Remember, that in America at least, court cases are generally won by money not truth. On television, people win court cases on merit. Frankly, Micro$oft can throw in a few attorney's to fud things up and confuse the judge, then throw in a bribe or two to close the deal. It really is not relevant if M$ has any patents or not. They have money...like O.J. did.
Generally, in America, anyone can bitch and complain about any legal decision they don't agree with. They can accuse a Judge of accepting bribes with no facts to back them up. In America the complainers don't get shutup or thrown in jail. Judge Kotar-Kelly was obviously bought with Microsoft Money.
If you remember the OJ criminal trial, then you also remember the results of the Civil trial in which OJ was found guilty. All hell broke loose in Watts. OJ is now broke, getting denied Resturant seats, and taking advantage of the Florida homestead exemption.
I can proove you wrong so I must be a tool of the Bush/Rove conspiracy, correct?
That said, in today's environment, doesn't it seem a bit moronic to name your project after a mythical monster slain by a mythical hero from the Middle East? Isn't that just asking for people to see the US as the bad guys? Why, they didn't call it Ali Baba and the forty thieves. They called it a Hydra, you know, a creature from Greek mythology.
My Big Fat Greek programmer / cow-worker sitting in the next room would be insulted if you said he was from the Middle East.
I realize that people say this is to play 'backups', but do they really have that much trouble keeping the original playable?
Yes.
Original Media Survival Rate (OMSR) = MEDIALIFE / (#ofkids)^2;
This formula works for CDs, DVDs, VHS, Nintendo games etc. I think there is a gender bias in the formula, but I cant prove it because I have all boys. With my 3 kids, the original media survival rate (OMSR), is about 6 months. Occasionally there is a disturbance within the algorithm, the first Harry Potter movie (VHS) survived only three days.
I refuse to use FF2 anymore. It takes FOREVER to save images, and even worse, while it's taking forever, it essentially locks up FF, leaving it unusable for up to 2 minutes at a time. This is completely unacceptable, IE3 with a 56k connection saved images faster.
Delete the downloads.rdf from whatever directory your profile is stored in. Instead of complaining you could have just googled for "firefox slow downloads".
Graphical user interfaces, the way menus and windows look on the screen, breach 65.
Apple called, they want thier lawsuit back.
Apple Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 35 F.3d 1435 (9th Cir. 1994) was a copyright infringement lawsuit in which Apple Computer sought to prevent Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard from using visual graphical user interface (GUI) elements that were similar to those in Apple's Lisa and Macintosh operating systems. Some critics claimed that Apple was really attempting to gain all intellectual property rights over the desktop metaphor for computer interfaces, and perhaps all GUIs, on personal computers. Apple lost all claims in the lawsuit,...
putting data in HKLM (HKey_Local_Machine) when it doesn't need to be, is bad. HKCU (HKey_Current_User) does not require Admin Priveleges, nor does it bring up a UAC Prompt.
I never said writing to the registry was bad. Parent poster was blaming developers for writing to the registry when it was dictated to them by Microsoft. Correct me if I'm wrong, but only with Vista can you mark your MSI software package as not requiring admin password.
IF developers would program their programs right we wouldnt have this problem. If they made something like a game install without having to be an admin then we wouldnt be having these problems. By this I mean. Why does a game have to install registry files?
So you blame developers for following Microsoft guidelines?
Microsoft dictates that Windows programs (games, utilities, etc), write to the registry. Its part of the "Windows Certification" process. You should be asking yourself why Microsoft didn't allow for individual application registries or even better, why they discontinued the Windows INI APIs.
You will find the answer in the fact that you can no longer easily copy C:\Programs Files\WhizBangApp\ to a different Windows computer and have it work. Good for Microsoft and the programs vendor, bad for the computer user/software owner.
Its all about controlling how you use your "personal" computer.
In an effort to provide an affordable and simple introduction to personal computing, and as a result of ongoing collaborations with governments on PC access programs and increasing digital inclusion, Microsoft Corp. has developed Windows XP Starter Edition, an operating system designed for first-time PC users in developing technology markets.
If Microsoft were serious about providing affordable computing, they would offer this program to budget constrained schools world wide. They would offer the same license to the non-profits.
Speak for yourself. I have several boxed versions of SuSE, RedHat, and Mandrake. I have purchased plenty of games over at http://www.tuxgames.com/. I could have downloaded everything for free. I choose to pay for it because I'm too busy/lazy to contribute.
The big difference between Linux and Windows is I don't have Linus searching my computer during updates to see if its Genuine
I have most of the cinemaware titles on my IIgs. My kids play the crap out of DOTC and Zany Golf from EA. Never played King of Chicago. I think Cinemaware hit its peak with the release of the three Stooges:)
Entertaining the possibility that Microsoft's patent is indeed valid and without prior art, the code should no longer be considered GPL licensed and thus only those entities with a valid license would be allowed to distribute it.
Ironically the only OS that I know of that is genuinely unstable - independent of drivers and 3rd party causes - is Linux 2.6 (at least until recently), and has been for several years. That perhaps explains why webhosts have been so reluctant to upgrade from 2.4 even despite the scalability advantages which should be a big advantage to shared hosts.
You obviously have never installed MS-DOS 4.0. and your an expert on stable/unstable OS upgrades.
I'd really like to hear why you think any Linux kernel version of 2.6 is unstable. The Linux kernel driver internals change in between major kernel versions (You shouldn't --force load a 2.4.x driver in a 2.6.x kernel). If your 2.4.x Linux kernel is servicing your Web Server just fine, then why would you upgrade to 2.6.x? Unlike Windows, Linux kernel security fixes are maintained and back ported. Independent of drivers and 3rd parties, the linux kernel version is transparent to Linux user applications which are more dependent on the libc/libc++ library version (different subject).
Even my recent taiwanese adsl-router is based on a 2.4 kernel. And no amount of moaning from the masses seems to have changed that situation possibly indicating a flaw in the open-source model. Are you saying that your taiwanese adsl-router based on Linux doesn't work? Then why don't you take it back to the store and get your money refunded? If its based on Linux, then you should have access to the source code. You can either fix it yourself or buy someone like me a pint to do it for you. As bonus, you get to distribute changes for free (or charge a fee) to your amigos.
Even if one points to win32 'event' based synchronization objects as a source of instability Microsoft have introduced support for condition variables, effectively addressing that problem. WTF does this sentence mean, Im curious.
OS instability is almost always a case of drivers, and in anycase can be expected shortly after a major release. In what context do you make this claim? Thats just silly, and its a Microsoft specific problem. A 2.6.x Linux distribution doesn't ship with 2.4.x drivers making your computer unstable. A OS/2 v4 updrade from v3 didn't make my system unstable. OS7 didn't make my OS6 Mac unstable (etc). Have you ever performed a OS upgrade on a non-Microsoft computer?
You make excuses for Microsoft when none is needed. Truth speaks volumes. Microsoft changed the driver model to support secure audio/video (DRM) path. Nothing more, nothing less. You get 3D desktop thrown in as a placebo. You get extra CPU calls to (kernel GDI/MME subsystems) make sure your not a thief even when your not. With Vista 64bit you get the bonus of not being able to load your homemade windows driver that talks to that Whizbang realtime hobby device you built from scratch that lets your computer know when your dog wants out and opens the door.
Two brand new Dell Dimension Workstations ($1200 each) came into our office last week. One remimaged to XP (SP2) because office user said Vista (Pro) was slower than crap. The other was regulated to the lab for dual-boot Redhat/SuSE client testing. Vista wiped clean off it.
What Microsofts Marketing Machine states and what users do are two different things.
Not that it's unique to the graphics business... I talk about my Quantum hard drives, and people stare at me with utter confusion, the same way my dog does (yeah, she could never understand how to terminate a SCSI chain)...
I suspected I wasn't the only one. I have three spare Quantums in the closet for my legacy Macs:)
That crappy little C# CATALYST program sucks. The ATI hardware box advertises: compatible with Windows 98/2000/XP. Make sure you download 32megs of worthless.Net runtime in order to adjust your display card settings. Talk about software suckage.
Nvidia is not the only hardware company having problems with Vista. Creative is prepared (OpenAL), no one else is. AC97 soundcard? Buy a new one. S3 Graphics? Buy a new one. VIA graphics? Buy a new one.
My Nvidia drivers rock for Windows (98/2000/XP) and Linux. Thank you Nvidia. I'll buy your products again.
FOSS supporters need to recognize that Nvidia is not going to open up thier drivers as long as ATI is around. Am I the only Linux user left that remembers when we had no graphic card (Zero, Zilch, Nada) support or recognition?
If i recall correctly from my MSDN alerts/newletters, Microsoft changed the driver model twice during Vista development. Case closed.
His ubernerdish countenance and ostensibly tiny penis (If you saw him on video getting pied in the face, you know that he has no sense of humor) have left him with a complete sense of insecurity.
Not quite. If you remember a while back....
From a few idle doodles, the experts were able to offer a thorough assessment of Mr Blair [GATES] as an aggressive, unstable man under enormous pressure, struggling to keep his irritability under control. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1463867, 00.html
And this is somehow unacceptable? They're a portal with multiple service offerings. They also gain tremendous synergies from integrating these services, as do all portals.
you know, it wouldn't have taken very long for you to browse through the reactos svn, and see that alex is responsible for writing almost the ENTIRE hal and the lions share of the kernel. it's now at the point that many native win32 binary drivers successfully load and drive hardware on top of that hal/kernel, which is an incredible achievement.
Point made. My point isn't about ReactOS, its about Vista DRM and proving the workaround works.
Note to other people: before you start arguing with parent, notice the author.
What makes you think Alex knows anymore than the rest of us who have been hacking the NT kernal since 3.0x? Just because we don't contribute to ReactOS makes us inept? What decent programmer hasn't hooked the windows kernel to bend it to thier needs?
Slashdot Mirror
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_iRiver
Enjoy,
Remember, that in America at least, court cases are generally won by money not truth. On television, people win court cases on merit. Frankly, Micro$oft can throw in a few attorney's to fud things up and confuse the judge, then throw in a bribe or two to close the deal. It really is not relevant if M$ has any patents or not. They have money...like O.J. did.
Generally, in America, anyone can bitch and complain about any legal decision they don't agree with. They can accuse a Judge of accepting bribes with no facts to back them up. In America the complainers don't get shutup or thrown in jail. Judge Kotar-Kelly was obviously bought with Microsoft Money.
If you remember the OJ criminal trial, then you also remember the results of the Civil trial in which OJ was found guilty. All hell broke loose in Watts. OJ is now broke, getting denied Resturant seats, and taking advantage of the Florida homestead exemption.
I can proove you wrong so I must be a tool of the Bush/Rove conspiracy, correct?
Enjoy,
My Big Fat Greek programmer / cow-worker sitting in the next room would be insulted if you said he was from the Middle East.
Enjoy,
I realize that people say this is to play 'backups', but do they really have that much trouble keeping the original playable?
Yes.
Original Media Survival Rate (OMSR) = MEDIALIFE / (#ofkids)^2;
This formula works for CDs, DVDs, VHS, Nintendo games etc. I think there is a gender bias in the formula, but I cant prove it because I have all boys. With my 3 kids, the original media survival rate (OMSR), is about 6 months. Occasionally there is a disturbance within the algorithm, the first Harry Potter movie (VHS) survived only three days.
Enjoy,
I refuse to use FF2 anymore. It takes FOREVER to save images, and even worse, while it's taking forever, it essentially locks up FF, leaving it unusable for up to 2 minutes at a time. This is completely unacceptable, IE3 with a 56k connection saved images faster.
Delete the downloads.rdf from whatever directory your profile is stored in. Instead of complaining you could have just googled for "firefox slow downloads".
Enjoy,
Apple called, they want thier lawsuit back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_v._Microsoft
Enjoy,
putting data in HKLM (HKey_Local_Machine) when it doesn't need to be, is bad. HKCU (HKey_Current_User) does not require Admin Priveleges, nor does it bring up a UAC Prompt.
I never said writing to the registry was bad. Parent poster was blaming developers for writing to the registry when it was dictated to them by Microsoft. Correct me if I'm wrong, but only with Vista can you mark your MSI software package as not requiring admin password.
Enjoy,
IF developers would program their programs right we wouldnt have this problem. If they made something like a game install without having to be an admin then we wouldnt be having these problems. By this I mean. Why does a game have to install registry files?
So you blame developers for following Microsoft guidelines?
Microsoft dictates that Windows programs (games, utilities, etc), write to the registry. Its part of the "Windows Certification" process. You should be asking yourself why Microsoft didn't allow for individual application registries or even better, why they discontinued the Windows INI APIs.
You will find the answer in the fact that you can no longer easily copy C:\Programs Files\WhizBangApp\ to a different Windows computer and have it work. Good for Microsoft and the programs vendor, bad for the computer user/software owner.
Its all about controlling how you use your "personal" computer.
Enjoy,
Screw that. Hey EA, bring back Zany Golf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zany_Golf
Enjoy,
From the marketing department: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/ WinXPStarterFS.mspx
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In an effort to provide an affordable and simple introduction to personal computing, and as a result of ongoing collaborations with governments on PC access programs and increasing digital inclusion, Microsoft Corp. has developed Windows XP Starter Edition, an operating system designed for first-time PC users in developing technology markets.
This really seems like monopoly protection. Microsoft charges non-profits a charity version of XP for $139 http://www.dealtime.com/xPP-software--license_cat
If Microsoft were serious about providing affordable computing, they would offer this program to budget constrained schools world wide. They would offer the same license to the non-profits.
Enjoy,
Linux users do not pay for software;
Speak for yourself. I have several boxed versions of SuSE, RedHat, and Mandrake. I have purchased plenty of games over at http://www.tuxgames.com/. I could have downloaded everything for free. I choose to pay for it because I'm too busy/lazy to contribute.
The big difference between Linux and Windows is I don't have Linus searching my computer during updates to see if its Genuine
Enjoy,
I have most of the cinemaware titles on my IIgs. My kids play the crap out of DOTC and Zany Golf from EA. Never played King of Chicago. I think Cinemaware hit its peak with the release of the three Stooges :)
+10 Retro.
Enjoy,
Entertaining the possibility that Microsoft's patent is indeed valid and without prior art, the code should no longer be considered GPL licensed and thus only those entities with a valid license would be allowed to distribute it.
IANAL but view this article: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/08/clearty
SuSE Linux has never distributed Cleartype fonts, its always been a separate download.
Enjoy,
Ironically the only OS that I know of that is genuinely unstable - independent of drivers and 3rd party causes - is Linux 2.6 (at least until recently), and has been for several years. That perhaps explains why webhosts have been so reluctant to upgrade from 2.4 even despite the scalability advantages which should be a big advantage to shared hosts.
You obviously have never installed MS-DOS 4.0. and your an expert on stable/unstable OS upgrades.
I'd really like to hear why you think any Linux kernel version of 2.6 is unstable. The Linux kernel driver internals change in between major kernel versions (You shouldn't --force load a 2.4.x driver in a 2.6.x kernel). If your 2.4.x Linux kernel is servicing your Web Server just fine, then why would you upgrade to 2.6.x? Unlike Windows, Linux kernel security fixes are maintained and back ported. Independent of drivers and 3rd parties, the linux kernel version is transparent to Linux user applications which are more dependent on the libc/libc++ library version (different subject).
Even my recent taiwanese adsl-router is based on a 2.4 kernel. And no amount of moaning from the masses seems to have changed that situation possibly indicating a flaw in the open-source model.
Are you saying that your taiwanese adsl-router based on Linux doesn't work? Then why don't you take it back to the store and get your money refunded? If its based on Linux, then you should have access to the source code. You can either fix it yourself or buy someone like me a pint to do it for you. As bonus, you get to distribute changes for free (or charge a fee) to your amigos.
Even if one points to win32 'event' based synchronization objects as a source of instability Microsoft have introduced support for condition variables, effectively addressing that problem.
WTF does this sentence mean, Im curious.
OS instability is almost always a case of drivers, and in anycase can be expected shortly after a major release.
In what context do you make this claim? Thats just silly, and its a Microsoft specific problem. A 2.6.x Linux distribution doesn't ship with 2.4.x drivers making your computer unstable. A OS/2 v4 updrade from v3 didn't make my system unstable. OS7 didn't make my OS6 Mac unstable (etc). Have you ever performed a OS upgrade on a non-Microsoft computer?
You make excuses for Microsoft when none is needed. Truth speaks volumes. Microsoft changed the driver model to support secure audio/video (DRM) path. Nothing more, nothing less. You get 3D desktop thrown in as a placebo. You get extra CPU calls to (kernel GDI/MME subsystems) make sure your not a thief even when your not. With Vista 64bit you get the bonus of not being able to load your homemade windows driver that talks to that Whizbang realtime hobby device you built from scratch that lets your computer know when your dog wants out and opens the door.
How does Vista benefit you as computer owner?
Enjoy,
Two brand new Dell Dimension Workstations ($1200 each) came into our office last week. One remimaged to XP (SP2) because office user said Vista (Pro) was slower than crap. The other was regulated to the lab for dual-boot Redhat/SuSE client testing. Vista wiped clean off it.
What Microsofts Marketing Machine states and what users do are two different things.
Enjoy,
They didn't list my Linux profile. I just can't use Windows, its not for supervillians: http://www.ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54 *Flash*
Enjoy,
It sounds like the developer from Intel needs to ask IBM:
r y/l-ipc2lin1.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/libra
Enjoy,
Oooooooooh, that's gotta hurt!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228246/quotes
Enjoy,
Not that it's unique to the graphics business... I talk about my Quantum hard drives, and people stare at me with utter confusion, the same way my dog does (yeah, she could never understand how to terminate a SCSI chain)...
I suspected I wasn't the only one. I have three spare Quantums in the closet for my legacy Macs
Enjoy,
BEER RANT
.Net runtime in order to adjust your display card settings. Talk about software suckage.
That crappy little C# CATALYST program sucks. The ATI hardware box advertises: compatible with Windows 98/2000/XP. Make sure you download 32megs of worthless
Nvidia is not the only hardware company having problems with Vista. Creative is prepared (OpenAL), no one else is. AC97 soundcard? Buy a new one. S3 Graphics? Buy a new one. VIA graphics? Buy a new one.
My Nvidia drivers rock for Windows (98/2000/XP) and Linux. Thank you Nvidia. I'll buy your products again.
FOSS supporters need to recognize that Nvidia is not going to open up thier drivers as long as ATI is around. Am I the only Linux user left that remembers when we had no graphic card (Zero, Zilch, Nada) support or recognition?
If i recall correctly from my MSDN alerts/newletters, Microsoft changed the driver model twice during Vista development. Case closed.
End Beer Rant
Enjoy,
His ubernerdish countenance and ostensibly tiny penis (If you saw him on video getting pied in the face, you know that he has no sense of humor) have left him with a complete sense of insecurity.
, 00.html
Not quite. If you remember a while back....
From a few idle doodles, the experts were able to offer a thorough assessment of Mr Blair [GATES] as an aggressive, unstable man under enormous pressure, struggling to keep his irritability under control.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1463867
Enjoy,
And this is somehow unacceptable? They're a portal with multiple service offerings.
They also gain tremendous synergies from integrating these services, as do all portals.
You forgot to say they also...
optimize seamless communities
generate vertical e-services
leverage synergistic convergence
and best of all
engage e-business content
Enjoy,
Herb Sutter wrote about this topic two years ago. A great read for anyone who is interested.t m
http://www.gotw.ca/publications/concurrency-ddj.h
Enjoy,
you know, it wouldn't have taken very long for you to browse through the reactos svn, and see that alex is responsible for writing almost the ENTIRE hal and the lions share of the kernel. it's now at the point that many native win32 binary drivers successfully load and drive hardware on top of that hal/kernel, which is an incredible achievement.
Point made. My point isn't about ReactOS, its about Vista DRM and proving the workaround works.
Enjoy,
Note to bendodge:
Note to other people: before you start arguing with parent, notice the author.
What makes you think Alex knows anymore than the rest of us who have been hacking the NT kernal since 3.0x? Just because we don't contribute to ReactOS makes us inept? What decent programmer hasn't hooked the windows kernel to bend it to thier needs?
Alex isn't Dave Cutler or Linus.
Enjoy,