I think it's pretty cool that Longhorn is going to be widely available throughout the development process, from what I've read you'll be able to pick up a copy of the PDC Pre-Beta 1 for cost of shipping. I see this as Microsoft learning from one of the more successful elements of Linux/OSS development, early community feedback.
Yeah, that's the impression I got as well. VPC lets them say Hey you can migrate your old NT 4 stuff onto WS03 + NT4 on VPC. And if the Longhorn wave breaks backward compatibility I can see a stripped down VPC being built into the OS kind of like Classic in OSX.
Last I heard there were plans for Office 2003 for the Mac. And given that IRM defaults to using Passport for authentication/permissions I'd think at some point Mac and Linux users will be able to open IRM protected documents, provided that they have a Passport account. Of course I don't know the technical details of Passport, so I could be completely wrong.
I'd guess very little. HDTVs were not so cheap last time I looked, and on top of that most TV sucks, so who cares if the shit is crystal clear anyway. I'd guess the internet has more to do with this drop off than anything else, I know I certainly watch less TV now just because the web is far more interesting.
The impression I get is that for the time being the Passport IRM will be free, though it does seem to imply that they will charge eventually. Within an organization you need Windows Rights Management Server running on 2003 server. I am not sure if this is already part of W3k, or if you have to purchase it. All in all I am not seeing Office 2003 selling particularly well, almost everything new is contingent on you running a pretty heavy amount of the MS stack. People who SA'd their Office licenses will be happy though, at least they get something on that one, I have a feeling there will be a lot of pissed off Windows SA people fairly soon.
I am aware that some major parts of Windows contain or are based on BSD code. I am more referring to a real command line environment, and it'd be nice if Windows handled user accounts like UXIX-like systems do.
I used to have site compatibility issues with Mozilla, especially with my banking site (Suntrust). However about 1.5-2 years ago my bank site started working fine with Moz, and anymore if a site doesn't load right with Moz it probably doesn't with IE either. With the exception of a few MS sites (Windows update), or some instance where you need ActiveX I have no problems with Mozilla.
You have a good point there. If over the course of the next two years someone took Linux, sexed it up and had 80% of the desktop market I think many current Linux people would still be bitching because Company X Linux used x instead of z and standardized on Gnome instead of KDE, and make their own theme, and didn't include gcc and....
I think it's more likely that a) they must be serious about releasing a number of products around Longhorn (VS, Server, Office, etc) and that is going to take time to do and b) if Longhorn is running entirely in the CLR it sure won't hurt for PCs to be at 5-6Ghz, and into the low gigs standard RAM.
I've kind of decided Microsoft isn't evil in the way a lot of people portray them. They are evil in the same way that McDonald's and Wal*Mart are evil, through the (often)unintended consequences of their weight in their given industry. So I am being less zealoty, and I kept a Windows partition on my new machine, and I use Windows when it makes more sense than Linux, and vice versa. They each have their good and bad points.
Roblimo's article was largely snotty bitching that isn't beneficial to anyone.
How did they punish NVidia? Is this in reference to the XBOX deal? I was under the impression that NVidia wasn't all that interested in the XBOX2, and that in part is why ATI got that contract.
If Microsoft wants a good version of Windows, they need to dump the entire NT garbage and rewrite Windows from scratch.
That would be suicide for them, and most likely result in a far buggier OS. What they appear to be doing, phasing in managed.net code, is probably the best bet. And on the DRM front, Intel is backing down a bit on LaGrande saying it'll be for business only, I'd guess NGSCB will go the same way, unless they really believe the Internet will be the new media distribution method, which I don't think is going to happen.
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I think that his point is, and I don't really know if it's valid, is that if your employees enjoy being in their work environment they'll be happier, and more productive. At least in part I would think this is true.
The proliferation of Windows Media in porn makes Windows XP(R) the superior platform for digital pornography. Sure you can use MPlayer, but in the heat of the moment who wants to deal with that....
You could apply this to a number of computer related products. 802.11b probably never actually hits 11Mb transfer, same goes for 100/10 ethernet, modems. Your P4 might clock a tad under what Intel claims, Windows XP doesn't let you fly, Linux as an OS won't make your 386 feel like a P4, your monitor isn't really 17", your DX9 video card doesn't support all of DX9, etc.
You weren't really misled, that's how the PC industry works, and I'm sure you could give similar examples for cars, bikes, boats, houses, whatever.
I believe it was on Ars that I saw an article saying Intel is backing off the LaGrande(?) deal and only including it in some of their chips, those intended for business use. I'm not worried about this.
I could create and view protected documents with beta two, maybe something has changed in RTM, but with my beta two copy you don't need this plugin thing.
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I thought Itanium itself had x86 emulation of some sort?
I think it's pretty cool that Longhorn is going to be widely available throughout the development process, from what I've read you'll be able to pick up a copy of the PDC Pre-Beta 1 for cost of shipping. I see this as Microsoft learning from one of the more successful elements of Linux/OSS development, early community feedback.
Yeah, that's the impression I got as well. VPC lets them say Hey you can migrate your old NT 4 stuff onto WS03 + NT4 on VPC. And if the Longhorn wave breaks backward compatibility I can see a stripped down VPC being built into the OS kind of like Classic in OSX.
Last I heard there were plans for Office 2003 for the Mac. And given that IRM defaults to using Passport for authentication/permissions I'd think at some point Mac and Linux users will be able to open IRM protected documents, provided that they have a Passport account. Of course I don't know the technical details of Passport, so I could be completely wrong.
Longhorn will use DirectX I'd guess though.
I'd guess very little. HDTVs were not so cheap last time I looked, and on top of that most TV sucks, so who cares if the shit is crystal clear anyway. I'd guess the internet has more to do with this drop off than anything else, I know I certainly watch less TV now just because the web is far more interesting.
Yeah, a couple is right:)
You can restrict printing if you are the document creator.
The impression I get is that for the time being the Passport IRM will be free, though it does seem to imply that they will charge eventually. Within an organization you need Windows Rights Management Server running on 2003 server. I am not sure if this is already part of W3k, or if you have to purchase it. All in all I am not seeing Office 2003 selling particularly well, almost everything new is contingent on you running a pretty heavy amount of the MS stack. People who SA'd their Office licenses will be happy though, at least they get something on that one, I have a feeling there will be a lot of pissed off Windows SA people fairly soon.
I am aware that some major parts of Windows contain or are based on BSD code. I am more referring to a real command line environment, and it'd be nice if Windows handled user accounts like UXIX-like systems do.
I used to have site compatibility issues with Mozilla, especially with my banking site (Suntrust). However about 1.5-2 years ago my bank site started working fine with Moz, and anymore if a site doesn't load right with Moz it probably doesn't with IE either. With the exception of a few MS sites (Windows update), or some instance where you need ActiveX I have no problems with Mozilla.
They'll release a version of Windows with a BSD foundation, ala OSX.
You have a good point there. If over the course of the next two years someone took Linux, sexed it up and had 80% of the desktop market I think many current Linux people would still be bitching because Company X Linux used x instead of z and standardized on Gnome instead of KDE, and make their own theme, and didn't include gcc and....
I think it's more likely that a) they must be serious about releasing a number of products around Longhorn (VS, Server, Office, etc) and that is going to take time to do and b) if Longhorn is running entirely in the CLR it sure won't hurt for PCs to be at 5-6Ghz, and into the low gigs standard RAM.
I've kind of decided Microsoft isn't evil in the way a lot of people portray them. They are evil in the same way that McDonald's and Wal*Mart are evil, through the (often)unintended consequences of their weight in their given industry. So I am being less zealoty, and I kept a Windows partition on my new machine, and I use Windows when it makes more sense than Linux, and vice versa. They each have their good and bad points.
Roblimo's article was largely snotty bitching that isn't beneficial to anyone.
So does that mean ATI's current (at least that's what I read) lead in the graphics race isn't well deserved?
How did they punish NVidia? Is this in reference to the XBOX deal? I was under the impression that NVidia wasn't all that interested in the XBOX2, and that in part is why ATI got that contract.
That would be suicide for them, and most likely result in a far buggier OS. What they appear to be doing, phasing in managed .net code, is probably the best bet. And on the DRM front, Intel is backing down a bit on LaGrande saying it'll be for business only, I'd guess NGSCB will go the same way, unless they really believe the Internet will be the new media distribution method, which I don't think is going to happen.
I think that his point is, and I don't really know if it's valid, is that if your employees enjoy being in their work environment they'll be happier, and more productive. At least in part I would think this is true.
And while you're at it download cmdhere.exe, which makes navigating windows retarded directory names much smoother.
The proliferation of Windows Media in porn makes Windows XP(R) the superior platform for digital pornography. Sure you can use MPlayer, but in the heat of the moment who wants to deal with that....
You could apply this to a number of computer related products. 802.11b probably never actually hits 11Mb transfer, same goes for 100/10 ethernet, modems. Your P4 might clock a tad under what Intel claims, Windows XP doesn't let you fly, Linux as an OS won't make your 386 feel like a P4, your monitor isn't really 17", your DX9 video card doesn't support all of DX9, etc.
You weren't really misled, that's how the PC industry works, and I'm sure you could give similar examples for cars, bikes, boats, houses, whatever.
Yeah, that pic was the first thing I ever found on Freenet, titled adobe.jpg, I thought it would be protest pictures....
I believe it was on Ars that I saw an article saying Intel is backing off the LaGrande(?) deal and only including it in some of their chips, those intended for business use. I'm not worried about this.
I could create and view protected documents with beta two, maybe something has changed in RTM, but with my beta two copy you don't need this plugin thing.