The article is quite clear that local file searches do NOT send information back to Microsoft. They merely do a file update of some files the search program references, if needed. They do not send your file search information back to Microsoft. How many tinfoil hats do you have, Mr Paranoid man?
For the C/C++ people out there, try checking out the debugging facilities in Visual Studio.Net in general. The debugger for C++ is great as well. Edit & Continue support allows you to recompile code and keep debugging a running process in memory. Tons of options for conditional breakpoints (break anywhere if variable x changes). Support for automatic buffer overflow checking. Interactive variable watch that you can even call functions in (eg. you can set a watch on strlen(myString), it will display the result of the strlen call (and that's just one example, works with any function/method/data).
Whatever you think of Microsoft, the debugging support in Visual Studio.Net is very top notch and well supported in all languages (C#/VB/C++ (both managed and unmanaged)).
Yeah. Visual Studio.Net does this, and many more things, when it comes to advanced breakpoint support. It is REALLY NICE to go in and tell it to break on any line when a certain variable changes, in those cases where you see a variable is changing at some point but you're not sure exactly where it is happening.
It pains me greatly to have to use lesser debuggers than the one in Visual Studio when I'm developing code for non-Windows platforms. The extensive breakpoint support, edit and continue, etc seemed a bit like fluff to me when I first started using them, now I find it hard to live without them.
A hard drive is a good thing. Big-Fat Memory cards are better. There is really no argument here.
There is, in fact, an argument here, unless the Big-Fat memory cards you're talking about are measured in the gigabyte range. The XBOX hard drive is used for a lot more than just simple save games (eg. storing mp3s, not to mention coming in to play as a third-level cache for game data, etc).
Ever hear of common sense? If it were as bad as the original article made out, we'd have heard about it long ago as non-MS systems vendors complained about how IE and/or ISS were fuckin' things up for everyone. This is SOOO a non-story.
Yeah, yeah, Microsoft doesn't fully follow standards. Lets all whine about this on a site that doesn't bother to follow any known web standards for display. Geez, aren't we all so very cool?
If this behavior existed in an OSS app, we'd all be talking about what a cool hack it was...But since it was done by Microsoft is must be evil..Despite the fact that it DOES increase the overall positive user experience, it WORKS and while it might not be 100% standards compliant, it doesn't BREAK things that aren standards compliant. Cry me a river!
So by this we can tell that companies are first wanting to make software that can run everywhere, and third software that will run no where. Interesting indeed.
No you can't. As a professional developer that has written software in C, C++, Java and C#, for every company I've done Java work for the lure was simply increased developer productivity, NOT the promise of run-anywhere.
First off, the very word "viral" brings to mind illness, disease, and a variety of other unpleasentries. This is why MS decided to describe the GPL in this way. Welcome to marketing 101.
Not always. Marketing people often talk of VIRAL MARKETING (eg. 'word of mouth'), without the 'viral' part meant to indicate a negative. They are simply trying to convey that the message spreads from person to person like a virus.
I don't have a better metaphor to contradict the whole "viral" thing. I do know that the GPL does not in any way exhibit what we would think of as viral though. Just like with proprietary software, if you want to utilize it within your own code there is a cost attached. To use Microsoft software, you'd pay a licensing fee. With the GPL you pay with providing your efforts back to the community you got it from.
If you release code based on GPL code, the new code must be GPL. The GPL is replicating itself like a virus, pure and simple. It is viral. You can try to spin it some other way, but I'll keep calling it viral because that's what it is.
Who cares who first described the GPL as "viral"? The fact of the matter is it IS viral, and was designed to be viral, regardless of whether or not you think that is a good thing.
If you use GPL code, your code must also be GPL. That *is* a set up for viral propogation. And that is the way it was intended to work.
Walmart is no better than Microsoft. They've used market dominance to open new locations and push mom & pop and smaller regional department stores out of existence.
Walmart doesn't care about the excitement of Open Source. They just want your money. No different than Microsoft or any other large corp.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Lets not forget that those steps aren't a foregone conclusion. Sometimes they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you and then they stomp you into the ground mericlessly. Example? Netscape.
This is quite a different situation. As others have mentioned, since there won't be any PC games that really take advantage of DirectX 9 level features for months yet, ATI's "lead" is purely imaginary at this point and only of interest to the frames-per-second monkeys who think getting 400 FPS in Quake3 timedemos means something over getting 300 FPS (despite the fact that their monitor is generally going to render only 85 of those frames per second anyway).
Also keep in mind that Nvidia has been making the (painful) switch to 0.13 Micron for the GeForce FX. In a few months, ATI is going to be stuck in a situation where it needs to make this switch as well to stay competitive, and then we'll see how good each company's timing is.
And timing really is the important thing. Consider Saturn vs Playstation 1 or Dreamcast vs Playstation 2, in the console world. In each case, Sega had a BIG lead-time advantage over Sony with (at-the-time) "next generation" consoles, and each time Sony came out on top. "First mover" advantage isn't all it was cracked up to be in the.com era if you actually look at the history of such things.
Did you fail reading comprehension in school? What this guy did was get Linux to transfer files to/from his iPod. He didn't make Linux run on the iPod. Dumbass!
That is not quite right, we never relased any code under the GPL. We released the libwww code as public domain, it is not GPL, it is not BSD, it is public domain.
The original poster never said the code was released under GPL or BSD. In fact, he said it was released as public domain. If you can't read a simple Slashdot post and respond intelligently, how can you expect me to take you seriously?
I think the basic reason people "drool" over such things is that, while this is currently priced well out of the range of most people, the fact that it exists and is on the market means it could very well be cheap and commonplace in 3-5 years. The "drooling" is subconsciously anticipatory, not just random pipe-dream stuff. IMO, of course.
Otherwise... companies like IBM are going to do it anyways. Just using extension libraries. If Microsoft was smart, they'd have done five years ago what IBM is doing now. Microsoft would own Java on the client-side if they would have played it right.
Uh that's EXACTLY what Microsoft did! Extentions for COM, the WTL, delegation event model, etc. And what'd they get for their trouble? A lawsuit from Sun!
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The article is quite clear that local file searches do NOT send information back to Microsoft. They merely do a file update of some files the search program references, if needed. They do not send your file search information back to Microsoft. How many tinfoil hats do you have, Mr Paranoid man?
Whatever you think of Microsoft, the debugging support in Visual Studio .Net is very top notch and well supported in all languages (C#/VB/C++ (both managed and unmanaged)).
It pains me greatly to have to use lesser debuggers than the one in Visual Studio when I'm developing code for non-Windows platforms. The extensive breakpoint support, edit and continue, etc seemed a bit like fluff to me when I first started using them, now I find it hard to live without them.
There is, in fact, an argument here, unless the Big-Fat memory cards you're talking about are measured in the gigabyte range. The XBOX hard drive is used for a lot more than just simple save games (eg. storing mp3s, not to mention coming in to play as a third-level cache for game data, etc).
This ain't fark...
You're missing out on some great books then. Not that O'Reilly books are bad, but outside of the Perl arena their books are hardly definitive.
Yeah it isn't every day you get to talk to a convicted felon online.
Ever hear of common sense? If it were as bad as the original article made out, we'd have heard about it long ago as non-MS systems vendors complained about how IE and/or ISS were fuckin' things up for everyone. This is SOOO a non-story.
If this behavior existed in an OSS app, we'd all be talking about what a cool hack it was...But since it was done by Microsoft is must be evil..Despite the fact that it DOES increase the overall positive user experience, it WORKS and while it might not be 100% standards compliant, it doesn't BREAK things that aren standards compliant. Cry me a river!
No you can't. As a professional developer that has written software in C, C++, Java and C#, for every company I've done Java work for the lure was simply increased developer productivity, NOT the promise of run-anywhere.
Not always. Marketing people often talk of VIRAL MARKETING (eg. 'word of mouth'), without the 'viral' part meant to indicate a negative. They are simply trying to convey that the message spreads from person to person like a virus.
I don't have a better metaphor to contradict the whole "viral" thing. I do know that the GPL does not in any way exhibit what we would think of as viral though. Just like with proprietary software, if you want to utilize it within your own code there is a cost attached. To use Microsoft software, you'd pay a licensing fee. With the GPL you pay with providing your efforts back to the community you got it from.
If you release code based on GPL code, the new code must be GPL. The GPL is replicating itself like a virus, pure and simple. It is viral. You can try to spin it some other way, but I'll keep calling it viral because that's what it is.
Admins... "Getting screwed?" or "getting a realistic non-inflated salary based on their worth to a company?". You be the judge. I vote for the latter.
If you use GPL code, your code must also be GPL. That *is* a set up for viral propogation. And that is the way it was intended to work.
Walmart doesn't care about the excitement of Open Source. They just want your money. No different than Microsoft or any other large corp.
HAha, you're gay!!!
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Lets not forget that those steps aren't a foregone conclusion. Sometimes they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you and then they stomp you into the ground mericlessly. Example? Netscape.
Also keep in mind that Nvidia has been making the (painful) switch to 0.13 Micron for the GeForce FX. In a few months, ATI is going to be stuck in a situation where it needs to make this switch as well to stay competitive, and then we'll see how good each company's timing is.
And timing really is the important thing. Consider Saturn vs Playstation 1 or Dreamcast vs Playstation 2, in the console world. In each case, Sega had a BIG lead-time advantage over Sony with (at-the-time) "next generation" consoles, and each time Sony came out on top. "First mover" advantage isn't all it was cracked up to be in the .com era if you actually look at the history of such things.
Did you fail reading comprehension in school? What this guy did was get Linux to transfer files to/from his iPod. He didn't make Linux run on the iPod. Dumbass!
The original poster never said the code was released under GPL or BSD. In fact, he said it was released as public domain. If you can't read a simple Slashdot post and respond intelligently, how can you expect me to take you seriously?
Nice photograph! And you Slashdotters wonder why Real People don't take Linux seriously? Doooorks!
No shit. The poster knew that. It's called humor, look into it!
Fool!
I think the basic reason people "drool" over such things is that, while this is currently priced well out of the range of most people, the fact that it exists and is on the market means it could very well be cheap and commonplace in 3-5 years. The "drooling" is subconsciously anticipatory, not just random pipe-dream stuff. IMO, of course.
The doctor sounds like he was right on, you fucking smelly hippie.
Uh that's EXACTLY what Microsoft did! Extentions for COM, the WTL, delegation event model, etc. And what'd they get for their trouble? A lawsuit from Sun!