Back in the Day, Word Perfect WAS better. But because you couldn't import files from MS's solutions, and MS used it's well-documented anti-competitive practices to push their productivity offerings, the net result was harm to Word Perfect's viability.
Whether or not Word Perfect could have continued to compete based on merit is a moot point because Microsoft's practices DIDN'T GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO DO SO
As I pointed out in another thread, Microsoft did use predatory pricing to make Word the market leader. However, WordPerfect also had a number of other problems.
But because you couldn't import files from MS's solutions
This was, in fact, a failing of WordPerfect, because Microsoft made sure you could import them the other way around.
The question is, how long did it take the WordPerfect Corporation* and/or Novell to add this to WordPerfect?
As I recall, Novell was also slow about producing a GUI version of WordPerfect. When they did make a GUI version, they ran into the problem where "WordPerfect's function-key-centered user interface did not adapt well to the new paradigm of mouse and pull-down menus, especially with many of WordPerfect's standard key combinations pre-empted by incompatible keyboard shortcuts that Windows itself used (e.g. Alt-F4 became Exit Program as opposed to WordPerfect's Block Text)." -- Wikipedia, WordPerfect
As far as I can tell from Wikipedia's Microsoft Office Word article, early versions of Word used menus rather than direct keyboard shortcuts, meaning that they had a much easier time moving to a GUI. Although, Microsoft did later steal a number of keyboard shortcuts from Apple.
Part of the reason WordPerfect lost favor was because Microsoft was dumping Office at a price WordPerfect couldn't compete at. It wasn't until after Microsoft established a majority presence that they raised Office's price to the prices we see today.
At that point, most businesses had already retrained their staff on Word and started saving files in.doc format.
Before you ask, no, I personally don't have any references to back this up other than my memory.
The following is the entry for piracy from Merriam-Webster Online. Note the third definition.
1: an act of robbery on the high seas; also : an act resembling such robbery 2: robbery on the high seas 3 a: the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright b: the illicit accessing of broadcast signals
Also, I don't remember any recent versions of Windows that would run on that slow of a computer. I'm pretty sure even Windows 2000 required a Pentium 133, and XP's system requirements would be higher than that.
No, I'm pretty sure he was referring to the line that looks like this one: 32 MB 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above.
Granted, this is off of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, which isn't all that demanding graphics-wise. I don't buy PC games that often any more, which probably explains why I still only have an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.
You should probably tell the guy who made the great-grandparent post, not me. He's the one complaining about how "the Mac is overrun with terrible ports of Java apps with Windows interfaces and menus at the top of windows instead of in the menubar."
Now that the Mac is overrun with terrible ports of Java apps with Windows interfaces and menus at the top of windows instead of in the menuba
For Swing apps, isn't that Apple's fault? They did the JVM port to OSX, after all... they had the power to make the JVM merge the Swing menu with the Apple menu using OS hooks.
Instead, they chose to have it display at the top of each application like Windows and most XWindows GUIs.
However, in the United States, I don't believe that Microsoft has a trademark on Windows, only on Microsoft Windows. As I recall, the term "windows" was considered too generic...
I also, ANAL, but if I recall correctly, it's a state to state matter. In some states, even in criminal cases, the defense doesn't allow for discovery - they only have to share exculpatory evidence. But the prosecutor gets to decide what is exculpatory. It's called "trial by ambush".
True, but wouldn't copyright violations would be tried in federal court, as they are granted by federal law?
That is strange. I didn't note what build number it was, but it was a new copy (for Windows) that I downloaded yesterday. I uninstalled it once I was finished.
Coming back to the iPod, it doesn't have a noticeable off button because it doesn't need one. It isn't a design fault just because you come to it EXPECTING one.
I know, I guess I'm the only person who thinks a battery powered device should have an off switch.
I also noticed you totally avoided the menu issue. A person with no prior knowledge or experience with iPods wouldn't have a clue how to navigate it.
I've only used an iPod once, my brother's iPod Color.
I have to grade its UI as bad.
My biggest complaints were that I had to look up how to turn off a device, because there is no off button. Instead, you have to hold the play button down.
The same problem applies to navigating the menu. I figured that one out just because I had heard of the older clickwheel iPods. There is nothing on the front of an iPod Color that indicates the buttons set in a circle do anything but open the menu, play, and move between tracks.
But even on Windows, Safari is twice as fast as Firefox, and Safari for Windows is an 8MB download (including Mac graphics libraries) while Firefox is 22MB.
Unless servers normally don't compress their responses... hm. I should reread the Apache documentation.
Apache does not compress by default. You have to install mod_deflate and set up the DEFLATE output handler first. The sample instructions are a bit simplistic, but they should work.
As someone else noted in one of the sibling replies, gzipping images isn't going to get you anywhere... the Opera proxies actually downgrade the image quality (and size? I'm not sure, I've never used Opera Mini) to improve speed.
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Not on Windows. 3.0.4 beta was the most recent version of Safari for Windows up until today, when 3.1 for Windows was released.
As I pointed out in another thread, Microsoft did use predatory pricing to make Word the market leader. However, WordPerfect also had a number of other problems.
This was, in fact, a failing of WordPerfect, because Microsoft made sure you could import them the other way around.
The question is, how long did it take the WordPerfect Corporation* and/or Novell to add this to WordPerfect?
As I recall, Novell was also slow about producing a GUI version of WordPerfect. When they did make a GUI version, they ran into the problem where "WordPerfect's function-key-centered user interface did not adapt well to the new paradigm of mouse and pull-down menus, especially with many of WordPerfect's standard key combinations pre-empted by incompatible keyboard shortcuts that Windows itself used (e.g. Alt-F4 became Exit Program as opposed to WordPerfect's Block Text)." -- Wikipedia, WordPerfect
As far as I can tell from Wikipedia's Microsoft Office Word article, early versions of Word used menus rather than direct keyboard shortcuts, meaning that they had a much easier time moving to a GUI. Although, Microsoft did later steal a number of keyboard shortcuts from Apple.
*They sold WordPerfect to Novell.
Same here.
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As a side note, Groklaw's IP is 152.46.7.105 in case the GP needs to add it to
Part of the reason WordPerfect lost favor was because Microsoft was dumping Office at a price WordPerfect couldn't compete at. It wasn't until after Microsoft established a majority presence that they raised Office's price to the prices we see today.
.doc format.
At that point, most businesses had already retrained their staff on Word and started saving files in
Before you ask, no, I personally don't have any references to back this up other than my memory.
but if it did work, I'd make a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
Just a nitpick, but that'd be a 486 DX-2 66.
Also, I don't remember any recent versions of Windows that would run on that slow of a computer. I'm pretty sure even Windows 2000 required a Pentium 133, and XP's system requirements would be higher than that.
In case you missed it, the one ranked 7th is the least worst of the jobs. So, yes, it makes perfect sense that the other 6 are worse.
No, I'm pretty sure he was referring to the line that looks like this one:
32 MB 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above.
Granted, this is off of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, which isn't all that demanding graphics-wise. I don't buy PC games that often any more, which probably explains why I still only have an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.
When did the war actually end? I thought IE5 was the final nail in Netscape's coffin, which would make IE5.5 also after the war ended.
You should probably tell the guy who made the great-grandparent post, not me. He's the one complaining about how "the Mac is overrun with terrible ports of Java apps with Windows interfaces and menus at the top of windows instead of in the menubar."
For Swing apps, isn't that Apple's fault? They did the JVM port to OSX, after all... they had the power to make the JVM merge the Swing menu with the Apple menu using OS hooks.
Instead, they chose to have it display at the top of each application like Windows and most XWindows GUIs.
It's also the wrong Gordan. It's Gordan Freeman that works at Black Mesa.
I just assumed it was all a big joke.
JNode's own site mentions Singularity two and a quarter years ago. Singularity is not new.
That's an interesting theory.
However, in the United States, I don't believe that Microsoft has a trademark on Windows, only on Microsoft Windows. As I recall, the term "windows" was considered too generic...
That doesn't apply to other countries, though...
True, but wouldn't copyright violations would be tried in federal court, as they are granted by federal law?
That is strange. I didn't note what build number it was, but it was a new copy (for Windows) that I downloaded yesterday. I uninstalled it once I was finished.
While that's true, they don't support all attributes on them, such as align.
For reference, Opera 9.50 beta scored 60/100.
I know, I guess I'm the only person who thinks a battery powered device should have an off switch.
I also noticed you totally avoided the menu issue. A person with no prior knowledge or experience with iPods wouldn't have a clue how to navigate it.
I've only used an iPod once, my brother's iPod Color.
I have to grade its UI as bad.
My biggest complaints were that I had to look up how to turn off a device, because there is no off button. Instead, you have to hold the play button down.
The same problem applies to navigating the menu. I figured that one out just because I had heard of the older clickwheel iPods. There is nothing on the front of an iPod Color that indicates the buttons set in a circle do anything but open the menu, play, and move between tracks.
As a sidenote, that should have said Safari 3.04 Beta installer.
It's even larger if you get the version bundled with Quicktime: 38.3MB (40,133,928 bytes).
You might want to check your figures.
For PCs:
Firefox 2.0.0.12 installer: 5.75 MB (6,029,648 bytes)
Safari 3.x Beta installer: 15.6 MB (16,398,632 bytes)
I apologize, the link for sample instructions in the previous post was wrong.
Apache does not compress by default. You have to install mod_deflate and set up the DEFLATE output handler first. The sample instructions are a bit simplistic, but they should work.
As someone else noted in one of the sibling replies, gzipping images isn't going to get you anywhere... the Opera proxies actually downgrade the image quality (and size? I'm not sure, I've never used Opera Mini) to improve speed.