Linux adoption for years, if not decades.
Relax, the article's just a puff-piece.
Most likely Microsoft noticed they hadn't been getting value for their advertorial dollars, and rushed this one into the queue to get their name on the Slashdot frontpage for a few hours.
The story's certainly not interesting enough to be voted up on its own merits.
Microsoft is far more likely to be crapping bricks than any freeware author.
So Open Source hardware is favoured by smaller, newer and more nimble companies, while proprietary systems are favoured by big monolitic industries.
Great deducting there Sherlock...
Don't worry.
Any "dissection" of Microsoft products by Preston Gralla will be so gentle it'll seem like a product endorsement.
Strange that...
If there was an ancient Mayan equivalant to Slashdot, they would have had a nearly inexhaustible supply.
That's more an indicator of how badly OS progress has stagnated under the Microsoft monopoly than any intrinsic quality of the x86 hardware.
Brown hats?
Why?
Does Linux run on it?
I suspect the same request for help to the Linux community would be met with a MUCH more enthusiastic response.
These aren't the sodas you're looking for.
Move along... move along.
Microsoft has a history of trying to sell Linux-relevant patents to trolls and of using third-party proxies to attack Linux.
Microsoft has not changed its hostility towards Linux or open formats. Mono MAY be safe, but don't use it for infrastructure projects. Don't encourage the use of Microsoft-sponsored formats or protocols.
Mono is best used as a solely Windows compatibility tool.
At least it'd be a familiar business model for him.
And if Toyota made them, they'd very quickly move a long way up.
You may think it'd be funny to watch a hailstorm of frozen ex-Segway driving yuppies pelting down, but if one of them hit you, you'd soon be laughing on the other side of your face.
Actually no,
I'll quote it instead.
McGinn’s proposal, which is also supported by House Speaker Frank Chopp, is to come up with a new 520 plan that would incorporate high-capacity transit (light rail or bus-rapid transit) as well as two HOV and two general-purpose lanes.
Microsoft’s loud support for the less transit-heavy 520 plan would appear to conflict with Bill Gates’ stated commitment to make reducing climate emissions
The article is correct You should be apologising for being such an abject apologist.
So does Microsoft.