Companies will consider Microsoft embedded solutions when the cost isn't so high. I know a well known network company looked into using an embedded Microsoft OS and it would have increased the cost of the unit by ten times. I would imagine Linux would have been a bit cheaper than ten times but a proprietry or popular realtime core is still the best.
If by embedded you don't mean realtime then Linux or Windows would do, but you would be able to create a much nicer custom interface in Linux. You would be able to customise the OS not just create an application that sits on top of Windows.
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Peel back their skin, they might be penguins underneath:)
Won't be long before people have to change ISP as often as they change P2P clients. With no P2P system owner to sue the target just moves closer to the user. Many ISPs will sooner block systems and reveal user details than face the wrath of the RIAA and MPAA.
Also, if a project has good code but a lousy interface you just create a new project using its codebase and improve the useability. Later on the parent project can accept the code if they feel your ideas are better.
This is how the Linux kernel is improved, people submit patches to improve or add new features.
As for copying of the leader, it's done in many areas in life. For example: Dyson's bagless vacuum cleaner designs were rejected by Hoover so he started his own company. Guess what Hoover make now? bagless vacuum cleaners.
Well there's bound to be more reports for Linux since there's so many distributions. I'm sure if you discount duplications there would be a lot less reports.
The guys preparing such Linux FUD should also remember that many open source projects release binaries for Win32, so any report for Apache may also apply to Windows.
Or download the ISOs, burn to CD and install. You also usually need only one copy of Suse or Mandrake for an entire company.
Suse and Mandrake are simple to install and the security level is part of the install process.
Never had any problems with Windows 95, 98 etc.., even NT was a smooth transition. 2000 and XP are another story. Moving between chipsets of the same manufacturer seems to be fine also. Intel to VIA will probably be fine also as long as you don't install anything other than Microsoft's drivers.
That's might be because you're using NT. With NT you can switch between different motherboards and not get a blue screen on bootup. All you really need to do is change the video card driver to the default VGA driver before doing the switch.
Windows 2000 and XP are different, they will blue screen with "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE" if you forget to downgrade the IDE driver to "Standard IDE Controller" before changing boards.
I'm not a Linux "ejit". I spend much more time with Windows systems than anything else. Time is money and the longer you have your staff tied with with simple things like migrating an OS install to new hardware the more it will cost you (raising the TCO).
MCSE never!
I personally have always managed to fix up a Windows install, but it's very time consuming. Time is money and therefore I believe Linux and Unix systems have a lower TCO.
Clueless? I use Windows 2000 all the time as a desktop OS. Relying on third party applications to fix poor design isn't the way to do it IMHO.
Anyway I'd rather be clueless than faceless:)
A boot floppy IMHO is a disk that will start your OS, not start some kind of recovery process or crippled command line.
I think even Microsoft know the problems with the registry, as recently highlighted in some of the leaked documents from their FTP server.
Generating a text config file is as easy as writing a shell/perl script and writing to a file. Generating registry entries can be a lot more involved.
Using a repair disk isn't quite the same as being able to boot the system proper using a floppy or bootable CD.
In my experience the recovery console is pretty toothless, you can't install much from it. It's handly if the MBR screws up and if you need to disable a service, but other than that it's a joke.
Suppose (for example) you swap your motherboard and the chipsets are different (eg. Intel to VIA). With Windows 2000/XP if you forget to change the IDE driver to the standard IDE controller driver before switching the board you'll find it blue screens when you boot.
With Linux it would just boot and if it didn't you would be able to make a boot disk of some kind with another Linux PC.
In my experience it's easier to backup and restore Linux based systems. Fair enough with Windows you can backup the registry hives but that's a lot trickier than just copying a few text files.
When Windows NT/2k/XP won't boot (BSOD on bootup) you're often up a creek without a paddle. At least with Linux you can get the system up with a bootable CD or boot floppy.
That's hardly suprising, it's a familiar API.
You have to commend the PS2 dev scene, they've created their own libraries for the PS2 hardware and built their own development suite.
The QCast guys couldn't be bothered to make a CD filesystem so they stream the DIVX files from a PC. Ugly solution and it's commercial software.
PS2Reality's player reads from any CD, is small enough to be included on the CD and works great with DIVX+MP3 audio AVIs. It's also free.
Proof that commercial software isn't always better.
Nokia and their series 60 seems to be the bandwagon that everyone wants to jump on. If it wasn't for the limited execution RAM in the 9210(i) and 7650 they would be amazingly good phones.
A group promoting choice which would rather there wasn't any choice but Intel and Microsoft.
May as well have called themselves Initiative for Lack of Software Choice.
What next?
The Initiative for National Security that donates money to Al-qaeda?
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Recent Plextor drives plus older ones through firmware updates have had their ability to backup protected audio and data discs crippled.
How the mighty fall...
Invest in a SCSI writer and card then, much more reliable.
So it's not 52x but 52x max. I've seen drives rated like that before and it's fairer way of stating it.
Looks like it, average speeds seem to be around 38x. I think 52x should be the average!
My 16x SCSI drive takes about 5-6 mins to burn a disc. So 2.5 is about twice as fast, so that would make it 32x? it doesn't add up.
Companies will consider Microsoft embedded solutions when the cost isn't so high. I know a well known network company looked into using an embedded Microsoft OS and it would have increased the cost of the unit by ten times. I would imagine Linux would have been a bit cheaper than ten times but a proprietry or popular realtime core is still the best.
If by embedded you don't mean realtime then Linux or Windows would do, but you would be able to create a much nicer custom interface in Linux. You would be able to customise the OS not just create an application that sits on top of Windows.
Peel back their skin, they might be penguins underneath :)
So if we were doing it for financial gain we wouldn't be in the wrong?
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Double standards, besides he's not paying to receive it all. All he has to do is drag and drop it into the trashcan
Won't be long before people have to change ISP as often as they change P2P clients. With no P2P system owner to sue the target just moves closer to the user. Many ISPs will sooner block systems and reveal user details than face the wrath of the RIAA and MPAA.
Also, if a project has good code but a lousy interface you just create a new project using its codebase and improve the useability. Later on the parent project can accept the code if they feel your ideas are better.
This is how the Linux kernel is improved, people submit patches to improve or add new features.
As for copying of the leader, it's done in many areas in life. For example: Dyson's bagless vacuum cleaner designs were rejected by Hoover so he started his own company. Guess what Hoover make now? bagless vacuum cleaners.
Well there's bound to be more reports for Linux since there's so many distributions. I'm sure if you discount duplications there would be a lot less reports.
The guys preparing such Linux FUD should also remember that many open source projects release binaries for Win32, so any report for Apache may also apply to Windows.
Except the article doesn't mention how Linux has been deployed other than in a server role. Their desktops could still be Windows.
Or download the ISOs, burn to CD and install. You also usually need only one copy of Suse or Mandrake for an entire company. Suse and Mandrake are simple to install and the security level is part of the install process.
Never had any problems with Windows 95, 98 etc.., even NT was a smooth transition. 2000 and XP are another story. Moving between chipsets of the same manufacturer seems to be fine also. Intel to VIA will probably be fine also as long as you don't install anything other than Microsoft's drivers.
That's might be because you're using NT. With NT you can switch between different motherboards and not get a blue screen on bootup. All you really need to do is change the video card driver to the default VGA driver before doing the switch. Windows 2000 and XP are different, they will blue screen with "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE" if you forget to downgrade the IDE driver to "Standard IDE Controller" before changing boards. I'm not a Linux "ejit". I spend much more time with Windows systems than anything else. Time is money and the longer you have your staff tied with with simple things like migrating an OS install to new hardware the more it will cost you (raising the TCO).
MCSE never! I personally have always managed to fix up a Windows install, but it's very time consuming. Time is money and therefore I believe Linux and Unix systems have a lower TCO.
Clueless? I use Windows 2000 all the time as a desktop OS. Relying on third party applications to fix poor design isn't the way to do it IMHO. Anyway I'd rather be clueless than faceless :)
A boot floppy IMHO is a disk that will start your OS, not start some kind of recovery process or crippled command line. I think even Microsoft know the problems with the registry, as recently highlighted in some of the leaked documents from their FTP server. Generating a text config file is as easy as writing a shell/perl script and writing to a file. Generating registry entries can be a lot more involved.
Using a repair disk isn't quite the same as being able to boot the system proper using a floppy or bootable CD. In my experience the recovery console is pretty toothless, you can't install much from it. It's handly if the MBR screws up and if you need to disable a service, but other than that it's a joke. Suppose (for example) you swap your motherboard and the chipsets are different (eg. Intel to VIA). With Windows 2000/XP if you forget to change the IDE driver to the standard IDE controller driver before switching the board you'll find it blue screens when you boot. With Linux it would just boot and if it didn't you would be able to make a boot disk of some kind with another Linux PC.
Just tell Microsoft you're about to defect to Open Source, they'll give you the software for free :)
In my experience it's easier to backup and restore Linux based systems. Fair enough with Windows you can backup the registry hives but that's a lot trickier than just copying a few text files. When Windows NT/2k/XP won't boot (BSOD on bootup) you're often up a creek without a paddle. At least with Linux you can get the system up with a bootable CD or boot floppy.
That's hardly suprising, it's a familiar API. You have to commend the PS2 dev scene, they've created their own libraries for the PS2 hardware and built their own development suite.
The QCast guys couldn't be bothered to make a CD filesystem so they stream the DIVX files from a PC. Ugly solution and it's commercial software. PS2Reality's player reads from any CD, is small enough to be included on the CD and works great with DIVX+MP3 audio AVIs. It's also free. Proof that commercial software isn't always better.
Nokia and their series 60 seems to be the bandwagon that everyone wants to jump on. If it wasn't for the limited execution RAM in the 9210(i) and 7650 they would be amazingly good phones.
A group promoting choice which would rather there wasn't any choice but Intel and Microsoft. May as well have called themselves Initiative for Lack of Software Choice. What next? The Initiative for National Security that donates money to Al-qaeda?
Some of these boards are used for embedded tasks. USB and firewire are simple too complicated to code for and the timing isn't always accurate enough.