You forgot that in the end they crash the car into A, B and the rest of the alphabet. And that the alphabet then buys them a new car - despite the fact that quite a few car makers were killed in that crash too.
So, to use a car analogy, it's like Microsoft is installing a new rooftop on their own car, and if you don't own a car from the other company they just install a new rooftop that just floats in mid-air next to your Microsoft car?
Neat!
No, not on their car, on your car that they manufactured and sold to you.
So it's more like they disconnected the brakes and replaced the pedal with a super-rocket-booster-hyper-activator overnight - without telling you. You will be pleasantly surprised at the next crossroads.
If the egg smell is strong and you quit smelling it
And how exactly do you tell if the smell is gone or your nose just gave out?
When 13 minutes later your body assumes a horizontal position without any conscience action on your part. This is confirmed when your hart stops beating and you stop worrying about the state of your UPS.
Which is followed by a letter from the firm's legal department ordering you to keep quiet or be sued for far more than you can afford to pay a lawyer to defend you.
Then Mr. Legorov responds with something that says, basically, "sod off" in russian and gets on with his life.
HTML doesn't offer sufficient control over layout. Subsequent to HTML 1.0 a sequence of band-aids (like css) have been designed to address the problem, at the cost of more and more complexity. Often publishers just want to specify the layout, not open it up to complex negotiation with the client.
Silly mistake you made there, IE[3-6] doesn't offer sufficient control over layout.
I think you meant "two feet incoming web requests", which probably means "manually submitted web requests" - mind you, I'm going out on a limb here, could mean roughly 61 cm.
A lot easier than finding/going to the website, clicking the download icon, waiting, draging an icon... Mozilla does this wonderfully (agent string used to present the download for your OS/language), most other downloads require you to look for the download you need.
This makes sense for example in a company, where you deploy Firefox to desktops - you'll want for addons to be installed on a system, and not a per-user base.
It doesn't make sense that Steve Balmer administrates your company's systems.
Enterprises that are large enough run KMS servers generally have to be pretty vigilant about software licensing, for regulatory compliance and internal accounting reasons, already.
Only because they run that kind of software. They wouldn't have to if they commited to FOSS.
It's the same reason why they have to run an eight year old OS (XP), the new versions serve the short term interests of the vendor only...
XP, Outlook, Notes, ClearQuest, Word, SQLServer "Enterprise Manager", Toad,... Shoddy, clunky tools for exorbitant fees. It's a ripoff.
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You forgot that in the end they crash the car into A, B and the rest of the alphabet. And that the alphabet then buys them a new car - despite the fact that quite a few car makers were killed in that crash too.
Not with biological evolution.
Javascript is mature enough, it is the DOM that needs to evolve and be consistent over the different browsers. And CSS.
Still, I'm not always convinced making everything a web application is an efficient choice...
So, to use a car analogy, it's like Microsoft is installing a new rooftop on their own car, and if you don't own a car from the other company they just install a new rooftop that just floats in mid-air next to your Microsoft car?
Neat!
No, not on their car, on your car that they manufactured and sold to you.
So it's more like they disconnected the brakes and replaced the pedal with a super-rocket-booster-hyper-activator overnight - without telling you. You will be pleasantly surprised at the next crossroads.
So, the next global financial crisis will happen a lot sooner? This is not a good thing. They invest in speculation instead of companies.
Nah, copy to local HD, unplug network cable, plug USB key, copy all you want, unplug USB key, plug in network cable. Tool circumvented.
I once vaporised the earth
I have reason to doubt that you did. Unless you're a Vogon.
And how exactly do you tell if the smell is gone or your nose just gave out?
When 13 minutes later your body assumes a horizontal position without any conscience action on your part. This is confirmed when your hart stops beating and you stop worrying about the state of your UPS.
Scilly miss take
Which is followed by a letter from the firm's legal department ordering you to keep quiet or be sued for far more than you can afford to pay a lawyer to defend you.
Then Mr. Legorov responds with something that says, basically, "sod off" in russian and gets on with his life.
That's a little dishonest. They provide training and consulting services, there is much more revenue in that than a few licenses.
Me Thinks
Therefore you ares. (thanks, René D.)
You know this is just a stunt to get someone to read his article. Well, we of the internet generation will not be duped so easily!!!
We on slashdot will probably be duped before lunch.
Nah, it's the editors that make the dupes.
He wasn't being fugnutish at all, don't you even know the definition of the word?
It's an accident that happened when 'fun' and 'gutish' collided
A few friends asked me to share my backup script: script, so I did.
Enjoy
HTML doesn't offer sufficient control over layout. Subsequent to HTML 1.0 a sequence of band-aids (like css) have been designed to address the problem, at the cost of more and more complexity. Often publishers just want to specify the layout, not open it up to complex negotiation with the client.
Silly mistake you made there, IE[3-6] doesn't offer sufficient control over layout.
It's Pen IsLands - you do have a dirty mind
to feet incoming web requests
I think you meant "two feet incoming web requests", which probably means "manually submitted web requests" - mind you, I'm going out on a limb here, could mean roughly 61 cm.
Somebody should give the man a gun. And a first aid kit to treat his foot. Both feet.
On Win XP the (silly) skype plugin made Firefox crash several times a day. Skype never asked whether I wanted the plugin.
But obviously he can't, he has to ask /. - and therefore he won't...
QNX is not a linux distro
apt-get install firefox
or synaptic (click) firefox (check) apply (click)
A lot easier than finding/going to the website, clicking the download icon, waiting, draging an icon... Mozilla does this wonderfully (agent string used to present the download for your OS/language), most other downloads require you to look for the download you need.
This makes sense for example in a company, where you deploy Firefox to desktops - you'll want for addons to be installed on a system, and not a per-user base.
It doesn't make sense that Steve Balmer administrates your company's systems.
Enterprises that are large enough run KMS servers generally have to be pretty vigilant about software licensing, for regulatory compliance and internal accounting reasons, already.
Only because they run that kind of software. They wouldn't have to if they commited to FOSS.
It's the same reason why they have to run an eight year old OS (XP), the new versions serve the short term interests of the vendor only...
XP, Outlook, Notes, ClearQuest, Word, SQLServer "Enterprise Manager", Toad, ... Shoddy, clunky tools for exorbitant fees. It's a ripoff.