Now that they're moving towards just supporting Windows Server on Itanium (no more HP-UX on PA-RISC, Tru64 and VMS on Alpha, or NonStop), they've become Microsoft's bitch.
Where'd you read that? They support a full range of OSes on Itanium and will for the foreseeable future.
HP cannot make its own MP3 player or sell another one, because of a Non-Competition agreement they made with Apple at the beginning of their iPod selling.
While not just a music player, does that include their IPaqs? I would think it wouldbe easy to get around it with their PDAs.
I didn't need to read any further. Sorry, but after a few years of Zaurus ownership, I know that theKompany doesn't really keep its word on the promises it throws out there. Their zaurus mail app is classic build it-drop it support.
Have a look at www.linux-sound.org. You won't find work-alikes for Reason, Rebirth or FL studio, but there really are plenty of decent audio apps out there.
Until this problem is solved, Linux will be an outsider.
I dunno...
My Midisport 8x8s, Delta 1010, NVidia GEForce, HP all-in-one printer, bluetooth, Canon digital camera, and pretty much any USB plugable device all seem to work well for me.
Crossover Office provides me with a decent framework for most windows apps I need to run too.
But then again, I've actually taken the time to find out wether things work or not. Maybe you could do the same.
I don't know that you could call this "true" IPTV, but RAI (italian network) have been offiering most of their programming on-demand via the web at: http://www.raiclick.rai.it/
It's wmv format, so it's not the best quailty, but it sure is nice to see multiple seasons worth of programming a click away for the user.
It's almost like they want us to download the torrent instead of tuning it to watch.
I'm interested in seeing if the download numbers are the same as last season.
We've lost a few easy-to-use torrent sites since last season. Yeah, there are still other sites out there, but they're far less public, and their websites suck as far as usability.
http://www.real.com/ apparently has MP3 license for their Linux player. I remember reading a notice from them about that when RealPlayer 10 was first released.
If you purchase Suse, it's the default mp3 player. There are other players included in the distro (such as xmms), but realplayer is the default.
If you're talking about desktops, #1) Do you allow unattended updates? (Shame on you if you do!) #2) If not, how is tomorrow morning going to be any different that any other morning release? Wait, that wouldn't be a problem, since you only test patches on limited machines first.
Actually, I don't see anywhere in the article that each blade has its own disk. The only thing I see mentioned is separate memory and CPU.
If anything, it's more akin to VM tech - we'll call it PM, since each machine has its own processor. And in that sense, each user does have their own dedicated server.
Isn't it unreasonable to expect that a Linux distribution ships with Flash and Java? Let me give you some news: Windows XP doesn't ship with Flash and Java either, and any simple Linux player beats Microsoft's WMP bloatness
My response was to the "going mainstream" comment, so no, I don't really think it's unreasonable to expect those in a "mainstream" distribution.
When someone tells me "it'll be mainstream" that means it has to compete with not just Windows XP, but a computer purchased at the local Best Buy/CompUSA, complete with Windows XP and many other (often crap) applications pre-loaded.
IMO Ubuntu is the distro most likely to break out into the main stream.
For this to happen a couple of things need to be included in the distro. I took a look around the Ubuntu home page a couldn't tell if they were included or not, but:
For the mainstream to accept a Linux desktop, it needs mpeg3 playability out of the box. And flash. And Java. To my knowledge, no Linux distro ships a decent video player (well, the player's are there, just not the codecs - you have to go download them).
I'll sound like a Suse fanboy, but Suse is the only distro I know that comes with the aforementioned apps ready out of the box, sans video codecs.
when we build new laptops or desktops we deploy FireFox with the Blue E icon instead of the Firefox Icon.
Every time I read one of these "I'm protecting the user by not telling them" posts I can't help but think you're doing a disservice to them, your business and the mozilla team.
My ISP, for example, makes sure on their pages that they prefer Firefox and encourage you to download it. Don't you think that's the more honest way to do things?
If I were a customer and found out you "tricked" me, as it were, you'd lose a customer.
Apart from the actual screen size, I think a better comparison would be with the Archos PMA 400. Or possibly the Zaurus CL-3000, but with out the 20 gig disk drive (the Zaurus does, however, offer a CF slot that takes micro hard drives and other CF storage).
Not to sound like a Zaurus fanboy, but I love the form factor of it. The Pepper Pad seems a tad too big to be able to throw in your jacket pocket and go.
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Where'd you read that? They support a full range of OSes on Itanium and will for the foreseeable future.
While not just a music player, does that include their IPaqs? I would think it wouldbe easy to get around it with their PDAs.
Germany.
That's obviously what I meant.
They had a major meltdown that lasted weeks for some of their customers.
And they're just one example. All VOIP providers have had significant problems at one point or another.
Mod me troll/flaimbait, but...
I didn't need to read any further. Sorry, but after a few years of Zaurus ownership, I know that theKompany doesn't really keep its word on the promises it throws out there. Their zaurus mail app is classic build it-drop it support.
Have a look at www.linux-sound.org. You won't find work-alikes for Reason, Rebirth or FL studio, but there really are plenty of decent audio apps out there.
I dunno...
My Midisport 8x8s, Delta 1010, NVidia GEForce, HP all-in-one printer, bluetooth, Canon digital camera, and pretty much any USB plugable device all seem to work well for me.
Crossover Office provides me with a decent framework for most windows apps I need to run too.
But then again, I've actually taken the time to find out wether things work or not. Maybe you could do the same.
It's wmv format, so it's not the best quailty, but it sure is nice to see multiple seasons worth of programming a click away for the user.
I'm interested in seeing if the download numbers are the same as last season.
We've lost a few easy-to-use torrent sites since last season. Yeah, there are still other sites out there, but they're far less public, and their websites suck as far as usability.
If you purchase Suse, it's the default mp3 player. There are other players included in the distro (such as xmms), but realplayer is the default.
Fraid s/he's not. The players are there, but in most (non-commercial) cases you have to explicitly go and download the codecs for mp3.
The commercial distros do include the codecs to play mp3s out of the box, though.
If you're talking about desktops, #1) Do you allow unattended updates? (Shame on you if you do!) #2) If not, how is tomorrow morning going to be any different that any other morning release? Wait, that wouldn't be a problem, since you only test patches on limited machines first.
Got it. The PDF isn't in the story itself. It's in one of the first poster's posts. Something I didn't check until you pointed it out.
Actually, I don't see anywhere in the article that each blade has its own disk. The only thing I see mentioned is separate memory and CPU.
If anything, it's more akin to VM tech - we'll call it PM, since each machine has its own processor. And in that sense, each user does have their own dedicated server.
That may very well change in the future, but paper's what they want now.
My response was to the "going mainstream" comment, so no, I don't really think it's unreasonable to expect those in a "mainstream" distribution.
When someone tells me "it'll be mainstream" that means it has to compete with not just Windows XP, but a computer purchased at the local Best Buy/CompUSA, complete with Windows XP and many other (often crap) applications pre-loaded.
For this to happen a couple of things need to be included in the distro. I took a look around the Ubuntu home page a couldn't tell if they were included or not, but:
For the mainstream to accept a Linux desktop, it needs mpeg3 playability out of the box. And flash. And Java. To my knowledge, no Linux distro ships a decent video player (well, the player's are there, just not the codecs - you have to go download them).
I'll sound like a Suse fanboy, but Suse is the only distro I know that comes with the aforementioned apps ready out of the box, sans video codecs.
Every time I read one of these "I'm protecting the user by not telling them" posts I can't help but think you're doing a disservice to them, your business and the mozilla team.
My ISP, for example, makes sure on their pages that they prefer Firefox and encourage you to download it. Don't you think that's the more honest way to do things?
If I were a customer and found out you "tricked" me, as it were, you'd lose a customer.
Looking at the screenshots, I don't see any difference in functionality. Only slight layout differences.
It's only available for Windows and PocketPC. I wouldn't really call that multiplatform.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/soft ware/Macintosh/osx/default.aspx
Did you take a look at the web page link? It's definitely not marketed towards any industrial niche.
Not to sound like a Zaurus fanboy, but I love the form factor of it. The Pepper Pad seems a tad too big to be able to throw in your jacket pocket and go.
You missed the point entirely.
Let me make it clear: It's not the version number of Windows. It's the fact that it runs only on Windows.