You do know that MS predates most of those "Home Computers"?
Hell I got a C64 when I was 6 (1986) and I'm pretty sure (remember its been a good long time) that the operating system on that was Microsoft BASIC V2.
Anyway I wouldn't consider Apple or any of the others ground braking considering you were locked into hardware they chose and programmed for.
I work for a Credit Union. Our online banking works fine in all browsers as does all major banks I've done business with
Obviously haven't dealt with some Australian banks, I can think of at least 3 who last time I checked wouldn't let any browser but IE access their online banking sites.
People talk about sites that require IE, but I've never run into a single one.
Check out a few online banking sites, they throw a fit if you try to login with another browser, then again if I had to spend months coding something that important I really wouldn't want to have to deal with cross-browser compatibility crap as well.
As a web-developer I actually begrudge having to bother with compatibility testing for browsers like Mozilla, et al. Considering what a small percentage of users they are it seams like a waste, but I do it for two reasons, 1) professional pride 2) even though they are the smallest group they whine the loudest.
We are hoping to set up a system that would set high caps, (say 10Gigs)
10GB is pathetic mate, completely pathetic. A realistic and fair cap is 25% of monthly maxium throughput, which for a 1MB connection is about 75GB a month. Now that is a fair cap.
I have no sympathy for users who click "Yes" to install anything without first understanding what they are agreeing to.
You might want to read up on what drive-by-downloading is.
From Spyware Info:
In the case of an Internet Explorer browser with its security settings lowered to where ActiveX controls can be downloaded and installed with no prompting, software from a plethora of adware companies can find its way onto your computer. This questionable practice has been dubbed "drive-by downloading" by the online community.
I personally see a lot of computers sold with low security settings, and the people buying them don't know they need to play with those settings, they are not dumb or ignorant, just new, they learn the hard way about spyware.
Under Australian law I could walk out in the main street of my town and start handing out VCD copies of the new Lord of the Rings movie, and the cops couldn't touch me. It is not a criminal offence until I start taking money for it.
The Copyright holder does have the recourse of a civil suit though.
Anyway, our Federal Police have better things to do with their time, unlike the FBI.
America is the nation of hypocrisy! They scream free-market, yet they crush our farmers who have a better product with subsidies for theirs! And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Its complete and utter crap.
One good thing is the rest of the world is starting to wake up and tell the yanks to leave us all alone!
Hell most American's don't even know where Australia is. And we want to keep it that way!
australia still has copyright law
Yes but it is vastly different to American copyright law. In Australia it is not illegal to give away copyrighted material, only if you sell it. If you give it away it is considered a matter of the civil courts.
American laws can stay in America thank you very much. We in Australia can govern ourselves. The very reference to the DMCA was an affront to us as a nation, if they wish to interact with Australian companies the least they can do is find out about our laws before they make a fool of themselves.
I knew it started off as a joint consol ages ago, but I never knew nintendo wanted a piece when they went their different ways.
I don't think they are going to have to worry about money for a long while:)
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You do know that MS predates most of those "Home Computers"?
Hell I got a C64 when I was 6 (1986) and I'm pretty sure (remember its been a good long time) that the operating system on that was Microsoft BASIC V2.
Anyway I wouldn't consider Apple or any of the others ground braking considering you were locked into hardware they chose and programmed for.
Long live the clone and MS DOS!
I work for a Credit Union. Our online banking works fine in all browsers as does all major banks I've done business with
Obviously haven't dealt with some Australian banks, I can think of at least 3 who last time I checked wouldn't let any browser but IE access their online banking sites.
People talk about sites that require IE, but I've never run into a single one.
Check out a few online banking sites, they throw a fit if you try to login with another browser, then again if I had to spend months coding something that important I really wouldn't want to have to deal with cross-browser compatibility crap as well.
As a web-developer I actually begrudge having to bother with compatibility testing for browsers like Mozilla, et al. Considering what a small percentage of users they are it seams like a waste, but I do it for two reasons, 1) professional pride 2) even though they are the smallest group they whine the loudest.
I mean, what possible benifit could there be in releasing their browser for free?
I don't know getting more people online quicker? Oh but wait this is slashdot and MS can't possibly have anything but evil intent.
.. anything that doesn't make them money. Remember, they're ruthless business people, not ruthless idiots.
Which is why they own the software market, no matter how much people hate it.
So finally Safari will get a boost since it's inferior competition goes down the toilet.
If it was inferior it would of never gotten to the point where mac users where begging for an update.
People write off IE far too quickly. Then again its just standard OSS zealotness with a healthy dose of MS bigotry thrown in.
So when do they kill off Windows and blame it on Linux?
About the same time linux nerds work out that MS isn't going anywhere and Satan needs ice skates.
In Open Source Heaven :)
Try 8 computers world wide, like it or not MS forced a lot of growth for the home user, you would be wise to remember that.
No I would say they are just sticking the finger up at Apple, its rather funny if you think about it.
We are hoping to set up a system that would set high caps, (say 10Gigs) 10GB is pathetic mate, completely pathetic. A realistic and fair cap is 25% of monthly maxium throughput, which for a 1MB connection is about 75GB a month. Now that is a fair cap.
You are forgetting AD&D Nerds, that would be just a bigger turn on.
I have no sympathy for users who click "Yes" to install anything without first understanding what they are agreeing to.
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You might want to read up on what drive-by-downloading is.
From Spyware Info:
In the case of an Internet Explorer browser with its security settings lowered to where ActiveX controls can be downloaded and installed with no prompting, software from a plethora of adware companies can find its way onto your computer. This questionable practice has been dubbed "drive-by downloading" by the online community.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/au
I personally see a lot of computers sold with low security settings, and the people buying them don't know they need to play with those settings, they are not dumb or ignorant, just new, they learn the hard way about spyware.
Why would anyone be using IE these days unless they were forced to by their employer?
I use it by choice and I'm not forced too, for a number of years I was die hard Netscape, but after the disaster that was Netscape 6 I moved to IE.
After that I tried a number of times to get into Mozilla, I just never found it very compelling or even any good.
Its slow, bloated, the design of it is ugly and there is no way I've found to change the order of the control buttons or add more.
For me its IE, nothing wrong with it if you take the time to set things up correctly and securely.
Under Australian law I could walk out in the main street of my town and start handing out VCD copies of the new Lord of the Rings movie, and the cops couldn't touch me. It is not a criminal offence until I start taking money for it.
The Copyright holder does have the recourse of a civil suit though.
Anyway, our Federal Police have better things to do with their time, unlike the FBI.
America is the nation of hypocrisy! They scream free-market, yet they crush our farmers who have a better product with subsidies for theirs! And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Its complete and utter crap. One good thing is the rest of the world is starting to wake up and tell the yanks to leave us all alone! Hell most American's don't even know where Australia is. And we want to keep it that way!
australia still has copyright law Yes but it is vastly different to American copyright law. In Australia it is not illegal to give away copyrighted material, only if you sell it. If you give it away it is considered a matter of the civil courts.
American laws can stay in America thank you very much. We in Australia can govern ourselves. The very reference to the DMCA was an affront to us as a nation, if they wish to interact with Australian companies the least they can do is find out about our laws before they make a fool of themselves.
I knew it started off as a joint consol ages ago, but I never knew nintendo wanted a piece when they went their different ways. I don't think they are going to have to worry about money for a long while :)
The Luddite knows better then to tick off a big company, after all they are the ones that pay to keep his idiot bum in office.
About time the Luddite did something useful.
Now if he could only get rid of those bloody caps we would be laughing.