In fact, Bill Gates gave a recent talk in which he mentioned that the reason SP2 is taking so long is because they're backporting security features from Windows Longhorn into XP.
This isn't really a big news item--except on Slashdot, of course. Meanwhile, Linux distros have 10-20 flaws a month, but everyone ignores that for "Yet Another Critical Windows Flaw."
Was there a "Yet Another Ssh Flaw?" Does michael follow the link in my sig and post about all the flaws that come out monthly (compared to these new four)?
Of course not. And you won't see it reported, either. Because Slashdot is biased against Microsoft and wants your page hits.
I dare you to argue otherwise, because it's just too obvious.
So much for that "patches as soon as posssible" advantage OSS people are always touting. Why do you think it takes a little while for most commercial companies to let out patches? It's called TESTING.
Sorry, Opera is the best. It's just not free, unfortunately.
If Opera were freeware, I fully believe it would have conquered the web by now. Mozilla/Firebird is sloooow, clunky, and eats up my memory in ridiculous amounts.
Opera changes skins in milliseconds. With 20 tabs open it still only reaches up to a 14MB memory footprint. I love it.
No, a good indication will be Office.NET, which will come out with Longhorn. Longhorn will be an entirely.NET based Windows, finally abandoning Win32. How is that for an indicator?
Because there's way more to it than just a language that you think ripped off Java..NET isn't tied to C#. It's a runtime environment that will run any language compiled for it. You can do normal C++ as managed code..NET's advantages are its CLR and the implications of that technology.
Replace 'Linux' with 'GNU/Linux', replace 'GNU/Linux' with 'GNU/Linux projects that are commited to Mono technology". Change 'be the big loser' to 'would have to be abandoned or migrated to the Windows.NET platform'.
Replace all of that with, "No, I don't think so, Dr. Goofy."
Besides, "GNU/Linux" doesn't make sense. I don't prefix my operating system with all the userland apps I may or may not use (I use one or two GNU apps total during my day). Anybody proclaiming that ridiculous label seriously needs to rethink their agenda.
Yeah, right. Under whose term do you think corporate America became corrupt in the first place? Hell, it wasn't just companies. I don't even want to think about the ridiculous Marc Rich pardon.
It strikes me as odd that a group of people who are so passionately anti-monopoly would also be so interested in running Linux on every device they own.
Just an observation.
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That's right.
Windows Server 2003 had that one major exploit since it shipped.
Meanwhile, every major Linux distro has several each month.
I was under the assumption that Longhorn was a total rewrite of the windows os based on the new.NET framework.
They're replacing Win32 with all.NET stuff. Windows will be such a new revamp, and complete with the 3D desktop, WinFS, and all the other capabilities I've been hearing about, it should take Linux another three years to fully copy it all.:P
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These are prototype shots. Of course, I don't expect Slashbots to realize that, and I already see people making judgement posts like this is what Longhorn will look like, but still, allow me to interject a little bit of logic and sanity.
Microsoft has yet to reveal their "photorealistic" interface codenamed Aero that is supposed to revamp the entire Windows interface. They're considering keeping it secret until release so that nobody steals their ideas. KDE, look out.
My favorite quote: 'At the end of the day, I still wish we had a viable alternative. There isn't one -- yet. We'll keep looking.' - Sure.
What do you mean, "sure?" It's the truth.
If Linux was a viable alternative, it would be the latest rage and everyone would switch. I remember when Windows 95 was the latest rage.
Linux desktops won't reach that level at their current rate because they're too busy reinventing the wheel, coming up with cute acronym project titles only programmers would find funny, and hacking on yet another extension or library to the incredibly old X11 protocol. Hell, even Microsoft is abandoning their current APIs and going all.NET, and Win32 will eventually be a relic of the past.
I think the greatest thing holding back the Linux desktop is the inability for Linux users to accept change.
Irony is something happening contrary to the expected result. Rain on your wedding day, or a free ride when you've already paid, are unexpected and contrary to the expected results.
This guy has at least the merit to have tried to switch, while most people here will just stick to what the majory of the crowd on that forum will do.
No. He did not have the merit to switch. He wasn't intending to give Windows XP a chance. He didn't even write about the whole week. Only the initial setup.
You don't find it bizarre that for a whole week, RobLimo didn't bother double-clicking the clock for his beloved calendar? Why did he waste time using Internet Explorer and then Outlook Express if he knew to download Mozilla anyway? Isn't this supposed to be about a Linux user switching to Windows? I could go on and on.
I mean, really, his "faults" for Windows are copy/paste shortcuts, a calendar, very vague hardware installation obstacles and something about not liking to have to buy apps.
The article becomes an argument FOR Windows because it was so lame.
I don't get it. What do you guys expect them to do? Both of the last two Lord of the Rings movies had crystal clear DVD-rips leaked online thanks to those screeners. I saw Fellowship of the Ring on my PC while it was still in theaters. It's become common practice to leak them now. People into that sort of thing expect it.
Should they sit back and let it all be pirated or take a stand? You should be glad they're not going after file-traders individually with litigation and instead doing exactly what you always bitch at the RIAA to do--police its own members. In this case, they're preventing said members from leaking in the first place.
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In fact, Bill Gates gave a recent talk in which he mentioned that the reason SP2 is taking so long is because they're backporting security features from Windows Longhorn into XP.
This isn't really a big news item--except on Slashdot, of course. Meanwhile, Linux distros have 10-20 flaws a month, but everyone ignores that for "Yet Another Critical Windows Flaw."
Next.
In other words, their Linux machines aren't up to the load?
Was there a "Yet Another Ssh Flaw?" Does michael follow the link in my sig and post about all the flaws that come out monthly (compared to these new four)?
Of course not. And you won't see it reported, either. Because Slashdot is biased against Microsoft and wants your page hits.
I dare you to argue otherwise, because it's just too obvious.
So much for that "patches as soon as posssible" advantage OSS people are always touting. Why do you think it takes a little while for most commercial companies to let out patches? It's called TESTING.
For instance, nothing else handles bookmarks as intuitively as FB does.
Opera does it better, hands-down.
Sorry, Opera is the best. It's just not free, unfortunately.
If Opera were freeware, I fully believe it would have conquered the web by now. Mozilla/Firebird is sloooow, clunky, and eats up my memory in ridiculous amounts.
Opera changes skins in milliseconds. With 20 tabs open it still only reaches up to a 14MB memory footprint. I love it.
No, a good indication will be Office .NET, which will come out with Longhorn. Longhorn will be an entirely .NET based Windows, finally abandoning Win32. How is that for an indicator?
Because there's way more to it than just a language that you think ripped off Java. .NET isn't tied to C#. It's a runtime environment that will run any language compiled for it. You can do normal C++ as managed code. .NET's advantages are its CLR and the implications of that technology.
Replace 'Linux' with 'GNU/Linux', replace 'GNU/Linux' with 'GNU/Linux projects that are commited to Mono technology". Change 'be the big loser' to 'would have to be abandoned or migrated to the Windows .NET platform'.
Replace all of that with, "No, I don't think so, Dr. Goofy."
Besides, "GNU/Linux" doesn't make sense. I don't prefix my operating system with all the userland apps I may or may not use (I use one or two GNU apps total during my day). Anybody proclaiming that ridiculous label seriously needs to rethink their agenda.
Yeah, right. Under whose term do you think corporate America became corrupt in the first place? Hell, it wasn't just companies. I don't even want to think about the ridiculous Marc Rich pardon.
Wow. Apparently you people have no sense of humor whatsoever.
It strikes me as odd that a group of people who are so passionately anti-monopoly would also be so interested in running Linux on every device they own.
Just an observation.
That's right.
Windows Server 2003 had that one major exploit since it shipped.
Meanwhile, every major Linux distro has several each month.
You do the math.
Yeah--some grandma who was holding up a steaming hot coffee with her KNEES. I'm sorry, but that's idiotic.
I was under the assumption that Longhorn was a total rewrite of the windows os based on the new .NET framework.
.NET stuff. Windows will be such a new revamp, and complete with the 3D desktop, WinFS, and all the other capabilities I've been hearing about, it should take Linux another three years to fully copy it all. :P
They're replacing Win32 with all
These are prototype shots. Of course, I don't expect Slashbots to realize that, and I already see people making judgement posts like this is what Longhorn will look like, but still, allow me to interject a little bit of logic and sanity.
Microsoft has yet to reveal their "photorealistic" interface codenamed Aero that is supposed to revamp the entire Windows interface. They're considering keeping it secret until release so that nobody steals their ideas. KDE, look out.
Yeah, so that people can pay $400 for their operating system like they've done with OS X so far because of all the expensive updates.
My favorite quote: 'At the end of the day, I still wish we had a viable alternative. There isn't one -- yet. We'll keep looking.' - Sure.
.NET, and Win32 will eventually be a relic of the past.
What do you mean, "sure?" It's the truth.
If Linux was a viable alternative, it would be the latest rage and everyone would switch. I remember when Windows 95 was the latest rage.
Linux desktops won't reach that level at their current rate because they're too busy reinventing the wheel, coming up with cute acronym project titles only programmers would find funny, and hacking on yet another extension or library to the incredibly old X11 protocol. Hell, even Microsoft is abandoning their current APIs and going all
I think the greatest thing holding back the Linux desktop is the inability for Linux users to accept change.
Irony is something happening contrary to the expected result. Rain on your wedding day, or a free ride when you've already paid, are unexpected and contrary to the expected results.
He doesn't have much choice, Star Wars was always supposed to be the story of Anakin Skywalker.
Is that why episodes 4-6 are about Luke and his friends?
Lucas just likes to revise his intentions and pretend he always wanted it to be about the rise, fall, and redemption of Anakin Skywalker.
Funny, I thought Windows 95 came out before KDE.
But you're right, KDE never, ever attempts to imitate Windows.
This guy has at least the merit to have tried to switch, while most people here will just stick to what the majory of the crowd on that forum will do.
No. He did not have the merit to switch. He wasn't intending to give Windows XP a chance. He didn't even write about the whole week. Only the initial setup.
You don't find it bizarre that for a whole week, RobLimo didn't bother double-clicking the clock for his beloved calendar? Why did he waste time using Internet Explorer and then Outlook Express if he knew to download Mozilla anyway? Isn't this supposed to be about a Linux user switching to Windows? I could go on and on.
I mean, really, his "faults" for Windows are copy/paste shortcuts, a calendar, very vague hardware installation obstacles and something about not liking to have to buy apps.
The article becomes an argument FOR Windows because it was so lame.
How was it a parody? It wasn't labelled as such. Slashdot posted it under an article about BSD and Windows users switching to Linux.
There was no humor in the article. If anything, it makes Windows out to be a lot easier to use than Linux, which most people would argue to be true.
I don't get it. What do you guys expect them to do? Both of the last two Lord of the Rings movies had crystal clear DVD-rips leaked online thanks to those screeners. I saw Fellowship of the Ring on my PC while it was still in theaters. It's become common practice to leak them now. People into that sort of thing expect it.
Should they sit back and let it all be pirated or take a stand? You should be glad they're not going after file-traders individually with litigation and instead doing exactly what you always bitch at the RIAA to do--police its own members. In this case, they're preventing said members from leaking in the first place.
What do you expect them to do?
What newspaper? "Wired?"
Linux is not reported on your local front page. Especially if people keep calling it "GNU/Linux."