Blame that on the people who refuse to upgrade to current stuff and bitch at MS when their stuff breaks, forcing MS to support their old, piece of crap hardware.
The Linux fanatics are trying to say that Linux is ready for the desktop and home use....Yeah, like some home user is gonna be able to squash security issues like these on their own.
EXACTLY why it'll be a very long time before users will be comfortable.
But wait....Linux is more secure than Windows....riiiiiiight..../sarcasm off
Then wouldn't the OP be responsible for not disclosing what he was doing to his company so that they could determine responsibility, licensing, etc?
If he did it blindly, then I would think that he would be reponsible for lost productivity, time, etc, that his company will lose in revamping the portions of code that he used without notice.
Hopefully the retrial will show what a scumbag Eolas is, and fine the living tar out of them for filing applications when he knew of prior art and didn't submit it.
Then, hopefully, they'll investigate every other patent Eolas holds, charge the owner the research costs, and toss a few more out.
When Amazon makes a fix to its software, "not a single customer had to download a bag of bits, answer any silly questions, prove that they are not software thieves, reboot their computers, etc. The software was shipped to them, and they didn't have to lift a finger. Now that's what I call shipping software," Lucovsky said.
Umm - there's a HUGE difference when talking something like Windows, and something pushed to you on the web...Now, if he were comparing apples to apples, then I could see the comparison.
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Seems so.
But the only reason people even use it in the first place is because it's easy. Something idiotic like this makes it a LOT less so. Linux on the other hand, making pretty big inroads.
LOL - you're funny. Linux isn't making any inroads on the normal computer user's desktop. Sure, Linux is "easy" in terms of getting to the net and email - if that's all you want. Lemme know when there's more than a handful of REAL games out there, with linux clients...Then we can talk about inroads.
Because, right now, most folks use Windows because of the software choices and availability. The companies making the software won't write their stuff for Linux because there's not enough penetration, and not enough folks will use Linux because there's not enough software that THEY want. Wonderful Catch-22, isn't it?
I'd install VMWare. Then I'd install Windows XP in a VMWare session. Then I'd install all the games I really wish I could play on Linux, but won't ever see, because it'll be FOREVER before Linux becomes widely used on a home desktop for gaming...:P
I don't think I've ever heard outrage about an optional opt-in 'feature' so far
Oh no! Microsoft includes a utility to format a new hard drive that you include in your computer....It's linked to everything in the OS....It harms all the other "format utility" competition.
For most fanatics (on either side), there's ALWAYS something to rant about. The thing is - if you use Windows, and don't like IE, don't use it - use something else. If some of it's programming is used under the hood for file browsing, whatever - use a different file browser. Don't like Media Player? Don't use it - use iTunes, whatever. Damn, it's not difficult - they could bundle an app that does something for everything, and if you didn't like it, you can use something else...
My question is who gains from using the "Genuine Advantage"? I don't see how that would change my Windows expirience on a day-to-day basis.
If you have a legit Windows copy that you're using, it won't make much difference between the way it was, and the way it will be under Advantage.
However, for those that don't have a valid key (ahem, all the people who refuse to pay MS money for their software and pirate it), they won't be able to use the system.
Don't think anyone can fault MS for that. If it drives those "pirates" to open source, so be it - good for open source.
In the end, though, I wouldn't want to support WINE in any way if I were MS.
The best example is one I can give from working on an executive's (heh - they ALWAYS get in the most trouble) machine here where I work.
Ran Ad-Aware....found 8-9 pieces of spyware and removed them. Ran Spybot S&D - found about 15 more and removed them. Ran MS and it found over 1300 additional spyware-related files and over 5000 registry entries all keyed to spyware in some way, shape, or form.
So, yes, I wholeheartedly agree with you about running all 3 - I do too, however, in my experiences here in my corporate environment, MS will find more stuff that SpyBot and AdAware miss than the other way around.
recent testing has shown MSFT's solution to not be quite as good as third party offerings.
Funny - so far it would seem most testing shows MS AntiSpyware finds much more than AdAware of Spybot Search & Destroy find. You have something that works better than either of those?
Except that there's a good chance that unless you had some protection scheme on your film, soon as someone finished the download (having "paid" for it, they would just create a new torrent, put it on a site, and people would get it for free. You're aware of that, right?
And don't give me this bullshit about usability -- Mac OS X got it right, why can't windows?
Yeah - took Apple how long to even get something remotely right? And like all other *nix distributions, it's in a MINISCULE minority when compared to Windows. When *nix (if ever) becomes as popular and usable (in terms of software available) as Windows, then you'll start seeing mass problems with the same type of thing.
Problem is, with *nix, even if a hole is found, and a patch is downloaded, depending on the flavor you're running, you might have to recompile stuff (possibly lots of stuff if it's a library vulnerability)...Not a problem for us geeks, but for Joe Blow home user without a clue, things aren't quite there yet.
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Blame that on the people who refuse to upgrade to current stuff and bitch at MS when their stuff breaks, forcing MS to support their old, piece of crap hardware.
The Linux fanatics are trying to say that Linux is ready for the desktop and home use....Yeah, like some home user is gonna be able to squash security issues like these on their own.
EXACTLY why it'll be a very long time before users will be comfortable.
But wait....Linux is more secure than Windows....riiiiiiight..../sarcasm off
Then wouldn't the OP be responsible for not disclosing what he was doing to his company so that they could determine responsibility, licensing, etc?
If he did it blindly, then I would think that he would be reponsible for lost productivity, time, etc, that his company will lose in revamping the portions of code that he used without notice.
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Guess you didn't like NDS, eh? Or if you did, then you simply must hate microsoft...typical...:)
Ooooor...you can buy a desktop replacement laptop and have more power, and have it take up even less space...
Now even the geeks can all do it "doggie-style"!
Hopefully the retrial will show what a scumbag Eolas is, and fine the living tar out of them for filing applications when he knew of prior art and didn't submit it.
Then, hopefully, they'll investigate every other patent Eolas holds, charge the owner the research costs, and toss a few more out.
Idiots.
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When Amazon makes a fix to its software, "not a single customer had to download a bag of bits, answer any silly questions, prove that they are not software thieves, reboot their computers, etc. The software was shipped to them, and they didn't have to lift a finger. Now that's what I call shipping software," Lucovsky said.
Umm - there's a HUGE difference when talking something like Windows, and something pushed to you on the web...Now, if he were comparing apples to apples, then I could see the comparison.
Telling people what they think and believe is wrong, is wrong. Oh wait, that makes me wrong. But I can't be wrong!
Anyways - IMO, Enterprise is worse than Voyager and not worth saving. The new Battlestar Galactica is so much better....
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Seems so.
All the same ones who say Bill Gates is the Devil and Microsoft is the 9th plane of Hell...
Except, please, for the love of anythign sacred, don't make it Enterprise.
It sucks...
But the only reason people even use it in the first place is because it's easy. Something idiotic like this makes it a LOT less so. Linux on the other hand, making pretty big inroads.
LOL - you're funny. Linux isn't making any inroads on the normal computer user's desktop. Sure, Linux is "easy" in terms of getting to the net and email - if that's all you want. Lemme know when there's more than a handful of REAL games out there, with linux clients...Then we can talk about inroads.
Because, right now, most folks use Windows because of the software choices and availability. The companies making the software won't write their stuff for Linux because there's not enough penetration, and not enough folks will use Linux because there's not enough software that THEY want. Wonderful Catch-22, isn't it?
I don't see the big deal really.
I'd install VMWare. Then I'd install Windows XP in a VMWare session. Then I'd install all the games I really wish I could play on Linux, but won't ever see, because it'll be FOREVER before Linux becomes widely used on a home desktop for gaming... :P
You mean the 90+% of the public that doesn't have a sysadmin on staff in their home?
Heh - yeah....and people keep trying to push Linux out to the public....Like they could keep their Linux systems updated any easier...
I don't think I've ever heard outrage about an optional opt-in 'feature' so far
Oh no! Microsoft includes a utility to format a new hard drive that you include in your computer....It's linked to everything in the OS....It harms all the other "format utility" competition.
For most fanatics (on either side), there's ALWAYS something to rant about. The thing is - if you use Windows, and don't like IE, don't use it - use something else. If some of it's programming is used under the hood for file browsing, whatever - use a different file browser. Don't like Media Player? Don't use it - use iTunes, whatever. Damn, it's not difficult - they could bundle an app that does something for everything, and if you didn't like it, you can use something else...
Yet people still get all worked up over it.
My question is who gains from using the "Genuine Advantage"? I don't see how that would change my Windows expirience on a day-to-day basis.
If you have a legit Windows copy that you're using, it won't make much difference between the way it was, and the way it will be under Advantage.
However, for those that don't have a valid key (ahem, all the people who refuse to pay MS money for their software and pirate it), they won't be able to use the system.
Don't think anyone can fault MS for that. If it drives those "pirates" to open source, so be it - good for open source.
In the end, though, I wouldn't want to support WINE in any way if I were MS.
The best example is one I can give from working on an executive's (heh - they ALWAYS get in the most trouble) machine here where I work.
Ran Ad-Aware....found 8-9 pieces of spyware and removed them. Ran Spybot S&D - found about 15 more and removed them. Ran MS and it found over 1300 additional spyware-related files and over 5000 registry entries all keyed to spyware in some way, shape, or form.
So, yes, I wholeheartedly agree with you about running all 3 - I do too, however, in my experiences here in my corporate environment, MS will find more stuff that SpyBot and AdAware miss than the other way around.
The EULA has likely been updated since the one was printed in the box.
See if you can find it on blizzard.com or call them and ask them to send you the latest version of the EULA.
I'm pretty sure with every patch it's updated.
recent testing has shown MSFT's solution to not be quite as good as third party offerings.
Funny - so far it would seem most testing shows MS AntiSpyware finds much more than AdAware of Spybot Search & Destroy find. You have something that works better than either of those?
Knock Halo out of the equation and honestly, what is XBox left with?
A bunch of other games that are better than the ones on PS2?
Firefox is bound by what any non-MS program can do with the API.
Right....Cept that Opera is bound by the same constraints as Firefox, yet it's faster and supposedly more standards-compliant than IE.
Wonder how that could happen...?
Except that there's a good chance that unless you had some protection scheme on your film, soon as someone finished the download (having "paid" for it, they would just create a new torrent, put it on a site, and people would get it for free. You're aware of that, right?
And don't give me this bullshit about usability -- Mac OS X got it right, why can't windows?
Yeah - took Apple how long to even get something remotely right? And like all other *nix distributions, it's in a MINISCULE minority when compared to Windows. When *nix (if ever) becomes as popular and usable (in terms of software available) as Windows, then you'll start seeing mass problems with the same type of thing.
Problem is, with *nix, even if a hole is found, and a patch is downloaded, depending on the flavor you're running, you might have to recompile stuff (possibly lots of stuff if it's a library vulnerability)...Not a problem for us geeks, but for Joe Blow home user without a clue, things aren't quite there yet.