I believe the next Windows release will be quite heavy too, KDE and Gnome increase gradually in complexity. Windows "improvements" come in large chunks.
There has been talk of the next version of Windows requiring certain 3D features on the video card, basically to allow for a more appealing display.
No they're saying you aren't welcome unless you use our product to access the site.
Why provide a web server if you don't want people using the web to connect to your server? you'd be better off developing a proprietary protocol and only make the client available for Windows.
I'm not only a Windows customer, I download updates for Windows for my laptop but also to burn on CD for other customers. Why am I being told I have to use IE when I know full well that a download is possible with almost any other browser.
You have to ask yourself how come Microsoft seem to know so much about Linux. Either they release a lot of FUD and propaganda or they really are spending a lot of time analysis the Linux market.
Given some of the tripe they come out with I believe it's a bit of both.
I do wonder what point they are trying to make, are they trying to say that having a small number of people working on a component is good? or that there's not enough people working on the kernel.
After all, if it's per chip and each core gives the performance equivalent to a single CPU then you will see chip makers cramming many cores onto a single chip.
It's almost like if a company charges per-seat licensing and a company then installs benches in the office as it counts as one seat. Of course that's just terminology.
If you provide software on a disk to your customers then someone somewhere will hack it, fact of life.
Of course the difference is when the people who hack it post details on the Internet. I have a problem with current titles being hacked and details posted on the net, but not with old games.
I guess when the DRM pushers have their way we will all be prevented from hacking code. Maybe sometime in the future people won't be able to repair, resurrect or emulate old systems. The machine code debugger will be a musuem piece.
With faster updates and better design there's no reason why Firefox can't remain a more secure browsing platform than IE.
Vital updates to IE are only available if you use XP. With Firefox you get updates whatever OS you use.
Better design means the additional plugins bar of Firefox appears at the top of the screeen and doesn't block the users browsing experience. With IE it appears as a dialog and blocks the browser operation until dismissed. Accidentally mispell a URL and you can often go onto a site where a gazillion of these plugin dialogs appear, users often click ok by mistake or out of sheer frustration.
Initial costs yes, but they pressurised Intel and Nvidia to keep costs low. Over time the cost of DVD drive, hard disk (10GB?) will fall dramatically while the actual retail price slowly falls in reaction to competitors. Note how the XBox price only changed in reaction to Nintendo or Sony.
By the standards of Microsoft it is a success, many of their products fail dismally. Breaking even is a good result, many products have to be kept afloat by the OS and Office revenues.
The brand is well known and that helps their position too.
Microsoft has only released one console. Sony has released the original PSX, the PS2, the PSone and soon the PSP.
Therefore I would say Microsoft released one console that did fairy well, but you have to wait until you see the XBox 2 and other developments before you judge success. The fact that Nintendo are weakened shows that success is determined by longevity not the success of any one given product.
With the redistributable nature of Linux it wouldn't be so far fetched for Linux games to just be a live CD with the whole environment on the disc. Ok this would be slow but it might be possible to make these hard disk installable and have the live CD just perform the boot process.
The advantage of this system would be the OS files could all be the ones used by the game maker, there would be less problems with older and new OS files. Of course research is needed, these are just theories:)
Smartphone says are strong and this affects PDA sales. The only thing I ended up using my PDA for was GPS software, I have that on my phone now. I always keep my phone with me, my PDA is too bulky to be pocketable.
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10GB isn't realistic without some faster BUS technology either. Will 64-bit PCI handle it?
I believe the next Windows release will be quite heavy too, KDE and Gnome increase gradually in complexity. Windows "improvements" come in large chunks.
There has been talk of the next version of Windows requiring certain 3D features on the video card, basically to allow for a more appealing display.
Forget Ubuntu if you like KDE, it's not strictly supported.
It does appear to be a nice distro for Gnome lovers. I prefer a more neutral distro.
Too many connections to the oil industry for that to ever happen.
No they're saying you aren't welcome unless you use our product to access the site.
Why provide a web server if you don't want people using the web to connect to your server? you'd be better off developing a proprietary protocol and only make the client available for Windows.
I'm not only a Windows customer, I download updates for Windows for my laptop but also to burn on CD for other customers. Why am I being told I have to use IE when I know full well that a download is possible with almost any other browser.
It looked really cool until I saw the projector sat on the floor behind.
40 inch display is nothing, I have a 72" screen in a room smaller than that.
Seems like a lot of money for a such a gimmic.
You won't need a backlight, they suck battery power.
Ok you might want some illumination, but for most cases you won't need it.
Europe isn't a country.
Each country has pledged a given reduction target. Japan doesn't even think they can meet their target but at least they're willing to try.
Kyoto is a joke simply because of your unwillingness to change.
It's a gradual process, the targets are a few years into the future they aren't at 12am on a given day.
Then set them an example?
Honestly, it's a joke when the worlds biggest polluter stands up and complains about poorer countries who pollute less.
Sure it will have economic costs, but developing technology will create jobs and result in lots of energy saving technology which can be sold.
Largely a good basic article, however it does mention Centrino laptops don't work with Linux, this isn't true anymore.
Good guide on Linux on Centrino
http://tuxmobil.org/centrino.html
You have to ask yourself how come Microsoft seem to know so much about Linux. Either they release a lot of FUD and propaganda or they really are spending a lot of time analysis the Linux market.
Given some of the tripe they come out with I believe it's a bit of both.
I do wonder what point they are trying to make, are they trying to say that having a small number of people working on a component is good? or that there's not enough people working on the kernel.
The US government keeps extending copyright to keep Mickey Mouse in copyright.
After all, if it's per chip and each core gives the performance equivalent to a single CPU then you will see chip makers cramming many cores onto a single chip.
It's almost like if a company charges per-seat licensing and a company then installs benches in the office as it counts as one seat. Of course that's just terminology.
The network is now Network Rail and is a non-profit making organisation.
Of course this GPS tech will mean new excuses like there's leaves on the receiver etc....
If you provide software on a disk to your customers then someone somewhere will hack it, fact of life.
Of course the difference is when the people who hack it post details on the Internet. I have a problem with current titles being hacked and details posted on the net, but not with old games.
I guess when the DRM pushers have their way we will all be prevented from hacking code. Maybe sometime in the future people won't be able to repair, resurrect or emulate old systems. The machine code debugger will be a musuem piece.
Well the article does mention IP issues. So it shows that closed source code can have licensing/patent issues also.
With faster updates and better design there's no reason why Firefox can't remain a more secure browsing platform than IE.
Vital updates to IE are only available if you use XP. With Firefox you get updates whatever OS you use.
Better design means the additional plugins bar of Firefox appears at the top of the screeen and doesn't block the users browsing experience. With IE it appears as a dialog and blocks the browser operation until dismissed. Accidentally mispell a URL and you can often go onto a site where a gazillion of these plugin dialogs appear, users often click ok by mistake or out of sheer frustration.
Initial costs yes, but they pressurised Intel and Nvidia to keep costs low. Over time the cost of DVD drive, hard disk (10GB?) will fall dramatically while the actual retail price slowly falls in reaction to competitors. Note how the XBox price only changed in reaction to Nintendo or Sony.
By the standards of Microsoft it is a success, many of their products fail dismally. Breaking even is a good result, many products have to be kept afloat by the OS and Office revenues.
The brand is well known and that helps their position too.
Moron? XBox has broken even and therefore isn't a loss making division anymore. That sounds fairly successful to me, not quite as good as Sony though.
How has Microsoft beat Sony?
Microsoft has only released one console. Sony has released the original PSX, the PS2, the PSone and soon the PSP.
Therefore I would say Microsoft released one console that did fairy well, but you have to wait until you see the XBox 2 and other developments before you judge success. The fact that Nintendo are weakened shows that success is determined by longevity not the success of any one given product.
With the redistributable nature of Linux it wouldn't be so far fetched for Linux games to just be a live CD with the whole environment on the disc. Ok this would be slow but it might be possible to make these hard disk installable and have the live CD just perform the boot process.
:)
The advantage of this system would be the OS files could all be the ones used by the game maker, there would be less problems with older and new OS files. Of course research is needed, these are just theories
Smartphone says are strong and this affects PDA sales. The only thing I ended up using my PDA for was GPS software, I have that on my phone now. I always keep my phone with me, my PDA is too bulky to be pocketable.
There's an option to version modules in 2.6, so potentially they can be used with a different kernel than the one they were compiled against.
But a lot more work needs doing in that area.