Um, you mean the Microsoft that's been making smart phones for over a decade?
You know anyone that has one? I have one experience with a Windows smart phone. It was the support phone for a company I worked for. That was 5 years ago. The phone got passed around among the various members of the support team for after hours support. Everyone in the company however had a blackberry, and whatever else passed for a smart phone before the iPhone came out. Not one person in the entire company had a windows phone. Not one of my industry contacts had one. Not one friend, not one aquaintance, I am to this day unaware of anyone in my circle who has one. So, not too sure what your point is. Is microsoft an industry leader when it comes to smart phones? I really don't think so.
Yeah. I worked for a guy who wrote software to convert data from the proprietary data base those things shipped with to oracle, he was always going on about how sturdy hp3k's were. He's still in business as far as I know, looks like he's expanded his translation support to mssql server, mysql, postgresql, db/2... people still use db/2 huh?? wow.
There are whole classes of embedded items that should not be unlocked...
Why? If I buy a medical device or a utilty meter, its mine, I own it, why shouldn't I be able to open it? I think you're mistaking regulated service providers with consumer markets. For example, if I buy a casino game there's no reason in the world I shouldn't be able to open it and modify the hell out of it. If I were to try to install it in a public place to actually make money off of it, modified or not, I'm going to get stopped in my tracks. Gambling is regulated by each state, you can't just set up a gambling machine and go to business. Same thing with all the other devices you mentioned. If your not a state licensed provider of the service connected to the device in question, all the pristine, above board, fully functioning devices in the world aren't going to do you any good.
You know why XBox is so big? It doesn't have the word 'Windows' or 'Microsoft' in its name...
You must be new to the world. Microsoft is still the leader in the desktop market, regardless of your opinion. The world is changing, however, and Microsoft isn't chaging with it as fast, I think this is their bigget problem. They smply weren't fast enough to attach to the moble market, and its bit them, hard. Your thing about crashing, etc... however is just hyperbole. Windows IS the desktop OS. Not too sure where you've been living...
Blaming capitolism for crime is like blaming highways for road deaths. I love how you clowns seem to think totalitarian government is the cure for everything.
They could have tried to use X but probably had the same reasons as Canonical, full control.
I hope they had the same reasons that most intelligent engineers have; X Sucks. Parts of that code tree are so old they have moss growing on them. The display code is in desperate need of a refesh. Mir instead of Wayland though? That's a control grab.
Stop looking for reasons to justify your decision to avoid Apple. Either do or don't, it's your choice, but twisting people's words to suit your opinion is just silly.
All high and mighty... what a dick. You don't know me from Adam. As if I'm shivering in a basement somewhere looking for reasons to hate Apple... I'm damn proud of it; APPLE SUCKS. And I'm obviously right to do so. Fanbois... lordy...
Naw, I've been there (and hope to return for a quick vacation someday soon, love Japan, yeah, I'm a weaboo), they have packed in almost the entire population of the US into a space about the size of California. Even with the decline in people they need space. On top of that Japan is a mountainous, rocky country, and they want to grow all their own food? Not happening. Not enough space, plain and simple.
. As far as I understood it, the very unfortunate VLC situation came about when a purist developer of VLC demanded that Apple would release VLC without DRM...
That one prefers to respect users & developers alike makes him a "purist"? I'm feeling better about my 20 year descision to avoid Apple products more and more.
Not likely. China is growing tired of Peyongyang's shenanigans. It was cute when China was a fervent marxist state and a major exporter of revolutionary insurgence. But China's come of age, is a major world power. They're finding N. Korea's crap annoying lately. China and the US' s economic futures are entwined for the near term, going to war over N. Korean nonsense doesn't seem likely to me. What's far more likely is the US getting involved in a dust up between Japan and China.
Ok, you did read/see/are aware of the story in Mary Shelley's classic novel "Frankenstien: The Modern Prometheus"? And yes, I would rather see a dead body animated as a marionette rather than a brain-eating zombie or a Frankenstien's monster. Seriously, everything has to be spelled out to so many/.'rs. Maybe its a language thing...
This is a very interesting protocol from a security standpoint, here's a short blurb from the article on ZRTP:
This protocol does not require prior shared secrets or rely on a Public key infrastructure (PKI) or on certification authorities, in fact ephemeral Diffie-Hellman keys are generated on each session establishment: this allows the complexity of creating and maintaining a trusted third-party to be bypassed.
Pretty snazzy. Seems like it could have a lock on the convienence factor. Also could have a lot of exploit vectors.
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If its armed with Air to Surface armor peircing armament I'm so watching the show...
Yeah. Why use squid when you can just stuff client requests in a hash table, too...
Why? If you're not licensed to provide the service the device is tied to, why does it matter how well the device works?
Um, you mean the Microsoft that's been making smart phones for over a decade?
You know anyone that has one? I have one experience with a Windows smart phone. It was the support phone for a company I worked for. That was 5 years ago. The phone got passed around among the various members of the support team for after hours support. Everyone in the company however had a blackberry, and whatever else passed for a smart phone before the iPhone came out. Not one person in the entire company had a windows phone. Not one of my industry contacts had one. Not one friend, not one aquaintance, I am to this day unaware of anyone in my circle who has one. So, not too sure what your point is. Is microsoft an industry leader when it comes to smart phones? I really don't think so.
Yeah. I worked for a guy who wrote software to convert data from the proprietary data base those things shipped with to oracle, he was always going on about how sturdy hp3k's were. He's still in business as far as I know, looks like he's expanded his translation support to mssql server, mysql, postgresql, db/2... people still use db/2 huh?? wow.
There are whole classes of embedded items that should not be unlocked...
Why? If I buy a medical device or a utilty meter, its mine, I own it, why shouldn't I be able to open it? I think you're mistaking regulated service providers with consumer markets. For example, if I buy a casino game there's no reason in the world I shouldn't be able to open it and modify the hell out of it. If I were to try to install it in a public place to actually make money off of it, modified or not, I'm going to get stopped in my tracks. Gambling is regulated by each state, you can't just set up a gambling machine and go to business. Same thing with all the other devices you mentioned. If your not a state licensed provider of the service connected to the device in question, all the pristine, above board, fully functioning devices in the world aren't going to do you any good.
You know why XBox is so big? It doesn't have the word 'Windows' or 'Microsoft' in its name...
You must be new to the world. Microsoft is still the leader in the desktop market, regardless of your opinion. The world is changing, however, and Microsoft isn't chaging with it as fast, I think this is their bigget problem. They smply weren't fast enough to attach to the moble market, and its bit them, hard. Your thing about crashing, etc... however is just hyperbole. Windows IS the desktop OS. Not too sure where you've been living...
hp mpe/ix have excellent uptime records.
X has won...
Uh, that doesn't make X a great engine (or protocol, whatever, mother) It simply means no one until Canonical has decided to to something about it.
Christ, the X11 implentation then. You're telling me that lump of crap is a paragon of good code? Let me get my laughing hat on here...
Blaming capitolism for crime is like blaming highways for road deaths. I love how you clowns seem to think totalitarian government is the cure for everything.
They could have tried to use X but probably had the same reasons as Canonical, full control.
I hope they had the same reasons that most intelligent engineers have; X Sucks. Parts of that code tree are so old they have moss growing on them. The display code is in desperate need of a refesh. Mir instead of Wayland though? That's a control grab.
Sort of wrong.
Really? Haven't deterrence and MAD figured into most of the foriegn policy calculations of all nuclear powers for the last 50 years?
I'm chilled, cool cat. Still haven't changed my opinion on Apple though.
Stop looking for reasons to justify your decision to avoid Apple. Either do or don't, it's your choice, but twisting people's words to suit your opinion is just silly.
All high and mighty... what a dick. You don't know me from Adam. As if I'm shivering in a basement somewhere looking for reasons to hate Apple... I'm damn proud of it; APPLE SUCKS. And I'm obviously right to do so. Fanbois... lordy...
Today he drives a Mercedes and his parents own VW's.
Made by Japan's closest ally in WWII... ok...
Naw, I've been there (and hope to return for a quick vacation someday soon, love Japan, yeah, I'm a weaboo), they have packed in almost the entire population of the US into a space about the size of California. Even with the decline in people they need space. On top of that Japan is a mountainous, rocky country, and they want to grow all their own food? Not happening. Not enough space, plain and simple.
. As far as I understood it, the very unfortunate VLC situation came about when a purist developer of VLC demanded that Apple would release VLC without DRM...
That one prefers to respect users & developers alike makes him a "purist"? I'm feeling better about my 20 year descision to avoid Apple products more and more.
In other news the sky is blue, communusm is oppressive, and both the US & PRC governments don't like bad press. Nothing to see here.
"Overblown"...? Ok, take off that mac genius shirt right now...
'Linux is supposed to be hard so it's exclusive' is just the dumbest thing that a smart person could say.
He's right, you know,
Did Big Foot find it by using magic crystals to communicate with aliens who have the technology to find bacteria?
Not likely. China is growing tired of Peyongyang's shenanigans. It was cute when China was a fervent marxist state and a major exporter of revolutionary insurgence. But China's come of age, is a major world power. They're finding N. Korea's crap annoying lately. China and the US' s economic futures are entwined for the near term, going to war over N. Korean nonsense doesn't seem likely to me. What's far more likely is the US getting involved in a dust up between Japan and China.
Ok, you did read/see/are aware of the story in Mary Shelley's classic novel "Frankenstien: The Modern Prometheus"? And yes, I would rather see a dead body animated as a marionette rather than a brain-eating zombie or a Frankenstien's monster. Seriously, everything has to be spelled out to so many /.'rs. Maybe its a language thing...
This protocol does not require prior shared secrets or rely on a Public key infrastructure (PKI) or on certification authorities, in fact ephemeral Diffie-Hellman keys are generated on each session establishment: this allows the complexity of creating and maintaining a trusted third-party to be bypassed.
Pretty snazzy. Seems like it could have a lock on the convienence factor. Also could have a lot of exploit vectors.