If they buy a Windows solution they get licenses and that's about it. If they commission the creation of software that is open source then they get the actual code to do what they like with.
Well I tried my hand at offering repair services, the mess people get Windows into means you rarely have much choice if the customer wants their machine fixing in a hurry.
If they are willing to pay for the hours of work, then someone will be willing to spend hours patching up a messed up Windows install.
If Windows wasn't so horribly complex (registry and a gazillion class definitions etc) it might be a bit easier to patch up.
With Linux and Unix systems you can preserve the home partition and/etc, reinstall the system and software, restore/etc/, mount/home and you don't lose much.
Yep, you can backup Windows but Microsoft is in a tricky position that it can't offer a really good backup system that is integrated into Windows for fear of being accused of monopolistic practises.
The previous lack of X development has meant that X needs a lot of work, making it cool and look better than Windows will impress a lot of people who think Windows looks nice.
While some things aren't needed they increase the fun factor of using a computer, this makes computer use for the less confident more pleasurable I guess.
Solaris (from my experience) has been a bit slow to modernise. Maybe that suits Unix purists, but there comes a point where you have to modernise.
Much of the Unix ethos is still buried in the 1960s. Linux could be considered a test bed for new ideas and I guess Sun is wanting to get a piece of the action.
Sounds like a really clever way of getting shot to me. Lie on a roof with a gun pointing it at people in the street, you'll get shot or arrested in no time.
These sites aren't about ideas, these bring together people who have suicidal thoughts. They discuss these thoughts and it can eventually develop into a group suicide.
People with suicidal thoughts need to speak to someone who can show them the good things in their life and can help them solve all their problems, they don't need to be speaking to someone who talks them into it.
Sure there's hardware out there with poor or no Linux support. Much of it is specialist (high end sound cards etc.) or cheapo USB rubbish (webcams, USB modems).
Of course there will be a time soon when you might just be able to use Windows drivers in the event of a lack of Windows drivers (unless Microsoft encrypts drivers or pulls some other stunt in the next Windows release).
Maybe if their software wasn't so stupidly priced (£179 for an OS is stupid) then there would be more legitimate users.
The fact that an OEM version costs much less and the fact that you will find it very hard to buy a PC without Windows (and thus reuse your existing expensive Windows CD/license) just shows why people pirate their software.
I think such warnings are the responsibility of the ISP, it's in their interests to have their customers running virus free computers.
As for how you validate the message? don't just email the message, have it on a website which you can visit to validate it's not a scam. Also provide links to well regarded security sites. Hackers aren't going to have time to hack and deface multiple websites.
They get the patents, lots of media coverage and some developers with expertise.
Just redesign the UI, eventually port the device to MacOSX, add a firewire link to the Mac, create some iTV application and wrap up the recorder in a nice neat case. Job done.
Linux is much cheaper, you can develop a Linux based product with no need to pay for a commercial license for the source. Of course you need to make your modifications available if they link to the kernel.
Linux can be made to respond a heck of a lot quicker too, due to the ease at which you can strip out the bulk and compile for embedded systems (2.6 has such a kernel option). You stand more chance of getting Linux to a near real time state than you do with Windows.
So you haven't noticed a lot more extreme weather in recent years?
You're in the US, you're bound to be fed propaganda against Kyoto simply because your president has family ties to the oil industry. He's under pressure to keep the economy going given his poor record on solving unemployment.
Once again short term political gain has been put before the future of human life on this planet. By the time the US believes in global warming it will be too late.
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Having to create a 64-bit AMD version and versions for other architectures must be slowing things down. They've dropped some platforms already.
Powerbooks still use a stone age FSB speed, unchanged since 2001. I believe it's 167Mhz? stone age for such a sought after piece of hardware.
It's probably one of the few ways of getting a major brand notebook without paying the Windows tax.
If they buy a Windows solution they get licenses and that's about it. If they commission the creation of software that is open source then they get the actual code to do what they like with.
I thought they are being forced to sell it as the only version available?
Well I tried my hand at offering repair services, the mess people get Windows into means you rarely have much choice if the customer wants their machine fixing in a hurry.
/etc, reinstall the system and software, restore /etc/, mount /home and you don't lose much.
If they are willing to pay for the hours of work, then someone will be willing to spend hours patching up a messed up Windows install.
If Windows wasn't so horribly complex (registry and a gazillion class definitions etc) it might be a bit easier to patch up.
With Linux and Unix systems you can preserve the home partition and
Yep, you can backup Windows but Microsoft is in a tricky position that it can't offer a really good backup system that is integrated into Windows for fear of being accused of monopolistic practises.
The previous lack of X development has meant that X needs a lot of work, making it cool and look better than Windows will impress a lot of people who think Windows looks nice.
While some things aren't needed they increase the fun factor of using a computer, this makes computer use for the less confident more pleasurable I guess.
What he means is parts of the Windows desktop environment rely on the HTML engine which is also part of IE.
It's like saying KDE can't work without Konqueror and KHTML. Of course it can, you use Gecko.
Also they obviously mean IE is part of the Windows distribution package. Are they going to say MSN/Windows Messenger is part of the OS next?
Honestly, it is this kind of technical retardedness that stops me using Windows.
Exactly, as soon as you write a package that is popular with business you will end up with two situations:
1. Competition from Microsoft, either proper competition or monopolistic stuff (bundling, altering the OS to break your app).
2. Takeover attempts.
It's useful for about two reasons, autolocking the laptop when someone tries to run off with it and parking the hard disk when the laptop is moved.
Can't think of much else that isn't gimmicky.
But schools are locked into Microsoft. I would sooner kids used Linux and the like, would give them a better start in IT than using the monoculture.
Yahoo's main page is too busy and often has annoying DHTML adverts (or did last time I used it, I've not used it for a while for that reason).
They need to reduce the adverts, simplify their main page so they offer more service and less junk.
Solaris (from my experience) has been a bit slow to modernise. Maybe that suits Unix purists, but there comes a point where you have to modernise.
Much of the Unix ethos is still buried in the 1960s. Linux could be considered a test bed for new ideas and I guess Sun is wanting to get a piece of the action.
Sounds like a really clever way of getting shot to me. Lie on a roof with a gun pointing it at people in the street, you'll get shot or arrested in no time.
These sites aren't about ideas, these bring together people who have suicidal thoughts. They discuss these thoughts and it can eventually develop into a group suicide.
People with suicidal thoughts need to speak to someone who can show them the good things in their life and can help them solve all their problems, they don't need to be speaking to someone who talks them into it.
So if I build my own computer I don't pay? bring it on!!!!
Seriously though, they will need to ban self built computers if they wish to tax as many people as possible.
Replace 'have always' with 'have previously'.
Sure there's hardware out there with poor or no Linux support. Much of it is specialist (high end sound cards etc.) or cheapo USB rubbish (webcams, USB modems).
Of course there will be a time soon when you might just be able to use Windows drivers in the event of a lack of Windows drivers (unless Microsoft encrypts drivers or pulls some other stunt in the next Windows release).
KDE's Konqueror can do this. You do have to keep going into the configuration screen to set it up for each site though.
Maybe if their software wasn't so stupidly priced (£179 for an OS is stupid) then there would be more legitimate users.
The fact that an OEM version costs much less and the fact that you will find it very hard to buy a PC without Windows (and thus reuse your existing expensive Windows CD/license) just shows why people pirate their software.
I think such warnings are the responsibility of the ISP, it's in their interests to have their customers running virus free computers.
As for how you validate the message? don't just email the message, have it on a website which you can visit to validate it's not a scam. Also provide links to well regarded security sites. Hackers aren't going to have time to hack and deface multiple websites.
But do you get all the code from Microsoft? and how much do you have to pay? I'd imagine Microsoft gets a royalty based on the sale of each product.
Windows CE has a notibly different code base to Windows 2k/XP. With Linux you can use the same APIs and compile exisiting applications.
They get the patents, lots of media coverage and some developers with expertise.
Just redesign the UI, eventually port the device to MacOSX, add a firewire link to the Mac, create some iTV application and wrap up the recorder in a nice neat case. Job done.
Linux is much cheaper, you can develop a Linux based product with no need to pay for a commercial license for the source. Of course you need to make your modifications available if they link to the kernel.
Linux can be made to respond a heck of a lot quicker too, due to the ease at which you can strip out the bulk and compile for embedded systems (2.6 has such a kernel option). You stand more chance of getting Linux to a near real time state than you do with Windows.
So you haven't noticed a lot more extreme weather in recent years?
You're in the US, you're bound to be fed propaganda against Kyoto simply because your president has family ties to the oil industry. He's under pressure to keep the economy going given his poor record on solving unemployment.
Once again short term political gain has been put before the future of human life on this planet. By the time the US believes in global warming it will be too late.
I remember that, it came with C&VG (computer and video games) IIRC.
I thought it rather curious and impossible that it would work (crackle etc) but it did.
It came on a flexidisc, one of those thin film discs that would only play about twice.