You're assuming they don't already have MS Office licenses. I'm pretty sure those 20 employees are using some sort of office software right now. Heck, they may even using DOS versions of Word Perfect, there's no way for us to know. So, you may be suggesting that they scrap software they've already paid for to switch to new software that will almost certainly require at least minimal user retraining, and added costs that aren't necessary.
Performance? Really? Personally I'd want stability, reliability, and top notch support. Your average computer user loses far more productivity from downtime due to cheap hardware dying, unstable drivers, etc than to their machine starting (insert app of your choice).2 seconds slower. I want to be able to order an exact replacement 2 years down the road if a machine dies. I want replacement parts available for the forseeable lifetime of the machines on which I standardize.
Yeah yeah, but if you think about it, software used to have a tangible monetary value before the internet If Microsoft's software holds little to no value for you, don't use it. Just because you feel it's overpriced, it doesn't give you the right to pirate it. Go buy a mac, or download Linux or BSD.
No, not really. Nvidia and ati drivers have been the cause of the vast majority of crashes I've seen on XP. In fact, the only crash I've seen that's not been caused by crappy video drivers was due to a faulty ethernet card.
This sounds just like the "Hey, let's let the email client run scripts"
Funny, first thing I thought of was that it was just like right clicking a piece of text in FF and being able to search google, or a dictionary from the context menu. Of course, I haven't looked at IE8 so in the end you may very well be correct.
This is neither insightful or funny. The statements about 2k and xp are entirely true. While they dropped the ball on ME they lived up to their goals for xp and 2k. Could it have been better? Sure. But given what they've done with xpsp2 and 2k3 I believe they'll meet the goal of it being "much more difficult for unauthorized programs (like Viruses and Trojans) to affect the core of the OS and secretly harm your system".
Learning computer basics, such as the differene between a normal user account and an administrator account, is more like learning the rules of the road in order to get a drivers license.
on the other, if everything goes to dual core, then we've just handed Oracle, MS, et al. double (or more?) profits on their products. Support costs will remain somewhat constant, so wtf?
Drop the attachment but keep the message body. You get enough context to determine if you sent the email _and_ you dont overload networks with useless attachments.
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You're assuming they don't already have MS Office licenses. I'm pretty sure those 20 employees are using some sort of office software right now. Heck, they may even using DOS versions of Word Perfect, there's no way for us to know. So, you may be suggesting that they scrap software they've already paid for to switch to new software that will almost certainly require at least minimal user retraining, and added costs that aren't necessary.
Performance? Really? Personally I'd want stability, reliability, and top notch support. Your average computer user loses far more productivity from downtime due to cheap hardware dying, unstable drivers, etc than to their machine starting (insert app of your choice) .2 seconds slower. I want to be able to order an exact replacement 2 years down the road if a machine dies. I want replacement parts available for the forseeable lifetime of the machines on which I standardize.
There's a userspace drive framework on Windows, but the vast majority of Windows drivers reside entirely in kernelspace.
This is neither insightful or funny. The statements about 2k and xp are entirely true. While they dropped the ball on ME they lived up to their goals for xp and 2k. Could it have been better? Sure. But given what they've done with xpsp2 and 2k3 I believe they'll meet the goal of it being "much more difficult for unauthorized programs (like Viruses and Trojans) to affect the core of the OS and secretly harm your system".
So, you're saying a porche _isn't_ overpriced?
indeed. this is a much easier decision.
i wonder if redhat will send me free cds?
Learning computer basics, such as the differene between a normal user account and an administrator account, is more like learning the rules of the road in order to get a drivers license.
Hmmmmm....I recall Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server. Ive never seen Windows NT PC.
Drop the attachment but keep the message body. You get enough context to determine if you sent the email _and_ you dont overload networks with useless attachments.