In OSS - one guy fronts all the time and effort - $20,000 worth. Then 2,000 people download it and use it for free.
Umm, the vast bulk of contributions to FOSS projects are from companies like IBM, Red Hat, Novell and Sun.
They've just worked out that it's cheaper to push a few coders into FOSS projects that are non-core but valuable to their business than it is to pay the MS tax for eternity.
Let's face it, computer users have given Microsoft more than 150 billion dollars in the last decade. If they had co-operated and contributed a small fraction of that to a community project, they'd have saved money and got a lot better tool. Plenty of other businesses are starting to come to the same conclusion.
It's about competition. Open, usable standards help commercial companies as much as they do free open source efforts. The only ones disadvantaged are the current monopoly holders.
Back in the early '80s when I did my studying, a course called "Scientific Communications" was a prerequisite for a BSc. The programming language of choice was Fortran, and we were taught TeX for document creation.
Something like Pascal or Python would probably have been better for learning programming, but Fortran was/is the language for science and engineering.
I'm very glad I wasn't introduced to something as inconsistent and inelegant as VB(A) so early in the learning process. It's much harder to unlearn than it is to extend your knowledge.
Fixing the errors slowly means that ISO is worthless.
Why the anger at ISO for this?
Microsoft deliberately subverted the ISO process. They were able to wield extraordinary levels of influence in committees all around the world. And let's face it, ISO is not the only organsation they have subverted. The US DoJ, state of Massachusetts, Libyan government, etc, etc have all succumbed at one time or another.
How many organsations would have been able to withstand the sort of pressure MS applied to ISO?
If this is evidence for anything, it's that Microsoft is out of control and must be split up, if only to reduce its power of influence.
Over in Australia, we've just seen a scandal about photographs by Bill Henson being withdrawn from display by the gallery that was showing them. The showing was cancelled after complaints from many people, including the Prime Minister.
The models in Hensen's portraits are often underaged and sexualised. Most who have participated, including many who are now adult, are proud of their portraits and strongly supportive of Hensen's work.
I accept that that children must be protected because they do not have the experience or the understanding to make an informed consent. There needs to be limits to their involvement in sexuality. I also believe that censorship of art is fundamentally wrong, and that artists should always be pushing limits and challenging authority. The tension between two conflicting, but necessary requirements is what makes this so interesting.
This is one area where it takes a brave artist to explore those boundaries, and I'm grateful that we have courageous people like Hensen doing that.
Exactly, I wondered the same thing, its just trolling
Ohhh, did the nasty reviewer man disrespect poor widdle Microsoft?
Seriously, what's with this petulant Crokeresque "Leave Vista Alooonnnee" meme over the past few months?
I mean, give me a break. This is the company the _invented_ FUD. For years we've been hearing "Linux is hard to install", "Linux has poor hardware support", "Command line everything" "No games", etc, etc, etc.
Now it's your turn and you're whining like whipped bitches. Well suck it up. There's plenty more to come.
My single experience with MS support was that they spent most of the time verifying that the failure/bug in Office Developer Edition 2002 was not a result of hardware or misconfiguration.
They then advised me to reinstall ODE, and when that failed, to reformat and reinstall Windows and all of my applications. I was on a remote site, having flown there on a light plane with weight limits, so I had none of the install CDs.
That was when I made the decision to move my business and customers away from Microsoft.
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Given your nickname, I'm guessing you're in management?
If Apple won't fix it, why doesn't someone fork the project and produce a version that doesn't have the vulnerability?
It must have been a very sad moment for Will, when he realised he'd been out-acted by Charlton Heston in Omega Man.
Which is why they'll be overtaken by hungrier organisations that do make sense.
Umm, the vast bulk of contributions to FOSS projects are from companies like IBM, Red Hat, Novell and Sun.
They've just worked out that it's cheaper to push a few coders into FOSS projects that are non-core but valuable to their business than it is to pay the MS tax for eternity.
Let's face it, computer users have given Microsoft more than 150 billion dollars in the last decade. If they had co-operated and contributed a small fraction of that to a community project, they'd have saved money and got a lot better tool. Plenty of other businesses are starting to come to the same conclusion.
No, it's not about open source.
It's about competition. Open, usable standards help commercial companies as much as they do free open source efforts. The only ones disadvantaged are the current monopoly holders.
Something like Pascal or Python would probably have been better for learning programming, but Fortran was/is the language for science and engineering.
I'm very glad I wasn't introduced to something as inconsistent and inelegant as VB(A) so early in the learning process. It's much harder to unlearn than it is to extend your knowledge.
Why the anger at ISO for this?
Microsoft deliberately subverted the ISO process. They were able to wield extraordinary levels of influence in committees all around the world. And let's face it, ISO is not the only organsation they have subverted. The US DoJ, state of Massachusetts, Libyan government, etc, etc have all succumbed at one time or another.
How many organsations would have been able to withstand the sort of pressure MS applied to ISO?
If this is evidence for anything, it's that Microsoft is out of control and must be split up, if only to reduce its power of influence.
Here's a CGI video which shows baby genitals.
Do you think it would be a good idea to arrest anyone who's watched it?
Boundaries are interesting.
Over in Australia, we've just seen a scandal about photographs by Bill Henson being withdrawn from display by the gallery that was showing them. The showing was cancelled after complaints from many people, including the Prime Minister.
The models in Hensen's portraits are often underaged and sexualised. Most who have participated, including many who are now adult, are proud of their portraits and strongly supportive of Hensen's work.
I accept that that children must be protected because they do not have the experience or the understanding to make an informed consent. There needs to be limits to their involvement in sexuality. I also believe that censorship of art is fundamentally wrong, and that artists should always be pushing limits and challenging authority. The tension between two conflicting, but necessary requirements is what makes this so interesting.
This is one area where it takes a brave artist to explore those boundaries, and I'm grateful that we have courageous people like Hensen doing that.
The monthly "algal bloom" ruins the lawn.
Exactly. Most people's expectations of a Microsoft pinch is that it will apply to wallets, not zooms.
Leave Bob Alooone!
Whoops, no wait. That's the Vista meme...
Actually, I understand there's two astronauts and one cup.
Write a new, well-designed OS. Include a minimalist Win32 environment in a VM sandbox. Basically, Wine for Windows to run legacy apps.
Apple has done it twice.
How about the Surface multitouch? It doesn't seem particularly innovative any more, but you never know...
Hi Sparky.
I'm from Earth. What planet are you from?
Ohhh, did the nasty reviewer man disrespect poor widdle Microsoft?
Seriously, what's with this petulant Crokeresque "Leave Vista Alooonnnee" meme over the past few months?
I mean, give me a break. This is the company the _invented_ FUD. For years we've been hearing "Linux is hard to install", "Linux has poor hardware support", "Command line everything" "No games", etc, etc, etc.
Now it's your turn and you're whining like whipped bitches. Well suck it up. There's plenty more to come.
Fixed that for you.
They then advised me to reinstall ODE, and when that failed, to reformat and reinstall Windows and all of my applications. I was on a remote site, having flown there on a light plane with weight limits, so I had none of the install CDs.
That was when I made the decision to move my business and customers away from Microsoft.
That would be about the only thing that could make the TSA a genuine public service.
You have unrestricted access at that point of time.
You may want unrestricted access forever.
So you can install a rootkit/keylogger and get back in when the OS is running.
All right Mr. Wiseguy, you're so clever, you tell us what colour it should be.
Damn thing's down 12 hours out of every 24. One day I'll have a look inside the case. I bet there's a Microsoft logo in there somewhere.