Yes there are lots of survellence cameras in Disney parks. Including right where John and his anonymous friend sat, so it will be relatively easy to check back and see who talked (faded yankee baseball caps are easy to spot).
Why would it matter? Early on, Jon says:
Then, for the third time, he went over the ground rules again: he would talk with me, but I couldn't describe him or his work in any way, and he wouldn't talk about Disney or its work in any detailed way.
This is obviously a work in progress, as Jon tries to make clear in his intro. Hang in there. Sometime the best journeys are those where you don't know where you're going to end up.
JDEdwards software runs on AS/400s and other mid-size and large machines. The OneWorld product line is true client-server, fat or thin clients, or can run in a centralized environment if you desire. Be prepared to spend $2-3 million for a complete package (and that's just the software).
Yes, 'cross compiler' was not entirely appropriate, but I couldn't think of a better term. The source code, from a single compile, results in binaries that can run on x86, Java, or AS/400.
I agree, especially as no one has ever written an application of substance in Java.
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but the new version of JDEdwards OneWorld accounting software, a large package by any count, comes in multiple flavors (same source code - cross compilers), including everything running in Java.
You've obviously never seen 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag or whatever that bad Joe Pesci movie was. Heads CAN be gotten out of Mexico without alerting either the (overly dopey) authorities.
Just a point - I generally don't take fictional movies as much proof of anything.
If it's an "application", it's not part of the operating system. Thus, text editors shouldn't count.
M$ went through a huge amount of work trying to make the browser part of the operating system, but the only thing they really did was to take required subroutines from the browser and put them in the system DLLs. This can only marginally be considered an advance of the operating system, since all it really does is make the ability to browse available to applications besides the browser (browse from inside your spreadsheet or word processor). This is not especially unique, and certainly not unique to operating systems - both Adobe Acrobat and RealVideo can appear inside other applications, provided the application is designed with hooks to allow it.
Yes, GUI can be part of the operating system. Look at the Mac.
Don't forget, the reason that Netscape started giving the browser away was because Microsoft was giving it away as "part" of the operating system. That's illegal - a monopoly is not supposed to dump a product below cost in order to squash a competitor.
Microsoft could be broken up by function. My favorite division:
Operating systems
Productivity applications
Software development tools
Entertainment and misc
The Operating systems group would be required to publish all APIs, making this info available to all comers. No more hidden APIs to give the application support people a performance advantage.
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Bablefish translates this into "I drink small milk by reading this." which is I'm sure a literal translation which isn't even close. How should this be read, really?
What if Linux/OSS was held to the same standard as MS?
If Linux was the product of one company, which held 90%+ of the market by any means, fair or foul, then I would expect it to be held to the same standard.
It almost embarrasses me to say it, but I suggested Linux to Checkpoint something like 3+ years ago, at an Interop show in Las Vegas. They could have provided a CD and a boot floppy, that would have put up a pre-configured minimal Linux system with all the loopholes closed. Boot from the floppy and install, and *poof* instant firewall.
This just shows that a judge bought by Netscape/Sun/Oracle etc can rule against Microsoft.
Oh! You have evidence that Judge Jackson has been bought by one side in this case! This is great! All you have to do is provide the evidence, and the judge will be forced to recuse himself, and the finding will be thrown out, and Microsoft will be off the hook!
So, where's the evidence? Come on! You OBVIOUSLY wouldn't have said it unless you had it, right?
I finally finished reading most of the FOF and can say that I'm astounded by the one-sidedness of the this document. It reads like David Boiles or Joe Klein were the authors.
Or maybe, just MAYBE, Microsoft really did all those bad things? Is that even remotely a possibility?
Considering that Microsoft hasn't done either of the two "examples" you cite...
I suggest you take a look beginning at paragraph 79, wherein Judge Jackson discusses Microsoft's attempt to get Netscape to stay away from the Windows platform, and paragraph 90, where we find that Microsoft withheld API information from Netscape.
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Well, Disney owns ABC, so I suspect that particular case goes a little deeper.
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Uh, wait... oops.
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Why would it matter? Early on, Jon says:
Sounds pretty safe to me.
...phil
This is obviously a work in progress, as Jon tries to make clear in his intro. Hang in there. Sometime the best journeys are those where you don't know where you're going to end up.
...phil
Yes, 'cross compiler' was not entirely appropriate, but I couldn't think of a better term. The source code, from a single compile, results in binaries that can run on x86, Java, or AS/400.
...phil
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but the new version of JDEdwards OneWorld accounting software, a large package by any count, comes in multiple flavors (same source code - cross compilers), including everything running in Java.
...phil
Just a point - I generally don't take fictional movies as much proof of anything.
...phil
It's a kernel.
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M$ went through a huge amount of work trying to make the browser part of the operating system, but the only thing they really did was to take required subroutines from the browser and put them in the system DLLs. This can only marginally be considered an advance of the operating system, since all it really does is make the ability to browse available to applications besides the browser (browse from inside your spreadsheet or word processor). This is not especially unique, and certainly not unique to operating systems - both Adobe Acrobat and RealVideo can appear inside other applications, provided the application is designed with hooks to allow it.
Yes, GUI can be part of the operating system. Look at the Mac.
Compilers are applications.
...phil
It's kind of gone downhill from there.
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The structure of space-time itself. It's not the ether, since electromagnetism propagation is different.
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Hacking is an attitude, not an operating system.
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For this kind of requirement, I use and recommend the Spam Receiving Service at www.tinaa.com/spam/index.html.
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Then you're lucky. I've received some. Not a lot, true, but the address doesn't have wide distribution.
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Don't forget, the reason that Netscape started giving the browser away was because Microsoft was giving it away as "part" of the operating system. That's illegal - a monopoly is not supposed to dump a product below cost in order to squash a competitor.
...phil
Until then, quit whining. It's your own fault. Nobody forced you to read this.
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The Operating systems group would be required to publish all APIs, making this info available to all comers. No more hidden APIs to give the application support people a performance advantage.
...phil
Bablefish translates this into "I drink small milk by reading this." which is I'm sure a literal translation which isn't even close. How should this be read, really?
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And this indicates corruption exactly... how?
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If Linux was the product of one company, which held 90%+ of the market by any means, fair or foul, then I would expect it to be held to the same standard.
Until then, go away.
...phil
It almost embarrasses me to say it, but I suggested Linux to Checkpoint something like 3+ years ago, at an Interop show in Las Vegas. They could have provided a CD and a boot floppy, that would have put up a pre-configured minimal Linux system with all the loopholes closed. Boot from the floppy and install, and *poof* instant firewall.
...phil
Oh! You have evidence that Judge Jackson has been bought by one side in this case! This is great! All you have to do is provide the evidence, and the judge will be forced to recuse himself, and the finding will be thrown out, and Microsoft will be off the hook!
So, where's the evidence? Come on! You OBVIOUSLY wouldn't have said it unless you had it, right?
...phil
Or maybe, just MAYBE, Microsoft really did all those bad things? Is that even remotely a possibility?
...phil
I suggest you take a look beginning at paragraph 79, wherein Judge Jackson discusses Microsoft's attempt to get Netscape to stay away from the Windows platform, and paragraph 90, where we find that Microsoft withheld API information from Netscape.
...phil
Well, that part remains to be seen. This is a finding of FACT, not a finding of LAW.
What would you say if Microsoft has been found to have indeed broken the law? What then?
...phil