Wanting to use the apps you like is not "no reason".
Office 2007 and VS 2008 are Microsoft apps, written by Microsoft for Microsoft operating systems, dependent on Microsoft protocols and which write Microsoft formats that aren't open for other platforms.
DAldredge, as usual, is shilling for Microsoft. If he was anything other than an obvious troll, he would not have used intentionally platform-specific examples.
It still doesn't have ANYTHING to do with the fact that not trusting a windows machine to connect to the internet, when Windows machines are the majority of desktop boxes used by the average joe, is pretty ridiculous.
The Storm worm botnet has grown so massive and far-reaching that it easily overpowers the world's top supercomputers.
That's the latest word from security researchers who are tracking the burgeoning network of Microsoft Windows machines that have been compromised by the virulent Storm worm, which has pounded the Internet non-stop for the past three months. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/60752,storm-worm-botnet-more-powerful-than-top-supercomputers.aspx
I'm pretty sure if someone had hacked me by now they'd have tried taking over the account.
They're not interested in your MMORPG, in fact it's unlikely a human would even be involved in the hack. They want your computer to be a part of a spam-sending bot farm.
I find your question pretty pointless, considering there's no way to know for sure on Linux either.
Not the end, but more realistically, the start of the end.
Yep, if you look at the W3Counter stats, in the last 6 months, total Microsoft operating systems hits have been falling at about half a percent per month, and that rate is accelerating.
Mac OSX has taken up most of the slack, but Linux is rising almost as fast, albeit from a smaller base.
Great. Let's have multiple forks of glibc then! And the kernel! and coreutils!
If that's what you want to do, go for it. The beauty of free software is that you're entitled to do what you want with it. Even better, if you make the effort, and produce something of value, that effort will be available to other maintainers to backport to their forks.
The converse of that is that you don't have the right to stop me, Joe Bloggs or Abdul Muhaimin from making our own distros if we so choose. In many cases, our wildcard distros are where the innovation happens, and if it's valuable, it's very promptly ported to the major distros.
If you've followed the leaderboard at http://distrowatch.com/, you'd know the top 10 list is very stable. Most of the popular distros have been there for years. A stable, well supported operating system is not a good place to experiments - look at Microsoft's recent experiences for a telling example. The fringe distros are where the evolution is happening, and that freedom to experiment is one of the great advantages of the open source model.
just PCLinuxOS with a different name and a different wallpaper.
Yep. The only interesting thing about this is how it was made.
The LiveCD project is dedicated to providing you with tools to create your own LiveCD from a currently installed Linux distribution. It can be used to create your own distribution, specialised CD, or to put together a demo disk to show off the power of our favourite OS. http://livecd.berlios.de/ It dramatically lowers the barrier to producing and distributing your own Linux distro.
I suspect we'll be seeing a flood of special-interest Linux distros very shortly. It could be a breeding ground for some interesting innovations.
Can you produce any evidence that while this guy was blogging for Microsoft that he in any way hid his affiliation? If you can't, then he's not a shill.
I don't think it'll backfire because people will still buy computers with XP since it's familiar.
You reckon customers buying cheap mini laptops won't notice one option will require them to buy Office, antivirus, etc, and more memory to store it all in?
Especially since the other option includes a heap more free, is a lot easier on the hardware and doesn't break as often.
Yes, but who has standing to file an appeal here? TFA says ISO national bodies.
Norway, Germany, Poland Romania and many others are reporting irregularities and stacking in their committees. The memo from Comes v Microsoft [pdf warning] describes pretty excatly what happened in those meetings.
A stacked panel, on the other hand, is like a stacked deck: it is packed with people who, on the face of things, should be neutral, but who are in fact strong supporters of our technology. The key to stacking a panel is being able to choose the moderator. Most conference organizers allow the moderator to select the panel, so if you can pick the moderator, you win. Since you can't expect representatives of our competitors to speak on your behalf, you have to get the moderator to agree to having only "independent ISVs" on the panel. No one from Microsoft or any other formal backer of the competing technologies would be allowed â" just ISVs who have to use this stuff in the "real world." Sounds marvelously independent doesn't it? In fact, it allows us to stack the panel with ISVs that back our cause.
Considerable poltiical influence was brought to bear too. Bill Gates campaigned in Denmark, where he is a friend of the Prime Minister. Sarkozy himself intervened on Microsoft's behalf in France.
This topic has started to expose just how much influence Microsoft has with governments, and shows they're willing to meddle with national sovereignty.
It's not going to take too much to turn it into a cause celebre.
I use the "Bookmark all tabs" option to save my open tabs into sets (like [project]_Legal, [project]_Design, etc). The sets are then saved as folders on the toolbar, and when I switch projects, I just right-click the folder and select "Open all in tabs". When that project's done, I can cut and paste the whole folder(s) into an archive.
I also have a few standard sets like "News", "Funny" etc on the toolbar and open them the same way. It's fast and easy to maintain.
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I have a copy of Microsoft Bob (Vista's predecessor) I'd be happy to sell you...
Then give me unencumbered formats, protocols and architectures.
Office 2007 and VS 2008 are Microsoft apps, written by Microsoft for Microsoft operating systems, dependent on Microsoft protocols and which write Microsoft formats that aren't open for other platforms.
DAldredge, as usual, is shilling for Microsoft. If he was anything other than an obvious troll, he would not have used intentionally platform-specific examples.
They're not interested in your MMORPG, in fact it's unlikely a human would even be involved in the hack. They want your computer to be a part of a spam-sending bot farm.
I find your question pretty pointless, considering there's no way to know for sure on Linux either.
Oh dear.
Start here; http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1416
Once you've had a look at that, Google for Wireshark, Snort and SELinux. Some of these tools are available for Windows too.
Yep, if you look at the W3Counter stats, in the last 6 months, total Microsoft operating systems hits have been falling at about half a percent per month, and that rate is accelerating.
Mac OSX has taken up most of the slack, but Linux is rising almost as fast, albeit from a smaller base.
Read this and tell me if you still think that.
Nah, Windows 7 is the new slim Microsoft OS. Trouble is, when they strip out the vaporware and bloat, there's not much left.
So they're going to call this one "Windows MT".
Microsoft wouldn't use vaporware announcements to dampen interest in DR-DOS ^W competitors' products would they?
If that's what you want to do, go for it. The beauty of free software is that you're entitled to do what you want with it. Even better, if you make the effort, and produce something of value, that effort will be available to other maintainers to backport to their forks.
The converse of that is that you don't have the right to stop me, Joe Bloggs or Abdul Muhaimin from making our own distros if we so choose. In many cases, our wildcard distros are where the innovation happens, and if it's valuable, it's very promptly ported to the major distros.
If you've followed the leaderboard at http://distrowatch.com/, you'd know the top 10 list is very stable. Most of the popular distros have been there for years. A stable, well supported operating system is not a good place to experiments - look at Microsoft's recent experiences for a telling example. The fringe distros are where the evolution is happening, and that freedom to experiment is one of the great advantages of the open source model.
Yep. The only interesting thing about this is how it was made.
The LiveCD project is dedicated to providing you with tools to create your own LiveCD from a currently installed Linux distribution. It can be used to create your own distribution, specialised CD, or to put together a demo disk to show off the power of our favourite OS.http://livecd.berlios.de/ It dramatically lowers the barrier to producing and distributing your own Linux distro.
I suspect we'll be seeing a flood of special-interest Linux distros very shortly. It could be a breeding ground for some interesting innovations.
He wasn't then.
He is now.
How would you know?
Yeah, these guys don't have cash flow, serious projects or research.
It's one of the entries (#958) for Microsoft's NextGen PC Design competition.
The Momenta, * inspired by movies like The Running Man and Wedlock is my personal favorite.
*C4 Optional
"Stop peering through Windows. Open Gates!"
It IS a standard, right?
Doesn't look very hostile to me. http://www.ambwashington.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/98712BB5-2649-4AF6-9473-8BEDA036BDCC/0/gatesfogh.JPG
You reckon customers buying cheap mini laptops won't notice one option will require them to buy Office, antivirus, etc, and more memory to store it all in?
Especially since the other option includes a heap more free, is a lot easier on the hardware and doesn't break as often.
Norway, Germany, Poland Romania and many others are reporting irregularities and stacking in their committees. The memo from Comes v Microsoft [pdf warning] describes pretty excatly what happened in those meetings.
A stacked panel, on the other hand, is like a stacked deck: it is packed with people who, on the face of things, should be neutral, but who are in fact strong supporters of our technology. The key to stacking a panel is being able to choose the moderator. Most conference organizers allow the moderator to select the panel, so if you can pick the moderator, you win. Since you can't expect representatives of our competitors to speak on your behalf, you have to get the moderator to agree to having only "independent ISVs" on the panel. No one from Microsoft or any other formal backer of the competing technologies would be allowed â" just ISVs who have to use this stuff in the "real world." Sounds marvelously independent doesn't it? In fact, it allows us to stack the panel with ISVs that back our cause.Considerable poltiical influence was brought to bear too. Bill Gates campaigned in Denmark, where he is a friend of the Prime Minister. Sarkozy himself intervened on Microsoft's behalf in France.
This topic has started to expose just how much influence Microsoft has with governments, and shows they're willing to meddle with national sovereignty.
It's not going to take too much to turn it into a cause celebre.
I do something like that too.
I use the "Bookmark all tabs" option to save my open tabs into sets (like [project]_Legal, [project]_Design, etc). The sets are then saved as folders on the toolbar, and when I switch projects, I just right-click the folder and select "Open all in tabs". When that project's done, I can cut and paste the whole folder(s) into an archive.
I also have a few standard sets like "News", "Funny" etc on the toolbar and open them the same way. It's fast and easy to maintain.
Which airline do you work for?
You are obsessed.
You ARE an angry little fellow, aren't you?