No, but I will state that I think 2017 is teh year of the Linux desktop!
Um, if you read the comment, I stated I liked WM10 better but realize it is dying. In fact, check out the speed of opening an HTML email on Outlook under Iphone vs. Windows Mobile. The Iphone is faster using the same WiFi.
As one of the last ten people on the planet with a Windows Phone (950xl and Elite X3) but using an Iphone 7+ also, I wondered about the decision. Sure, there may be a great UI and decent app, but there's so many things that Microsoft does better on Android and Iphone that just don't work on Windows Mobile 10.
we all know the end was near when dunkin donuts removed the app from the Windows store.
Unless I'm wrong all software is simply a binary representation of words put together using an IDE or compiler. Hence patents do not belong. Amazing how the software industry has blinded us.
Also, I see little difference between "One Click" and other sites. It is jus simply allowing me to bypass the usual confirmation
I still miss Program Manager. That was so much more intuitive than the idiotic Start menu. As a Windows 10 user I have the start screen and am more productive. I don't understand the hate towards Windows OSX.
Loved the Windows mobile, but that ship has sailed.
With MS removing staff, it will be time for teh Linux desktop!
(insert evil laugh here)
Seriously, this is kind of normal. My MS sales reps and my TAM are all mono-focused on the Cloud and what Azure and Azure Government can do for us to leverage computing (as well as ensure future subscriptions).
They don't even mention phones or mobile devices anymore. The focus is now "how can we move your 200TB of on prem storage into Azure and get your on a subscription model."
PS: Slashdot mods, sorry about the OT introduction. I promise to be more behaved in the future.
I know this may seem coincidental, but I recall MS just recently switched to Git for their source code. Wonder if one of their Linux servers were running unprotected.
I was honestly expecting someone to post this and how we should all be using slack with everything done using the CLI.
I worked hard to use Linux (either openSUSE or Ubuntu) as my main OS for several years. There are things that just don't work well, and other things that don't work in VM's which force me to use Windows. As it is, Win10 is as good - if not better than - Windows 2000. I'll still fire up Ubuntu for various things but mostly use Windows just fine.
As long as there's no viable competitor to MS Office, they have the business market by the short and curlies.
Sorry, should have been more specific. I'm sure MS isn't worried *now* but they probably want to ensure the next generation grows up with Office. I work for a company with 77,000 O365 accounts - we pay some ridiculously low amount for each. That's all well and good for those of us in the workforce. However, the next generation may not look so favorably.
<quote><p>Google is taking it from Apple and its resulted in a marked increase in the quality of candidates. </p></quote>Concur. As a hiring manager, I have had to wade through hundreds of less than stellar candidates over the years. Even those with CS degrees came out with few technical skills.
My two sons are in high school. They use Google Docs, Android phones, and gmail for all school related work. They even submit papers using Google Docs and share using various Google tools.
I have mentioned to many co-workers that Microsoft should be very worried about their hegemony in the office when this generation comes out into the workforce and doesn't demand Office or Windows on the desktop.
I drank (past tense) diet soda often. I wasn't fat. Still am not. I'd read correlative evidence of dementia as well as insulin resistance so I gave up. Coffee (unsweetened) is way better.
Not quite that easy. User and analyst come together and define requirements. Analyst writes specifications, gives to developers, runs UAT with sprint and all looks good.
Code implemented in production and unrelated issue occurs due to change in code that then forces some other item to be wonky.
Well, I'll be one of the five upgrading. Bummer I can't currently find my 950xl because I'd like to try the upgrade on Fast Ring before I commit my X3. I think I see where MS is headed with "mobile" - a future where a device runs the same kernel (OneCore) as a desktop or game console. The device may or may not have a screen (similar to Roku or Google Alexa).
If worse comes to worse I'll fire up my SGS6 and play Pokémon Go! for two minutes until I get bored.
My humble apologies. Apparently I needed to include the tag. A: Linux is somewhat irrelevant as a desktop anymore (I have a few dozen blades running a mix of Red Hat and SUSE in one of my server rooms)   B: The year of any desktop was supplanted by Android and Ios.  I'm writing this on my phone now.
I all but gave up on Linux being a viable operating system when Ubuntu switched from Gnome to Unity. So happy that I can start running it again and that I'll finally see the year of the Linux desktop.
So I'm one of the 0.5% using Windows Mobile 10. I enjoy the OS, and prefer it to Android or the other mobile OS that people seem to like. I can see why the numbers are dwindling though. Worldwide, IOS is small and on expensive proprietary hardware. Android - though it is not as secure as IOS or Windows - is easily consumed whether one buys a US $2,500 Huawei Porsche Mate 9 (http://www.welectronics.com/gsm/HUAWEI/HUAWEI-Mate9-Porsche-Design.HTML) or an off-brand devices for under US$50. Microsoft really shot themselves in the proverbial foot changing from Windows 7 to Windows 8 then to Windows 10. I see what they hope to achieve with Windows 10 and the unified platform but think it will be more of a change in a few years.
DST is absurd. I see no valid reason to change twice a year. Maybe in northern latitudes, the sun changes more drastically. I live in the south. I recall the old argument to switch off - that kids would be going to school in the dark - and thinking, "why don't they adjust the start time of school to something more reasonable than 8:00?"
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No, but I will state that I think 2017 is teh year of the Linux desktop!
Um, if you read the comment, I stated I liked WM10 better but realize it is dying. In fact, check out the speed of opening an HTML email on Outlook under Iphone vs. Windows Mobile. The Iphone is faster using the same WiFi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNyaTOtlhzs
As one of the last ten people on the planet with a Windows Phone (950xl and Elite X3) but using an Iphone 7+ also, I wondered about the decision. Sure, there may be a great UI and decent app, but there's so many things that Microsoft does better on Android and Iphone that just don't work on Windows Mobile 10.
we all know the end was near when dunkin donuts removed the app from the Windows store.
Ahh, it is only taxpayer dollars!
Unless I'm wrong all software is simply a binary representation of words put together using an IDE or compiler. Hence patents do not belong. Amazing how the software industry has blinded us.
Also, I see little difference between "One Click" and other sites. It is jus simply allowing me to bypass the usual confirmation
As it is, I have the stupid policy at work. I simply change my password from ******** to ******** and everything is good.
I still miss Program Manager. That was so much more intuitive than the idiotic Start menu. As a Windows 10 user I have the start screen and am more productive. I don't understand the hate towards Windows OSX.
Loved the Windows mobile, but that ship has sailed.
With MS removing staff, it will be time for teh Linux desktop!
(insert evil laugh here)
Seriously, this is kind of normal. My MS sales reps and my TAM are all mono-focused on the Cloud and what Azure and Azure Government can do for us to leverage computing (as well as ensure future subscriptions).
They don't even mention phones or mobile devices anymore. The focus is now "how can we move your 200TB of on prem storage into Azure and get your on a subscription model."
PS: Slashdot mods, sorry about the OT introduction. I promise to be more behaved in the future.
I know this may seem coincidental, but I recall MS just recently switched to Git for their source code. Wonder if one of their Linux servers were running unprotected.
...and that's when it decided to replicate itself."
That's what our grandkids will be telling their kids about the war between Mars and Earth.
As a former servant to cats and current owner of a dog, I concur. That was my first thought. Cats put up with us.
My point being that in 25 years (I may be off) there will be an affordable generic version of the drug.
If approved by the FDA, it will be ready to use in 25 years for the 99% who can't afford it now.
Last show I felt somewhat worthwhile was 24. Even that got stale. I'm not sure why we have a TV.
I was honestly expecting someone to post this and how we should all be using slack with everything done using the CLI.
I worked hard to use Linux (either openSUSE or Ubuntu) as my main OS for several years. There are things that just don't work well, and other things that don't work in VM's which force me to use Windows. As it is, Win10 is as good - if not better than - Windows 2000. I'll still fire up Ubuntu for various things but mostly use Windows just fine.
Oh, and i can use Bash in Windows
As long as there's no viable competitor to MS Office, they have the business market by the short and curlies.
Sorry, should have been more specific. I'm sure MS isn't worried *now* but they probably want to ensure the next generation grows up with Office. I work for a company with 77,000 O365 accounts - we pay some ridiculously low amount for each. That's all well and good for those of us in the workforce. However, the next generation may not look so favorably.<quote><p>Google is taking it from Apple and its resulted in a marked increase in the quality of candidates. </p></quote>Concur. As a hiring manager, I have had to wade through hundreds of less than stellar candidates over the years. Even those with CS degrees came out with few technical skills.
My two sons are in high school. They use Google Docs, Android phones, and gmail for all school related work. They even submit papers using Google Docs and share using various Google tools.
I have mentioned to many co-workers that Microsoft should be very worried about their hegemony in the office when this generation comes out into the workforce and doesn't demand Office or Windows on the desktop.
Otherwise people will eventually find out that sugar, not fat, makes people fat.
This is news?
10 CLS
20 PRINT "YEP, BASIC ON A TRS-80 WITH ONLY CAPS AVAILABLE"
30 GOTO 20
Loved simple languages and only 4K of RAM.
I drank (past tense) diet soda often. I wasn't fat. Still am not. I'd read correlative evidence of dementia as well as insulin resistance so I gave up. Coffee (unsweetened) is way better.
Not quite that easy. User and analyst come together and define requirements. Analyst writes specifications, gives to developers, runs UAT with sprint and all looks good.
Code implemented in production and unrelated issue occurs due to change in code that then forces some other item to be wonky.
Bug.
Well, I'll be one of the five upgrading. Bummer I can't currently find my 950xl because I'd like to try the upgrade on Fast Ring before I commit my X3. I think I see where MS is headed with "mobile" - a future where a device runs the same kernel (OneCore) as a desktop or game console. The device may or may not have a screen (similar to Roku or Google Alexa).
If worse comes to worse I'll fire up my SGS6 and play Pokémon Go! for two minutes until I get bored.
My humble apologies. Apparently I needed to include the tag. A: Linux is somewhat irrelevant as a desktop anymore (I have a few dozen blades running a mix of Red Hat and SUSE in one of my server rooms)   B: The year of any desktop was supplanted by Android and Ios.  I'm writing this on my phone now.
I all but gave up on Linux being a viable operating system when Ubuntu switched from Gnome to Unity. So happy that I can start running it again and that I'll finally see the year of the Linux desktop.
So I'm one of the 0.5% using Windows Mobile 10. I enjoy the OS, and prefer it to Android or the other mobile OS that people seem to like. I can see why the numbers are dwindling though. Worldwide, IOS is small and on expensive proprietary hardware. Android - though it is not as secure as IOS or Windows - is easily consumed whether one buys a US $2,500 Huawei Porsche Mate 9 (http://www.welectronics.com/gsm/HUAWEI/HUAWEI-Mate9-Porsche-Design.HTML) or an off-brand devices for under US$50. Microsoft really shot themselves in the proverbial foot changing from Windows 7 to Windows 8 then to Windows 10. I see what they hope to achieve with Windows 10 and the unified platform but think it will be more of a change in a few years.
Exactly what I was thinking! I was waiting for that to eventually happen - Buttle > Tuttle?
DST is absurd. I see no valid reason to change twice a year. Maybe in northern latitudes, the sun changes more drastically. I live in the south. I recall the old argument to switch off - that kids would be going to school in the dark - and thinking, "why don't they adjust the start time of school to something more reasonable than 8:00?"
Not looking forward to tomorrow.