I think the poster is only threatening to sue if there is no warning sign. That may be a valid assertion - if you go into a small building you have a reasonable expectation of cell phone availability. If that expectation is violated by the actions of the owners of the building, they could be considered liable for the consequences.
Actually - if you're lucky like me MS will send you a mouse for free without request... One day I came home and there it was at my door. They have been springing up all over my campus (Univ. of Illinois) and no one knows why...
Having seen Win2k in action, I agree with the EU. Basically it is a catch-up to Linux version of Windows. They have now included a telnet server, an ftp server, and, of course, IIS into the workstation version of Win2k. They are all, in some way, inferior to *NIX versions of the tools, but Microsoft is simply trying to push more vendors out of the market. Before it was Netscape, now who else?
Like the subject says, I'm all for the Uni Distro. I work for the Engineering computing department at my school and we have mostly Sun UNIX workstations, but the labs are crowded and it would be kinda cool if more people used Linux in their dorm room and ssh'ed into the labs... Definately a project that some people should get together on...
3Com's website talks about how great this will be for gamers, but I think any Internet user would like more reliable uptime, faster connections, and faster pings. Why is this limited to gaming... it sounds to me like a scam to sucker all those high school gamers into buying a new modem, while real techies ignore it.
Everyone is agruing here about breakup or not, regulate or not, and force open source or not. Basically, breakup will do very little - baby MS's will still make products that only run on Windows and eventually the separation will be lost again. Regulation could spell doom for the entire software industry - we constantly complain about crypto regulations, what if there were other regulations on what software could or could not do... This leaves forcing Open Source. I think this is probably the best idea for everyone involved. MS gets free help with their software; users get better software; and we finally get to see why Windows is the way it is and possibly even port Office and other useful apps to *NIX. The problem is that the government is not so aware of the virutes of Open Source. Everyone - write you congressman, email the DOJ and let them know of this option - for the good of everyone!
Why do you think it is so stupid? This is not flamebait - just a legitimate question. I am not sure I know where I stand on the issue, and you are one of the few arguing against breakup. Why?
Everyone is attributing to their profit to laying off and not paying 3000 employees. Sure, that saves some cash, but the real reason is the shortened name. Think about it - instead of "Silicon Graphics International" they only have to print "SGI" on their products, stationary, the doors of their buildings, signs, etc. All that ink adds up and *that* is why they are profiting...
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I think the poster is only threatening to sue if there is no warning sign. That may be a valid assertion - if you go into a small building you have a reasonable expectation of cell phone availability. If that expectation is violated by the actions of the owners of the building, they could be considered liable for the consequences.
Define Irony: Fleeing to Russia from the US for the sake of Freedom...
Actually - if you're lucky like me MS will send you a mouse for free without request... One day I came home and there it was at my door. They have been springing up all over my campus (Univ. of Illinois) and no one knows why...
Having seen Win2k in action, I agree with the EU. Basically it is a catch-up to Linux version of Windows. They have now included a telnet server, an ftp server, and, of course, IIS into the workstation version of Win2k. They are all, in some way, inferior to *NIX versions of the tools, but Microsoft is simply trying to push more vendors out of the market. Before it was Netscape, now who else?
Like the subject says, I'm all for the Uni Distro. I work for the Engineering computing department at my school and we have mostly Sun UNIX workstations, but the labs are crowded and it would be kinda cool if more people used Linux in their dorm room and ssh'ed into the labs...
Definately a project that some people should get together on...
The article refers to the game "Armageddon", which I have never heard of. The description sounds a lot like Carmageddon... Always a good time!
3Com's website talks about how great this will be for gamers, but I think any Internet user would like more reliable uptime, faster connections, and faster pings. Why is this limited to gaming... it sounds to me like a scam to sucker all those high school gamers into buying a new modem, while real techies ignore it.
Everyone is agruing here about breakup or not, regulate or not, and force open source or not. Basically, breakup will do very little - baby MS's will still make products that only run on Windows and eventually the separation will be lost again. Regulation could spell doom for the entire software industry - we constantly complain about crypto regulations, what if there were other regulations on what software could or could not do... This leaves forcing Open Source. I think this is probably the best idea for everyone involved. MS gets free help with their software; users get better software; and we finally get to see why Windows is the way it is and possibly even port Office and other useful apps to *NIX. The problem is that the government is not so aware of the virutes of Open Source. Everyone - write you congressman, email the DOJ and let them know of this option - for the good of everyone!
Why do you think it is so stupid? This is not flamebait - just a legitimate question. I am not sure I know where I stand on the issue, and you are one of the few arguing against breakup. Why?
Everyone is attributing to their profit to laying off and not paying 3000 employees. Sure, that saves some cash, but the real reason is the shortened name. Think about it - instead of "Silicon Graphics International" they only have to print "SGI" on their products, stationary, the doors of their buildings, signs, etc. All that ink adds up and *that* is why they are profiting...