Microsoft is generally very permissive with software made with their SDKs - "Developers developers developers!"
I'm a developer, and I was even a Microsoft developer until '02, when realised just how little people like me mattered to them.
I've tried implementing both ODF and OOXML in the tool I provide to my clients. I can tell you that experience meant I felt physically sick when I heard OOXML had been adopted as an ISO standard.
OOXML indemnification is specifically limited to the versions MS participates in. If ISO wants to move independently from MS, the patent protection no longer applies.
ODF, by contrast, is indemnified in perpetuity.
There are other differences too, most of which are intended to strengthen Microsoft's control over the standard in the future.
This is a poor, half assed attempt to bash microsoft by the fanboys.
I don't know if I'd call Ballmer a fanboy. He is the CEO after all, and he would certainly know how bad Vista is. If anyone has the right to bash MS, it's him.
I don't think you can complain when he takes an opportunity that's handed to him on a platter.
Heyyyy, didja know they added pivot tables in the new Excel?
Pivot tables aren't very new. They've been in spreadheets since the early '90s.
I never knew about "PivotTables" in Excel until it was the first button under the "insert" tab. Turns out they're kinda the biggest reason to use Excel.
They're called DataPilots or DataPivots in other spreadsheets (MS was able to trademark "PivotTables", which surprised a lot of people), and generally live under the "Data" menu. I'm a bit surprised it's under the "Insert" menu in Excel - though that might be a good reason why it was hard to find without the ribbon.
Ditto for automatically captioning pictures with "Figure x" in Word
Select "Captions" under the context menu in OOo.
I also knew Word had some kind of revision control
Under Edit/Changes in OOo.
These are pretty basic functions, and I've seen them all in things like Quattro Pro and Improv from the early days of Office suites. I find it hard to imagine not knowing they were there until they were "revealed" by a ribbon. Perhaps it's because Excel's menus are particularly illogical that it needs the ribbon to make it explorable.
I found features and said "Oh, wow! I wish that was in other versions of Office, too!" only to realize that it was - I just couldn't find it until now.
Then why did you raise a Microsoft/lirc issue in a Linux kernel discussion?
The page you've linked to is about support for the PVR-150's video decoding chips, not for the remote controller.
The problems you're having with the remote may be because there's more than one version, the original, and the Microsoft one. If you try to use the original config files with the Microsoft remote, it won't work.
Why on earth would you think the kernel would fix a remote control?
The program which MythTV uses for remote controls is called "lirc". You didn't say which version of the PVR-150 remote you have, but it sounds like the MCE version (which was tailored to the Microsoft MCE OS).
Google for whichever version of remote you have and lirc, and there'll be a dozen howtos to help you.
It's like Bullshit Bingo but with astroturf. We use a Google spreadsheet for the grid. You can get your 'turfs anywhere on the web,but you have to tag 'em within 24 hours of their posting.
It's too late to join this game, but feel free to start your own, or you can join our next one if you can find it;-).
We've got a game going, and the points were there to be taken, so I took them. Actually, I was a bit disappointed in you 'cos you only got me a minor score.
Try pulling out one of the originals next time - I could do with a win...
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Nah, I have a Compaq Presario V6000 with the same specs. It has a "Vista Capable" sticker on it, but is painfully slow, and stutters badly with Vista.
Ashes to ashes, duds to duds, ...
I'm a developer, and I was even a Microsoft developer until '02, when realised just how little people like me mattered to them.
I've tried implementing both ODF and OOXML in the tool I provide to my clients. I can tell you that experience meant I felt physically sick when I heard OOXML had been adopted as an ISO standard.
They are not.
OOXML indemnification is specifically limited to the versions MS participates in. If ISO wants to move independently from MS, the patent protection no longer applies.
ODF, by contrast, is indemnified in perpetuity.
There are other differences too, most of which are intended to strengthen Microsoft's control over the standard in the future.
Now if only you could get 2 girls to share that one cup, it'd be a pretty good analogy for Microsoft and Standards Norway.
I heard he sent an email saying;
"Release Vista in 120 days?" [Cancel] [Allow]
I don't know if I'd call Ballmer a fanboy. He is the CEO after all, and he would certainly know how bad Vista is. If anyone has the right to bash MS, it's him.
I don't think you can complain when he takes an opportunity that's handed to him on a platter.
Pivot tables aren't very new. They've been in spreadheets since the early '90s.
I never knew about "PivotTables" in Excel until it was the first button under the "insert" tab. Turns out they're kinda the biggest reason to use Excel.
They're called DataPilots or DataPivots in other spreadsheets (MS was able to trademark "PivotTables", which surprised a lot of people), and generally live under the "Data" menu. I'm a bit surprised it's under the "Insert" menu in Excel - though that might be a good reason why it was hard to find without the ribbon.
Ditto for automatically captioning pictures with "Figure x" in Word
Select "Captions" under the context menu in OOo.
I also knew Word had some kind of revision control
Under Edit/Changes in OOo.
These are pretty basic functions, and I've seen them all in things like Quattro Pro and Improv from the early days of Office suites. I find it hard to imagine not knowing they were there until they were "revealed" by a ribbon. Perhaps it's because Excel's menus are particularly illogical that it needs the ribbon to make it explorable.
Examples?
You've made an intelligent point without threatening anyone.
That's downright unamerican.
Apple HAS tried to patent multitouch gestures.
We discussed it here a few months ago.
Then why did you raise a Microsoft/lirc issue in a Linux kernel discussion?
The page you've linked to is about support for the PVR-150's video decoding chips, not for the remote controller.
The problems you're having with the remote may be because there's more than one version, the original, and the Microsoft one. If you try to use the original config files with the Microsoft remote, it won't work.
According to W3Counter, Linux passed 2% in January.
If their figures are believable, Linux use has close to doubled in the past nine months.
Why on earth would you think the kernel would fix a remote control?
The program which MythTV uses for remote controls is called "lirc". You didn't say which version of the PVR-150 remote you have, but it sounds like the MCE version (which was tailored to the Microsoft MCE OS).
Google for whichever version of remote you have and lirc, and there'll be a dozen howtos to help you.
Typically Los Angeles, though they are widely distributed amongst other communities as well.
But then again, I'm a self-employed masochist.
No, it hasn't been debunked.
Rick Jelliffe is one of Microsoft's guys in Australia, and his opinion does not constitute a debunking.
The convenor of the committee is Alex Brown, an advisor to the British Library, which was a co-sponsor of Ecma putting OOXML on the fast track.
They've basically given Microsoft control over ODF's future.
Bye bye interoperability for another couple of decades.
"Is that an AIM-54 in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"
Nah, you'll just have a different nerd saying it's the driver's fault.
That'd be a 747 with a bit of smoked glass and a random reordering of seating positions.
It's like Bullshit Bingo but with astroturf. We use a Google spreadsheet for the grid. You can get your 'turfs anywhere on the web,but you have to tag 'em within 24 hours of their posting.
It's too late to join this game, but feel free to start your own, or you can join our next one if you can find it ;-).
You've just told me, and anyone else with a clue, that you've never used Ubuntu.
Which is why Ubuntu installs software from trusted repositories.
It's not an insult.
We've got a game going, and the points were there to be taken, so I took them. Actually, I was a bit disappointed in you 'cos you only got me a minor score.
Try pulling out one of the originals next time - I could do with a win...