But, I also see Microsoft being on the bandwagon if PPC does get popular. Which would also mean that we could install Windows on a mac, maybe that would also force apple to release OS X on x86 boxes.
I have to accept that. Plus I really do not see what has to gain from making Java Opensource. Sun is still a corporate entity looking to make profit. If they had made a different decision I really doubt that their stock owners would have held on to them
Ogg Vorbis, MP3, MPEG-4, FLAC...
Except that is not what the antitrust outcomes try to support. They are directed towards real and apple.
Windows has one of the best development environments.
It is easy to use and administrate on servers and desktops. MMC is probably one of the best things in the world. I wish there were admin apps with MMC extensibility on Linux.
SUSE's YAST is the only app that comes close.
AD with GPOs make admin task a whole lot easier.
ACtually my debian systems at work authenticate through our MS kerberos servers without a problem. I do not know why you would have a problem with it at all. I just had to add one of our DCs to the list.
There is no question about the fact that I would love to directx APIs on debian so i have Sands of time. But guess what, that is how it is in the coporate world, everything is proprietary. But when we have OpenGL, which most games do support, why do we need DirectX anyways. Windows has one of the BEST UIs of all the OSes, there is a reason why KDE took after it. Explorer is still the best file manager i have seen built into any OS. Xandros's File Manager also does a great job.(Just had to mention it). With a good administrator, Windows is probably the one of the best platforms out there.
But Windows has its downsides, parts of it stagnate after a while eg. IE, OE, and whole lot of others. Applying patches and having to reboot ( I hate the fact that OS X is the same way now).
I do have Freedom from megacorps shoving things into my mouth. How the hell else do you think I have linux intalled on my computer. You MS did that for me.
Brand Name.... Go to dell, IBM and HP they all have brand name computers with linux alternatives.
I use MS at home because i am smart. I know i have access all my apps, I know I can build my applications for most of clients. You must retarted to think that people use windows only for the reasons you mentioned. Shows your ignorance or shows MS the devil attitude. I really dont know which one.
Slashdot readers do not support the main opposition in the media player wars... ask around and find who the in the hell installs Real. I would not, I use WMP on my computer, I have more control over it and what it does. Niether Quicktime nor Real offers that kinda of functionality.
I am also a Debian User, and have been for a while now. But only when you learn the advantages of windows, will you learn what linux needs to do. Plain and Simple Windows advantages do not stop at MS monopoly.
Even though I diagree with your views, I so think MS deserves this ruling, but I also do think it not going to hurt them one bit.
Except these worms now are not in attachments, they are part of the email message itself. It uses an activex vulnerability amoung others to attack the computer.
If people patched their computers, the virus would not have an effect on the computer. Atleast not this one.
MSN search would have to come up in popularity. But if you think Google is popular, Microsoft would be the star of all software companies people know of.
Whether or not it is best tends not to matter as much as brand name to most people.
Yah, india still has some organized crime, no questions asked. But the US has the wonderful drug system. Look at how many people deal drugs,, use them, are in jail because of them etc.... Think that is organized?
Hindu-Muslim bash heh, Ofcourse they have hindu-muslim fight each other, but look at the civil war stats, See how many americans killed each other, or maybe we should look at gun violence in the US. or do we want to look at highschool shootings,
India does have a lot of povery, that is usually what it means when you are developing country, where almost 60% depends on agriculture. But US has its share, maybe you really should walk around south chicago area, queens etc. Healthcare is an even bigger prolbem in the US. You would never hear "Sorry you do not have money or insurance, we cant treat you." in india atleast.
On the other hand US does not have Pakistan, but it does have Iraq, Al Kaeda. That think that is more than enough wars.
Train service in india might not have air cooling, but it is much better than in the US anyday. But they do lack interstates, and a well developed air travel.
Oh they do not have DMCAa either.
But US overall is a better place to live in, but both places have their share of problems.
PS: They cant load cows on trains.
I would disagree. I know a lot of people like me, that watch TV all the time. But they also play video games. There are enough tv shows like simpsons, family guy, futurama to keep us awake.
I think that Sony forgot to take into consideration that there are multiple TVs in a home, and some people play games, while others can watch TV at the same time.
Because FQDN, requires a DNS lookup on the server that is reading the XML to verify.
If you have done any sort automated DNS lookups, you would realize how slow DNS really is.
I think you're overgeneralizing from Microsoft and their vendors. With a Mac, yeah it comes w/ iTunes and Sherlock and whatnot. But you can use other programs without any negative consequences
I do not know about you, but i can run just about anything on windows too. Hell I run KDE on windows sometimes, oh and on my mac, and on my linux and oh wait on my BSDs tooo.
I like opensource. I get to do what i want, where i want
In this scenario, it is not ignorance of the law we are dealing with. We are dealing with not knowing what you are downloading.
If you sign official documents, you would notice a line that says,
to the best of my knowledge and belief, they are true, correct
So when you did download a file that was named as something else you cannot be held responsible.
On the other hand if you hold on to the file after you realize that it is the windows source you will be in trouble.
Think about it as a virus.... If you accidentally clicked on a virus, you are not going to get into any trouble. If it was intentional you will.
Even though there are people that want just a regular cellphone, i would think that nowadays it would actually not be worth the price for any manufacturer to make them.
When i went to the sprint PCS store a month ago, i did not see a single phone that was B&W. All of them had all the shiny new features, withthe cheapest one being $40. I dont think i will have a problem shelling out 40$ on a phone that does have some of those 'cool' games.
Whoever modded you down knew you were full of shit... Yes i am picky about the BSD i use cause it is my firewall, and i want the best there can be. and IIS offers me one of the most powerful Application servers. And guess what IIS6 is secure. And the fact that you believe that you cannot do anything in windows unless you login as root shows how much you actually know about windows. Get with the times dude, people do not like to Windows 9x in companies, they stick with 2K or XP on the desktop. Of course I am bill gates no wonder i am praising OpenBSD right? Fact is I know which OS to do what, and that what i like to do. You may be able to ask me to go back, but what you do have to realize is as much as MS likes to make money, they did do a good job with Win 2K3/IIS6 as an application server.
Ya, maybe if you used IE on Windows 2003, you would realize there is not a single hole in IE you can really use to compromise the system..
Oh Mr. Frito, dont login as root to run a browser. I dont know why people like you post anything about security issues, when you should learn that security is all about the admin and never really about the OS. The OS just helps. I would not put even an OpenBSD system out there without making sure i secure it. And it is the only system i really do trust, not linux, not freebsd, not windows.
And what cool OS do you use that has not had any security holes.
windows can lock down apps, and the admin can specify which applications are ok and which are not.
Check out Group Policy before you decide on what windows can and cannot do
Well the combination has nothing to do with it. Windows 2003 is extremely stable. and i block every other port other than 80, and 443. Then any source of attack is restricted to IIS. Now tell me, why any windows hole would affect my system. (Which i always patch too)
My intention was in no way shape or form to support Microsoft. Just to point as to why there are more IIS based worms/hack compared to apache.
Personally i use both IIS6 and apache 2, and i like them both. But IIS6 seems to be much better app server than apache is now. And there has not been any exploits for it yet unlike windows itself.
Simple, Netcraft does not scan every IP to search for web servers. On the other hand, every damn Windows 2K server out there probably has IIS installed on it.
Now if you take those numbers, and see you will realize this is one of the reasons.
The other being that apache runs on variety of OSes which means that a hole if found, has to have multiple implementations so that hey can work on multiple platforms.
What do you think, a exe file that can use a apache exploit would work on linux....
None what so ever, except that MS owns more than 60% of the industry, why means it has to obey rules that are differnt, and more restrictive.
Eg. KDE does the same, so does gnome, and every other GUI. But the fact is they do not have 90% of the market.
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yes and a completely open architecture would feed these engineers how??
But, I also see Microsoft being on the bandwagon if PPC does get popular. Which would also mean that we could install Windows on a mac, maybe that would also force apple to release OS X on x86 boxes.
I have to accept that. Plus I really do not see what has to gain from making Java Opensource. Sun is still a corporate entity looking to make profit. If they had made a different decision I really doubt that their stock owners would have held on to them
Except I am guessing this would be next round of antitrust lawsuits against microsoft in the next 3-4 years.
Ogg Vorbis, MP3, MPEG-4, FLAC... Except that is not what the antitrust outcomes try to support. They are directed towards real and apple.
Windows has one of the best development environments.
It is easy to use and administrate on servers and desktops. MMC is probably one of the best things in the world. I wish there were admin apps with MMC extensibility on Linux.
SUSE's YAST is the only app that comes close.
AD with GPOs make admin task a whole lot easier.
ACtually my debian systems at work authenticate through our MS kerberos servers without a problem. I do not know why you would have a problem with it at all. I just had to add one of our DCs to the list.
There is no question about the fact that I would love to directx APIs on debian so i have Sands of time. But guess what, that is how it is in the coporate world, everything is proprietary. But when we have OpenGL, which most games do support, why do we need DirectX anyways.
Windows has one of the BEST UIs of all the OSes, there is a reason why KDE took after it. Explorer is still the best file manager i have seen built into any OS. Xandros's File Manager also does a great job.(Just had to mention it). With a good administrator, Windows is probably the one of the best platforms out there.
But Windows has its downsides, parts of it stagnate after a while eg. IE, OE, and whole lot of others. Applying patches and having to reboot ( I hate the fact that OS X is the same way now).
I do have Freedom from megacorps shoving things into my mouth. How the hell else do you think I have linux intalled on my computer. You MS did that for me.
Brand Name.... Go to dell, IBM and HP they all have brand name computers with linux alternatives.
I use MS at home because i am smart. I know i have access all my apps, I know I can build my applications for most of clients. You must retarted to think that people use windows only for the reasons you mentioned. Shows your ignorance or shows MS the devil attitude. I really dont know which one.
Slashdot readers do not support the main opposition in the media player wars... ask around and find who the in the hell installs Real. I would not, I use WMP on my computer, I have more control over it and what it does. Niether Quicktime nor Real offers that kinda of functionality.
I am also a Debian User, and have been for a while now. But only when you learn the advantages of windows, will you learn what linux needs to do. Plain and Simple Windows advantages do not stop at MS monopoly.
Even though I diagree with your views, I so think MS deserves this ruling, but I also do think it not going to hurt them one bit.
Except these worms now are not in attachments, they are part of the email message itself. It uses an activex vulnerability amoung others to attack the computer.
If people patched their computers, the virus would not have an effect on the computer. Atleast not this one.
funny i am indian....
That does show someone elses arrogance though
Accepting someone elses design is almost admitting that a under funded agency can bring up better plans than NASA.
And what makes you think NASA does not have a better one on their plans.
MSN search would have to come up in popularity. But if you think Google is popular, Microsoft would be the star of all software companies people know of.
Whether or not it is best tends not to matter as much as brand name to most people.
Apple could maybe use this and come out with those wonderful g5 powerbooks some time soon.
Ahhhh.... G5 powerbook....drooling...
Yah, india still has some organized crime, no questions asked. But the US has the wonderful drug system. Look at how many people deal drugs,, use them, are in jail because of them etc.... Think that is organized?
Hindu-Muslim bash heh, Ofcourse they have hindu-muslim fight each other, but look at the civil war stats, See how many americans killed each other, or maybe we should look at gun violence in the US. or do we want to look at highschool shootings,
India does have a lot of povery, that is usually what it means when you are developing country, where almost 60% depends on agriculture. But US has its share, maybe you really should walk around south chicago area, queens etc. Healthcare is an even bigger prolbem in the US. You would never hear "Sorry you do not have money or insurance, we cant treat you." in india atleast.
On the other hand US does not have Pakistan, but it does have Iraq, Al Kaeda. That think that is more than enough wars.
Train service in india might not have air cooling, but it is much better than in the US anyday. But they do lack interstates, and a well developed air travel.
Oh they do not have DMCAa either.
But US overall is a better place to live in, but both places have their share of problems.
PS: They cant load cows on trains.
I would disagree. I know a lot of people like me, that watch TV all the time. But they also play video games. There are enough tv shows like simpsons, family guy, futurama to keep us awake.
I think that Sony forgot to take into consideration that there are multiple TVs in a home, and some people play games, while others can watch TV at the same time.
Come on MS would never do that....
They would just convert it to a wma with DRM.
Because FQDN, requires a DNS lookup on the server that is reading the XML to verify. If you have done any sort automated DNS lookups, you would realize how slow DNS really is.
I think you're overgeneralizing from Microsoft and their vendors. With a Mac, yeah it comes w/ iTunes and Sherlock and whatnot. But you can use other programs without any negative consequences
I do not know about you, but i can run just about anything on windows too. Hell I run KDE on windows sometimes, oh and on my mac, and on my linux and oh wait on my BSDs tooo.
I like opensource. I get to do what i want, where i want
In this scenario, it is not ignorance of the law we are dealing with. We are dealing with not knowing what you are downloading. If you sign official documents, you would notice a line that says, to the best of my knowledge and belief, they are true, correct
So when you did download a file that was named as something else you cannot be held responsible. On the other hand if you hold on to the file after you realize that it is the windows source you will be in trouble.
Think about it as a virus.... If you accidentally clicked on a virus, you are not going to get into any trouble. If it was intentional you will.
Even though there are people that want just a regular cellphone, i would think that nowadays it would actually not be worth the price for any manufacturer to make them.
When i went to the sprint PCS store a month ago, i did not see a single phone that was B&W. All of them had all the shiny new features, withthe cheapest one being $40. I dont think i will have a problem shelling out 40$ on a phone that does have some of those 'cool' games.
Whoever modded you down knew you were full of shit...
Yes i am picky about the BSD i use cause it is my firewall, and i want the best there can be.
and IIS offers me one of the most powerful Application servers. And guess what IIS6 is secure.
And the fact that you believe that you cannot do anything in windows unless you login as root shows how much you actually know about windows. Get with the times dude, people do not like to Windows 9x in companies, they stick with 2K or XP on the desktop.
Of course I am bill gates no wonder i am praising OpenBSD right?
Fact is I know which OS to do what, and that what i like to do. You may be able to ask me to go back, but what you do have to realize is as much as MS likes to make money, they did do a good job with Win 2K3/IIS6 as an application server.
Ya, maybe if you used IE on Windows 2003, you would realize there is not a single hole in IE you can really use to compromise the system..
Oh Mr. Frito, dont login as root to run a browser. I dont know why people like you post anything about security issues, when you should learn that security is all about the admin and never really about the OS. The OS just helps. I would not put even an OpenBSD system out there without making sure i secure it. And it is the only system i really do trust, not linux, not freebsd, not windows. And what cool OS do you use that has not had any security holes.
windows can lock down apps, and the admin can specify which applications are ok and which are not. Check out Group Policy before you decide on what windows can and cannot do
Well the combination has nothing to do with it. Windows 2003 is extremely stable. and i block every other port other than 80, and 443. Then any source of attack is restricted to IIS. Now tell me, why any windows hole would affect my system. (Which i always patch too)
My intention was in no way shape or form to support Microsoft. Just to point as to why there are more IIS based worms/hack compared to apache.
Personally i use both IIS6 and apache 2, and i like them both. But IIS6 seems to be much better app server than apache is now. And there has not been any exploits for it yet unlike windows itself.
Simple, Netcraft does not scan every IP to search for web servers. On the other hand, every damn Windows 2K server out there probably has IIS installed on it. Now if you take those numbers, and see you will realize this is one of the reasons. The other being that apache runs on variety of OSes which means that a hole if found, has to have multiple implementations so that hey can work on multiple platforms. What do you think, a exe file that can use a apache exploit would work on linux....
None what so ever, except that MS owns more than 60% of the industry, why means it has to obey rules that are differnt, and more restrictive. Eg. KDE does the same, so does gnome, and every other GUI. But the fact is they do not have 90% of the market.