I've been alpha/beta testing Vista since mid-2005, and did not have a single DRM-related problem. I've ripped DVDs with DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter, CDs with EAC and iTunes. Hell, even Windows Media DRM cracks work there.
You read it here first: there is no hidden scary unexpected changes in Vista.
Yes, there are expected third-party software incompatibilities - but that's a new version of OS, what did you expect? And yes, competitors of MS (open source zealots, open source companies, Apple, Sun, etc) are using anything real or fake to bury competitor's product. Also expected. It is funny that they have to invent bs like subject of the article - proves that Vista is pretty good OS.
So my family name (quite common in Russia and Ukraine) is funny to you? I guess you are as ignorant to Russian, as I'm to Bantu. As for fxfp - it is random set of letters, which I do not promote as name of next ultra hip Linux distro. Then again, may be I should... Fubundu anyone?
No, it's because distro name does not look serious to uneducated user. Yes, I know what "ubuntu" really is, and I even know about "kubuntu" - but what is Xubuntu? Edubuntu? nUbuntu? Ebuntu? Goobuntu?
The way "Windows authentication architecture" is extended in XP is very limiting - essentially you write DLL (so called GINA) that replaces part of XP log-in system and this DLL is responsible for retrieval of users credentials for Windows. However it was possible to have only single GINA installed at the same time, so if you wanted to have two security products installed - you were in trouble.
Now Vista will support new architecture for security providers with possibility of multiple providers registered at the same time. A definite improvement for users.
In fact the new architecture is not THAT different from the previous one, so the entire article is moot. Then again, it's SlashDot...
1 - Vista - WRONG! Contrary to the rumours most of the "cool" features are still in Vista and the rest (WinFS) will be added in Service Pack 1 - so the project is pretty much on track.
2 - Office 2007 - WRONG Complete GUI remake with new interface paradigm (the most significant change in all office suites' UIs since 80s and MS-DOS) + new open XML-based file formats = big release (definitely bigger then 2000, XP or 2003).
3/4 - MSN / MSN Search Engine - WRONG Top 3 website worldwide + top 2 instant messaging service (software product btw) + top 2 webmail service. This is a success (even if certain Dvorak thinks the direction is "wrong").
5 - Xbox360 - MOSTLY WRONG Second most popular console (outside Japan) - hardly a failure. And after CPU upgrade, Halo 3 and HD-DVD drive (all aimed at PS3) - it may even become number one.
6 - Pad-based computing - MOSTLY WRONG It is taking off slowly, but it is getting more and more popular. Not necessary as Tablet PC, but also including Windows Mobile "pad" devices.
7 -.Net - WRONG Killed? What open source has to do with.NET framework anyway? He's comparing apples and oranges here... And I'm not even gonna mention that C#/VB.net/C++.CLI replaced VB6, Delphi (mostly), C++ (partially), Java (partially, work in progress) - and most important: it brought them all together in single homogeneous environment on MS OS.
8 - Google - CORRECT Well, at least one thing he got correctly. Then again there was Netscape before. And WordPerfect. And Lotus. And Novell. And Borland. And Corel. And RealNetworks.
So Apple will implement about 10000 functions of Win32 API (and related essential interfaces, like IE HTML engine, ActiveScripting, and more then 125 other Windows-only technologies) ?
Well, in this case MacOS X 10.5 will be released in 2017.
P.S. Who needs MacOS anyway?
Japan and Europe share a region code (region 2):-)
So only 2 drive (as I have on my desktop). Or of course you can use some hack, like AnyDVD - but I think many geeks like me have at least 2 drives, so we can live without any hacking.
For all you Linux fans which will argue that Linux had that for ages (and Microsoft copied the concept) - back in 1992-1995 graphical system of WindowsNT already was user-mode (in versions 3.1 and 3.5.x).
Yes, but UK shows you are talking about tend to have 6 or 8 episodes in a season. "Babylon 5" had 22 episodes a season. So it is much bigger task for a writer!
Also - talking about data recordable versions of BluRay vs HD-DVD. BluRay has some cool advancements, like pseudo-overwriting, support for UDF 2.60, etc).
1. Yes, the only "advantage" of HD-DVD is compatibility layer (but you will hardly buy HD films for compatibility track with same DVD quality, aren't you?).
2. Toshiba did not push for unified format - it was PR stunt, and they never intended for unification talks to succeed (I have proven industry sources).
3. BluRay discs are actually a little cheaper then HD-DVDs, the only difference is one time switch of equipment for HD-DVDs is cheaper, but with the latest advancements to manifacturing cycle of BluRay the difference is almost nil.
Imagine HD-DVD and BluRay editions of LOTR (HD extended editions) - for HD-DVD the movie will be split between 2 discs (1 disc is able to hold only 2 hours of HD content), while BluRay version will fit on single disc.
1. You totally missed the point of my reply. 2. Microsoft most likely will fix it before release. 3. It does not affect games in full-screen mode. 4. Microsoft has no other choice - Windows GUI now uses GPU, two graphical APIs cannot use same GPU at the same time (unless you have two video cards accelerators), so one of them should be disabled.
Microsoft is only mentioned in the error messages because they collect the crash data. After that they can pass it to partner companies who then can fix the crashes (they get crash dumps for WinDbg).
Also YouTube does not uses Windows Media video, it uses Macromedia Flash video format (FLV) - so it is most likely crash in Flash Player or in Firefox's/Opera's plug-in interface (Opera's is particularly bad).
This thing is called Flash for 5 years already!
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This thing is called Flash for 5 years already! And previously it wasn't simply Shockwave, but Shockwave Flash. Shockwave is the name of Macromedia Director's internet format and entirely different technology.
This is based on early beta version! Of course they will fix it by the time of final release. There are a lot of features broken so far - but they will be fixed.
No, they are not going to slow down 50% of games around, as well as they will not prevent Google Toolbar from working with IE7, will not prevent third-party desktop searches from indexing files, etc, etc, etc.
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I've been alpha/beta testing Vista since mid-2005, and did not have a single DRM-related problem. I've ripped DVDs with DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter, CDs with EAC and iTunes. Hell, even Windows Media DRM cracks work there.
You read it here first: there is no hidden scary unexpected changes in Vista.
Yes, there are expected third-party software incompatibilities - but that's a new version of OS, what did you expect?
And yes, competitors of MS (open source zealots, open source companies, Apple, Sun, etc) are using anything real or fake to bury competitor's product. Also expected. It is funny that they have to invent bs like subject of the article - proves that Vista is pretty good OS.
Time to go *outside* and relax.
So my family name (quite common in Russia and Ukraine) is funny to you? I guess you are as ignorant to Russian, as I'm to Bantu.
As for fxfp - it is random set of letters, which I do not promote as name of next ultra hip Linux distro. Then again, may be I should... Fubundu anyone?
No, it's because distro name does not look serious to uneducated user. Yes, I know what "ubuntu" really is, and I even know about "kubuntu" - but what is Xubuntu? Edubuntu? nUbuntu? Ebuntu? Goobuntu?
Ubuntu, Knot, Edgy Eft - it's like kids making "language" of their own.
The way "Windows authentication architecture" is extended in XP is very limiting - essentially you write DLL (so called GINA) that replaces part of XP log-in system and this DLL is responsible for retrieval of users credentials for Windows. However it was possible to have only single GINA installed at the same time, so if you wanted to have two security products installed - you were in trouble.
Now Vista will support new architecture for security providers with possibility of multiple providers registered at the same time. A definite improvement for users.
In fact the new architecture is not THAT different from the previous one, so the entire article is moot. Then again, it's SlashDot...
1 - Vista - WRONG!
.Net - WRONG .NET framework anyway? He's comparing apples and oranges here...
Contrary to the rumours most of the "cool" features are still in Vista and the rest (WinFS) will be added in Service Pack 1 - so the project is pretty much on track.
2 - Office 2007 - WRONG
Complete GUI remake with new interface paradigm (the most significant change in all office suites' UIs since 80s and MS-DOS) + new open XML-based file formats = big release (definitely bigger then 2000, XP or 2003).
3/4 - MSN / MSN Search Engine - WRONG
Top 3 website worldwide + top 2 instant messaging service (software product btw) + top 2 webmail service. This is a success (even if certain Dvorak thinks the direction is "wrong").
5 - Xbox360 - MOSTLY WRONG
Second most popular console (outside Japan) - hardly a failure. And after CPU upgrade, Halo 3 and HD-DVD drive (all aimed at PS3) - it may even become number one.
6 - Pad-based computing - MOSTLY WRONG
It is taking off slowly, but it is getting more and more popular. Not necessary as Tablet PC, but also including Windows Mobile "pad" devices.
7 -
Killed? What open source has to do with
And I'm not even gonna mention that C#/VB.net/C++.CLI replaced VB6, Delphi (mostly), C++ (partially), Java (partially, work in progress) - and most important: it brought them all together in single homogeneous environment on MS OS.
8 - Google - CORRECT
Well, at least one thing he got correctly. Then again there was Netscape before. And WordPerfect. And Lotus. And Novell. And Borland. And Corel. And RealNetworks.
Why parent modded as troll? He/she's absolutely correct - US laws cannot be used as arguments in EU courts.
So Apple will implement about 10000 functions of Win32 API (and related essential interfaces, like IE HTML engine, ActiveScripting, and more then 125 other Windows-only technologies) ? Well, in this case MacOS X 10.5 will be released in 2017. P.S. Who needs MacOS anyway?
Japan and Europe share a region code (region 2) :-)
So only 2 drive (as I have on my desktop). Or of course you can use some hack, like AnyDVD - but I think many geeks like me have at least 2 drives, so we can live without any hacking.
For all you Linux fans which will argue that Linux had that for ages (and Microsoft copied the concept) - back in 1992-1995 graphical system of WindowsNT already was user-mode (in versions 3.1 and 3.5.x).
Yes, but UK shows you are talking about tend to have 6 or 8 episodes in a season. "Babylon 5" had 22 episodes a season. So it is much bigger task for a writer!
Wait, free PowerPoint Viewer does not support VBA! Did you mean free-as-in-warez?
Oops, forgot to tell - BluRay Disc (BD) media is several times more scratch-resistant then DVD or HD-DVD media!
Nope, HD-DVD too uses different media and manufacturing lines still need to be converted (though easier and cheaper).
HD-DVD has exactly the same problem.
BD is as DRM`ed as HD-DVD - no difference here.
Also - talking about data recordable versions of BluRay vs HD-DVD. BluRay has some cool advancements, like pseudo-overwriting, support for UDF 2.60, etc).
1. Yes, the only "advantage" of HD-DVD is compatibility layer (but you will hardly buy HD films for compatibility track with same DVD quality, aren't you?).
2. Toshiba did not push for unified format - it was PR stunt, and they never intended for unification talks to succeed (I have proven industry sources).
3. BluRay discs are actually a little cheaper then HD-DVDs, the only difference is one time switch of equipment for HD-DVDs is cheaper, but with the latest advancements to manifacturing cycle of BluRay the difference is almost nil.
Imagine HD-DVD and BluRay editions of LOTR (HD extended editions) - for HD-DVD the movie will be split between 2 discs (1 disc is able to hold only 2 hours of HD content), while BluRay version will fit on single disc.
Without time advantage HD-DVD is dead. BluRay will be the standard.
I mean, would you buy inferior device now (HD-DVD/February), when you will be able to buy better one is just a month (BluRay/March-April)?
> I recall reading that non-MS programs
> are swapped out ASAP while the MS ones
> are kept in RAM as long as possible.
This is simply FALSE.
Well, the thing is:
1. You totally missed the point of my reply.
2. Microsoft most likely will fix it before release.
3. It does not affect games in full-screen mode.
4. Microsoft has no other choice - Windows GUI now uses GPU, two graphical APIs cannot use same GPU at the same time (unless you have two video cards accelerators), so one of them should be disabled.
Huh? I need to see this to believe this ;-)
Microsoft is only mentioned in the error messages because they collect the crash data. After that they can pass it to partner companies who then can fix the crashes (they get crash dumps for WinDbg).
Also YouTube does not uses Windows Media video, it uses Macromedia Flash video format (FLV) - so it is most likely crash in Flash Player or in Firefox's/Opera's plug-in interface (Opera's is particularly bad).
This thing is called Flash for 5 years already! And previously it wasn't simply Shockwave, but Shockwave Flash. Shockwave is the name of Macromedia Director's internet format and entirely different technology.
This is based on early beta version! Of course they will fix it by the time of final release. There are a lot of features broken so far - but they will be fixed.
No, they are not going to slow down 50% of games around, as well as they will not prevent Google Toolbar from working with IE7, will not prevent third-party desktop searches from indexing files, etc, etc, etc.
This is too paranoid even for SlashDot...