Why is business week trying to stop MS from shooting themselves in the foot? Honestly-- whether or not you like linux or other "alternative" operating systems having several widely used OSs encourages innovation. Microsoft has been trying harder than ever to create a worthwhile product and a lot of that has to do with trying to stay ahead of competition (especially in the server arena).
it isn't too much to ask for an internal programming team to know how to correctly use APIs the company developed. It *is* pathetic when they make mistakes like this. Just because they are big doesn't mean they have an excuse to be unorganized-- though having that meany employees is usually a consequence of being unorganized, and for that matter, usually makes things worse.
executing a program is one thing-- allowing the installation and execution of a virus is another.Since most windows users run as admins it is enough just to gain some access to the user's account (maybe through firefox) to install malicious code. Of course, as the article suggests, the "bug" only exists when IE7 is installed.
also... i'm pretty sure if windows was a person he would punch himself in the genitals if he was asked to.
All the intertwined security problems HAVE to be caused by firefox, right? I mean-- Microsoft surely knows how to write applications using their own APIs on the operating system *they* developed.
scientists: car exhaust and industrial pollutants have caused increased rates of cancer in the Los Angelos area.
white house edit: car exhaust and industrial pollutants have not caused increased rates of cancer in the LA area.
do you think they'll abuse this?
i understand the point you set out to make-- but one would have to be an idiot to think windows 3.1 was the first version of windows, and i am *not* an idiot. So your sarcasm aside-- i am simply making the point that the industry does have to be pushed into advances sometimes. As much as I hate the windows 9x line it *did* force software companies and consumers alike to take a step forward.
Also-- just because i'm 23 doesn't mean i don't remember windows 3.0 and some ncurses looking pile of crap that was part of the windows 2.x line.
windows 95 executed 32 programs and drivers with very few problems. My linux distro has both 32bit and 64bit drivers. The problem is most people will continue to install whatever they are told is "most compatible" and as long as that continues drivers are less likely to be rebuilt to support 64bit Windows. Honestly-- most of the time, it really is as simple as a recompile.
I think all the xen users out there will agree with me when i say "yes!!!!!!!!!!!". I'm actually quite impressed, given what is involved in maintaining xen in the kernel, that this happened as soon as it did.
Is it really neccessary to support 32bit processors when it probably won't run on anything that doesn't support 64bit anyway? Kind of like Windows 3.1 being 16bit when it wouldn't run on anything older than a 386 (32bit) anyway.
this is just another example of hair trigger IT morons with nothing but an MIS (Management Information Systems) degree and experience working on their mom's computer. I can hear it now, "but they are cisco certified!!!". Yeah- certification.. spend a few hours studying some high level networking material, take a test-- now your an *expert*. always blaming whatever is new touching their "pristine" networks.
this is true... the real problem lies in the fact that in a lot of software companies (like the one i work for), management has no reference for what incompetent is-- i mean, they're tasked with hiring people that are suppose to know more about the IT field than themselves. To put it in a not-so-polite way, idiots are tasked with trying to _not_ hire idiots... and, of course, it doesn't work.
no user is going to be able to install such a dangerous "driver" without root access in the first place-- anyone can build a program, intentionally or accidently, that comprimises a system when ran/installed as root.
not only is this article plain and simply fud (you could argue *any* piece of software requires training-- and honestly, if you are so *stupid* you can't figure out a word processor, maybe you aren't qualified for the job) it also shouldn't be news every time some company switches to or from MS Office.
but It seems that the OOXML format is intentionally large/bloated and hard to implement. I get the feeling that MS wants people to implement the "standard" to the best of their ability while changing things ever so slightly in the MS office implementation-- like what they did with the Microsoft Java VM. This way the majority of people (most of which already use MS office) will be hesitant to ever switch to a competing product.
dumbass? its immature little pieces of.. . that make me hesitant to post anything on slashdot. If you read what i wrote i spoke of credit where credit was due. Redhat is legitimetly trying to make their Xen implementation look like their own.
Redhat Enterprise Linux refers to xen as Redhat Virtualization. Sure- the actual binaries are referred to as Xen, but the documentation gives virtually NO credit where credit is due. If I were a Xen developer, i'd be insulted.
hm. maybe people would take your opinions more seriously if your alias wasn't msfanboi2. personally, my computing experience has been much more enjoyable since i switched to osx/linux at home and at work. if you've found a way to spend 50% of your time on windows maintaining it-- good for you.
why would anybody intentionally subject themselves to an OS like this? Lets see...
1. Buy Vista ($$$)
2. Buy screaming fast new hardware-- just to make it usable.
3. Buy Antivirus software ($$$)
4. Spend most of your time at your computer servicing the OS (virus scans, spyware scans, updates, security patches, et al)..
5. worth it?
Haskell is very pretty. No junk characters like curly braces or semi colons. Also- being as it is a functional programming language, it is also very elegant.
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Why is business week trying to stop MS from shooting themselves in the foot? Honestly-- whether or not you like linux or other "alternative" operating systems having several widely used OSs encourages innovation. Microsoft has been trying harder than ever to create a worthwhile product and a lot of that has to do with trying to stay ahead of competition (especially in the server arena).
it isn't too much to ask for an internal programming team to know how to correctly use APIs the company developed. It *is* pathetic when they make mistakes like this. Just because they are big doesn't mean they have an excuse to be unorganized-- though having that meany employees is usually a consequence of being unorganized, and for that matter, usually makes things worse.
executing a program is one thing-- allowing the installation and execution of a virus is another.Since most windows users run as admins it is enough just to gain some access to the user's account (maybe through firefox) to install malicious code. Of course, as the article suggests, the "bug" only exists when IE7 is installed.
also... i'm pretty sure if windows was a person he would punch himself in the genitals if he was asked to.
All the intertwined security problems HAVE to be caused by firefox, right? I mean-- Microsoft surely knows how to write applications using their own APIs on the operating system *they* developed.
scientists: car exhaust and industrial pollutants have caused increased rates of cancer in the Los Angelos area. white house edit: car exhaust and industrial pollutants have not caused increased rates of cancer in the LA area. do you think they'll abuse this?
i understand the point you set out to make-- but one would have to be an idiot to think windows 3.1 was the first version of windows, and i am *not* an idiot. So your sarcasm aside-- i am simply making the point that the industry does have to be pushed into advances sometimes. As much as I hate the windows 9x line it *did* force software companies and consumers alike to take a step forward. Also-- just because i'm 23 doesn't mean i don't remember windows 3.0 and some ncurses looking pile of crap that was part of the windows 2.x line.
windows 95 executed 32 programs and drivers with very few problems. My linux distro has both 32bit and 64bit drivers. The problem is most people will continue to install whatever they are told is "most compatible" and as long as that continues drivers are less likely to be rebuilt to support 64bit Windows. Honestly-- most of the time, it really is as simple as a recompile.
I think all the xen users out there will agree with me when i say "yes!!!!!!!!!!!". I'm actually quite impressed, given what is involved in maintaining xen in the kernel, that this happened as soon as it did.
Is it really neccessary to support 32bit processors when it probably won't run on anything that doesn't support 64bit anyway? Kind of like Windows 3.1 being 16bit when it wouldn't run on anything older than a 386 (32bit) anyway.
this is just another example of hair trigger IT morons with nothing but an MIS (Management Information Systems) degree and experience working on their mom's computer. I can hear it now, "but they are cisco certified!!!". Yeah- certification.. spend a few hours studying some high level networking material, take a test-- now your an *expert*. always blaming whatever is new touching their "pristine" networks.
this is true... the real problem lies in the fact that in a lot of software companies (like the one i work for), management has no reference for what incompetent is-- i mean, they're tasked with hiring people that are suppose to know more about the IT field than themselves. To put it in a not-so-polite way, idiots are tasked with trying to _not_ hire idiots... and, of course, it doesn't work.
at least a large part of the problem are the incompetent masses that we refer to as "IT specialists". I'm surrounded by them.
no user is going to be able to install such a dangerous "driver" without root access in the first place-- anyone can build a program, intentionally or accidently, that comprimises a system when ran/installed as root.
this kinda take s the *magic* out of my opengl mobias screen saver. :(
i always thought the game boy name was corny
not only is this article plain and simply fud (you could argue *any* piece of software requires training-- and honestly, if you are so *stupid* you can't figure out a word processor, maybe you aren't qualified for the job) it also shouldn't be news every time some company switches to or from MS Office.
but It seems that the OOXML format is intentionally large/bloated and hard to implement. I get the feeling that MS wants people to implement the "standard" to the best of their ability while changing things ever so slightly in the MS office implementation-- like what they did with the Microsoft Java VM. This way the majority of people (most of which already use MS office) will be hesitant to ever switch to a competing product.
dumbass? its immature little pieces of.. . that make me hesitant to post anything on slashdot. If you read what i wrote i spoke of credit where credit was due. Redhat is legitimetly trying to make their Xen implementation look like their own.
Redhat Enterprise Linux refers to xen as Redhat Virtualization. Sure- the actual binaries are referred to as Xen, but the documentation gives virtually NO credit where credit is due. If I were a Xen developer, i'd be insulted.
hm. maybe people would take your opinions more seriously if your alias wasn't msfanboi2. personally, my computing experience has been much more enjoyable since i switched to osx/linux at home and at work. if you've found a way to spend 50% of your time on windows maintaining it-- good for you.
why would anybody intentionally subject themselves to an OS like this? Lets see...
1. Buy Vista ($$$)
2. Buy screaming fast new hardware-- just to make it usable.
3. Buy Antivirus software ($$$)
4. Spend most of your time at your computer servicing the OS (virus scans, spyware scans, updates, security patches, et al)..
5. worth it?
Haskell is very pretty. No junk characters like curly braces or semi colons. Also- being as it is a functional programming language, it is also very elegant.
didn't someone catch a colossal squid in a net accidently about 6 months ago?
wouldn't everyone who has copyrighted code int he linux kernel have to agree to change the license?
well at least there was some method for coming up with this number-- beats just pulling a number out of someones asshole.